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Dude Makes Insane Tricks in 15 Ton Caterpillar

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Njord Noatun

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Check out this dude doing some wild tricks in a 15 ton Caterpillar frontloader.

What I am wondering is - how do you get started practicing for stunts like these? I mean, it's not like you could ask your boss for permission!

Anywho - enjoy!
 
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Amusing! What impresses me is the guy that can thread a needle with the bucket on one pass.
 
Pretty wild. I wonder if the articulated steering was locked in place? There is usually a bar that does so to make the loader rigid when it is being worked on, to prevent someone from getting crushed in the middle of the machine. Otherwise, the rear could sway and ruin that dude's day.:yes:
 
jhal said:
Pretty wild. I wonder if the articulated steering was locked in place? There is usually a bar that does so to make the loader rigid when it is being worked on, to prevent someone from getting crushed in the middle of the machine. Otherwise, the rear could sway and ruin that dude's day.:yes:
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And the older the machine, the more likely that the hydraulic cylinders in the steering are leaking therefore a wobbly engine/transmission section aka the back end. So the locking bars must be in place, maybe?

Back in the day, I saw much larger equipment start to rear up but it was extremely hazardous since the shovels could load several of those machines in a single pass. And the hazardous part would mean the operator would take a three story tumble if it tipped over.

Anyway, that video is still neat!
 
Hmmmmm.... There's an old Cat D9 sitting on 1/2 on the neighbor's property and half on ours where it quit, with one of the tread sprockets off. I think it bears looking into :) . I've always wanted to play with one of those. I asked him about it last year, and he said it's too close to needing a rebuild to be worthwhile fixing the sprocket and trying to put it back in regular service.

Charles
 
Amazing.

I got my start logging in 1993 when they widened my street and threw a 28" walnut tree on to the burn pile. I asked them if I could have it and the guy went in there with a D9. This thing had the root ball on it and must have weighed tons. He got it on his bucket and could barely lift it without the rear end coming off the ground. I got some niiiice boards out of that log and I haven't seen a D9 rear up since.
 
We had an old old old D-8 on the ranch that we used for ripping. My cousin and I were killing time in the yard one day and spotted my old '58 Chevy station wagon parts car sitting in the yard, and decided to see what the 'ol Cat would do to it. My cousin took the first shot at it. It climbed up on top and crushed the roof, but not the rest of the body. I tried it myself a few times, then got the idea to get on top, pull the left steering friction lever and hit the left brake to do a hard turn. It turned the car into a pancake.

My dad and uncles weren't too impressed, though.
 
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