I Have Never Seen A Dozer THIS Stuck Before *INSANE RECOVERY* 

That was my grandpa's dozer he used to own the land, it got washed away in a flood. It would be awesome if I could get a hold of you guys so he can tell you about it. Edit: my grandpa said the dozer is a 1H it's a hand clutch cable dozer. The flood happened in 2010. The dozer was in the field and the flood washed out the field, the dozer, and the cabin that was there.

"I'm just going to sit back and watch." Immediately cuts to the next frame of him helping out. Classic country lad.

For future reference, most if not all dozers have some kind of final drive that the rear sprocket mounts too. If you take the cap and planetary gears out of that final drive the dozer or excavator should move as if in neutral. The final drive and seals on most really stuck pieces of equipment would probably need to be cleaned and resealed anyway.

Dave is living my dream life. Trucks, recoveries, and just having fun with interesting projects. Love it!

Heavy D, just some recommendations from a guy that has done some heavy recovery, did some off road recovery and worked in the crane and hoist industry. Use you kinetic rope between the winch line and stuck equipment, to use kinetic force to break it free. Load the winch lines and let the rope do its job. Instead of beating the crap out of your equipment. As per your winch line you may want to think hard on a wedge socket instead of wire rope clips. As per using the excavator as an anchor, I would be hooking around the turn table as that is the strongest points and a large radius for your kinetic rope or a wire rope sling around. Have you guys thought about adding a set of hydraulic stiff legs of the back of the military wrecker to help make the recoveries more easier? Love the channel and the content you share, keep up the great job everyone is doing on the channel. As I said these are just so ideas that may help, too speed up a recovery. “Work smart not hard” 🍻

When it comes to cable clamps, think of the saying "never saddle a dead horse". The U bolt always goes on the dead (short) end and the saddle on the live (long) end. For 1/2 to 9/16 three clamps should be used. 3/4 and up four clamps should be used. obtain torque specs from manufacturer. Install (do not over tight) apply light pull and re-check torque. A good job for someone when everything is back at the shop. I hope you next truck has a 30 ton knuckle boom! Great video!

Back in the mid 1970s the paving contractor that I worked for got a new Fiat-Allis 12 G crawler loader with the clamshell bucket. One of our operators was using it to begin scraping out an entrance to a new housing addition in Fort Wayne, Indiana. About 100 feet in there was a small pool of water which everyone thought was from a rain storm that had moved through a couple of days before so he drove the machine into the water. The machine weighed 22 tons and immediately began sinking. We had to call in a 200 ton crane in to get it out. Come to find out a water main had broken underneath and the ground had turned into something like quicksand.

Heavy D I built a great truck that is now well known in my area of Alaska. It was a 8 wheel drive Oskosk, with a 1946 Mack cab with a 1963 sleeper, outfitted with 4 rear 100,000 lbs winches and a moose guard up front. Powered with the most bad ass Detroit Desiel engine with several gear boxes and a 16 speed tranny. It is known as Meat and Potatoes. It has all the bells and whistles that I need for my operations. It took 4 years to built and many hours of work , but now it's done and all of the bugs out. I don't plan to go on line with my own channel however it deserves bragging rights. Your equipment and crew are great at your efforts and I have following you and Matt's Towing. So thanks to all of you showing what the younger generation can achieve and I hope that all of you are fine. Best wishes from Gramps in the deep south of the far north.

A buddy had one looking like that on a logging haul here in WV. I used my Jeep to winch his rear winch cable out. We hooked to a tree, and we almost got cut in half with the cable breaking. It couldn't winch itself out, eventually he got a hoe to dig it out. I have underground mine foreman papers back east , and ran DC locomotives underground as an equipment mover for a while, (CDL-A here too), and men have been killed by cables. I've seen you break a few lately, and I implore you to clear a larger safe area before pulling. The line of fire for those pulls can launch a hook or snatch block in many random directions, and could strike someone in the head. When possible use the synthetics. When pulling steel, run and hide before pulling. I cringe when guys in the videos are only 30 feet away from the pull, and somewhat inline. They're in the death zone. Like being on the set of a Baldwin production. But I'm sure you know all that.

I just love how the Children are still being happy and playing, but are disciplined enough to keep out of the way and stay safe. Well done to ALL the Adults that shows them proper guidance. BTW Diesel Dave is the funniest.

This is insane! The previous video where you guys helped your neighbor after his shop caught fire. Getting him the block and sand,cement was the nicest thing I have ever seen. I saw you on AWP site helping recover people in cars under water. You are the best!!!!

I must love HeavyDSparks' videos of recoveries, because I watch these shows all the time. Wounded Warrior Vietnam Veteran here. You are good people! Keep up the amazing work.

There was an old military tank found in a nearby forest (actually it was a self propelled howitzer - that looked like a tank but wasn't actually). It was completely buried underground, except for a metal spike and the hole the people who found it had dug to try to figure out what it was. Anyway, when they "pulled" it out they didn't want to damage the potentially historic machine, so what they did was completely dig around it. After a couple of hours, (with a similar excavator to in the video), it was basically teetering on a pile of dirt. They even dug a smooth earthen ramp for the machine to slide up, out of the hole on. When they hooked up the cables and pulled, even though the track was completely rusted solid and not rotating at all, there were no broken parts, no snapped cables, no broken chains, etc. It just slowly came out all the way. With a bit more digging I expect that dozer could have been extracted without being pulled apart. Also you really shouldn't pull with that much force on an axle housing. These might look beefy but axle housings can be bent and can also be ripped out if the force is high enough. It is much safer to park the truck on level ground and pull using the frame. If you spread the load equally between the two frame rails you can pull with incredible amounts of force without damaging the vehicle. On the other hand, maybe they wanted the dozer to split and axle housing to bend. It probably improves the number of RU-vid views...

Diesel Dave, nothing pisses him off and his energy is amazing, such a nice genuine dude.

For future knowledge, "never saddle a dead horse" meaning...When you put a cable clamp on any wire rope, you put the u-bolt on the dead end of the cable, and the saddle on the live end of the steel cable. Looked like you have the winch reeved up with 3/4" wire rope? Minimum of 3 clamps equally spaced about 4" to 6" apart. Also, dont be afraid to use the boom hoist with the winch to help lift your load while the winch pulls. I'm a retired local 10 Rigger/JIW Ironworker, I'm not trying to tell how to do your work, just sharing some rigging 101...Your doing a hell of good job recovering these old rigs! I've enjoyed sitting here all day watching these videos, let me know if your in the market for a 1968 Chevy 2 ton Chevy flatbed, might make a good diesel project for one of your shows. Merry Christmas to all! Michael Hill ;)

I find the Heavy Rigging, and Heavy Machinery , episodes very enjoyable. In Construction/ Power Sector, for 40 yrs . Loved Big Lifts and Mobilizing / Demobilizing Super Heavy Equipment . We lifted Steam Headers that weighed ......Alot. Sometimes 3- 4 Cranes lifting at the same time . Smallest being 150 ton with a basket to jump the rigging with ,going out with the old and after prep, in with the new fit and weld out .I was a Code Welder for 20 yrs . Loved that shit ! I was a Regional Manager and had some excellent Riggers and Craftsman . Got Cancer , retired me . I'm disabled now ,but man would I love to still be doing your kind of stuff. Love the Blog ! You All are some Great Guys and I like how you help people out and do the right thing for the environment 👍 I can tell there is alot of Commeraderie between all of you guys and that's what's impressive as well .Thanks for the ride along !!!

I’ve never shook my head more while watching something. Talk about doing something the hardest way possible

Hey Dave, When repairing a hook on a winch wire rope, remember " Never saddle a dead horse" the saddle of a cable clamp should always be on the live side of the cable. Love the videos, you guys are living the life. Keep it up.

Another impossible recovery ( for anyone else) Dave takes on anything and does it with style and it's cleaning up the environment at the same time!!

I hope you guys know that you have one amazing job. You play with all the machinery we all want to play with since we were kids. AND you can recover other cool machines. Just for comparison. I sit all day in a leather chair in font of my computer at home to make a living. It is good money for the most comfortable work. But since I haven't seen a regular workplace since covid began this look like the coolest thing like sliced bread to me. Thanks for the great content from Spain.

Love what you and the Team do ... much respect. Just a suggestion from an old "Railroad Derailment Guy" ... given your usual locations, the one piece of equipment you're missing is what we had ... a simple "Auger". You'd be surprised just how much pull you get from a telephone pole slant drilled into the Earth. Enough snatch blocks and pole buried 12 ft is an amazing anchor point ... you're welcome.

One of these days, you brilliant operators will learn that when pulling out stuck machinery, straight pull is the most difficult to unstick, that which you expect to extract. Pulling at a 45 degree, or 90 degree angle, if possible gets the fastest easiest results with minimum amount of pull.

I get so excited watching you get ready for another rescue HeavyD you are the best!

You guys are incredible, if there was a recognition for heavy duty, hard work you guys would definitely make the cut. I enjoy watching your videos and thanks for bringing this kind of content to us. It really shows just how hard you work to accomplish what you set out to do.

I have never seen a bunch of guys with more drive and positive vibes than these bunch of crazy brothers...the go get attitude is so contagious and refreshing... and the video quality is next level

As a retired tugboat captain with many years of rigging experience, I find your exploits very interesting and enjoyable. With the unusual nature of the ventures you take on, an absence of failures would be unrealistic. Good job and glad to see all safe at the ends.

Heavy D you better be glad you got some of the best workers I’ve ever seen 👏🏻👏🏻

I just found you through AWP and I love what you do. Yall are so cool, love watching your videos and you guys crack me up. I wonder what the greatest generation would think of yall and your equipment. I believe there would of been a lot of veterans from that generation that would've loved seeing what you do. Keep up the great work, I'm gonna sit right here and watch....literally.

Dave as the son of an old school heavy equipment operator, you should have hooked to the rear of the dozer like you finally did. It is the strongest spot on it that's where they tow from, like scrapers and other equipment.

The Cerro Gordo Saga is still 'da bomb'---but your perseverance on this recovery is Exceptional. Waitin' on Part 2, Heavy D Crew! :D

Such hard workers. I love watching the impossible happen. You guys are awesome. Keep Smiling, Stay Safe and May God Bless All You Do!❤🙏

I absolutely love Anchor Brand Ranch, I’m so glad you went up there this is the best episode you’ve ever done.

Matt's Offroad Recovery would have that out in 20 minutes, and you'd get a t shirt.

you guys are my dream team living my dream life, and thanks for being real men. fixing stuff on the spot, bush mechanics, everything I love doing, but as a girl , I'm considered weird and unapproachable. pity I chose Australia to move to otherwise you might have found yourselves with an extra team member🤣. keep up the great work 🥰

36:00 "Oh shit we're filming?! - look busy" hahaha

I’ll be honest, I’ve been binge watching all the recovery stuff lol n then this popped up. It’s just pure entertainment with a good group of friends. Keep it up guys. You’re literally living the life

Your content lately has been INCREDIBLE!!! I am going to say that these videos are better than your TV show, at least the first four seasons (I just finished watching them last night). Please keep up the amazing work buddy 👍

watching your videos is like watching a well edited Tv series, way to go man

I'm truly impressed with the never give up attitude you all have.

Puts on a giant auction to get rid of his stuff, then goes and gets more. Love your stuff guys, keep up the good work!

When Sparks gets this dozer out he should restore it and park in in a nice little patch in front of the business and put a sign up telling about rescueing it after it sat in a wash for 50 years. We never come home empty handed.

Another great helping helping hand! Fast and complete helping others . You are the best!

Question. if you had excavated a LOT more, including under the front of the tracks with your equipment, and had a clear pathway with a very gentle slope might that have helped? Love you ingenuity and devil may care attitude. Looks like hard work and you and the crew are having fun. keep it up. can't wait to see how you finish

Mr D. I don't mean to be a know it all, but when it comes to cable rigging... I've always been taught to "never saddle a dead horse" that is never put the saddle on the dead end side of the cable loop. Great work! Great content! thank you!

These are the types vids I love the most; middle of nowhere, new stuff saving vintage equipment, against the odds. Might be an over used word, but this is EPIC!! Can't wait for part 2.

That was one hell of a recovery .as someone else say a while ago maybe look at a skid plate where you can pull doser onto plate and pull plate will stop it digging the road up and may make it easyer to pull to .may be worth a look .keep up the great work

One of the best jobs in my Construction career started out with my future boss asking me one question. He asked me if I could dig a ditch in a straight line. I said yeah and he hired me on the spot. He ended up teaching me everything about the business and operation of all equipment necessary. I'm retired and miss playing in the dirt. I did my time and it's a younger mans game now. I wouldn't have changed a thing.

That old dozer partly tipped over in the 2005 flood, then the 2010 flood put it where you see it now. I don’t remember if it quit running or just wore out. Fun to watch someone with lots of money that can afford to play.😄🥰👍

Those guys hanging out around those cable under that much tension make me nervous. Outriggers are to keep you from tipping over from being too far over center of gravity, not to brace you from being pulled.

Your all good guys, motivation, high spirits, and no one seems to loose their s-it lol. Yet another recovery, maybe not completed but l can see the finish line.,cheers Tracey from Australia xo

Wow, this video made my day! It's incredible to see how you guys managed to unearth that old bulldozer from the sinkhole. Your determination and teamwork are truly inspiring. This just goes to show that with a little bit of effort and a lot of heart, anything is possible. Keep up the amazing work and keep sharing your fascinating adventures with us. You've definitely earned a new subscriber here! 😄🚜🔥

I would love to see you guys find an abandoned steam engine in an abandoned railroad tunnel. I've heard that several people have found abandoned underground tunnels with steam engines in them. I would love to see you guys get one of those running and drive it out under its own power!

This my cup of tea! I use to pull half buried John Deere combines out of 3 foot deep mud holes after heavy fall rains.

This has been on my Watch Laters for half-a-year now , and I’m sho nuff glad I got around to playing it. WHAT FUN !

As a truck driver myself that is some stellar truck driving bro. Love it.

You've got a good thing going with the equipment recoveries. Get one or two water trucks and a high pressure pump to add to your tool box.

I was a recovery operator in the military and I loved it so much. The civilian side of recovery looks very challenging and I know I can be an asset to jobs like this.

You guys do great work. Watching you since Diesel Brothers. Bless you all. 🙏🙏🙏🙏

This area looks a lot like the area around here in South Australia (maybe a little greener), Have done a bit of recovery stuff over the years but you guys go to extremes :) keep up the good work, loving your exploits

Try building some spiked outrigger plates for when your on dirt for the 5ton

Another great recovery video. I love this series. Can’t wait for more of these in the future!

Just came across this channel. I can't wait to see more. Awesome stuff!

Totally impressed At the effort you guys put forth on this project!

Dave is a motivator. Makes light of a challenging situation and turns in to a good time. 👍🏽

I love how heavy d said this might be buried treasure and the guy just looked at him almost saying if you only knew.😂 great video keep them coming.

16:44 Child at the helm is owning it. Well played, indeed. :D

Hey Heavy D...on rigging cables etc...."never put a saddle on a dead horse"...as far as cable clamps go.....and when trying to get leverage with your backhoe, the most power in your hydraulics is the curling action on your bucket....35 years operating engineer plus my Dad owned his own construction company...

this is one of the best video series on youtube. so many positive takeaways. real characters demonstrating hard work and positive attitudes. it would be awesome if more young american men were taken under the wings of men like those in this crew.

Absolutely amazing!! I cant wait for part 2. I thoroughly enjoy watching heavy machinery in action. love those earth shakers. Lady K

Wow HeavyDsparks that is so damn good semi driving that drop off in to the river had me biting my nails wow I'm scared of heights but it cool how you had someone walk infront of you being your guide that low boy traiilor is a pain around tight narrow spaces Awesome driving skills HeavyDsparks

Big Boys and their Big Toys completing Big Jobs. You and Your entire crew is flippin AWESOME!!!!!

Never ceases to amaze me, whenever hard work is happening Diesel Dave is right there with a shovel in his hand!!!

With the excavator, you should make a smoother ramp, so that the winch pulls at a more favorable angle. The more earth you remove with the excavator, the more work you save later and avoid possible breakages.

I watch Anchor Brand Ranch, Love the way all the kids run so many different machines.

7.30.22 That was so cool watching all the guys pulling out the dozer. A fine bunch of characters.

What I got a kick out of was the kid's playing in the dirt while they're getting ready to go. That was just awesome 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

The old man was right “y’all are a bunch of crazy SOB’s.” Lol

As soon as I saw the dozer out take buried, I was hooked!

I'm a trucker and I can tell you working with this man would be an absolute dream job

I was watching this saying to myself 'No F-in Way' and I was amazed at how far you got! With the weight of that dozer, I was amazed you were able to move it at all! Really incredible. How about the old roman technique of putting logs under it so it can roll more easily?

This so reminds me of my childhood, digging heavy equipment out of bogs past midnight using everything in the toolbox. Well done boys 👍👍

for anyone encountering this sort of stuff... dont pull it directly. strap yourself together an A-frame. couple of big logs, Ibeams, whatever... the taller the better. pull over that... lift the weight UP. if the A-frames nearly vertical, it only has to be pulled back a little distance to provide some serious lifting force. good old pythagoras. you could have done this by hand... seriously. would have loved to give it a go... find me some old power poles about 12M/40ft... chainsaw... prop it up at 80degrees or so, chains/slings off the brace at halfway up, block and tackle at the top, and yeah... reef it over. pop out like an old tooth. once its cracked the seal its easy. cant say ive ever had the joy of trying it with a dozer? plenty of tree stumps and the like... main challenge is the frame simply has to be strong enough. levers are your friend. we seem to have forgotten how to do things without heavy machinery. we once built cathedrals and aqueducts without them. anyway...there it was, all set on its way to become a fossil... have a snooze for two hundred million years, pop up in a layer of conglomerate sandstone, some new species can argue and wonder what the hell it did, whether it had feathers, what it sounded like, its breeding cycles... shows you how quickly things will return whence they came. one we're gone, all this crap around us is just gunna get buried, washed away, make a layer of fossils... some fossils.

This is fascinating to watch! Why? I was a heavy equipment mechanic for 30 yrs. At 72 now I'm stiff as a board, hardly able to touch my feet any more. But this stuff brings back lots of memories of -40 below but I've got to get this thing back to work. 🤠👍

I can’t get over the fact how cool this mans stuff is

How much dirt is in Diesel's boots? Hans is actually pretty funny🤪 he may br slow moving, but jot slow thinking. ALL you guys are so awesome individually, but as a team are priceless! Get those geniuses to figure out how to make portable anchors points for stuff.

The scrap buyers must love you guys, I have had a few dozers stuck and always thought nothing was harder to get out but after watching the crane rescue I no longer think that.

Anyone else just watching Heavy get faster and faster with his shovel thinking about how hangry he's getting cos he just wants some snacks already?! 🤣

Excellent video and quite the recovery. These sorts of recoveries would be vastly easier using some shear legs. I grew up using very basic homebuilt tripods which we called a gin pole although that is not the correct name. Even a six foot tall metal frame with a roller on top would give a great advantage. Instead of trying to pull the dozer through the side of the hole you would be lifting and pulling at the same time. Even when the stuck vehicle can assist it's surprising how much easier the shear legs make the job. Also it seems like the better "pull" would have been backwards, especially after the blade was off it as the dozer was nose down.

Part one was awesome! Man what a lot of work and you guys just kept going and going! Never saw anyone lose their cool or get frustrated! What a great video! Can't wait for part two!

In our area, the cat skinners often haul the Cats on low trailers pulled by big tandem-axle gin-pole trucks that have BIG PTO cable winches. They often use a gin truck or two to serve as anchors for snatch blocks and the like. A monster gin pole truck is danged handy thing when lifting and pulling stuck stuff.

I am excited to see you and your guys dig this beauty out

Great episode!! Ramzi and Laura are my family so it was awesome to see them on your channel! Now I’m off to watch episode 2. Good stuff!👌

These videos are inspirational to someone like me, always wanted to be a diesel mechanic like my dad and have my cdl. Now I'm in my 30's with cancer and health issues and couldn't even if I wanted to, I enjoy watching these episodes so please keep them coming.

Diesel Dave and Hans are absolutely hilarious! This is a very entertaining channel from you guys!

I keep forget'n I'm watching these backwards😂 I bet you get it out🤣 No wonder you made it look effortless...... the digs and ingenuity is in THIS part. Never give up, lol!! Peace and Love always...

I love these crazy adventures! Congrats on being able to do what you love with your friends and able to capture it for us to enjoy!

HeavyD, you and your Crew need a tridem Hydrovac truck! No shoveling needed, just vacuum it up , dump the 10 tonnes of dirt , repeat 🤠

I have to say I absolutely love Diesel Dave!!! He is always so positive and full of energy and enthusiasm. You guys are awsome! Keep up the good works!!

Love the efforts by everyone to get this done. Good leaders are not common. HeavyD leads by example which is the most desirable. Well done.

Man it’s awesome watching this guy do what he loves it would be awesome to go on a recovery with him and see it firsthand