SmokeyFiredozer #MckinneyFire Siskiyou Crest

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Published 2022-08-04
#McKinney Fire IR mapping operation spotted a fire 27 acres in size 2 miles south of the California - Oregon border 8 miles west of Hilt. This is the Siskiyou Crest Botanical area. This skilled CalFire Dozer operator was able to get up the hill with minimal impact to the terrain. Heavy machinery operator is very skilled and caring with sensitive biological area.
All Comments (21)
  • @davomo8007
    Pink ribbon was holding him back. Once it broke he climbed right up
  • @michaeltrilck5680
    Wow! This operator know his machine very good! On this very dry and sandy ground, 100% gradient(45 degree angle)... three cheers, and hats off!!! All the best, good luck and a long live to ALL firefighters!!! (a retired german firefighter) 😉
  • @DarienSeminoff
    Well done, I say that thing could use new pads and rails and probably could get corked up if he’s in that kinda terrain. I use to run cat doing seismic, tow cat winching seismic exploration drills. I had an old cat skinner tell me one day that if you can’t climb or struggle going straight up. You have a pretty good chance of climbing something in reverse. Started doing it and it actually worked pretty good, all your weights in the rear of a machine between the finals and transmission so it made sense to me.
  • @johac7637
    25+ years on dozers, chain saws on fires, and nobody has all the answers, but some say, " thanks for you service" is that just a way of saying, " glad you put yourself on line, I didn't have to" so yes it's done for a paycheck, and service, today I'm working on a Cat Skidder/water tanker on a fire in BC Canada, fire is long gone, but a accessory drive gear failure, so no transmission, and out in the sticks with tools, excavator, tomorrow eng/tranny comes out and gets fixed in the sticks, we are 8 miles from a road. Now that's fun, but it needs fixing, and a few chopper rides to boot.
  • @tyrel7185
    He must be pissed having to go do a job like that with such worn tracks. It could cost him his life. Budget, budget, penny pinching budget.
  • @tihspidtherekciltilc5469
    Found all the dozer experts in the comments. I wonder why they have no videos of their awesome skills?
  • @huntingfire7869
    I don’t know much about bulldozers,but I know fire and it sure looks like this operator knows both.Looks like it takes real skills to handle that machine like that!Wow… Thanks so much for sharing this,excellent video.Salute to all the troops out there on the line🔥
  • @mikecarlson3984
    You know the best thing about a dozer... you can build a access road!
  • @raynyhus2026
    The places I've seen dozer operators take these things during the fires of 88' and 94' is just insane. They've got big brass balls. I know I'd never try it, I'll stick to my feet getting up to the fire. Great job to the operator here, and all those I've watched risk their live to make my job easier.
  • @Wilbargosh
    Thats a strong bit of pink tape to hold back a dozer. As soon as it snapped the dozer got going!
  • @trevorslater2746
    Replace the grousers ,doing that that sort of work and getting stranded because you got no grip with the fire chasing you ,bad news
  • @genelund1705
    That guy is a typical forest service operator. He would never make it as a dozer hand elsewhere and hope when the time comes and he's gotta dig his way out of a fire that turns he learns to think more