Hi Mike. I operated a 1150b case dozer years ago. I found the best way to remove rippers was to rip them into the ground a little bit remove the pins and lift them up and leave them standing there. Reversal when putting them back. Saves a lot of back strain. Hoping there’s soft ground to do it. Cheers keep up the good work. Love watching your videos.

I've spent many of hours on my big dozer here in the Rocky mountain northwest and for not having much seat time with rippers you done it pretty much like a pro. About the only thing I probably would've done different is that since you were going to go to a single rippers at the end would've been to drop the middle rippers at the beginning to lessen the drag by 33% but it's a fine line because you're also increasing stress on the shanks. Just remember not to turn while the shanks are in the ground, they're not very strong in that direction. Great job DP & crew!

Nice to see you all going for proper depth in your trench work. Being from SoCal, proper depth was totally scrutinized by inspectors as it should be. Here in Northern New Mexico in retirement, were LUCKY if subs dig to proper depths. I hit some Fiber at 6 to 8 inches, and power came in at a deep deep 18 inches. Not good. Thank-you for being a quality thinker type contractor.

We used to sink the ripper in the ground if we could and then pull the pins to take them out. Then when you are ready to put them back in they are standing up

That ripper sounds like finger nails on a chalkboard, ripping through those rocks, I am impressed how well that worked.

Mike, that ripper worked awesome and Yes, I was waiting to here your comments on the ripper versus hammer so I did not have to write a paragraph here! While you had it in the shop, you should have added a front and back camera's to the 850J and tied the controls into the transmission direction (Front view going forward/Rear view going backwards). There is a perfect place to put a screen dead center on console without messing up the view. I was thinking, you should have left the center ripper to give you better pulling control, I'm sure you did not, but maybe you should use the 850J ripper first before digging the remaining water pipe. 👍👍

You hyped up this video in your last video and you did not disappoint. That really was fun to watch. Crazy at how much pull that dozer has. Watching those tracks spin you just know that is just pure raw power. It also makes you cringe a little knowing how hard it is on the tracks just to do that. You can't expect any less, though, when you are ripping rock. Thanks so much for sharing. I loved it!!

Regarding the hose reel modifications; I suggest, removing the hoops, welding a bar between the two vertical guides (for support), then weld in more bar, making a vertical rectangle behind and perpendicular to the support bar. Biggest problem with my suggestion is, you don't have any bar stock or a welder where you're at so you'll need to take the hose reel back to where those two items are available? Next hose reel mod, a flip open cage or fence so hose stays on reel? I'm curious how you'll modify the hose reel? ;-)

Pretty impressive. It’s easy to forget just how big that dozer really is! It’s definitely going to pay off over the years! I was surprised how much damage to the rock can be done simply by the tracks spinning on top. Sandstone is funny stuff. You are exactly right about the fitting you are using! The SharkBites are to be used only in areas where you can readily access them. Just like residential use, they are not to be used even in behind drywall, let alone buried under 36” of dirt! Hahaha. Must be nice having such a shallow frost line!!! We dug everything down 8 feet. At the ranch in the feedlot potion. We kinda took shortcuts and only went 6.5 - 7 feet in the older section (before my time) and we had one year that was the coldest I remembered, winter 1981-1982, and any lines that weren’t at least 8 feet deep froze, solid for hundreds of feet!! We had to bring in a contractor the next year and redo all the water lines to the older pens,,,, there were just over 8000 head we had to haul water for into temporary water troughs with electric heaters in them to keep the ice off,,,, it was a lot of work! There were 200 - 220 calves in each pen at the beginning of winter and that tapers down as they get larger. That was 40 pens with 40 waterers from Christmas until late March, then we had to shuffle cattle all summer as the contractor replaced the lined. Each pen was 200 x 220 feet so there were about 2 miles of lines and digging to be done!!! Very little rock as that had been dealt with when they dug the first lines in. T fittings and a branch about 30 feet every 220 ft where the line was run to each waterer. The main line was run in the alleyways so it was accessible even with cattle in the pens should there be a water break. Being just the client it seemed very daunting, but the contractor came in and had no problems meeting his deadline. He would even move the cattle with his crew as needed to keep from wasting time waiting on us or anything like that. We met each day to make sure there was a pen or 2 ready for them to move the cattle to. He was an excellent contractor. Finished almost 2 weeks early and as a result I paid a bonus as per the contract!! No problem!! All that going on stressed the cattle and stressed cattle don’t gain weight too well. I made it back in the weight gains over the next 2 weeks, I’m sure! Crews like DPs crew are a great asset for each client AND the community. They are a contractor that can be trusted, referred by you to others and not be worried he will mess up that job, and the fact they are always busy with worked backed up a bit, it means that the other contractors are forced to up their games if they are not already as DPs crew!! It promotes excellence, you could say. Well done Mike, Matt and the whole gang!!!

I'm always impressed by how well everyone seems to work together. Everyone laughs and seems to have a good time.

Kudos to Matt & Jason for the quick & easy fix on the uncoiler! The ripper did a fine job, & it was interesting to see how much harder the rock bed was as opposed to the big outcrop above ground.

Big shout out to Clint and Team from C+C Equipment. The world can see the quality of your Work. The J is in Great shape, Well Done.

Hi all. Must admit my heart was in my mouth when the track was sliding off the knol at the start. Love the Vids you put out for Our Entertainment. Mr M, Hope you feel better soon. Love from Northern Ireland.

I am sure the John Deere Designers and Engineers are LOVING this video... WHAT a BEAST! 👏🏽👍🏼☺ BTW anyone know the material and hardness of those ripper teeth.. I'd like some blades/tools made out that! 😎 Last but not LEAST... KUDOS to Clint and his talented crew @C&C Equipment 👏🏽👍🏼☺

First comment ever. You rock Dirt Perfect. Thank you for all the great videos.

Have to admit, kinda missing Kleeman on your everyday videos where you're both working together, yes I'm subscribed to his channel & yes I appreciate the videos when he's trucking for you but they don't have the craic as when you're both trying to install a water line or digging a pond for instance 😂

Mike we rip alot of rock in Upstate NY a ripper on a dozer is the right move in open areas but a frost ripper tooth in a excavator with a special point ( tooth ) works for us we rip mainly granite rock i was amazed at the production you can get from that tool yes they are expensive but worth the investment

Mike you don't need a hammer for your excavator. You just need a Jack Hammer for your Millennial. Lol God bless

In the region of Pennsylvania where I live we use rock dust or sometimes called quarry dust to bed water lines in. I found that was cheaper then sand and actually worked better then sand for me. I was not disappointed in this video at all. Love the channel. I hope we see you and MBTS on Lt Dan soon.

Amazing.... I remember a few videos back where Mike was saying "I really don't see a need for a ripper".... Mike, I think you just proved all the "Pro-Ripper" guys correct.... Great add to the dozer and Great Job

Crazy to watch that downward rip force. That 850 has some serious power!! When those three rippers dug in you can see the back of the dozer start squatting and that’s where the true power of that machine lies! Damn impressive watching her go into action. And for a person with not a lot of seat time ripping you did a great job.

I love watching a bulldozer work. My dad operated a first generation D9 cat back in the day. It had an oversized blade and was used to push loose coal at a Union Electric power plant in Missouri.

Holy crap, that ripper is a beast!! That's going to come in handy from time to time. Not to mention having a place to mount other attachments 😉 Great video Michael

Beautiful and wonderful place Thanks dear friend for sharing Greeting from MACAU

That was darn impressive. I would've thought after you broke the top layers off it would become a nightmare to rip. The 850J sure did show that rock who the boss is. Nice work!!

I was amazed how well the ripper went through that big rock as well as the other areas.

I caught myself holding my breath from the all the dust as DP was ripping the rock…lol..The 850 J did an awesome job with the ripper. Great video for ripping through limestone.Just a thought Mike, Can a spring loaded bracket with a 2x4 to maintain slight pressure against the pipe roll be added to keep the pipe from unrolling under the spool as it’s rolled out??

Money well spent and job well done. Tools of the trade sure makes the job much easier.

What a GEM machine....you scored on this rock monster eater...Great video !!!!

Man that is a professional operation, Glad now that C&C talked you into buying that ripper.

Holy cow, they prolly didn’t even need to dig much of a footing for that house as much rock was close to the house, surely they had a time putting the foundation in. Cool to finally get to see the ripper in action. Been busy lately and finally able to catch up on some KZfaq. Nice video as always DP!

Put your single ripper in the center slot, it will keep your track on better ground and it won’t pull your dozer to the side. Both tracks pulling with even power means more power.

It's good to see the dozer ripper in action. Looks like it worked out really well for what you needed to do. Question: What about a single ripper tooth for the excavator? Fairly inexpensive, swaps out easy, and could clean up some of those slightly shallow areas? Just a thought. Great video...

This is so awesome!

Well worth the investment Mike nice job 👍🏼

A ripper on the dozer makes things look easier now a real man for toughest job ever👍👍👍

Fun to watch, amazing the amount of power required!

THATS AWESOME !!!

when ya remove the ripper tines try sticking them in softer ground deep and raise them up, the loose one stays and it makes it a whole lot easier putting them back in if they are standing up. so the slope isn't going to make a runoff ditch on top of your water pipe

Brute force... love it.

Excellent job, that ripper is awesome.

Been looking forward to this video, and it didn’t disappoint!

Awesome video!!!!!!!

Rock standing proudly overlooking that hill for millions of year Mike and his new toy gone without much effort 💪🪨0🦌1

Man Dp that was cool that ripper rips love to see more sometime cool video 😎✌️🇺🇲 keep up the great work 👌👍🇺🇸

Fantastic thank you for sharing this is the best video yet ,the deere was perfect,congrats

Now that’s a Rock Perfect job❤

Awesome job guys

Great job with the ripper. Pretty cool to watch.

Ripper video , was everything I was hoping for. Wow ! Now you have to find more rock to rip. Loved the video. Thank you . Great job. "You guys ROCK"

Thanks for explaining why you do things, it makes your videos much more interesting, especially for those of us limited to manually operated earth moving equiptment...aka a spade.

Nicely done DP, you gotta love it when a plan comes together. That 850j is a beast keep up the great work.

Nailed It !!! Great job DP and crew

The old 850J and the ripper done a great job! Went through that thick spot pretty darn fast!

Great video guys , Thanks 👍That ripper and spooler is doing just fine 😊👏👏👏👏👍🍺🍺🍺🇬🇧

Loved the video, The struggle of life continues.

Very well done and she is a brute!👌

Keep up the good work love the content

Coming from someone who lives in Michigan we only have the sand! It was very interesting on see how you cut thru rock! Thanks for sharing this!

Ripper worked great, worth every penny. Your skills shown through again,

Now that was hard work, good job 👏 👍 👌 🙌 😀 💪

Good to see the ripper in action, it made easy work of that rock saving you time and heavy wear on the excavator. Keep it up 👍

That ripper works awesome! 💪🏻

DP, awesome ripper 👍👍👍👍👍😺🤗🐺 Thanks for sharing👍

Ripper works great! That dozer is a power house. Put feed rollers on your pipe reel. They will help control pipe feed better. Once more a great job done.

Great shots of the ripper. Awesome work in progress. Agreed that less equipment on site is better. Also not having to switch components make the day smoother

Mike awesome job,the ripper works great! Thanks for sharing! Kevin

That dozer did some great work! Nice job Mike. Can’t wait for the next video

That became an Arkansas ripper pretty quick. Lol God bless

This video gives me one word-POWER! WooWHOO DP! Get it done!

Wow another very successful day. Really enjoying this project…fascinating to see how these things are done!! 👍👏💯💯💯💯👏👍

I`ve watched loads of your good videos Mike, without doubt, in my mind anyway, that has to be one of your best 👍👍

Man, that dozer did not disappoint. That beast surely has some power. From my limited knowledge, the ripper was well worth the money, DP. Thanks for explaining the rationale of using a ripper vs a hammer. I had to chuckle a bit that someone would have expressed their opinion about a fire extinguisher 🙂 . I guess you get hammered with all kinds of things while performing your duties. Appreciate the videos and thanks for taking us along on this project. Have a fine weekend and keep on making these vids. 👍🙂

Outstanding job ripping Dat rock out I have spent many hrs on a D10 Dozers ripping rock y'all handed Dat rock like a pro

From the space under the road bed at 11:29, I’d say your timing on this project was perfect !! Nice piece of equipment

That's awesome machine ripping through all that rock

I’d say so far money well invested, great video Mike!

Great video!

thanks DP for the video

That was awesome!!

Lot of rock here in Poplar Bluff MO. and now i know what i need to rip up the Ozark rock.

Mike, that was fricken awesome! Best dozer work on KZfaq! And the most fun too! Thank you Sir.

Really like watching you guys you all are so fun to watch

That ripper I believe was well worth it,still lotta work involved but it accomplished the goal,I’m sure the families will be happy to have the water.keep up doing what your doing.great video.👍👍👍😎😎😎

When I was a little boy, it used to 'bug me' no end, when the men would get out and talk about what they had to do. Didn't they know that all I wanted to see was that 'dozer or that excavator working! I was thinking too as I watched the video where the guys installed that ripper, " Man, can you imagine the strength of those bolts holding that thing to the rear of the 850? " Yep, work fascinates me, I can sit here and watch it all day!

Looking like a good time. Turning a big rock into dirt. Nothing like a new tool paying off.

Great video 👍👍

Ripper job! All worth it from 'awesome' comment. The 850j certainly is meeting and fitting the purpose of its purchase. Great camera angles and video.

That dozer is a beast its all looking great DP I really enjoyed this video 🇺🇲

good job with the ripper i like the way you rip it up thats is good.

Pretty cool!

Awesome job mike the rippers are a great investment 👍👍

Waking and shaking the dead! Thanks...

Enjoyed the video. That's a ripper of a good day.

👍 great views with camera angles & explaining the why's and why nots. Sure glad I have a volume down button. Never did like nail scrapping on a chalkboard in school 😖, or at anytime.

Ripper worked great and the spooler did too...Good idea Matt,, I would drill holes in the rails weld a nut over them, and add bolts to keep the spooler on the forks ....just an idea but all and a great job Mike

WOW those fangs sure do rip it is a real mean machine great video .

As soon as I saw the empty fire extinguisher rack, I thought about the podcast with Matt. More comments please!😁👍🏻 Loved watching the rock ripper. That's some serious power on display. Have a great weekend.

I have a 550 case I have been looking for a ripper for years. Finding a used ripper is like finding a unicorn 🦄 😳

Love the attention to details. 850j is great..!!!