I Bought a COLOSSAL Caterpillar D9 Dozer, DIRT CHEAP!!
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All Three Permits?!?! Damn Big John following Most All the Rule’s Today
You Will repair the driveshaft of pto of autocar ??
I was worried when the D9 started right up and the disassembly of the blade went smoothly, that the whole character of a Diesel Creek video was going to be lost. All faith was restored with the failure of the starter on the Peterbuilt and the need for a bump start. SAVED!
Great Comment, LOL! It is not right unless something is going wrong.
The next thing you need to buy Matt is a pizza and beer restaurant to help pay all your friends for their help!!😊
I agree diesel creek buying something turn key. He is getting domesticated. We know he is going to make up for it shortly. But the starter failure kept my faith in him
Nailed it...
He definitely needs to make a few holes in the exhaust piping, looked very wrong with a piece of DC gear that only had smoke coming out of the end of the exhaust.
I used to run a D9 in winter at the municipal snow dump in Winnipeg, Manatoba Canada. It had a extended U blade for pushing snow that was collected from the city streets and parkinglots. At one time we used to push the snow onto the river and in the spring the run off melt would take it away. I would burn over 150 gallons of fuel in a 12 hour shift. No cab either! We would spin the fan blades so they would pull the air from front to back, and use canvas tarps to collect the heat from the engine to keep warm. If you were working this tractor hard, you could wear only a t-shirt in the seat at - 30. I'm 57 now and I did this when I was only 18. To this very day it was the most fun I ever had "at work".
You must have worked for munro?
Sounds like a good time once you get the homebrew heating going. I wasn't a fan of -10 on a giant freezer facility so I can't imagine I'd like -30 much better
You’d be lucky to survive in an open tractor seat at -30. Well done with the tarps.
If you really had fun ... it wasn't work! You were doing what you loved.
We had canvas heat houses on old farm tractors They covered both sides fron the radiator back. They did a good job. Feet on the transmission case stayed warm.
Hello, I am a man from Estonia, I was transferred from Estonia to Russia to join the army, I served in the railway forces at the test technical training ground in 1976 ... 1978. On the side of the army, US and Japanese bulldozer drivers were trained and then they were sent to Siberia for the construction of the BAM railway. I had never been so powerful in the free world before. saw the machines produced, I was 18 years old then and it left a great impression on me. We lived in a closed Russian country and the only window we had to Europe was Finnish television, in northern Estonia there were 3 Finnish TV channels visible with good antennas, now there is internet and through you tube I am familiar with life in the USA, I like watching your car repair videos, your cars are still good and the engine standard is 3.5 l, good luck to you!
What's BAM?
@@johnmitchell1614Baikal Amur Railway
@@johnmitchell1614 Hello! BAM is an abbreviation, the Baikal-Amur Railway, the Soviet Union started building it in the 1970s because of the cold relations with China, and then it would be possible to move troops quickly and also have better access to the great natural resources of Siberia. Civilians, military personnel and prisoners worked on its construction, all this took place with big slogans and red flags. But for its construction in such a harsh climate, Russia did not have powerful equipment, so trucks, excavators and bulldozers were bought from Japan, America and West Germany. Technology produced in the free world was still a very strong word in Russia in the 1970s when compared to what the Russians themselves produced.
@@johnmitchell1614 Hello! BAM is an abbreviation, the Baikal-Amur Railway, the Soviet Union started building it in the 1970s because of the cold relations with China, and then it would be possible to move troops quickly and also have better access to the great natural resources of Siberia. Civilians, military personnel and prisoners worked on its construction, all this took place with big slogans and red flags. But for its construction in such a harsh climate, Russia did not have powerful equipment, so trucks, excavators and bulldozers were bought from Japan, America and West Germany. Technology produced in the free world was still a very strong word in Russia in the 1970s when compared to what the Russians themselves produced.
Thanks Riho, now I am a bit more educated. Best regards.@@rihovaher
My late son, Joey loved big trucks. He was missing from home at three years old, found sitting’ under a tree with his nappy and cheerios box watch in the big trucks excavating. Thank you for this video and the fond memory of an outstanding son. RIP Joey, this one would have thrilled you. 👍🙏🏼✝️🇺🇸
Matt’s shopping list: - 1/2” steel plate - extra bottle of C10 gas - 0.45 wire - ammunition - bags of concrete - cameras
Unfortunately It's not a Komatsu :(
It’s better then a Komatsu 😂
Needs to be a Komatsu d355
Granby vibes lmfaoooooo
That was my first thought.
Hi, My name is Matt and I'm a next-level hoarder. My motto as far as buying heavy equipment is, "sometimes you can't afford not to buy it!" That new addition to the family is awesome.
i think the standard response in the meeting is "hello matt"
Yeah but im also thinking Matt recieved a couple of bonks on the noggin and exhiled to the couch from the boss/book keeper. Lol but then again making a purchase like this where its not a complete hunka "you know whats" he might be able to get somewhere now if he wants to contract out.
I joined the US Army to be an equipment operator right after high school graduation in the 70's. My first assignment was with the 101'st Airborne Div. I was assigned a CAT D-5a that we sling loaded under CH-47 helicopters. It flew in 3 pieces, the blade, the tracks then the tractor. Upon landing at a DZ myself and 2 other soldiers would assemble it and I was off to dig tank ditches for the next few weeks. Best time of my life, 50 years later and I remember everything about that dozer and the time I spent in the seat. Over the years I operated many pieces of equipment but that D-5a was my favorite. What a life.
I was a D-9 operator in the PA strip mines. That machine has lots of power and I moved a lot of earth with it. I then got to operate the D-10 also. The 10 is an AWESOME machine!!
I liked that the Peterbilt pulled 120,000 plus pounds, total, with no strain, and accelerated almost like it was nothing. I envy you the dozer.
It should have - that D9's only 42 tonnes (93,000 lb)
@@markfiges999I got that. Notice the word total, 120,000 plus, equal Dozer, trailer and truck, conservatively. Even just 93,000 pounds is considerable weight.
I did, and all's cool here 😊@@wmden1
How much hp have that Peterbilt ?.
Looks to be ALL of it .
Every time Matt buys a new piece of machinery, it feels like Christmas morning for us viewers
😂😂😂😂😅😅😅🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤ it is!!!! We do enjoy when he make one of those super great deals!!!!👍👍👍👍💯💯💯🤗😁🤗😁
It's a new present in form of video. It's Christmas, you know you're gonna get a present, but you never know what until you open it!
Pretty well said my friend!
Like a kid when they got their first Tonka Truck!!
Back in 1975 the D9H cost (in New Zealand) about the same as a Hughes 500 helicopter (NZ$ 250,000 I think the figure was). I had a brief play on one (belonging to Bill Butson Contractors and operated by Paul Schroder - aka the Bealey Ave Grey) during the construction of the Tekapo canal (in the South Island) and I couldn't believe how much power it had, even while idleing. Years later I saw the two Komatsu D575 superdozers working at the Stockton coal mine above Westport, and they kind of made the D9 look like a toy.
As a retired 43 year OTR driver from the northeast, and a wannabe toy collector like Matt, I was living vicariously through this video. Hooking up the tow rope to the Pete and hauling it off the Cat Scale brought back memories. Does the dude EVER shut off his jake? Been there, done that, woulda got a Cat hoodie if they only had one that fit me. Glad I don't have to relive the sub freezing temp to enjoy and appreciate the effort. I was just talking to someone from the Pittsburgh area and told them about your videos. They said that they would check it out. I'll waive the finders fee because I like you. Hell, I might even mosey down myself to visit one day. I might just show up when you least expect me. Be well and keep em comin'!
I'm glad I wasn't the only one judging his jake use 😂
I've heard jaking an unloaded engine isn't good for the engine. I have done this on a hire truck but I wouldn't do such with my truck.
What's OTR?
@@johnmitchell1614over the road
@@johnmitchell1614over the road
Wow, brought back memories. 40 years ago in my 20s on a road job, they stuck me on an old D8, cable blade, dragging a huge sheep's foot. Asked if I could "drive" it. I said "sure". It was running but I couldn't even get the blade to lift, much less move! Come to find out, just the pony motor "starter" was running! All the mechanics were standing laughing at me! Learned a lot on that first road job! Thanks!
I believe that your particular D9H was one that my family bought new from Beckwith Machinery. We had strip mining and quarrying operations near Bentleyville, PA. I was working summers when it we picked it and 2 others up. If this is the same machine, I installed that cab. Great video.
Beckwith...there's a name I haven't heard in minute or two !
Always so cool when little bits of backstory like this show up
Any specific markings or thing to look at to potentially verify? Some specific home brew modification or something
When I was a kid and we were coming from Detroit to Cresson Pa to visit grandma and grandpa I always looked forward to driving past Beckwith on route 22 to see all the big machines in their lot.
Hi there from Aussie. I spent a lot of hours on the D9 starting from an (E) when I was 15. I have to say you should replace the inspection plates,access plate on your belly guards.It is an expensive job and a dirty to repair when a tree stump comes though those holes and smashes your sump.Speaking from experience .I enjoy your show ,retired now but I live through you . Have a great year,Smiley
You did very well. Congratulations. I bought a 1957 D4 for $5000.00 in Australia some 10 years ago. They are a well constructed bit of machinery.
This is one of the best productions so far, big props to Big John, Gino and Sam. I love the teamwork, little joke clips, bloopers, chats etc that makes this feel like I'm there with you guys. Professional TV documentary quality! 👍
Glad you enjoyed it!
Whoever did the refresh of that engine deserves a raise. That ole girl starts SO good. Bravo 👏 👏
Sounds kinda fuel knocky at low rpms
@@Bluedino6996 That's Caterpillar. All the old ones sound like that, especially when they're cold. That's why they call them Claterpillars.
Just don’t use eather to start it never 😊
Fella, years ago we were at an auction in your neck of the woods and a dozer was sold the had a blade width of 55 to 60 foot. You could not believe how the ground shook next to the machine. That was at least 55 years ago. I still remember the exhaust pipes as they were at least 16 inches diameter and there was s few of them.
I know this video is about the D9, but gosh, that Ford LTL 9000 is beautiful.
The D9 is a special beast. I had the privilege of riding one straight through several miles of Florida forest and swampland. Straight, because NOTHING stops it, or slows it down even a little. It's a strange experience when everything in front of you just falls away as you move irresistibly forward. It makes for a stunning sense of power and I've never experienced anything else quite like it. Owning one would be amazing.
That D9 is a beast alright!! Matt going to have fun playing with that monster!!!!!🎉😅
The D9 gives me kinda Killdozer vibes😅😂
Actually, large trees such as redwoods, sequoias etc... don't push over too easy
@@keithsilva6330 That's true, but there were no redwoods in Florida to challenge the mighty D9.
Do they sink in deeep mud?
Nice score Matt, So... in 1969 and 70 I was a skinny little 140 lb soaking wet 14/15 year old farmer. Working for a hay company in Petaluma California. Mom would take me out to Freitas Road and drop me off. There was the massive vintage D9 just waiting for me right where I had stopped her the day before. I had to start the pony motor and wake up the beast with 18 ft disc and cyclone fence trailing to smooth for a new 400 acre crop of oat hay. The beast had no muffler at all, just a straight pipe that I would cover with a bucket for the night. It was 1969 so zero ear protection... "WHAT DID YOU SAY" Okay wait, it's not over. In 1972 George Lucas came to town and I was literally the only person hired right off the street/76 gas station to be in his little car movie "because of my awesome 55 chevy pickup" that turned out to be a huge car movie. Frietas Road right along side of that patch of dirt was our local Petaluma drag strip and this is exactly where we raced the POS yellow 32 against the crusty 55 with tilt front end and 454 stuffed in. So there you go... "WHAT DID YOU SAY"
Brings back memories. Long ago when I worked with my Dad we bought a new D9 w/ cushion pusher blade, 1998. We had 3 D8's, one setup as a pusher for 21 yard scrapers. Also had 3 Wabco C paddles for finish work. And a TD25 picked up cheap at auction. It was actually a pretty decent machine. But we got on a job here the D8 wasn't enough push. Wet, sand, mud! High undercarriage maintenance costs. I'm surprised you got the pins out so easily.
The D9 purrs like a kitten - that "hauler" sounds like the BEAST it is. GREAT find and friends! !! !!!
Dad was a CAT mechanic from 1969-94 and this was the kind of equipment he absolutely loved.
So was I and it’s just part of you True love of enjoyment
so was my Dad too, i loved getting dirty playing among the greasy bits
That electrical company ought to be quaking right now…
we just need some concrete and steal plate now
Matt is a reasonable man… until..
It’s not a D355 haha
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@billharmon1084 you're right. But I'm sure if he asked politely enough whistlindiesel will let him borrow the one he just bought
I don't know anything about diesel engines or construction equipment but the camera work and editing is outstanding! Really kept me glued!
What a great job you and all you buddies getting that gear dissembled, loaded up,unloaded . Awesome team. Can't get enough of your videos, makes me happy. It takes me back when I was young in the USAF operating everything with tracks and wheels, from cranes to clamshells and drag lines. Now I'm old and I still get to watch it being done right by a bunch of able bodied men, I'm grateful and blessed right down to my old work boots watching the commerody goin on. Thanks Matt
Thanks Big John for supervising this great crew. Sams Ford sure sounds good from a distance.
I love the logic justifying the purchase. I've plenty of tools bought that way 😂
You and me both!
Amen!! Best part is when I put the “tools” I bought to work and make money with them and I get to hear those sweet words from her… “ok, it makes sense why you bought (xyz)”. 😎
I was involved in a car club many moons ago during the last recession, parts for the cars in question were quote expensive so it became part of the club ethos that we tell the wives , girlfriend or whatever that everything cost 50 euros , unwritten rule that everyone understood and kept alot of us out of trouble for spending when funds where tight .
Lol. I have buckets and totes full of “I might need them someday” and “expensive single use but never know when I might need it again” tools. And a lot of things she thinks were cheap….
@@thomaskavanagh6985And when the wife becomes a widow, the first of her late husband's "friends" to show up, gets to buy all the good stuff for cents on the Euro, while all the others are squirming in anger over the first guy ripping her off.
Matt you do a terrific job showing how to repair and make equipment work. I always feel like a welcome neighbor watching over your shoulder. I am truly amazed at how much you are able to accomplish with your shop and equipment. I’ve learned a lot from watching you.
Props to John for his camera work, it's great to have good friends with big toys
This is EXACTLY what I need on this brisk Saturday morning! Love me some diesel creek videos!!
Great old machine, my dad ran a d9 for years, used to ride with him 👍
I worked for many years in a caterpillar dealers industrial engine division back in the 70's. By far my most favorite engine was the D353, 6 cylinder, 6.25" bore. The engine used in D9H.That whole series of engines D353, D379, D398 & D399 were just plain heavy duty work horses. I saw them used in tug boats, pump engines, generator sets always reliable.
As a retired truck driver,thumbs up to the hand driving that PETE a true professional and the D9 operator wasn't to bad either !!!
Really a true. Professional shifting with the jake no way a true professional doesn’t need to shift with the jake obviously he’s never had to rebuild a transmission because joe super trucker messed up shifting with a jake
@@user-zm9pj3po3jShifting with the jake on will do no damage to the trans at all if you know how to shift...
Just don’t let the truck fall on its face when shifting with the jakes on and your tranny will be fine.
@@user-zm9pj3po3j hate to tell you, but there's plenty of times you absolutely NEED the jakes to shift when hauling heavy, off-road, or on steep grades. If you know how to time it right and control the throttle you dont do anymore harm than normal driving.
JPAYDIRT i bet, would like that D9 in his yard
I ran a D9H Cat for years back in the eighties, she’s a pusher with lots of grunt, we used it in the Oilsands of Alberta Canada for pushing tailings sand and tar sands to bucket wheels. It was a very dependable dozer and good on fuel.
Nice video. Everything we had in the Marines and I learned on was 70's tech. Miss using the old pull levers in the dozers. The graders with 15 plus levers I don't miss one bit.
I use to work on the D9H myself many years back what a pleasure to work on a beast like that I was a Diesel Mechanic for the New York City Sanition
Diesel Creek smashing it again in 2024! Thanks for sharing the journey with us Matt.
All it needs is a few panels welded on with emphasis on the radiator on and she’s ready for service.
It wasn't the radiator getting hit that cut things short, he got stuck in a basement and ran it hard to get out... Improve the cooling systems efficiency, plate it, and plan your route a bit more than the last guy who had balls... 😂
@@themmgamer1227 and do it in winter :)
Wow congratulations Matt! 🎉 What an awesome machine! I'm happy for you! Sounds and looks great!
That's awesome. I could totally use something like that to clear land for my homestead build lol. Sometimes, reasonable men must buy unreasonable things.
Many thanks to Big John and all who helped move the D9. Great content Matt.
Matt sure gets to have all the fun Big shout to all his friends and enjoying all the truck And all involved thanks
Wow what a chunk of iron! 😲 Hard to imagine that D9 weighs almost 50 tons even without the blade.. ..and I didn't think that little Terex crane would even start to pick up that blade. Man that was sketchy!!!😳 That big Peterbuilt had no trouble at all moving it. Very nice rig!😊👍👍
It's steel, not iron. 🙃
@@johnmitchell1614 Meh... details!🤣
@@johnmitchell1614Lots of iron,with some carbon..
I hauled heavy equipment for 20 years. Worked in the office also running day to day operations. With trucks across Canada and the US. Watching this makes me miss it. But noylt the hours.
Ol' boy grabbing gears like a true legend. Maybe he can teach these other door dummies how to run like that. The Jake burps between shifts is like music to my ears
Maybe u need to rebuild a transmission because Joe super trucker messed up shifting with the Jake and if that’s how you drove u weren’t a professional and didn’t work on it because u never owned one
supposed to turn the jake off until you need it....dont leave your foot aall the way off the throttle when shifting gears....
Big shout out to Gino , Big John, and Sam, for all the hard work on both videos of Scrappy Industries, and Diesel Creek! Great buy, and great content😊
Matt, happy for your excitement, I'm excited for you too!
My son is a heavy plant fitter in the goldfields here in Western Australia. Just replaced a track tensioner on one like this for a farmer in the Eastern wheatbelt
I make parts for Terex here in ireland, and until now, I never knew or asked what they were used for 😂 but it makes perfect sense now seeing that little terex crane, I make the drums the wires go onto
Wait, what channel is this??? Matt your stuff never "just runs" out the gate! That (c)rusty heap in the background is much more your speed. Love it! Keep it up!
Congratulations! That’s a great addition Kudos to your camera guy. This was a very well documented video. Lots of great perspectives captured.
Enjoyed watching the move of the D9H, The first time I moved a D9 which was a G, for the company I worked for, I was in a 1976 Ford 8000 with a 318 Detroit, Yes it was slow, the last time I moved it I had graduated to a 99 KW with a pumped up 425 CAT, big difference.
Matt, I've often wondered why it's so hard to find good friends anymore, and it looks like it's because you have them all! What a great bunch of like-minded guys. All that and a D9 that starts RIGHT now. Your luck with new heavy purchases has definitely changed for the better. Great video.
When I lived in Peoria, the caterpillar workers were so proud of this unit.
Watching that D9 push is just amazing at the power it has, Great camera work also when bringing it to the destination with the shots thru the trees passing all the tractors under their sheds
You have the best toys Matt. Beautiful machine! The D9, and the trucks made some beautiful diesel music ❤
When I was a boy in the 1970s in the uk I got to ride in one as it bulldozed a forrestry road.The memory has never left me as the sheer power of the D9 just blew my mind.Amazing they are still going strong today testament to cat engineering.
Who would have thought Diesel Creek & Whistlin Diesel would both release big dozer videos in the same week!
So whos rippin who off then is the question?
I only clicked on this video for the whistlindiesel comments 😂😂😂
Do a pull off with him! Bulldozer demo.
To be honest, I watch Diesel Creek over, whistling diesel! Still a little bit pissed off when he trashed that Restored FARMALL!
If it was dirt cheap, how dirt cheap was it?
Hats off to you and your team of associates who help you on some of these videos. You guys are awesome!! 🏆👍
Wow! Thank you for buying it 😁
Of course 🤣...I swear Matt gets to have all the fun.
Matt, I’ve ran a lot of bulldozers but the D9H and D9G have always been my favorites. They’re so beautiful of a machine and I love hearing them grunt and seeing that black smoke pour out of the exhaust. They’re a real testament to the men who built America. Enjoy it while you have it and keep buying old iron!
I grew up in this area so watching your videos is almost like being home. Seeing the road signs for Scenery Hill and Washington gave me a chuckle. Thanks for the video!
D9H is one of the very best dozers caterpillar ever made, as a site super in the mid 80's, I had a sub contractor working for me that we had rented him and his D9H (1975) which was recently re-habed (1980) and let me tell you---that was one awesome dozer!!! We were stripping topsoil and stock piling it at a city park---I calculated how much he moved in 8hrs---3500cy----not to shabby----you have purchased a great machine!!! Good Luck!!!
Spent thousands of hours on a D9H! Those with the giant single shank ripper and U-blade are the best balanced tractors I have ever operated. From precision slope and grade work to building roads for mining they are still my favorites. Ran a lot of Cats and Komatsu. Last tractor I ran before getting out of the industry was a D11N. Started on D8H's with a pony motor......
It's midnight here in Australia, can't sleep, TV is rubbish nowadays so don't watch that and I get this notification woohoo next hour is all set!
In germany the TV is also rubbish😂 on purpose
The U.K. makes it 3 lousy television, not turned the telly on for 5+ years, been subscribed to Matt for nearly that time 😀 great start to 2024 Matt and co.
The US invented rubbish television
Now THAT'S a bulldozer!!! Very tidy for its age and plenty of grunt under the hood me thinks. Particularly enjoyed the time lapse segments during the breakdown and rebuild. What was the upshot with the 'Pete' not starting on the button? Having a decent crew of blokes on the job certainly helps. Schmick production!
Big John did great with these shots. If it where not for him those ppl may have never noticed where they last parked there RV haha
That Colossus had me at the first signature Diesel Creek belt squeal! Nice score Matt and a big shout to your crew getting it up to the giant sandbox.
Thanks to all who helped Matt get the D9 to the show! Love the dozer! Thank you for sharing! Plus, it's the first time It started!!!! Thanks for sharing! 😊
you just watched an hour long video of someone picking up a dozer. Congrats do you feel like you did something"?
Thank God for Big John, Sam., Gino.. I Love the D9, and glad that you already has a buyer, just hope you can make some money on her. Great Video!
Thanks for posting this vid. I've been a scale model builder since 1964, and had a job at a survey-engineering firm in the early '70 and worked around these beasts in the early 70's while I attended college. I have two 1:25th scale models of D8H's, with U-blades and single rippers. One will be built as a stock D-8H and the 2nd as a D-9H, thanks to you ! Again, many thanks.
Nice work loading her up. Personaly, I would have taken 15min to knock off some of the bigger chunks of dirt from the tracks. It's a nice gesture to respect other peoples equipment, and cleaning is good oportunity to make a visual inspection, look for damages, leaks and the like. There is a lot of life left in her, congratulations on the purchase.
“Thats what I’m telling the wife.” 😂 Awesome. Pull starting the Peterbuilt should be a Ford commercial.
Great stuff as always. My wife is great but has reached her limit with my auction finds. So I get my fix vicariously via your channel. You are living the dream for all of us.
ho my what a beast and to heck with the environment that startup when you took it off trailer price less a must see for all greenies Cheers
Hi Matt, I´m a 60 year old german and I like it a lot to watch your videos every time . Congratulation for this beautiful 50 ton beast...you must have a lot of fun with it. It´s a shame I can´t even see it live in action. I´m already looking forward to the next video with this monster. And tell your friend, that his Peterbilt sounds absolute fantastic .... what a beauty . Many greetings from Germany...Andreas
Great video Matt. You got a screaming good deal. A big thank you to Sam, Gino & Big John for helping Matt out.
changed shot lower track rollers. mid 80's> on an early 60's D9.Heated rails but still had a dozen roller mount bolts snap.Tractor was cribbed up on ties. Torch cut out those broken carrier bolts laying on my back.Pick and clip the tap every hole including the bolts that came out. 22 years old at the time. did the job in the yard. 8 months later running a service truck in a 70 mile radiusof the home shop.knees are killing me now at70.
well lets hope you can get some one to buy and put it back work i love older dozer nice job
All of that diesel power helped shape and build America. Amazing the age on those machines and they still run and function. Cheers Matt from this old retired coot living the dream in chilly Tennessee.
In the late 1960s, I watched mesmerized by a Cat D9, taking down a row of 2 story brick homes that were in the right-of-way for I-95 just south of Baltimore. It would notch the front corners, then put the blade high on back wall and push. 20 minutes later, it was a rubble pile in the basement. Just raw grunt!
My most favorite CAT dozers are D9G and H! Great you bought one.
50 year old dozer they are costly to float shift i operated one here in Australia for Cleary Brothers 30 years ago they are one heck of a dozer for shifting dirt!
Neat video Matt, glad you got to play with your 'new' D9H, which you have sitting near that I H TD25, although it's yellow instead of RED. The TD-24 at the farm was red of course and what a bemouth it seemed to be back then. Also the video of that line of all the Farmall farm tractors on your way in. I grew up on the International Harvester Experimental Farm some 15 miles west of Chicago back in the 40's & 50's, and watched a lot of the testing of their line of agricultural equipment. I came into the world in '39 just as they came out with the M, H, and A Farmalls and watched the testing of the tractors up into the numbered ones. Dad was a dairyman testing that line of equipment until they quit the dairy and refrigeration line in the early 50's; the dairy barn and a lot of other stuff were my playground until I got a license and discovered cars, airplanes and girls! Collecting a lot of IH stuff, too much according to my wife, is a lot of fun, and I give talks at the IH collectors group once in a while about what went on back then. You might have guessed that the farm existed from 1917 'til the mid 80's and is now the remaining companies engineering center, testing facility and test track with most of the farm in other business' and high end homes. Oh how things have changed in the last 75 years I've been aware of. Good luck in your endeavors. JimM
With that many friends helping you be sure to include them in the vid credits. We know you don`t "NEED" a dozer that big - but with it your whole farm site would be cleared in a week and 20 huge tree piles to burn. Good think it was relatively cheap so it could stay at the steam show site. Pressure wash it and sell it to Clint after fixing the hood crack.
Congratulations Matt !!! You are now the proud owner of one of the greatest large dozers ever manufactured.The legendary CAT D9H.She is truly a beauty. What an awesome piece of heavy equipment and construction history.Best of Luck with the new addition to your collection.
Fantastic video, you were lucky to get that D9H for such a great price, I’ve never driven a D9H but I drove a D8L 2 years ago. Good luck, and keep on making these awesome videos 🤩
Thanks big John 4 helping Matt out
I once watched a D9 pushing snow in a parking lot where I was a ski bum at 18 years old... it was one of the most impressive things that I had ever seen, and a sight which kinda started my fascination with (really) big iron. I was once able to work with one and it was a mind blowing experience for my young self. Those suckers are HUGE!!! This is so f'n cool that Matt has one! Amazing!!
What amazes me is that the D9 did not tear up the ground when you did turn, 50 ton machine on a steel belts. Pretty strong vegetation you have over there...
Reminds me of years ago a low loader cracked and started touching road was right old pandemonium had jack it up in the middle of road blocked the town hours had get a mobile welder etc
Those pin drivers are sweet! I had a set when I was a heavy equipment tech and they make easy work out of stubborn pins
Those of us who have been here since the early days kinda knew that it was inevitable that a D9 would "rock up" at some point. Awesome team work guy's. It's so great watching a plan come together. Many thanks for the really enjoyable video. David in the UK.
Amazing how the D-9 has grown. We had the only direct drive model of the D-9(18A 1032). We used farming in central Washington state. It weighed only 64000 lbs. . Built in 1956.
About the size of a d 7 g
Great video !!! Nice dozer, ford LTL9000, and Pete !!! Thanks for sharing , Always liked those LTL 9000,