Yup great machine for a yard loader but definitely falls a little short for stockpiling or loading haul trucks.

Thank you! The views and the subs have been way more than I ever expected 😊 Be on the look out for this weeks video being posted on Saturday, got about 2,000 tons of #8’s and #57’s to stockpile to get ready for next week.

Thanks man! There won't be a ton of content through the winter because its the off season but I have plans for next season so check back in periodically!

Thanks man, I learned a lot from older guys on how to run the older stuff and had to rely on youtube for tips on how to run the newer stuff like operating CAT scales and so on, so I'm just trying to pay it forward. My first yard loader experience was in a 980H with no scales and it was pretty busy so it was either learn fast or get booted out luckily the old man who normally ran it was nice enough to teach me!

There’s more jobs in mining right now than you can shake a stick at brother! You’re not going to get what you want on day 1 but if you apply for a laborer position with in a year I would be willing to bet you would be offered an operators position. Hard work ethic, fast learning and common sense still mean something. Put an application in somewhere and see where it takes you!

I learned everything in a 980B so I completely understand! The joystick is nice but there’s a little nostalgia with the wheel and rotating lever shifter!

Hey. Quick question how did you reverse it and drive it forward????? ​@@Krutan_the_Loader_Man

@@Kiwi_NZ610 give me a time stamp and I’ll see what you’re talking about to better answer your question.

@@Krutan_the_Loader_Man can do

How did you're reverse it 0:30

Thanks man!

Nah it's good bro. That way everyone can see the controls. I operate a 966.

Glad you like it, check back in over the weekend ill be posting a video on how to do a quick morning pre trip.

Thanks!

@trakatrukis There are 2 ways to shift the machine. On the right stick there’s a button for downshifting only. On the left stick there’s a “thumb roller” that allows you to shift the machine up or down. If you watch my latest video skip ahead to about the 3 minute mark and I cover the location of the buttons and a brief overview of a lot of other functions. Hope this helps!

Also the left pedal will downshift from 3rd to 2nd depending on your speed and the rpm’s.

I've loaded alot of trucks and the highway trucks I had a love hate relationship I mostly loaded off hwy trucks spent a long time on a 992 I could really rock there world with that 992 I ran high production I would lock the throttle down with a peace of wood and run all day like that just using the neutral break.

I don't think it difficult to operate any loader as the primary function of the machine remains the same. Whether it's operated by joystick or steering wheel the fundamentals of running a front end loader don't change.

Какая заработная плата у вас на погрузчиках? Интересно было бы знать...)​@@Krutan_the_Loader_Man

If you combine the busy season and the off season: 60 hours a week from March 15th to November 15th and 30 hours a week from November 15th to March 15th. Its roughly equal $82,000 a year, and then the government taxes that so I don't see anything close to that so after taxes its probably more like $64,000.

Понял... Спасибо... По Российским меркам это очень большая заработная плата​@@Krutan_the_Loader_Man

​@@Krutan_the_Loader_Man Я сам работаю на экскаваторе - погрузчике CASE... 11 часов рабочий день это по вашему курсу где-то 50 долларов в день выходит... 15 дней работаем 15 дней отдыхаем... Как то так...

I agree but there are two things to consider 1. I only had half my bucket forward of the landing gear 2. with the amount of material that truck gets you would never be able to fit it all centered between the trailer axels and the landing gear in that style of of frameless trailer. Also at the end of the day its up to the driver where the load is put into the trailer so if he doesn't for example want to shovel the material down so he can close his tarp then its best to load the trailer how the driver asks. Now you may also say "well you can knock the hump down after you load trailer by back dragging it after dumping the last bucket" and to that I would say in a half round frameless getting 28.5 tons with all of it between the landing gear and the trailer axels there's no amount of "knocking it down" that's going to work as it would be to high and cause the driver to have to shovel the load down so he could close his tarp. You can clearly see the load is perfectly balanced and centered when I was done, I would even argue to point of having the load shifted to far to the rear could cause the tailgate to malfunction as there would be to much weight against it it would likely not disengage cause a catastrophic failure while lifting the loaded trailer which is also possible. I was a truck driver for 10 years before i did this and that exact thing happened to me.

If you was loading something that would stick I’d agree but In my 35 yr of pulling dump trailers both frame and frameless I always loaded the front when hauling gravel. Maybe in flat ground it would be but in the mountains that are steep you want that on the front of the trailer to give traction to the tractor. So a sweeping comment as that is nonsense.

@@garyowens3687 When I was running a dump trailer I preferred to be heavier on my drive axels also for added traction. I think both of you bring valid points luckily for me all these guys go to the same place and it’s very flat corn country here in central Ohio so no hills to pull or hair pin turns. It’s pretty straight and easy going all the way to the dump and back.

@@Krutan_the_Loader_Man Pictures of the after math of that tailgate failure?

@@user-om2jr5xh4i This happened back in 2013 no pictures unfortunately, I was in a 6 axel dump truck getting loaded with contaminated 8's from a gas station being demolished. The guy on the excavator loaded me to the gills and when I got to the dumpsite the tail got caught on the latches. I had to get in the bed and dig it out enough to take pressure of the tail gate to get it to unlatch.

Central Ohio, about 30-40 miles west of Columbus.

Thanks for the feedback! In my video library I have the exact video you’re looking for it’s somewhat of a brief pre trip walk around + control functions.

@@Krutan_the_Loader_Man cool thanks sir ill check it out so tell me sir i guess you are in the usa so what is the hourly rate for a operator or monthly salary plus minus?

$30.00 hourly, during mining season we work 60 hours a week plus overtime rates so its not uncommon for $1,800-$2,000 weekly check before the government gets ahold of it.@@johanbekker8103

@@Krutan_the_Loader_Man so what do you do if its not mining season

@@johanbekker8103 All of the sand & gravel we mine still has to be sold so as the yard operator I stay on site and work with reduced hours. The rest of the crew will be at our Columbus location crushing #2 stone all winter and return back in the spring.

I kinda like it that way honestly. Great visibility and the machine is very nimble. We have a 980H and a Kamatsu W500 and personally this 972M is so nice comparatively. When I’m doing a lot of stockpiling I wish I had a bigger bucket but for loading trucks it’s perfect.

It's a base model 972M, I'm not sure what year it was manufactured but I know the company has had it for a couple years. It's almost got 6,000 hours on the meter.

@@Krutan_the_Loader_Man so congrats because it's driven very smoothly. Ok, an almost flat gravel pit helps on this. But since I could drive both 966M and XE in a heavy clay hilly yard I know how easy is to make the normal M become an angry blowing cat

Which part of the video are you referring to? The 1st truck in the video gets 40 ton, the 2nd truck gets 28 ton. The 3rd truck gets 24 ton and the last truck usually gets 27 ton. All of these trucks have gotten permits to run heavy so most of them get between 38 ton and 40 as of right now.

Full bucket without spilling it all over the yard, about 9 tons of sand, 8 tons of 57's.

Kind of a vague question, are you asking me where did they come from or something else? At the 26 minute mark in this video I show you the highwall that the plant loader runs back to and digs a bucket out and then feeds it through both crushers and on to the wash plant where its cleaned and then loaded out. We basically take big rocks and crush them into little rocks, wash them and then sell them.

CAT scales?

Ya it has hope you been well!

Central Ohio, about 30-40 miles WNW of Columbus.

Your last name spelt the same as mine lol

@@JasonRutan-rv3dj Ya if you hail from the Ohio River valley I wouldn’t be surprised if someway, somehow we’re related.

Yeah I'm from Michigan close to the Ohio line

Nah I see these guys everyday, we're all on first name name basis it would feel weird just beeping at them at this point. We all talk and get along really great, the horn makes everything seem a lot less personal. My first experience driving a dump truck the loader man would always come over the radio and say "you're good to go, have a safe trip see you when you get back." I always thought it was really nice because crazy stuff does happen on the road so I decided if was ever on the other side I would try to be like him.

@@Krutan_the_Loader_Man Hell yeahs I can Respect that 💯. U must not work in Tejas though?

I understand its a joke but never work for free my dude you're worth more than that! Get your foot in the door and get hired on as a laborer and then when a piece of equipment opens up (a lot of old dudes are retiring) jump on it!

In the video because of the frame capture rate it looks like its blinking but its actually a solid light. But yes I agree it is right there front and center, probably done on purpose so that the operator will actually notice if something happens to the system.

@@Krutan_the_Loader_Man i got that, looked at mine and it’s just a steady green.

Well as for the squeaking, these machines take a lot of abuse. Some guys will get in these things and just tear the hell out of em. For having 6,000 hours, 138,000 cycles and nearly 1,113,000 tons on the log it’s still a good horse😂. Now as for the controls I would agree I didn’t like it at first as I learned on the finger controls (well technically levers as I learned on a 980B and then moved to a 980H) so it was an adjustment. But truthfully for loading and stockpiling the joystick isn’t terrible. If I had to do a lot of cutting and clearing I would rather have the finger controls.

You must be fun at parties

He’s just trying to make a video of what his lively hood is like, sorry that some people who wish they could operate a $500,000 dollar loader enjoy watching a video of what it’s like, go get a life and maybe an operators license so you could be like this guy someday or just continue being the party pooper you want to grow up to be

Well I suppose I can understand your opinion however my foreman knew I filmed these and the go pro is strapped to my chest or worn as a head unit so its completely hands free. The phone I agree you with 100%, the radio I think you're out of your mind and the go pro is just sitting there its not a distraction. I appreciate your comment just don't agree with all of it.

Guys I been a operating engineer for over 30 years there is a number of reasons why we don't want cameras just a few law suits for one someone could watch your video and see you break a environmental law that you didn't know existed making a video can distract you could have recorded a accident automatically you will be part of a law suit believe me being a boss for a large company I've been involved in a few and the big companies insurance company would not allow it and believe me they surch the web we as boss's have to be strict we can be held criminally responsible and when your bidding on a job in excess of 2 or 3 hundred million dollars you have to be invited with excellent safety records to many accidents and your not even invited to bid I could go on but I hope you get it I wasn't being a jurk I'm done being a dick I retired.

@@Lucysdad66 All the reasons you listed are valid enough. I guess if I wasn’t allowed to listen to the radio on your job I probably wouldn’t work for you and as I stated in the last comment the camera is not a distraction I turn it on and that’s it I don’t touch it again until I’m done. The only point I’ll give you is using a cellphone while operating that is unacceptable. As for the liability of filming something that shouldn’t be well it wouldn’t matter if you were filming it or not the EPA had complete access to the mine and they’ve shown up regularly so they will find out if they so choose. But we have rules that are strictly followed to prevent such things from happening. As for liability of filming an accident, in any of my videos did you witness any negligence? No, because I’m a damn good operator with or without the camera. I’m assuming that your engineer background isn’t in mining or aggregates so I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt but using a radio or filming is very common especially the radio there’s not an operator I know that doesn’t listen to tunes or audiobooks while working. And at the end of the day there’s no company policy against it. I don’t think you’re a dick like you stated at the end of you comment I think you have valuable experience can both be applied and not be applied to this situation that’s all. Wish you all the best in your retirement and thanks for watching and engaging it has made me think a little.

They come in empty but i can assure you they leave full.

@@Krutan_the_Loader_Man 14:32 can you see that the truck is loaded? It is not visually visible that it is loaded. Truck leave full ? Funny

@@jebuvas24 so not sure where you’re from but here in America the department of transportation regulates the weight of trucks. 86,000 pounds is the legal gross weight that your allowed to haul. There are exceptions to this law like purchasing a heavy haul permit that will allow you to haul up to 120,000 pounds but that costs money to buy the permit. So trust me friend it’s not about whether or not you can see what I put in there, it’s actually preferable that the police can’t see the load so me getting them fully loaded and the material not showing is exactly how it’s supposed to be done. If you’re wondering why it’s because if the police can see the load all heaped up they will be more likely to pull the truck over which can lead to a bunch of problems. So ya it’s fully loaded, legally and done the right way.