[MOTOR HUMMING]
[WIND HOWLING]
Nice and short, shorter, shorter, shorter.
[BLEEP], Carl, hurry up!
I got to go work for Parker still.
[LAUGHTER]
NARRATOR: The Ness crew's huge 475 dozer has made it safely
to Duncan Creek, accompanied by mechanic Carl Rosk,
and Parker's co-foreman, Brennan Ruault.
We convoyed up with trucks, and here we
are putting together one of the world's biggest dozers.
I mean, we've got six dozers on Parker's claim,
but this thing will probably push them all right
off the [BLEEP] main site.
So whoever on Rick's crew gets to run this bad boy
this year's going to be having a smile on their face.
NARRATOR: With the help of Carl's friend Leah,
the team have just two days to assemble
the 120-ton beast before Carl must return home for surgery.
We're going to get this track on here,
and, uh, we can get this thing off blocks,
and start assembling the rest of the machinery.
NARRATOR: The first job?
Attach the 36-foot tracks.
BRENNAN: Aw, dude, that's [BLEEP] scary.
You'll let her block at this point.
[METAL CREAKING]
You're good.
Hold!
Let her down!
She good.
[BLEEP] yeah!
We obviously don't have the hugest window here.
I only got a couple of days to get this thing assembled
before I have to get home, so I got a lot of stuff on my plate.
And this is-- this is huge because if I don't get
this done, the boys can't come stripping if I'm not here,
right?
So it's kind of a make or break it for myself.
Hopefully, this thing is what we need this season
to hit some serious numbers.
NARRATOR: With a 5 and 1/2 ton track in place,
the final link must be bolted into position.
[METAL CLANGS]
I'm going to try my bolts, so you want to grab the pad.
Why do you always give the guys with bad backs
the heavy lifting?
CARL: Since when did your back get bad, [BLEEP]??
For like 25 years, man.
CARL: From what, sitting on the couch?
Yeah.
[LAUGHTER]
[GRUNTS]
CARL: It's good for the back.
Always use your lower back.
BRENNAN: (CHUCKLING) Yeah, I definitely need--
CARL: Because remember, this thing can fall.
Be nice and gentle.
LEAH: Down a little bit.
[METAL CLANGS]
CARL: Get that in there.
[DRILL WHIRRING]
Well, that's the first major dropdown,
getting both those tracks wrapped around, so super happy.
[BARKS]
It's a good feeling, right?
Far as I'm concerned, we took too long.
But, you know, I don't work on these things every day, so--
Hey, Carl, I got a problem over here, buddy.
I can't get that grease gun on the nipple in there.
NARRATOR: In Duncan Creek, Carl Rosk and Brennan Ruault
are halfway through their two-day dozer bill.
Uh-oh, this ain't good.
My cannons twisted.
[BLEEP]
NARRATOR: Each of the 475's massive tracks
has a hydraulic system called a cannon that
contains a spring and grease to keep the tracks
at an optimum tension.
But one of these cannons has rotated out
of place, preventing grease from being added.
Without this grease, the hydraulic system is stuck.
The tracks risk being too loose and slipping off.
[DRILL WHIRRING]
To fix the issue, Carl needs to open
up the dozer's undercarriage.
It's a shot in the dark.
I really don't want to split this truck
and pull the whole idler assembly out.
But we're in a time crunch, right now.
I really can't afford to do this, but here we are.
We're doing it, right?
So it's tough.
BRENNAN: Yeah.
Grab the big old boy here.
[METAL CLANGING]
She's rusted on there.
[METAL CLANGING]
[BLEEP]
Just settle down.
[METAL CLANGS LOUDLY]
[LAUGHS BOISTEROUSLY] I [BLEEP] got
to come in and save the scene.
[LAUGHTER]
NARRATOR: Then Carl removes the guide plates
that hold the cannon in place.
CARL: [BLEEP] heavy.
BRENNAN: You're like the toll bridge troll, right now.
LEAH: [LAUGHS]
All right.
OK, that's the end of our cannon.
It's twisted on the back of my tensioner, right?
So I'm going to try to spin it inside,
put our guides back in and, you know, hopefully that works.
NARRATOR: Carl plans to use brute force to rotate
the cannon back into the correct position,
allowing him to get grease into the hydraulic system,
and set the tension of the tracks.
Off and away.
Mm.
[GRUNTS] [BLEEP] You're in the trace.
Just hold the hit.
Here we go.
[CREAKING]
No, we got issues, buddy.
[GRUNTING]
We got issues.
[METAL CLATTERS]
That's not good.
I don't know what we're going to do here, man.
Split the track, pull up the [BLEEP] cannon,
and that's all we can do, man.
I don't want to do it, but [BLEEP],,
we're going to have to.
Like, [BLEEP].
NARRATOR: With the cannon refusing to move, Carl's
only option is to separate the track
and take apart the 475's undercarriage,
a process that will take a full day, time Carl and Brennan
don't have.
We're under, obviously, a big time crunch,
and we need to have this done before I leave,
right, before I have surgery.
100% something we don't need.
OK, so here, here, here, here, here--
here, here, here.
OK, so you see this tab there?
We pull this out a bit, and it will spin up into there.
We don't got to pull it right.
We just got to pull it a bit, and we'll spin it.
NARRATOR: In a Hail Mary move to spin the cannon,
Carl will attach the excavator to the undercarriage
and use its power to pull and extend it out,
leaving more room to rotate the cannon into place,
and allow access to the grease valve.
Sometimes it's best is to take it right apart.
Sometimes you can cheat it, right?
I'm hoping we can cheat it.
OK, buddy.
[CHAINS RATTLING]
Nice and easy.
[METAL CREAKING]
Good!
Good, good, we're good.
NARRATOR: It's a risky move--
pull too hard, and the chains will break, damaging
the dozer and the excavator.
BRENNAN: Ready?
CARL: Yeah, just a little bit, buddy.
[METAL CREAKING]
Just watch yourself.
A little more.
[METAL CREAKING]
Hey!
Hasn't moved, you got to keep going.
I'm just hiding, OK.
Go a little more.
[METAL CREAKS LOUDLY]
Watch out.
[THUD]
Whoa!
[MOTOR HUMMING]
Oh, yeah!
Got it?
Yeah, my man!
How's that look?
BRENNAN: Awesome!
I'm pretty happy with that.
I just really didn't want to take this all apart.
This is good that we know what's going on now,
and it's fixed right, because I thought we were going to do
a little bit of a bush fix.
And at the end of the day, it's got to be fixed properly.
But in this case, it's fixed right now, so we're good to go.
So I'm a happy boy, right?
NARRATOR: Tracks tightened, Carl and Brennan
put the finishing touches to the 475,
attaching the 8-ton ripper.
Over.
[CLATTERS]
OK.
Hold!
She good.
Yeah!
NARRATOR: Then connecting the 17-foot blade--
CARL: OK, Brennan.
We're ready to try coming ahead here, just nice and easy.
[MOTOR RUMBLING]
More!
[THUD]
OK, we're good.
BRENNAN: Just like that?
Just like that.
Amen!
NARRATOR: --finishing just within their two-day deadline.
BRENNAN: I'm jealous.
I want to come run it.
Take it for a rip.
OK, buddy, I'm going to take it for a rip.
[GRUNTS] [BLEEP],, you need a crane to get up here?
CARL: I know.
It's pretty big, bud.
BRENNAN: [LAUGHS]
[ENGINE REVVING]
Whoo!
[BLEEP], man!
You need an airport to turn her out.
That's it.
[LAUGHS]
[ENGINE RUMBLING]
[TRACKS SQUEALING]
It's so big, eh?
LEAH: (CHUCKLING) It's so big.
It's going to be so good.
Someone's going to have fun this year, Carl.
CARL: Yeah, I hope so.
BRENNAN: She's alive!