You'd have to be a badass to even attempt work in those conditions to begin with.

I was thinking the same thing. I'm utterly ignorant as to how these machines work and what they are capable of, but that does seem like an odd place to get stuck...

every dozer operator who is pretty handy on one will all say they have been in same situation coz thats how you become so damn good get to know the limits of a machine haha i been there

suicidaltendencies99 You got a dozer stuck in a lake before? Why did you want to do that?

It happens. I'm an electrician and I've had an electric shock before. What counts is that this operator kept a cool head and did what he needed to do to get the Dozer out.

I used to always use the old "wave your hand in front of them, with a cup behind em" trick

dude thats funny

@@thomasdrewel i would just reach in and grab them directly, much faster.

I spent 25 years on logging cats and skidders in a lot of extreme terrain and I crossed not a few creeks [usually illegally as mentioned above]. Guy was a dope..

As an operator ..I would never cross the creek I would told you to get fucked ! Skills my ass !

Awwwww FUCK UUUUU

How about probing the depth of the creek first on the points of actual crossing?

Rick morales I'm a little late but uhhhhhhhhh FUCK U RUNNING SIDEWAYS!!!!

First off . I did heavy &over size Eqipment movement for USWest commuications as a sublet personal cntractor. I realy wish i had takin time to film just 1/2 of the stuiped crap that over paid Employees can &will do wrong any time they whont the next day off. I truly miss the work& the great pay BUT NOT THE CRYING SNIVALING I CANT. KIND OF I GOT TO GO HOME TO CHANGE MY PANTS MORON S ..! GOOD WORK GUY S KEEP SHOWING THE IORN MEN AT PLAY. R LMOSS. PHOENIX. IN THE DIRT..

What....so what if he had a jackknife! That has nothing to do with this video.

I was thinking the same thing. Good thing it wasn't an old skool D6 with straight blade and sloppy clutch steering

J. Chris Watson yep...

inexperience....skilled machine operator my ass

Not everyone has the luxury of always working in pristine, safe locations like you armchair experts. Sometimes when the boss says "Do it," you gotta get your ass deep in the muck and do it.

Arguing With Stupid People I see your point.....been a heavy equip op since 82 and yes if the boss says do it....you do it....but in this video we will never know.

EPA would be all over his ass here for being in a stream, big fine

Do Ron Sure we do

jim smith Well, sorry Jimmy but...You're wrong...Many highly skilled operators do indeed post on youtube...So...Keep your little passive aggressiveness to yourself; K?

is that a Newhart joke👍

James Lotz That's a good one!

You’re all wrong, it was his other brother Daryl.

Hey now

@@JoshuaGeers-os3hf Thank you : )

Fish swim I think , not sure though???

Words of wisdom I was told the same thing !

Yeah especially when your on a piece of equipment that probably cost 200,000 usd...

Seriously? That's where the job is!

***** Apparently that differs per country. Where I live they tend to build roads in places where they're not by default flooded.

You can use tractors for other things than building roads. And In my country we have bridges.

Ungregistered User No, for on water we've got these newfangled contraptions we call... what was it again... oh yeah: boats.

True. Right to the point.

you know nothing about the undercarriage to say that the fluids will be fine they did not float out as the boggie roller are sealed and the final drives (which are also sealed) never went under water

The truest comment ive seen so far

Must suck for people living in countries with 3rd world labor laws.

no its called the real world

Amen brother. When the boss says get in there i gotta get in there NO MATTER WHAT

It's called PAYING BILLS

Arguing With Stupid People 😉

Some machines can do amazing things with these people.

most likely if he went there, the boss told him to do it. The operator probably already knew this was gonna be a bad idea lol

No....it's the VPR undercarriage that can do that. But you won't find them anymore.....they quit building them in the late '90's. Why? $$$$. Isn't that the stumbling block for most business ideas that proved to be a failure.

JJ, you must be in PA, New York or California.

Sadly, here in America the EPA is a joke, and as long as the person or people involved in the situation are somewhat related to the farming industry...... They can do whatever the hell they want without consequence. It's sickening.

+Mike Erickson I am in the "farming industry". Could you please be a little more descriptive as to whatever the hell I want is?

You get government subsidies, and the EPA just lets you do whatever you want. Pumping manure and fertilizers into streams and rivers. You don't have to have a CDL to drive a semi like any other American. Need I say more?

No, you don't need to say more since you don't know what your talking about. If you want to complain about subsidies go ahead. Many farmers are subsidized but I'm not one of them. But first ask yourself what subsidies accomplish. It is in the governments best interest to keep as many farmers on the land as possible. Do I have to explain why? Unless you have another way of keeping some 80 + year old farmer working day after day so 99 percent (or more) of the population can sit on their rear ends watching KZfaq videos, I'd like to hear it. If farm subsidies are so lucrative, why is the number of farmers decreasing? There is another matter concerning subsidies. And that IS environmental protection. The EPA is VERY powerful when it comes to agriculture. There were proposed regulations to regulate dust from field work. You say that we're "pumping manure and fertilizers into streams and rivers"? If that happens to a farmer the EPA and other agencies are very quick to show how much power they really have. And that power is considerable. More then a few farms have gone bankrupt due to the fines and legal costs, and cleanup from the EPA enforcement of environmental law. There is a problem with your CDL argument too. Farmers are not typically professional OTR drivers. More often then not to a farmer a truck is an expense that in and of itself does to generate an income. Although I do know of farmers who are also professional OTR drivers and are licensed as such. Distance a farmer can haul a load may also be limited. Also, how many weeks of the year are farmers hauling? Where are you getting your information anyway?,.... blogs and stupid movies? Just curious.

The way it should be give the farmers distinct advantages over the regular person. Btw I'm not being sarcastic. For example in Ontario, a farmer can get fuel cheaper (dyed diesel) just because he's a farmer. As long as a tractor has a slow moving sign, it can pull ANY weight or length, without a license. These kind of freedoms allow farmers to work more efficiently and effectively without "red tape" BS.