How to Operate a Bulldozer (2019): Pre-Op to Shutdown | Heavy Equipment Operator

It is very evident that you care about the quality of your work--from small things to large. Impressive and a good reminder to us all!

Tips for new dozer operators : 1) Slow and gradual movements of the blade up and down. Excessive lifting and lowering of the blade causes unwanted trenches and mounds. Learning to "not touch the blade control" is just as important as knowing when to use it. 2) When trenching start off short just behind the point you want the pile of earth in its final position. Then lengthen the trench back. Starting off with a too long trench wastes fuel and time. This video showed what to do quite well. 3) Keeping it slow when pushing is good especially when learning. 4) The deeper the trench the wider the gap between trenches. The shallower the trench being dug the narrower the distance between trenches. 5) Safety. Always keep an eye out behind you but also out on the work site. Where did that guy go you saw standing on the edge of the work site ? Keep a mental note of who is around and where they are. 6) Be patient. To be a good operator takes time and patience. To be a great operator takes years. I made all the mistakes when I started. I wasted a lot of diesel and created excessive wear of machines in the beginning. This video is actually pretty good. In essence, seat feel, watching your blade edges and comparing the machine to the horizon is the root of dozer operating. Thanks for making a good training resource.

Cheers for those few tips you pointed out. I remembered that first time I was introduced to one of those machines by my supervisor,he pulled out a little card from behind the visor and it reads,this machine will help pay your wages for a long time if you look after it as your own. I have never forgotten it. I can’t remember seeing a card like that any other machine since .anyone?

Excellent vid. Great teaching, communication and demonstrating also monitoring and adjusting for any student. Best advice, "how you do anything is how you do everything",will definately take to heart. Also, what a lot of people doing demonstrations on YouTube don't understand: appearance of the demonstrator. You are clean cut, your clothes are clean, you're wearing a safety vest etc., I want to listen to you mostly because you look believable. Many times I have written comments about the demonstrators' poor appearance. I watched the whole video because I wanted to believe you. Excellent job. I have a small grading service I do on the side after work and on weekends and I find myself doing a lot of grading with the blade of a mini excavator. These simple tips will help me greatly. I have been called to do more digging and maybe I'll branch out some, maybe later. Thanks again and excellent work.😎

This guy is a blessing for us all

For me that lessons are incredible nothing comparable with lorry driving I have experience with, I'm just excited of that power 👍

Great information!

Thanks for the great tips! I've watched many of your video's and I like the longer format.

Thank you my trainer, I love your the way train.i am blessed.

Thank you for the videos!

I might add. Forty years worth of experience might add here. Move your blade as little as possible, carefully and slowly ease the machine upon takeoff create a flat spot this way for take off. Always carry dirt ahead of your blade so that you are creating grade always and keeping the job even and flat. Fine grading can begin once this is done. I ran a grader for the last twenty years. Have a good time, I always did. And do not back over anyone.

I like your videos keep it up. Thank you for all of your training videos.

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Great video good content and very helpful to help new operators get better.

Thank you so much I learn a lot

I drive trucks and operate a little. I remember that the best way to see if there is fuel in the tank day or night is to pull the cap and look OR rap on the side of the fuel tank and listen for the echo. If there is an echo, you need fuel, no echo = no fuel needed. Best if you're pre-tripping in the dark. Not all fuel gauges work properly, even new ones.

I am a operator I look at this guy video and it help me

Thanks for the good work

Great to learn heavy equipment, I have driven Forklifts of different types, Hyster (industrial/lumberyard(4 large tires in front),tow-able; have 4 controls,first up/down,2nd-3rd forward/back(it goes further forward to lift tow hitch(that thing is heavy as heck)4th -side to side.Warehouse (Clark ;propane fueled,still have own key),maybe Komatsu/Toyota(?) .

Thank you