Thread: Hi Gear Dozer

Wow Bruce,

That is clever. Thanks for sharing your techniques. The blade has come up fantastic

Top Work

Regards

Keith

Great blade build so far Bruce. I have seen this method used before when making as you did the cornices for cabinets and the like but have not done it myself. It certainly lends itself for the blade build.

That's a great machine build, looks like a Caterpillar D10? In the early 70's I drove a transporter shifting machinery among which were dozers up to Cat' D8. This was before the arrival of dozers with the high gear tracks like your's. We had two D6 which had different width blades, one possibly 12 foot wide was called an Angle blade and the other about 8 foot called a Bull blade. The Bull blade D6 spent more time pushing up gravel in the borrow pits, the D8 on the rock piles, whereas the Angle blade dozer was used more on site, road works, river protection and the like. The D8 had a single tyne ripper, the D6's triple tynes. With the triple tynes if necessary one or two could be removed, or more usually turned up side down, dependant on the job you were doing.
I haven't driven a dozer for over 40 years but still enjoy watching them work and the screech of their tracks is music to my ears.
I've taken the liberty of attaching a video of a D10 in action. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wonZCnx4BkE
Cheers,
Geoff.

Thanks Geoff for the video, it had dual exhaust, now I'm wondering if it's to late to fix that, but I fear it is.

I've helped build dams and water treatment plants so been around them a lot but never had the chance to play with on, do Bob Cats count? LOL

Originally Posted by htl

do Bob Cats count? LOL

Compared with the real cats you should call them "Bob Kittens"

Well I got it as far as I'm able at this time, I had wanted to build the back scraper but just not in the cards at this time.

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Top notch job as usual Bruce

You have done an excellent job on this project

Regards

Keith

Absolutely beautiful model Bruce, thank you for the beaut photo tutorial. Cheers, Peter

PS - Should I ask for a "riper tine" on the back??

Crowie I didn't know what it was called but will be waiting a while for that as I need to stay out of the shop if I can for a while.

Originally Posted by htl

Crowie I didn't know what it was called but will be waiting a while for that as I need to stay out of the shop if I can for a while.

That doesn't sound too good Bruce, I hope all's okay!! Peter
D8 high drive with ripper tine.jpg There's a ripper tine on the back of a D8 high drive

As per Peter's post - I hope all is well Bruce

Regards

Keith

Great build Bruce. Hope the workshop lay off is not down to health reasons. If so take care and look forward to your next build whenever that may be.

Thanks guys for the well wishes as my old buddy Arthur [arthritis] has kicken in big time and stay in extreme pain but once I get in the shop and sit down to work the mind gets busy and the pain is ignored for a while.
I said I wouldn't get to the ripper tine as crowie called it but after 3 day out of the shop I couldn't stand it and got to work.

This was one complicated but interesting part of this build.
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So now its finished for sure.
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I know the feeling as I have it in the lower spine, just need to stop and rest it every so often. Just take it easy and don't overdo it

The build is coming along great of the back ripper.