Anywhere offer a "dozer operator for a day" experience?

[mixyblob]

I've recently become very interested in dozers, especially the older models and would love to have a go at operating one for a short while.
Ive tried all the digger experience places but non of them seem to have a tracked dozer, plenty of back hoes, dump trucks etc but no dozers.
Does anyone know of anywhere that offers such a service, preferably in the southern half of the UK?

 

[V8Druid]

I've recently become very interested in dozers, especially the older models and would love to have a go at operating one for a short while.
Ive tried all the digger experience places but non of them seem to have a tracked dozer, plenty of back hoes, dump trucks etc but no dozers.
Does anyone know of anywhere that offers such a service, preferably in the southern half of the UK?

@JD450A ... new earner for you

 

[diggerjones]

Wrong end of the country for you but thelkfield quarry museum may have one. They let me loose on a 60 rb face shovel

 

[Lancs Lad]

Wrong end of the country for you but thelkfield quarry museum may have one. They let me loose on a 60 rb face shovel

Deffo got dozers. I'd start with the Vintage Excavator trust and go along to a meet

 

[mixyblob]

Bloody hell, my sister lives a few miles away in Keswick, time for a family visit

 

[Lancs Lad]

Bloody hell, my sister lives a few miles away in Keswick, time for a family visit

Check my threads out

 

[JD450A]

Drop me a PM.

 

[Lancs Lad]

Drop me a PM.

Is anyone gonna warn the poor fella

 

[mixyblob]

Check my threads out

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[topkit]

This reminds me about a friend of mine back in the early 80's we worked together, Previously in the 70's he was looking for a job and a company wanted a bulldozer operator so he went for a casual interview as they all were back then the chap said to my mate have you operated one before oh yes he says, Ok you can start tomorrow, The next day he starts he said to me it was a Massive D8 so he does some pushing around and at tea break he pulls up beside the site hut shuts the machine down goes in grabs a cup of tea, He gets back out on the dozer starts it up reverses and swings the dozer round and the blade catches the side of the canteen and rips the whole side off the wooden canteen he said it opened up like a sardine can there were paddy's running in all directions and that was my mates last day on Dozers! True story he became a fitter after that for a while then changed career and sold me his Big britool socket set which i still have and use to this day!.

 

[Lancs Lad]

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Threlkeld ..😁

Finally got round to posting a few pics!🤣

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