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Suggestions: 1] Take the batteries out and store them inside for the winter; 2] At least throw a tarp over the cab to protect stuff from snow and water; 3] Put STA-BIL formulations in fuel tanks to preserve the fuels. Have fun !!!!

I understand fuel is expensive but when I put my equipment away for the winter I fill the fuel tank to the brim. That reduces condensation in the tank. I also put fuel stabilizer in the gas tank and then run the engine to get the stabilized fuel through the fuel system. Finally I change the oil and run the engine for a few minutes to get clean oil throughout the engine.

Your videos were more enjoyable when they weren’t an entire advertisement. Get the ad over with a be done with it once in the video please.

Playing with dozers is addictive. Bring the batteries inside for winter. It is worth the money to put a big tarp over the dozer when not in use to prevent corrosion. I use a tent garage over mine. I replace the tarp every 2 years($40). You will need to support the tarp so that rain/snow slides off. Park it near your house so that you can keep an eye on it. I have and old Sears kerosene heater for putting under engines to warm them up. Get a fuel funnel for filling fuel tanks. A good fuel funnel will have a screen that keeps water out and the funnel will prevent spills. Good Luck, Rick

30 step checklist and it fires right up! LOL😂😂😂😂. Good Job!!!

the Dozer is nearly unstoppable but be careful on snow pack.. once it starts sliding sideway's its a bobsled on those steel tracks.. TRUST ME .. D9L sliding sideways puts crap in your shorts in a hurry..

Just so you guys are aware, the pony motor does not have water circulating through it until the diesel engine is engaged because the diesel engines water pump is what circulates the water. You don’t want to run the pony very long without engaging the diesel because it will over heat

Next time take the battery inside. Have a spot under a bench somewhere with trickle chargers for these starter batteries. Also consider putting stabilizer in the diesel tank for the winter. One day you'll have infinite time and money so you can build shelters for all the things! ;-D I wonder if this dozer heats up the fuel intake too, and if the pony is helping with that. Cold diesel doesn't atomize very well.

Hey Riley, you should Park your machine on a bed of logs in the winter time stop freezing to the ground.

We are new to off grid lifestyle, and this channel helps us out so much. We pulled the plug in July of 2022 and we are not looking back! As a small channel we don't have access to the many off grid gadgets that are out there and they are very expensive! So it's great to have a bigger channel like this reviewing products honestly so that we don't waist our time or money on inferior products or gimmicks! Thanks again @Ambition Strikes !❤🎉

Hey Riley, have you checked the brake adjustment on your left and right sides? I can walk you through it if you want, there is brake adjusters underneath the fuel tank at the back of the machine above the winch behind that cover. the left brake always gets overused on the left side because their right foot is on the decelerator, operators seem to like to only use their left foot to brake the machine thus wearing out those shoes first. First chock the machine in a nice flat position, with something substantial against the tracks so it can't roll anywhere and disengage the parking brake. Machine engine off. To check adjustment pull that panel off and ontop of the left and right brake assemblies is a small cover with 3x 3/8' bolts in each. When you remove that cover there will be the brake adjustment head exposed which also uses a 9/16" wrench or ratchet to actuate. take your ratchet and every time you tighten(clockwise) you should feel a click if the detent isn't too warn out. anyways Run that all the way down until it bottoms out then back it out and count the clicks until it stops rotating counter clockwise. This is going to give you the rough idea of how warn your brakes are. Mark both sides down for how many clicks and then return allll the way to the bottom again (clockwise) and then back out 10-12 clicks each side. Once you've done that before you put the covers back on, hop up and feel how the brakes are actuating. if one pedal is closer to you than the other you can adjust accordingly (Counterclockwise pushes the pedal AWAY from you. If your brakes have excessive clicks with the adjuster (140+ depending on linkage wear) you may need to tighten up a bit more than the 10-12 clicks but if you go all the way tight and you still have no brakes on your left track then your brake shoe and drum is past wear and you'll have to replace both. install covers with anaerobic Loctite 515 Sealant or RTV and anti-seize the 3/8's bolts and tighten to 30 ft-lbs

It seems you have fans all over the world 👍

I know the dozer is loud and all and hard to film, but I really love hearing a machine purrr and turbo spool up/down

Oliver is going to have the BEST childhood EVER with all your awesome equipment! Great video!

Hey Riley, with a pony motor it is relatively easy to get everything warmed up enough to start. I had a Cat 12 motor grader that I used to plow roads with. Almost every time when I needed it I had to go through all of the things like you did. Not much fun and quite often a pain in the booty. With my grader I would take a large bag of charcoal like you would use in a barbecue and put it into a cut off oil drum right under the engine. I would light it up and then go back inside my house and make breakfast and maybe do a little reading. After about an hour or sometimes longer when it was really cold, I would go out and hop in the seat and push the button and it starts right up. Super simple. It does require that you keep your equipment fairly clean because there are not too many experiences more exciting than watching all of the brush burning in the belly pan. That happened to me once but I had a large enough fire extinguisher on the dozer to put it out. Your method looks a lot easier than what I had to do though. Your Pal Al

Riley ya got to fix that left brake, you will tear the clutch apart quickly if you don’t. Keep in mind you don’t always need clutch to steer but you need it to drive.

Looks like your knowledge of the dozer has greatly increased since you bought it!

Glad to see the Dozer woke up. Good job step-by-step problem solving, as usual. Happy Spring!

Your videos remind me of the Truman Show where the characters suddenly start promoting sponsors products. Very entertaining!

Hey Riley, That machine should be equipped with reversible fan blades. There’s a tool that grabs the base of every fan blade. You push each one in and turn it so you can either pull the air through the radiator or push it out. We ran our D8’s in the winter time with a rear curtain and two side curtains. The operator stayed warm and toasty. I was in our shop the other day and noticed I still have a fan reversing tool but we no longer have a D8H’s. We were running 4-5 at one time..

Hi Courtney & Riley! Hope you are both enjoying parenthood! ❤️to your Beautiful Lil family!🙏🙏🙏Blessing’s

1 thing never to forget, that machine is on tracks. Which means at any time they become very unwanted Ice skates. 😮 Be safe 😊

You need a camera up at the front of the dozer, maybe get a backup camera kit and have the camera on one of the front top bars to see right in front of the dozer.

As the Brits might say: "that dozer is a great piece of kit, cheers!"

It started that good good because it was started correctly, good job!

So many didn't like the small segments of commercial, but I kinda like a little commercial at a time. Maybe sneak smaller segments so people don't notice you are promotion a certain product ? Like " hey Courtney, can you get the xxxxxx solar generator " or "I really like how this xxxx has an app to turn things off and on"

If you have ever slid sideways on a dozer you will weld some corks on those pads…it will save your life and your dozer,that thing starts slidin sideways you will know why you weld on corks

Hey guys I have two things for you , first for winter an access port in the air cleaner to stick the heat gun into to prewarm the air for the pony and the big one to warm faster ... Second , find a triangler in shape tarp long side wraps over the radiator left to right side and all the way back to the operator seat covering both open sides of the motor..tie down points or heavy pull magnets to hold in place engine heat will be blown back to keep operator toasty but smell like a cat motor by end of day .

The aviation head sets work ideal for this. I can't wait for mom Cortney to become the main dozer operator.

Letting a battery freeze is a sure fire way of having to buy another battery.

Iam glad to see the dozer back and alive what a great machine long live big Bertha

I needed to get new batteries for my CAT 977 track loader and I purchased two 12 wat solar trickle chargers first. I found that my batteries are now fine and ready to go another year or more. For the pony motor, I would advise a large deep cycle battery with one 12 wat solar trickle charger.

I would not leave that sit all winter with only 20% fuel........better to at least 3/4 fill gas and the diesel with fuel with treatment to avoid condensation in the tank that will get water in the fuel.

Guys! What are you doing?!? It's the last day of April... and you're showing us snow on the ground? How far behind are you? Have you had your son and are taking some time off now.... showing us this old stuff? (I'm only kidding) Thanks for sharing your Dozer challenges with us. I always look forward to your uploads.

I always laugh at first time parents and them making "PLANS". Wait till the real boss hits the ground LOL

Now that's a "snow plough" ...

Another great episode! Of course it started guys - it's an old Cat! She's got lots of life left in her. Good thought about potentially being blocked in Courtney - new Mom - always thinking! Riley seems to have incredible luck (as well as skill); he gets to be excited a LOT now - since you two teamed up! So nice to see what you've already accomplished - I'm anticipating great things to follow!

We built a tent around engine and used a charcoal grill to start some are tractors when I worked on power lines cutting trees got warm breakfast too

In Northwestern Canada some tend to remove the batteries at the end of construction season in the winter and keep them indoors on tenders in warmer surroundings. This practice can keep these relatively expensive batteries going for many years. Ps. You'll need to put some winter diesel in it or dilute the tank with some kerosene or conditioner.

Hello Courtney & Riley That dozer is awesome. Love those boy toys. If it was a little faster, i would take it to town.😁❤

If the charger won't start charging a battery because it's too low, sometimes you can hook a good battery up to it in parallel, turn on the charger, then disconnect the good baterry. It just expects a minimum voltage to start charging. That's my experience with the Battery Tender brand anyway. Just be careful of surge currents and sparks, and don't leave the parallel connection on for too long.

If you use an old school charger that battery will probably take a charge and still be usable

i joined your channel about 2 weeks ago and i just got done watching all your videos .. i love how you work together and most of all the puppies lol

This is one of the very few times that I've seen someone start one of these who actually appreciated how the pony motor works. Most people don't let it warm the main engine, and then don't switch the fuel off to stop it.

Thanks a lot for the videos you recorded to keep us entertain, please drop a line to tell us how you are doing. We miss you guys!

I know you Guy's are busy. I think I would had cover the top of the CAT D8 Dozer & winterized it; do it at the end of the season every year. LOL! And I always remove the battery & put it on a trickle charge all winter. I'll take an old 1960's tractor over anything new today. Idea for you GUY's when signing off, say your names.

If I had that beast parked in my front yard, two things: 1) There would be no room for anything else in my yard. 2) I would call her Dainty H.

Hurts a little to see that great bulldoser standing there outside without a cover...but it sure warms my man-heart to see you driving it 😊

A few months later... "We bought a well drilling machine!"

you could stick on an oil pan heater to the pony motor might be more efficient than the heat gun

Hop y’all and baby are enjoying your well deserved time off. We see y’all sooner than later.

Infinity 1300 should sponsor you guys for a year. I hate advertisements you guys did the best job with an advertisement ever. 😊

Anyone else have Black Sabbath, Iron Man playing in their head when he was driving the dozer back?

Love how you don't seam to stress. If I was younger an in better shape this would be me

Love the video the Dozer is so cool. Maybe when it warms up you could show us how to fix that left brake.

Brings back memories of hauling D8's and 583 side booms during the winter months for the pipeline companies we hauled for.

You kids are going to need another barn on your property to park all your stuff inside to keep it warm in the winter😅

I have plowed 12 feet of snow with that size dozer... piece of cake. Love them big dogs!

Learned a lot about Cats and the good old days of pony motors. One of the best parts of your videos is yuor willingness to share your mistakes and successes equally. Enjoy your "vacation!"

Don't know which of you is doing the UAV shots, but they're really good. No shake at all, perfect match on frame rate, and just long enough to give you the vibe without being so long that we get bored looking. Really enjoying the progress in the video quality since you started.

My dad use to put a little solar battery tender on his equipment. He'd make a little bracket with a magnet and just stick it on somewhere it would get sun. Snow will melt/slide off and his batteries always worked come summer.

Beautiful piece of land. Beautiful dog. Really cool bulldozer. Beautiful wife. Man you really got it goin on!

The engine “feels kind of warm, cool” 😂😂😂😝 “I am letting the pony engine warm up which is cool” 😂😂😂

Next build project; 100' x 50' vehicle shed. 3 trucks, jeep thing, excavator, skid steer, Cat dozer.

Great to see the D-8 fire up and purr like a happy kitten. Blessings to you folks.

I almost forgot that you guys have a dozer because of the Army truck build in the past month 😂

Im surprised the dozer doesnt have a nickname yet. also, surprised they mooo when starting. lol

Don't forget to grease everything. Your tracts will love you for it!

Count your blessings, Riley. Courtney is not only game and extremely capable, she's a Pre-Raphaelite ginger stunner.

Enjoyed the dozer tour. Many thanks!

It is so great you guys can do so many things together thats AMAZING

One trick my grandpa taught me after using our D-8H was to open up the compression bypass at the same time you shut the fuel off with the throttle, it makes it so the engine stops in a random spot, the pony motors on these are hard on the ring gear, opening the compression release makes it stop in a random place

That bulldozer is unstoppable, and so are you guys. Can't wait to see what new projects you have for this summer.

Good show Love that Dozer ,take care of it and it will take care of you

Congrats Riley and Courtney, on getting ur D8 Dozer started and driving again. glad that u made-it/dozer to the shop. lv from florida..

Using the infinity and the heat gun to preheat the key components was a great idea. I’ve heard older operators claim people would start a small fire on the ground under loaders and graders to accomplish the same thing….. your solution seems much much safer.

Cool start up. Never heard anyone explain all of WHAT has to be done to a dozer to get it going . Thank you I’m from upstate New York,my snow is melted . Don’t miss it, stay warm. 👍

Always ready for new projects from you two! Continued blessings, be well and be safe!

Great Episode. I love watching outtakes at end. This guy (CEE) from Australia has a section at end of funny outtakes for setting up the episode at is just as much fun as the episodes themselves. It be fun to see more outtakes from each episode to make it so enjyable to watch and show how hard it is to make the episode each time.

Another good idea, if u have a maverick gas station in town, many of them in Idaho sell non ethanol gas, which elimates a lot of problems in your small engines like your ca pony motor a date 4wheeler

Love your projects, your work, your progress, etc. Another project to consider: A shelter to keep all of your outside equipment under roof.

19:23 Imagine, in 2 years you'll have Jr video-taping/filming. What a glorious life, gotta love it!

Got to love that old iron. 23:20

Great video, Big plans later in the year! remember Courtney you will have a baby attached to you, you will have to take everywhere. Remember that sheet you had on the black beauty trailer !, why not cover the D8's engine with it untill snow stops. Thanks for the video , love from UK x x

Looking forward to seeing what you both have planned for spring and summer. Stay safe.

I had the exact same Dozer on a mountainous property in Southern Sierras, CA It had the Pony Motor to start main engine (and started every time) these are bullet proof. I have the complete manual for it as well. Your Browsers are about 40% or so...such a difference with good browsers. The best thing I learned on that Dozer was the Détente position of the blade handle that releases the blade to drag on the ground for grading in reverse...perfect roads!

It is and remains a powerful machine. I really hope you enjoy it for a long time to come.

I wonder if one of them big ' Convex Mirrors mounted up front would help to see what's going on .Fuel stabilizes in both tanks would definitely help to keep the fuel from going flat especially when it sits for a long time ! Happy Trails from 🇨🇦 to the 🇺🇸

Next step with the dozer should be fixing the brakes. Don't want to get into a situation where the lack of brake on one side is the difference between having it slide off the road or not.

More than a bulldozer it looks like a mammoth that just woke up from a very long hibernation😬 A big kiss to the little one😘

Riley realy seems to know his engines. Looking forward to this summer should be some cool videos.

I wasn't expecting you guys to start this monster in the snow ❄️❄️ ❤❤❤

Great explanation on the dozer.

Nice to see the girl breathing again❤

You should remove the batteries from your equipment when your not going to use them for long periods and put them on a trickle charger to keep charged don’t put them on a cement floor that also kills batteries

Here's something I've learned from an old man while be an mechanic and a Operator. Take gas and soak a rag in it, while doing so, take off the Dozer air intake and take your soaked rag and stick it into the air intake, it's the best way to start any off road diesel equipment

Ayy up you 2,Riley you need a bigger garage so all you toys are way from the weather.Cannot wait to see you projects with the big cat dozer,you need to do see if cat would do sponsor you with parts for the overhaul

HI,, you guys that was too much excitement for one day and i am going to say that a dog isn't mans best friend that D8 is a mans best friend [ WOW ] what a beast..........😁😁😁

Great cold start.