Moving dirt in India with tractors!!!

I found this while looking at deep plowing videos. They are industrious in figuring out a way to load dirt with what they have. I assume they dug the pit with the tractors and blades. Then installed the "bridge" to load" under.

Some may make fun of them for not doing it another way but I actually thought it was an ingenious way to load dirt with the equipment you have.
Loading Dirt India style.

Where are the OSHA federales?

Dean

'Working with what you got!' I have been accused of doing that a time or too as well! Love it!

I have seen that done in gravel pits here many years ago,, sure beat loading with a shovel

looks like those guys must be hauling by the ton they sure are overloading them little tractors

The man in the white suit driving the green thractor, I wonder how long his suit stays clean?

I was wondering the same thing. How do they keep those white clothes clean?

It looks about how roads are built in Kansas. A couple of guys on machines and a dozen guys staring at them discussing something that probably doesn't involve dirt or road.

Dean there is no OSHA and that is one of the reasons these third world countries are going to KICK our butts in the world market some day. They are hungry and still know how to work.

What is the India cost of National health care????

I am not saying it is correct but this country grew when there where few Federal mandated costs involved in producing anything.

Very similar to what I read about building railroads in the 1800's. However they used what I presume were horse drawn slip scrapers dumping into wagons that were pulled by a team of horses or mules. When they got to the dump site, they tipped the plank floor sideways one board at a time to dump the dirt. The planks were not fastened down, just retained.

did not.

Can anyone here tell me what is a rarity in this video? Will answer at the end of my post.

The trailers are very common there. Likely if you own a tractor you have one of these and use it to haul building materials. These rigs are running around everywhere. The dump trailers are purpose built not remade trucks. Also see quite a few water trailers running around also. Farm implements are pretty much all 3 point.

Part of the reason the tractors look overloaded is the hitch point they use in India. Trailer hitches are above the axle and spaced back about the same as here in US. Think of your owners manual and where it says to only hitch to drawbar not above the axle. Well there that is the standard.

Also most tractors there are in the 25 horse range. The ones in the video are a bit bigger.

Was suprised not to see a single Eicher but that is my fav Indian brand. Also the 241's and 242's are VERY common there. Also no Massey's and I think only one Mahindra. These are the most common brands that I have seen there.

Now to the rarity in the Video. The John Deere in the beginning. Out of the hundreds of tractors I have observed in India I think I can count the number of Deeres on one hand. Just not a common brand there.

jt

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Now to the rarity in the Video. The John Deere in the beginning. Out of the hundreds of tractors I have observed in India I think I can count the number of Deeres on one hand. Just not a common brand there.

jt

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No MF's as they are built under license by Tafe in India, same as the IH's licensed were built by Mahindra.

I am surprised on the Deere since Deere has a large factory in Pune that builds all the small 5D and 5E series we get here. Look for other Indian videos, lots of Deere of this type, 2wd ROPS 50 HP and under tractors.

May be a lot of tractors and guys, but I bet the per hour cost is less than a couple of guys, dump truck, dozer and excavator here.

(quoted from post at 14:47:47 02/14/15) I have seen that done in gravel pits here many years ago,, sure beat loading with a shovel

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Same here ,right on my own property.
I spent 2 months in India in the early '60s.Not much has changed as far as safety is concerned since then.