Does this bother anyone else?
- CuttingEdge
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Does this bother anyone else?
You are watching the news and there is a mudslide or something and the news anchor says something like, "And so they brought the bulldozers out in force" when you look behind them and there is nothing but bucket loaders scooping up the mess without a track in sight?
I have issues I know, but that just bugs me. I yell at the TV all the time "They are not bulldozers they are bucket loaders!"
Does this bother anyone else or is it just my pet peeve?
I have issues I know, but that just bugs me. I yell at the TV all the time "They are not bulldozers they are bucket loaders!"
Does this bother anyone else or is it just my pet peeve?
I have no intention of traveling to my grave in a well manicured body; instead I am going to slide into heaven with a big power turn, totally wore out with busted knuckles, jump off my dozer loudly yelling, Woo Hoo, another Shepard has just arrived!
- Stan Disbrow
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Hi,
Nah. Doesn't bother me. Not when it comes to normal people, anyway. They are lucky that they get it that close.
Now, when it comes to equipment people calling it out incorrectly, that does bother me. As in calling a crawler loader a bulldozer....
Stan
Nah. Doesn't bother me. Not when it comes to normal people, anyway. They are lucky that they get it that close.
Now, when it comes to equipment people calling it out incorrectly, that does bother me. As in calling a crawler loader a bulldozer....
Stan
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Useta Have: '58 JD 420c 5-roller w/62 inside blade
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Useta Have: '68 JD350, '51 Terratrac GT-25
Have: 1950 M, 2005 x495, 2008 5103 (now known as 5045D)
Useta Have: '58 JD 420c 5-roller w/62 inside blade
Useta Have: '78 JD350C w/6310 outside blade
Useta Have: '68 JD350, '51 Terratrac GT-25
Have: 1950 M, 2005 x495, 2008 5103 (now known as 5045D)
- mapaduke@yahoo.com
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Re: Does this bother anyone else?
CuttingEdge wrote:You are watching the news and there is a mudslide or something and the news anchor says something like, "And so they brought the bulldozers out in force" when you look behind them and there is nothing but bucket loaders scooping up the mess without a track in sight?
I have issues I know, but that just bugs me. I yell at the TV all the time "They are not bulldozers they are bucket loaders!"
Does this bother anyone else or is it just my pet peeve?
about the same here ....Although there are Rubber tired Dozers BUT they are NOT used for mud slides
2010 with 622 dozer with mod. 35 ripper and a 2010 with 622 dozer bought in 1969 and a 2010 loader with drott and mod. 36 ripper
This bothers me a little because journalism used to mean objective reporting through source and fact checking- nowadays journalism means telling a sensationalistic story regardless of the facts.
(1) JD Straight 450 crawler dozer with manual outside blade; (2) JD 2010 diesel crawler loaders; (1) JD 2010 diesel dozer with hydraulic 6-way blade; (2) Model 50 backhoe attachments, misc. other construction equipment
- CuttingEdge
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I always wanted to make a poster of silhouetted equipment and send it to my local TV news station so at least they could zero in on the equipment.
As a side note though, it is interesting to hear what other regions call equipment. Here a Bobcat is a skid steer, that name has changed slightly as Bobcat branched into excavators and stuff, but years ago, we all had Bobcat's, even if it was a green John Deere skid steer in the barn.
Another one I heard of is from the southern boys, they call an excavator a track-hoe. I don't have an issue with it, but just a regional name for something.
As a side note though, it is interesting to hear what other regions call equipment. Here a Bobcat is a skid steer, that name has changed slightly as Bobcat branched into excavators and stuff, but years ago, we all had Bobcat's, even if it was a green John Deere skid steer in the barn.
Another one I heard of is from the southern boys, they call an excavator a track-hoe. I don't have an issue with it, but just a regional name for something.
I have no intention of traveling to my grave in a well manicured body; instead I am going to slide into heaven with a big power turn, totally wore out with busted knuckles, jump off my dozer loudly yelling, Woo Hoo, another Shepard has just arrived!
- Stan Disbrow
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Hi,
I saw plenty of em when I raced, but that kind had legs....
Stan
I saw plenty of em when I raced, but that kind had legs....
Stan
There's No Such Thing As A Cheap Crawler!
Useta Have: '58 JD 420c 5-roller w/62 inside blade
Useta Have: '78 JD350C w/6310 outside blade
Useta Have: '68 JD350, '51 Terratrac GT-25
Have: 1950 M, 2005 x495, 2008 5103 (now known as 5045D)
Useta Have: '58 JD 420c 5-roller w/62 inside blade
Useta Have: '78 JD350C w/6310 outside blade
Useta Have: '68 JD350, '51 Terratrac GT-25
Have: 1950 M, 2005 x495, 2008 5103 (now known as 5045D)
- CuttingEdge
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Now that my dozer-friend, is funny!
I was going to have my wife pose on my new-to-me crawler as she is very pretty, but with terminology like this floating about, now I am not so sure. (I am just joking obviously, it takes a lot to offend me).
I was going to have my wife pose on my new-to-me crawler as she is very pretty, but with terminology like this floating about, now I am not so sure. (I am just joking obviously, it takes a lot to offend me).
I have no intention of traveling to my grave in a well manicured body; instead I am going to slide into heaven with a big power turn, totally wore out with busted knuckles, jump off my dozer loudly yelling, Woo Hoo, another Shepard has just arrived!
WOW is it getting deep in here!
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- Stan Disbrow
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- CuttingEdge
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Well Lavoy/Stan; I see your JD 350C and raise you JD 850C...
Pretty wife: Check
Bulldozer: Check
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Pretty wife: Check
Bulldozer: Check
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I have no intention of traveling to my grave in a well manicured body; instead I am going to slide into heaven with a big power turn, totally wore out with busted knuckles, jump off my dozer loudly yelling, Woo Hoo, another Shepard has just arrived!
- Stan Disbrow
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Hi,
850? That is pretty big! You win!
I had a guy who wanted to give me a D8 with a cable blade for free. Running, too. But what to do with it? Even getting it hauled would be pretty costly. But, I passed on it because I could not think of a thing I would use it for.
Stan
850? That is pretty big! You win!
I had a guy who wanted to give me a D8 with a cable blade for free. Running, too. But what to do with it? Even getting it hauled would be pretty costly. But, I passed on it because I could not think of a thing I would use it for.
Stan
There's No Such Thing As A Cheap Crawler!
Useta Have: '58 JD 420c 5-roller w/62 inside blade
Useta Have: '78 JD350C w/6310 outside blade
Useta Have: '68 JD350, '51 Terratrac GT-25
Have: 1950 M, 2005 x495, 2008 5103 (now known as 5045D)
Useta Have: '58 JD 420c 5-roller w/62 inside blade
Useta Have: '78 JD350C w/6310 outside blade
Useta Have: '68 JD350, '51 Terratrac GT-25
Have: 1950 M, 2005 x495, 2008 5103 (now known as 5045D)
- CuttingEdge
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I rented that one to clear a 12 acre field of stumps. If I had the chance you had, I would jump at it. I honestly need two bulldozers, a small one for logging and a big one to clear stumps.
An excavator works really well at ripping stumps out, but with a dozer you can rip the stump out AND push them to the edge of a field. Some say you push all the topsoil with it, but that is not the case at all. After I get the stump out I leave the blade up by a foot or two and the topsoil just falls off on its way to the edge of the field. The best thing to do is push them out of the ground and let the frost fracture the dirt. The next spring push just the root to the field edge. That works well if you are patient.
The true worth of a big dozer is its wide blade. With that you get a really level field, but hey I know you this is not anything new to you.
An excavator works really well at ripping stumps out, but with a dozer you can rip the stump out AND push them to the edge of a field. Some say you push all the topsoil with it, but that is not the case at all. After I get the stump out I leave the blade up by a foot or two and the topsoil just falls off on its way to the edge of the field. The best thing to do is push them out of the ground and let the frost fracture the dirt. The next spring push just the root to the field edge. That works well if you are patient.
The true worth of a big dozer is its wide blade. With that you get a really level field, but hey I know you this is not anything new to you.
I have no intention of traveling to my grave in a well manicured body; instead I am going to slide into heaven with a big power turn, totally wore out with busted knuckles, jump off my dozer loudly yelling, Woo Hoo, another Shepard has just arrived!
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