I work at the Decatur IL facility for cat. This facility produces all 797s and many other pieces of equipment! Nice to see similar processes at our dealers.

@AaronWitt

Жыл бұрын

That’s so cool!!

@pamelarobertson887

Жыл бұрын

Replying in my wifes account, I work in East Peoria TBU. I turn, drill, and cut the spiral Pinion and Gear for the differential.

@Dankyjrthethird

Жыл бұрын

You guys keep the world turning. Thanks for all you do!

@KasperMTB

23 күн бұрын

I just visited that plant today 😅

Nice! I work on 793s, we had 797s at one point but the tires were disproportionately expensive and much of our infrastructure was too small to support the 97s. The dispatch system is usually a 2.4GHz mesh network and passes truck location, shovel assignments, and dump assignments. When it works, it's more efficient than voice radio communication. We also have full telemetry on all trucks so maintenance can pull up diagnostic information in near real-time on running trucks.

Had the privilege of building the prototype and regular production engines for these trucks when they first came out. Tandem 3512’s crank to crank. What a trip! They now use C175’s. I just retired from building the 3500 family of engines for 30 years in Lafayette IN. It’s an incredible product and these big machines are impressive to say the least!

If you had this truck and unlimited diesel for a day, what would you do? Register for the Dirt World Summit NOW! dirtworld.com/dirt-world-summit

@dozingnsloping6814

Жыл бұрын

Any damn thing I wanted

@landonlewsaw1762

Жыл бұрын

Fill the box with water and have a pool party

@wilsonh3132

Жыл бұрын

Go on rampage in Las Vegas 😂

@bossjohnson678

Жыл бұрын

make killdozer look like a small event

@burtbrooks7731

Жыл бұрын

Only 1 answer to this question, I’d get the boys/crew together and see how many empty bud lights it’d take to fill that bed💪 awesome video man

I work for KalTire and we singled out the inner rubber on that 1316 truck, also when 204, 205, and 206 came to site, we did the last few steps to get the truck ready to go to work

These are HUGE trucks but are surprisingly easy to operate. Very well designed and built.

Wow I was playing with a mod for farming simulator with a 994k and end up watching with 797f truck. Caterpillar is a beast company I don't see anyone trying to be this big.

So funny enough for this year, heavy metal has bought every 797 haul truck finning will build this year. They can’t get enough technicians to help build them. I work for the hitachi vendor in Alberta and we’ve done in our shop, a dozen units just for heavy metal for up north and I think we’re expecting more units to get built. 490s, 690s and 890s

Just incredible!! The size of these tools is remarkable, the people that build them and care for them are even more remarkable! Thanks for the video, a joy to watch

So cool to see some of the insides of these machines, I work at the factory that builds the 793 and 797 ROP structure so I know what goes into the basic "bones" for the cabs but I've never seen a finished fully assembled cab before.

@AaronWitt

Жыл бұрын

that's awesome!!

@frerikslaw

Жыл бұрын

Where are the rop structure s built

@jamesseidl3661

Жыл бұрын

@@frerikslaw Watertown SD, we send cat the painted cabs to cat where they do the final assembly

Great video I’m glad you got in the shop, after the last video up here I seen shots of finning and thought you might have missed out. Of all the trucks to show when saying they do a 12 week rebuild it’s the one that’s been in the shop for 5 months.

This is mental, brings out the small boy in every man! :)

I remember driving those exact 204 and 547 trucks! It was just last year when they were freshly commissioned and handed over to Syncrude for their base mine. I had an absolute blast with the F series trucks. Those trucks packed an immense amount of power.

I like that the cupholder has a slot for a handle to allow for thermoses during cold weather. It wouldn't surprise me if it was built to fit a specific size of vacuum bottle.

I drive a 793F for work in Australia, they are so much fun! Very lucky to be able to have the experience and get paid well to do it.

6:20 they have exhaust dumps in regular dump beds as well for asphalt work but… the bed will rot out 2x as fast. The beds will hold moisture and salt.

@AaronWitt

Жыл бұрын

ahhhh interesting

I was in the crew that welded together the first 797 truck bed in Arizona, May 1998.

Enjoyed this a lot. I have operated some equipment that came close to these sizes, Mostly Dozers and excavators that load these and tend,. Am retired and miss it.

@AaronWitt

Жыл бұрын

thanks for watching Peter

thank you for the video explanation of the video about heavy equipment. this adds to our insight. in my country is no stranger to the use of trucks and excavators. keep working... greetings steel nails from us Indonesia

I enjoyed watching your video of a 797 work in process. I actually work in the Decatur, IL plant where the 797 is built and 5 1/2 years ago I worked on the 797 line. After the test booth I helped to break them down to get it ready for shipping. Largest truck means large parts and large tools. It was a tough job!

Absolutely love the style of these Vlogs. Brilliant filming, editing and sound production produce a great quality overall. I appreciated things like the sound note when the Finning CAT logo clunked onto the center of the screen, and the perfect level adjustment of the background music between Aaron's voice parts - not only does the level fade or rise to the sweet spot, it feels like the music is at the right point in its own track to make that moment the best it can be. Love the excitement and passion that shows through!

I hauled some of those engines back and forth to Edmonton to be rebuilt. 3516s - 35 litre displacement, V16 configuration. 25,000lbs a piece! Even those electric wheel motors were over 10,000lbs.

@AaronWitt

Жыл бұрын

sweet!!!

Fantastic informative video. Loved the music and everything about how you did it! I’ll be watching more.

So glad I found this channel! Keep the awesome content coming

I think you omitted a very important part of these mechanical monstrosities; the tires! Great and informative video. I enjoyed it.

Wow! Replace the undercarriage twice a year?!?!? Just the cost of that alone boggles the mind! Great video, thank you.

Freaking awesome video Aaron those trucks are insane

I've had 204 dump next to me quite a few times now... good trucks for sure! C5 and C6 (798's) are also good as well. Driven those two trucks in particular quite a few times. Powerhouses to say the least.

Amazing machines! Great video! 👍👍👍👊😎

This was so fun to watch! 797 is such a beast!

@AaronWitt

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Youre living my dream. As a heavy equipment apprentice here in BC. Its always been a dream of mine to check out finning out there in Alberta

@profile86

Жыл бұрын

Teck is hiring HD apprentices in the elk valley, check it out

I work with 797F cinse eight years ago. i like a lot!!

Awesome!!!❤

Great video, thank you!

@AaronWitt

Жыл бұрын

thanks for watching!

This is how car should be made to be rebuilt and last a long time and be simple

@kingduck3192

Жыл бұрын

It takes 12 weeks to build compared to a day for a regular truck they aren’t that simple

@Nikkk6969

Жыл бұрын

@@kingduck3192 they take a long time because they are huge. The frame alone takes weeks to fabricate. All the old cats you see everywhere are still running because they are quality made and they are pretty “simple” in the terms of they are just made to run and do their jobs, not any un needed crap added like a lot of unreliable cars these days.

Let's hear it for the wee can of WD40 on that monster frame @3:40 - even monster machines need some lovin'! LOL

15 years ago I saw a Cat D11 dozer for the first time at a highway construction site here in Bulgaria. I stopped my car and sat there for half an hour just looking at the machine working.

He said the phrase!! Hell ya

Awesome content!!

Awesome video love the shop episodes

@AaronWitt

Жыл бұрын

thanks for watching Ron

Aaron cool video good stuff

@AaronWitt

Жыл бұрын

thank you for watching

I work at Toromont CAT in Ontario. Biggest we see are 775. These are quite massive. Love the videos!

@nickriley8687

Жыл бұрын

Detour lake mine in ontario has 795s ans 798s and the new one going to open at gogama will have 793s I believe there's some other gold mines who run 793s aswell

I thought sand was corrosive 🤪🤣 love watching your videos man see if you can do an in depth with the 24 class graders!

Best upload by far, thanks Aaron, boys with toys, pity you could spend a whole day there , keep up the good work and maybe one day you can come to the UK and play with our very small JCBs 😂😂😂 Just a thought 😂 Looking forward to the next company you visit.

I got to sit the very first at 797 Truck at the Decatur Il. plant. It was so cool when they started it up.

The ONLY thing not oversize.... The cupholders

@AaronWitt

Жыл бұрын

hahaha

@Lancaster786

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@blockstacker5614

Жыл бұрын

Imagine rolling up to the drive thru in that, probably more like rolling over the drive thru lol

I used to live in Fort McMurray and knowing about the oil sands was awesome, but tryna get a job is a whole other story 😂

Cool machines!

Awesome 👏🏻

I drove that 1315 and 1359 at for hills the other day

The dirt still does stick to some degree especially when it gets real cold

Cool video thx👍

@AaronWitt

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

I worked at Bradken in Kansas where they cast the axle for these. They are huge and would make a good video for you.

11:20 it better have a heated steering wheel.

beautiful

Awesome ❤

great video bet you had an amazing time round all that plant. hey why dont you see if you can get a video walk around of cat 6120 prototype. take care Dylan

Monster max will never too that! Time for a new build Cody from monster max

I don't get to work on those here in NC, biggest I see are 777 trucks, 375 excavators and 992 loaders. They are simple and straight forward to work on, just exhausting because of all the climbing up and crawling under I have to do.

I work for finning. Awesome company.

The size of these things makes perfect sense, but it definitely still makes my brain itch.

I’m a technician for a caterpillar dealer and it just amazes me to see these big ass trucks built brand new. The biggest truck I’ve seen is a 775 which is nothing compared to these. I want to become an operator eventually but I’m not too sure on how to start out.

@andrewscrutton

Жыл бұрын

outide of the ft mcmurray area im not sure, but up there id recomend you look at the haul truck operator course at keyano college

outstanding

Wish you talked a little more about the technical aspect of the trucks. I’m so curious about those engines. They’re huge!

@AaronWitt

Жыл бұрын

I'm not smart enough for that

@blockstacker5614

Жыл бұрын

6469 cui V20 in the case of a 797F, apparently makes around 4000 HP

@blockstacker5614

Жыл бұрын

the 798 AC's engine is similar but has four fewer cylinders, and of course driving a generator instead of a mechanical drivetrain like in the 797

It's crazy how much the earth is getting ripped apart 24/7

Worked in the slate quarry before. Worked with subpar equipment that spent more time being fixed than it did working. Drove a cat 35 ton haul truck made in the late 60s. No heating or air and summer operations were brutal in it. Rather drive a truck like this over what I used to drive

I picked that 204 truck up from the finning yard to bring it to basemine! That thing is insane.

@AaronWitt

Жыл бұрын

That’s sick!!!

Music is MAD!

Imagine having a car that has a grill with stairs

You know, eventually these trucks will become so large it'll make more sense to put wheels on the processing plant and just drive that to the mine.

Cat engineering designs truck box to materials weight per cubic yard to haul maximum pay load. Load volume using SAE formula, light material super large box, very heavy smaller truck box.

Sick Machines. Would love to operate them.

7:48 my boy not having a good day if he has the rapid-tap out😂

What a luxury truck

Hi Aaron

I blinked, but just managed to catch the interior review.

Pretty job site, not for long :))

Tracks every 6 months?! wish our ones lasted that long

I swear the turnaround is quicker in aus, but from memory they are the 794's

Suncor has 1415 at fort hill atm

Big iron no doubt. What surprises me, is that with the fluidity of robotics in assembly factories, why haven’t man lifts followed suit ? For a mechanic tech to be lurching about on a slooowww Genie lift seems silly. 🤙

@ronblack7870

Жыл бұрын

it's for safety. they all move slow and you generally can only move 1 thing at a time. it is frustrating. maybe elon can get into this world some day.

I operated the C5 at Syncrude base mine.

This is the video every dude wanted to see

You know who should get a chance to ride in one of those 797s? The guy that runs the KT3406E KZread channel. I'm just imagining him saying "Thats a pretty big truck" in his accent, as he stands in front of it scratching his head.

These men are foundation of todays society, they make and repair these machines and deserve the best! Also I love being a man and liking stuff like this so freaking cool seeing huge creations made out of steel moving around huge amounts of earth

im also a mechanic working at monark cat dealer in phillipines

Seen many of them being built at the factory but they did not put them together there but I think the one time

Finning CAT 👍

1415 truck and 1359 are at fort hills suncor...I just blew 1415 motor up its stuck on the 220 dump with the box up getting pulled apart

Come to Wyoming man, Gillette Wyoming, NARM here we have some of the biggest haul trucks in the world, and we have the biggest loader in the world. I work on this stuff everyday! As I type this I'm getting ready to go to work.

I like that even here you see a can of WD-40

"It doesn't have mud flaps it has mud curtains."🤪

This seems like a fun, but VERY taxing job.

Did you steal Breadstick Ricky's hard-hat? 🤣

Sand + oil = wet sanding. Will do the exact same thing that metal shavings in your oil does. Insane thats done every 6 months, must be rough having to know you need a machine out of service for several weeks twice a year.

I drive a Hitachi EH750-3. I need to upgrade to this 😅

I work in a foundry that makes parts for these kinds of trucks and I'm trying to see if I can recognize any of them

"How big of a garage door do you want? " "Yes"

It Makes the 770 i drive sometimes look like a toy!

Canadians dont drink those massive american drinks. That cup holder is the general size for any country outside the 🇺🇸 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

@mikefrom3089

Жыл бұрын

It fits a Tim’s coffee

@griffoutdoortv5882

Жыл бұрын

to be fair most people want big cupholders for bulky water bottles even a 44 oz drink will fit in a regular cupholder thanks the the innovation of the tapered cup

@CartoonWeasel

Жыл бұрын

@@griffoutdoortv5882 american yes, not anywhere else.

@BrianGivensYtube

Жыл бұрын

What about my Big Gulp??

@marygfullerton

Жыл бұрын

More you drink, more ya gotta pee! Sounds like it’s take a long time to take a whiz! Operators need to have bladder like nurses- that can last a whole shift!