I'm a former Forest Fire Boss and Helitack member with the B.C. Forest Service in western Canada, and I can assure everyone that the bulldozer is of paramount importance in getting a fire under control and out. The work they do, the hours they put in, and the dangers they face is by far one of the toughest jobs any operator will face. I've had dozers catch fire or rollover on steep ground a few times, but luckily the operators weren't hurt. One thing I'm surprised I didn't see in the video is your designated line flagger, who usually goes ahead of you to lay out a ribbon trail to follow, especially at night like that. Thanks David for your work and for sharing that video, much appreciated.

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment Jeffrey. Bet you've got some great stories. Actually had 3 different guys flagging during the fire. One of them was so exhausted that he was puking so we had to get him out of there. I asked them to stay far enough in front of me that they were safe if I was pushing trees over. Thanks again.

@jeffreyhendricks3932

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidhaley7053 Oh right, makes total sense they'd be quite a way's ahead of you. Well glad you made it out safe, thanks again David. Oh, and ya, quite a few stories, some pretty funny ones also.

Wow! Very intense. I don't think you wasted any time either. Haters are going to hate. Maybe they should grab a hose shovel or pick and join the fight.

@lewiemcneely9143

2 жыл бұрын

They should but a mouth can run a lot easier than manual labor.

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@lewiemcneely9143

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidhaley7053 The truth will stand on it's own little flat feet. Don't need no props!

@StumpjumperVideosPA

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Kev !

I was a volunteer for twenty years, never crossed my mind you wasted any time! Drink water and more water and then some more! You didn't stop to pee because you were using everything up! Thank you for sharing!!!

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your service Mike. This video was right down your alley I'm guessing.

Thank you David! People need to know that loggers have ALWAYS been on the fire lines when needed. God Bless. Todd Konoske the retired trucker.

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome Todd

Dave, Smokey the Bear would be proud of you. It's guys like you that jump in to help before they are asked that makes northern MN a great place to be. You might not hear it a lot, but thank you for jumping in and doing your part to get control of a fire that hopefully will never make the news, because guys like you got it done 👍👍

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jim

@RealJeep

10 ай бұрын

Smokey's middle name is NOT "The", his name is Smokey Bear.

You're a good guy, Charley Brown Haley! Been in that deal a little and it's nothing but hammer and MORE hammer! You had the right rig for getting there as fast as you needed to. Nothing like a 3406 when you need one. Fire Captain Tom will be jumping up and down in his recliner CHEERING! A guy I worked with had a plow for fire lines he hooked to his dozer but we never needed it. I'd rather have a blade and be done with it and all the work you did to the Komatsu paid off right there. Lights are nice to have when there are none! Keep after it and you can quit being a blasted hoot owl and staying up any time. HI to everybody and GBWYall! THANKS, Buddy!

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

MORE HAMMER!! I like your slogan Lewie!

@lewiemcneely9143

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidhaley7053 Like you said about not having any lost motion and making time. They don't want jackleg operators either. Sure glad you were on the front lines and ready. Eat a whole hamburger on me, Pal! And SLOWLY! GBWYou!

David Thanks for all you do. America needs more men like you God Bless Thomas Vojta Long Island

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

You're too kind Thomas

Great job David! I had a friend who ran big ol' 4x4 plow trucks for the Mich DNR. The plow was a furrow maker sticking out the back--looked like a shortened deuce and a half. He could tell some hair raising stories about fighting fires! This video hits close to home with all the fires burning.

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mark

👍👍👍 when you get the call we go no questions asked. that's how it works in small towns iv gotten a couple calls to help the volunteer fire department to get out to an island I have a boat they don't most towns here in Maine are like that and fire departments depend on the commercial fisherman for help in those situations

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for helping them Josh!

Haters are gonna hate David, just the nature of the beast. I have been a volunteer fireman for 40 years and also a volunteer member of the wildfire strike force. There is never any wasted time when you are on a fire line, even if you are sitting there doing nothing. Your brain is going 100 miles an hour, thinking of your next move! Mainly because in order to survive, your brain has to be 2 moves ahead of what your body is actually doing.

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service Joe! I enjoyed the rush.

Hey Brother your without question a Top Tier guy!! And were all danm lucky to have guys like yourself around! Thank you for sharing your time and insight with us! 👍😎

I remember being near a forest fire several years ago. They brought in 4 D-9 Cats, They had 3 helicopters and a spotter airplane. I\m not sure how many fire fighters they had but their was a lot. Their was an85 year old farmer living alone and he refused to leave. The D-9 cats went in and tried to cut the fire off but the wind changed and they just barely had enough time to turn around and get out. The farmer finally decided to leave when he saw his 50 foot tall spruce trees candling with fire and than the helicopter dropped its load of water on his house. It ended up taking a month to get the fire out. I still find fire fighters 1 inch hoses in whats left of the trees. It turns out the fire was started by another farmer down the road who was burning a a big brush pile months ago and never bothered to check it. He was sued by the county for over a million dollars and he ended up selling his farm to pay off this bill.

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

Great story Terry

Ah these are the David Haley videos I love to watch 👍🏻. Thanks for sharing and I love doing those kind of “important” jobs, makes you feel usefull to help.

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

It's nice to be useful once in a while.

The character of your work ethics has spoken volumes through the years. Don't let the haters set your agenda. Do what you do best, be you. Haters will never understand... Blessings to you all from far away Sweden.

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Hello Sweden!

@gus473

2 жыл бұрын

🇦🇽 😎✌🏼

Dozer is big must but best d7 or d8 . I was bc forest service on stand by for east kootenay 8 years.very good video and educate public what happen forest fire.thank you calgary alberta.

Thanks for another great video nice work on the dozer it’s good you were able to help it’s scary how quick fires can take off looking forward to part 2 👍👍

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I'll have to edit that video together for you.

Thanks for taking us along, and getting some video!

Hey David just watched this one and want to send gratitude and thanks. This fire was headed towards our land in the Arrowhead and I thought it was never going to stop. Many families lost cabins, homes and old growth. Thanks to all the men and women that worked so hard this summer to get this under control. Cheers!

Thanks for your service!

Hello from Canada, thanks for your service. Having survived the Ham lake fire and watched the Pagami fire with amazement of how fast it traveled in one day, thanks for your dedication service!

Keep up the good work people like you definitely make the difference thanks David

Thank you for your service

Good job. Ran a few fires with my D4H. Gets exciting at times but never Fun. Stay safe never know what will happen. I had a line blow out in the middle of one. Luckily It was the just a lift cylinder and I was able to back out before I lost the dozer. Lesson learned never put myself in a position I couldn't get out of if the machine quit. I've seen guys drive into stuff there is no way they could walk out of, not a smart move.

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

So you know the rush. Lucky you could back out.

Great job to all Thanks for sharing 👍 👏

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Frank

Trolls are a waste on the net. Glad you could help them out. Keep up the good work and don't worry about the comments that are negative, they probably never done hard work in their life and never will....

Thank U for your service and video.

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching John

Thanks for sharing David.

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Richard

Awesome video David........things looked very intense. The situation is bad in Northern Ontario to....I think there were over 100 fires burning at last count. Thanks for helping keep everyone safe.

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Alan. Hope you get some rain!

Great video, I glad to see the video. I miss seeing your video. Thanks for helping them, take care

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Larry

Wow...been there done that .several years ago...thank you for showing us what needs to be done and how its done...nothing like stopping to rest and drink and a flare up appears behind you...hot times....nuff said..😀😀😀

Thanks for your unselfish efforts and that of other firefighters!

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

It was a great team effort. Thanks Mark

Good to hear from ya. Great work 👍

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ned

No wasted time. Thanks for being a part and committed. Stay safe

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Bruce.

Awesome job Dave..your an amazing person!!

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

You're too kind Tina!

@tinafitzwater972

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidhaley7053 just telling it as I see it..you aren't afraid to jump in and help in any way shape or form

Pretty intense thanks for sharing it Dave

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

You would've had fun fighting the fire.

Thank you for fighting the fire and the video. That must be scary when it’s dark and you haven’t been in there before.

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

I like to be aware of the situation and most of the time I wasn't sure where I was at. Just knew I couldn't stop.

Standard Order No. 6 for Wildland Firefighters: Be alert ☑️ Stay calm ☑️ Think clearly ☑️ Act decisively ☑️ Great work Dave and looking forward to Part 2! Been a snappy year in Northern & Central Minnesota!

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

That's a good list.

@gus473

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidhaley7053 It's part of the basic training for wildland firefighters! More important, it works for most everything else in life! 😅 (First saw it as an inscription from Minnesota author Peter Leschak, who's retired from DNR but might still be fire chief in Side Lake, MN.)

I think you did a great job getting the dozer there and operating the dozer to make fire breaks and thank you for your service.

Good job! Wield land fires in Arkansas are normally fought with a combination of state or government owned fire plows (self contained dozer/ plow) spotters, aerial spotters and aircraft tankers and volunteer local firemen on the ground mopping up hot spots and protecting structures. We have very rough terrain in some areas and back fires and controlled burns are a our best tool. God bless all firefighters.

Nice video Fire Captain David and Dean - good job helping out for when your not on call and we all know you didn't show up just the burger lol. Cheers

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha. Thanks

I’m happy that you are posting videos

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Laurie. Thanks for watching.

Hero Haley to the rescue. you are a good man Dave. MN Nice, doing your part, is what makes this a great place to be.

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

If you would've known about it, you would've been there inhaling smoke and sweating too!

@anthonyfeldhaus6600

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidhaley7053 you know it. We help where we can, whenever necessary.

More small towns wish they had people as good as you & Dean!! Who cares what other people think. They should get out & help once in a while

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dean

When sh1t goes down, only real people step up. Thanks for filming, have a great day.

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

There's truth to that. Thanks Bob

I watch alot of these fire videos because we use to be a dozer unit from 1952-1990 near the Canadian border in the Adirondacks and eastern NY. It's alot different than back in our days. We had Cat D6s and D9s and an Allis Chalmers HD41 big iron open ROPS or just plain open stations we were allowed to haul them with blades and root rakes on taking up whole roads and usually escorted by a forest ranger or sherriff and use to send our smaller machines around the perimeter and get a brake in and use to send our big iron through the center busting roads for the fire trucks to get in Blade on our old HD41 was wide enough one psss was wide enough to get 2 firetrucks through 2 wide and one one would work each side of road. We use to work a perimeter around the fire and then make a cross through the center usually sending the D9s accross the shortest part of fire and the HD41 through the longest part or up any of the hills because it would move the most dirt the fastest. Use to carry rolls of road fabric strapped to the back of the machines you came to wet swampy land you rolled out the fabric pushed dirt over it and you kept going some places and fires we were on we just went in side by side and levelled everything and pushed acres and acres into piles and the fire crews would fight the piles especially on the hill sides where the couldn't get the trucks in. Today most fires you can't even get on unless you have an enclosed cab and nomex fire suits and shelters we use to go in with t shirts and flannels and a big metal water cooler strapped on one of the running boards with ice water in it and a lunch pale tucked beside the seat when the smoke got heavy we soaked a rag in water and wrapped it around our faces it's a new game today but do I miss the days of being a teen on a 70 ton piece of iron just pushing mountains down with a stanley metal thermos cup of coffee in one hand and the blade stick in the other.We closed our doors when it all got political and NY Encon said we needed to go through training and our machines needed to be certified after doing it for 30 some years we still do some fire work every now and then for a few local fire departments but it's mostly small brush fires and when they need a structure such as a barn full of hay on the ground and spread out but we haven't been on any big state fires since 1990

Thanks for documenting this. With the devastating wildfires Nova Scotia is experiencing the DNR staff were talking about creating dozer breaks. Now I see exactly what that means. Our DNR people say it is very dangerous to be working in the woods after dark?

Good job very exciting

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Kevin

Nice!!!!!(good job!!!)

Good job to you and dean I know fires are no laughing matter and they can take quite a toll on you so good job keep it up 👍

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tyler

Great job. Seen too many bad fires here 🇦🇺, be safe and courageous 🙏🙏. Lucky theres no wind.

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Duncan. Hope you get rain.

Bless u for helping with the fire.

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Justin

All of are fire fighters where I live are all volunteers great job helping them out

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

It's great that there are people like them.

@dmalloy96

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidhaley7053 No it’s really nice there are people like you to

Great job young man stay safe 👍🏻🇺🇸

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mike

Good job Mr Haley 👏

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Incredible video

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Good job David!

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Brad

Nice job David. Don't worry about the haters. Take care buddy and have a blessed day and I'll see you on your next vidja.

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Billy

Nice job David...you did just fine...

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Great job man..../.

Awesome. Must get a little squirrelly at night not seeing too good

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

Easy to get a little lost.

Dang that's some intense stuff! Seeing's you saved for 7 hrs. Give it to the haters David. 😏😏😏👍👍👍👍👍

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Brad

@bradanderson1627

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidhaley7053 always of course.

Awesome live action!!

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ryan

Hey man fuck the haters. You are a hero in my eyes. Driving threu hell stopping the wildfire. Thanks for your service.

Scary to think where the world would be without people who really care. Thanks for caring. 330 thumbs up and none down. Haters must be too busy hating themselves.

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

Good points Dennis

i grew up in a logging family and my dad and twin brother did fire fighting for the USFS... love your video on pushing a line in.. keep up the great work hater going to hate but they just dont know what it takes to work the lines

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. Your family probably has some good stories.

God Bless you guys, stay safe.

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dan

Good work there smokey !

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dale

Nice work .I don't think people under stand how civilians help fight forest fires .take care stay safe .

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Stuart

Great video stay safe buddy

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Chuck

👍 good to see you 🚒🚒

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

Good to hear from you Daniel

Crazy, thanks

@hoytgunderson1475

2 жыл бұрын

People like you and your brother are people go its are woods. People forget moose lake and Hinckley fires Thanks again

Good job David

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jason.

good job Dave

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jim

GET ER DONE GOOD MAN BE SAFE LOVE FROM TEXAS

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tina

Man I'll never forget having to fight a forest fire around my house back 2000 that was the scariest thing I had experienced at that time

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

Yes it can be very dangerous.

Reminds me of a story my dad used to tell. the company man on a oil drilling rig wasn't happy with the amount they had drilled that day, he started yelling at the driller (For you that aren't familiar with oil drilling the driller is the boss of the rig for his shift) any how he demanded to know how long you lazy .... took off for lunch the old driller spit on the floor and said "One Glove" Dave ate half his sandwich he took off one glove! 👍👍 I would be tempted to mount some kind of water tank and sprayer just in case

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

One glove... awesome answer!

Wow!

Very intense

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

It sure can be.

I agree with skidder Kev and anyone else who's been in the situation and truly understand how things work in this kind of event. The haters got a battleship mouth and a row boat ass and are the mvp arm chair quarterbacks!

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed Eric

👍👍

👍👍👍👊👊

Do they have a fire tower spotter net to work in with spotter a spotter plane on hi risk fire days?

Dont worry about the haters. Just do you David

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

Good advice Chris

All of thise above will give you a headache. Good to see you throwing everything at it . Heavy wind it will be gone. Not a tree hugger in sight .

I fought a fire with a dozer many years ago and I always tell people if you have to think about what your doing STAY OUT OF THERE because intense is really not strong enough word for what goes on out there good job

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

This video probably brought back memories!

what brand of dozer are you running, and size?

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

Komatsu D38P

How’d a V blade on the dozer work in this sorta job?

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

They didn't want anything pushed toward the fire that didn't have to be. So my guess is that it isn't the best option.

Is this the same fire up or part of it in the boundary waters? Or a new one? I know the entire lake and cook countys are on complete fire lockdown not even firepits or coal grilling.

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

Different fire. This one is on the Kooch/Itasca border.

Never complain about a person fighting a fire just don't.

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

Good advice Scruffy!

i fought one forest fire and multiple wheat field fires

Hope the ground has enough moisture in it so the fire doesn't go underground

Yeah, minutes count! The last grass fire I fought was within a minute of taking a house.

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

Oh boy. You done good!!!

If they think you wasted time, that's what they get for thinking.

That cat sure looked good. If you would have stopped to pee could have said putting out a hot spot

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

Great point Jeramy

Make more videos!

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

You want more? That's kind of you.

Tough carp to anyone that thinks it was a waste of time for the video. Where they put on the fireline with you?

Been there before with a TD 20 with a rake

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

It's a rush isn't it?

@raymondlarocque33

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidhaley7053 I was in the guntflint fires few years ago

Haters gonna hate, fuck them! Thank you for helping!

Dude, I pee freely off that counter wait all day!

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

Lol

You didn’t waste any time. Look how our state and the Feds deal with fires here on the west coast. They wait until the get huge then put hundreds of men on it. Most of the time only 1/3 to 1/2 are working on the fire. My point you did a good deed! It can be much worse.

@davidhaley7053

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Matthew. Those fires are incredible.