CATERPILLAR TRACTOR COMPANY D-9 BULLDOZER 1950s PROMOTIONAL FILM 52334
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The Caterpillar Tractor Company presents “Report on the Giant,” a 1950s color film examining the D9 “the giant of the earth movers.” (The D9 is a large track-type tractor usually sold as a bulldozer and equipped with a detachable large blade and a rear ripper attachment.) The D9 is shown in various settings, such as hauling timber through forests, moving raw material in an industrial setting, and separating heavy rock. “Wherever it is working, the D9 is making the most severe assignments look commonplace,” says the narrator. There are scenes of the equipment at work at the west Texas town of Guadalupe Peak (mark 01:23) and an interview with an owner of the equipment who talks about its performance and various jobs starting at mark 01:52. “It’s power and its ruggedness” are cited as just two of its positive attributes at mark 04:22. This is followed by additional scenes of D9 being used as a bulldozer, pushing material into a hopper at mark 05:10, stripping the overburden (the soil and subsoil above the bedrock), and using it in a coal-stripping setting. The film rolls on with more scenes of the earth-moving equipment and additional interviews with satisfied owners touting its superiority, particularly in coal country and road-widening projects in California. Although the machinery is tested by heavy boulders at mark 12:14, the D9 still gets the job done. “The D9 does the job on a scale that equipment users would not have dreamed but 10 years before,” says the narrator at mark 14:40. As the film nears an end, we see scenes of the D9 on an interstate job site in the Midwest and working among the Redwoods in California, and the narrator reminds us that “it is the one crawler tractor that has earned the right to be known as ‘giant of the earth movers!’”
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I wish life could go back to the way it was back then
@dansengines2594
Жыл бұрын
Couldn't agree more. These dozers helped build this great country.
@vcente671
Жыл бұрын
@@dansengines2594 that's not what he was implying...smh
@dansengines2594
Жыл бұрын
@@vcente671 it could be taken that way, and my post is very true and positive. But I agree with his statement
Back in the day when society had meaning and purpose.
@magnatron7734
5 жыл бұрын
Moo01100 sad but true
@leosypher9993
4 жыл бұрын
Truth in every word of that statement
@cameronstoltie5952
3 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@clarknikolai9739
2 жыл бұрын
I know im asking randomly but does anybody know of a way to log back into an instagram account? I somehow forgot the login password. I would love any assistance you can offer me!
@torinace258
2 жыл бұрын
@Clark Nikolai Instablaster :)
I love old CATs. Best dozer ever. I learned how to operate a dozer in a 76 D-8k. I miss that dozer so much. Incredible amount of torque and gorgeous styling. Let out the decelerator and a mushroom cloud of black smoke and then the turbo screaming and you spin the globe beneath me as the torque starts getting applied and material rolling in front of your blade. Great memories but the biggest dozer since that was a high sprocket D-6 from the late 90s. I love construction and dozer work from initial cut to final grade is incredibly fulfilling and creates a close connection to the machine and adds to the pride I take in my work at the limit of my abilities. Every hour spent is that much more experience that much more confidence as well as further pushing myself and thoroughly study the machine and feel of the machine to become one man and machine. To me as an operator the dozer is the one piece of equipment that you have to get a feel for their individual quirks and depending on the wear and maintenance, how much slop is in it I feel you need to have more feel for a dozer than sat an excavator.
Love the brevity of these interviews. No macking, just straight talk and have a nice day.
@deepbludude4697
2 жыл бұрын
YEP! back in the day when everyone wasnt trying to BS you or plant some crazy crap into your subconcious!
When I was given the chance to train on a D9, in the army, the grin on my face was 3" wider than the blade. Later, they trained me on the Centurion AVRE, with it's 16 foot blade. This was in preparation for Operation Motorman in Northern Ireland. That puppy could clear barricaded streets without spilling my tea. Years later, I drove a D6, which is lovely bit of kit to play with, except, due to noise it's tracks make, gained me the name of, clatter-clogs! Nowadays, since I'm retired, and I go fell walking, for leisure.. That smile is still there, as I do it, in sized 9 Caterpillar boots! Thanks for the upload..
@Manorfarmdenton
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks to the D7Es and D8s I've had over the years I now wear hearing aids! Re the Cat boots, I love what the box says - Caterpillar Walking Machines!
@leoncharlesworth8108
4 жыл бұрын
Hi I crewed AVRE for four years 26 Armoured RE and 31 Armoured RE I remember you going to Northern Ireland . Charlie.
@jameslindley924
2 жыл бұрын
lol !! Cant fault ya
The first dozer I ever operated was one of these . It had a front mount winch & rear hydraulic ripper. Soon learned that cable blade needed a special touch to get the best from it. Oh yeah & who could ever forget the pilot ( donkey ) starter motor . Got an old photo of me pushing out a hwy cutting near Streaky Bay South Australia 73/74 . Turbo whistle sounded good too .
Enjoyed old Caterpillar D9 presentation. Keep Up Your Historical Findings !
Love these old films. Simpler times!
Hats off to the Caterpillar field reporter attempting to interview Mr. John Lope(?), superintendent for Adam, Ida Miller, Inc., a man of few words. Pulling rhinoceros teeth would've been a heck of a lot easier. LOL.
@mikewhipkey6863
4 жыл бұрын
That company is still in business and probably still has this Dozer
8:40 I love Mr. Stanton's 50's New York accent
That mud hole in the redwoods was really something.
@Mercmad
5 жыл бұрын
Yep, Chris Letsdig18 should stop complaining about little mud holes and check that bog out.
when my grandpa worked on building the new york thruway in the 50s they would use a D9 to push start the belly dump trucks. they parked 4 or 5 in a line then pushed them all to pop start them to save time.
Adam Eidemiller inc. Is still in business and more than likely still has that Dozer
For many years, the D8 was the largest of Cat's crawlers. The D9 changed all of that...
@bobocaterpillar3697
6 жыл бұрын
and the D10 changed ALL THAT ..... AGAIN
@boblablah3166
6 жыл бұрын
...and the D11?
@n.mcneil4066
Жыл бұрын
The D9 was the turbocharged version of the D8.
Old Cable dozer pictured in the highway job in California. I was a mechanic for a company that liked running old iron. Even back in the early 80s it was hard to find a Cat operator that knew how to handle a cable operated front blade. And it was a real mess when an operator got the cables fouled.
I was hoping for an appearance by Clint Walker discussing the autonomous variant of the 9. :D
@kennyhuskisson2684
4 ай бұрын
That would've been awesome! Only he passed in 2018, 1974 movie, Killdozer is a classic!👍✌️
Near the end going through deep mud was impressive to say the least.
Always enjoy these old sales videos!!!! So interesting to hear the different accents. Fun Fact the mountain at 1:23 is the Guadalupe Peak , the tallest point in Texas. That road is US 62 \ US 180. Runs thru the small small community of Pine Springs.
Pit run gravel haven't heard that term in a long time ,& I've been watching a few dirt company videos for years and still don't see or hear them talk like they did back then in way more Normal times ,the world seems to be getting crazier by every passing day right along with most appearl companies Dumbing down quality by the masses.
no shit! Adam Eidemiller I worked with them I'm from close to there they are still in business! I went to school in connellsville
@hossnuckolls5830
5 жыл бұрын
I own one of EideMiller's old D 9s it's still like a new one
@hossnuckolls5830
5 жыл бұрын
Yeah I bought it off a guy in northwest Ohio right on the Pennsylvania line he had it setting in a dry Barn for about 20 years resting. The o'l motor is in so good of shape it will start off the pony motor with no either and that's a rarity for a old cat D 3 53
impressionante máquinas maguinifica...paz e luz.
Cool video... great jobs
Благодарю за историю!
Great footage of machines and men back then , thank you Caterpillar, l especially enjoyed the on the job interviews with the supers or formans. Plus Moving 2 to 3 times of material at the concrete plant is something else, wonder what machine the D9 replaced ?
that was impressive with the one going through the mud!
@Builder99
7 жыл бұрын
he had winter tracks on it...
@FishFind3000
5 жыл бұрын
Builder99 looks like regular tracks to me.
There was one even bigger in the junkyard for years. Had the 16 ft blade and monster trolley bars.
Haha that is funny I wouldn’t expect one of these old commercials t have my small little town in the middle n nowhere I live was than 5 miles from new Stanton lol.
@pittsburghareaaffordableae7613
4 жыл бұрын
I thought the same thing although I can’t place any section of rt 31 being 4 lanes wide except for a small section between mt pleasant and hunker. Maybe that is where this was filmed.
0:49 on - those layers of sediment in cliffs were laid down during The Flood 4,350 years ago.
@donrondemarco7556
4 жыл бұрын
Lol wow
@metalrooves3651
Жыл бұрын
i dont think 2350 bc is correct!id say 8000 anyway,the pyra mids are older than 2350 bc!
the 1954 D9 WAS IN AN 18A and a 19Aseries,,,18s had a diesel fuel lubed torque converter behind a 3 speed tranny.THE FUEL LINE SUPPLYING THE BIG 6 CYLINDER MOTOR came off the bottom of the transmission....down side was that you were exspaected to keep an over half full tank of fuel.....or they would run hot
love the channel.
When I was younger I worked for a construction outfit that ran old equipment including a 1958 D9H It had a 2 cylinder gas engine for starting the main engine. You had to fire up the Pony motor which used a heavy-duty electric motor, then engage it to the powerplant's flywheel. Once the main engine was spinning fast enough you started feeding it fuel as it picked up speed it would disengage the Pony motor, then cut gas to it as you fed more fuel to the main engine. Cold mornings were always fun.
The d9....the greatest
Specific and Very Informative !!!!! Unlike the Bullshit of today
the dozer against which all other dozers are measured.
Getting it done! Earth First! We can excavate the other planets later.
@rearspeaker6364
2 жыл бұрын
need a Spacex to ship a D9 to mars!
The ripper on the d9 @2:50 has a sticker that says Beckwith Machinery Co. on it. I have a 1944 D2 that came from that same company. Interesting.
I would hate to clean tracks out on the log Job
Those were the days no exhaust muffler's. just straight out exhaust pipe. nothing like the Cat growl.
Here's a thought, I wonder how many of the machines in the film are still running?
@hossnuckolls5830
5 жыл бұрын
I own one of those o'l D-9s that Ida Miller had don't know if it was 1 in the video though it's still like a new one
@laredokarl
4 жыл бұрын
I’ve got a 18a that still runs well. Use for cleaning out stock tanks and pulling a Rome disk.
Caterp melhor maquinas
The sign at 04:53 is for Roanoke Sand and Gravel in Middle Island, NY. A brief search shows they were "founded in 1984". Yet the film is from the 50s. What am I missing?
@peterparker9286
Жыл бұрын
Sometimes there is cut films... If You notice how alot of things dont really add up as for time lines....
They still had the operators seat positioned off to the left on these dozers ,Wonder what generation or year did they place the seat in the center of the machine ? Would love to learn how to run a bull dozer & see what it's like becoming a true catskinner without the fur of course.
@joseph8893
2 жыл бұрын
The entire operators station (seat, console, etc. was re-designed for improved operator comfort and control with the migration from the D9 series E through to the D9 series G.
What year did they start making the d10, d11, and d12?
@tomcander3669
3 жыл бұрын
The 10 in '79. Not sure about 11 and there is no 12
@peterparker9286
Жыл бұрын
@@tomcander3669 I think they have 12's at the minez.
@tomcander3669
Жыл бұрын
@@peterparker9286 there are no 12s!!!!!!
Delta Nine!
The Ural Mountains are still waiting for mankind to come. Imagine.
@rearspeaker6364
2 жыл бұрын
got to leave some space for bigfoot to live on, if Putin hasn't wasted the place!
Does anybody know why these advertisements were basically only done for crawler tractors/bulldozers ? I saw one ad for a large wheel loader and one for a scraper, aside from that only bulldozers. Why is it like this ?
@FishFind3000
5 жыл бұрын
Leon Schmidt I don’t think they sold them like they did ford f series. Everyone doesn’t need a d9 so the limited customer base is why there’s limited advertising.
The Babrams DP tabk was based on the Cat D9 bulldozer. So was the Sovuiet T92 tank. They has the same ebginmes and tracks but armor steel to stop the bullets and flame thrwoings
cat #1 on design innovation engineering i just hope they continue not rest on there legacy i won.t live long enough to see if these new cat.s will be around like these old dog.s
@RJ1999x
4 жыл бұрын
#1 in design? Not when Allis Chalmers was in business they werent
Man were those D9 single shank rippers ever toothpick skinny in those days compared to the fat ones of today. They must have re - sold a bunch of those due to complete snaps of the tooth. I thought everything was overbuilt back then , not these things they were under built.
Here from Gold Rush 😎
3:00 Why does he remind me of a futurama character?
"I see"
@nkm901
6 жыл бұрын
The guy at 13:10 looks like Ted Cruz
I think it would be neat if they occasionally had the erant piece of lint or hair go thru the screen or stutter like an old 16mm film. ;-)
@PeriscopeFilm
4 жыл бұрын
Our transfer system is a bit too high tech to allow that ... those hairs or lint can scratch the films so we use compressed air and rollers to prevent that from happening.
interviewer looks like Buster Scruggs
👍
By the end of the first interview I was loosing the will to live.
@RMosher11
2 жыл бұрын
Losing
How these engines have low hp but max torque..
D9g
how inefficient- dragging all those logs through that slop. What sawmill would want mud ground into all those logs. Today excavators and haul trucks rule.
@peglegnoid6139
6 жыл бұрын
India uses energy efficient elephants for logging. lol
@DreamTheory1994
6 жыл бұрын
um most log skidders still drag them.......
@RomeKG471
6 жыл бұрын
They dump them off at the yard into ponds or lakes and they get washed off and they also have spray washers also in the mill. Allot mills have debarking machines so it doesn't matter if they get mudded up.
I did see cat D9 old school 🏫 w a manual transmission but I didn't get 2 see it work because the guy never even start it and do any work w it OMG 11 9 2O22