Dozers on farm?

[Wigeon]

Anyone got one?

I've got about 10kms of tracks in a pretty poor state that need major work. I've also got a yard to replace. Despite the obvious desire to placate the boyhood dream of owning one.. what are the pros and cons of buying a say a 1990s D5 or similar for the job?

Tilty blade in all directions would be a must.
Presumably obviously sprockets and tracks to look for, besides general wear, but what else?

Many thanks

 

[Cruiser_79]

sounds like every man's dream! For tracks and small plots a 6 way blade would be the only way to go I think. But that means a lot of extra joints and wear. For road transport the 6 way blades of Cat can be folded to stay within road restrictions. For solid blades we had to remove the tips sometimes. Sprockets, chains and rollers are the obvious things to check. Don't know the transmissions of smaller dozers but if the oil smells burned there are some problems inside

 

[Lowland1]

Anyone got one?

I've got about 10kms of tracks in a pretty poor state that need major work. I've also got a yard to replace. Despite the obvious desire to placate the boyhood dream of owning one.. what are the pros and cons of buying a say a 1990s D5 or similar for the job?

Tilty blade in all directions would be a must.
Presumably obviously sprockets and tracks to look for, besides general wear, but what else?

Many thanks

For maintaining tracks a dozer is a bit of a sledgehammer to crack a nut thing. I've used a Track Marshall 90 with a blade and a newish D6 with a tilty blade the D6 was better but they have a tendency to dig in and the power to keep digging. If you've got lots of track a road grader would be a better choice.

 

[nick...]

I’d hire one.get a near new machine that will have no issues
nick…

 

[Hilly]

As above just hire …

 

[lloyd]

I'd buy the D11 technic lego version might be cheaper to run.

 

[JD6920s]

Hire a 13t excavator with a blade which would be better as you can use the bucket to pull the sides in which a dozer will lose, another option is a drott with a 4in1 which is probably more use on a farm than a dozer but can come with the same issues if old.

 

[snipe]

13t with blade as above said.

 

[serf]

Got a baby dozer ,TM 55

 

[Kevtherev]

I have a baby

 

[Kevtherev]

Hire a 13t excavator with a blade which would be better as you can use the bucket to pull the sides in which a dozer will lose, another option is a drott with a 4in1 which is probably more use on a farm than a dozer but can come with the same issues if old.

This but forget a drott them things give me nightmares

 

[Wigeon]

All very sensible replies, thanks. Bit disappointed that I'll struggle to justify this to be honest, but there we are.

Komatsu Crawler Dozer D51EX-24 D51PX-24

The Komatsu D51EX-24 / D51PX-24 dozer has a new engine and optimised hydraulics and pump control technology. Along with the other major components, all directly engineered and manufactured by Komatsu, they perfectly work together to reduce fuel consumption and provide optimal production levels...

www.komatsu.eu

The issue with the edges is a big one though- I've got hardly any ditches, and the biggest problem is the sides getting higher than the track and keeping the water on the surface. I suppose a tilty bucket on a digger would probably be the thing.

 

[Hilly]

All very sensible replies, thanks. Bit disappointed that I'll struggle to justify this to be honest, but there we are.

Komatsu Crawler Dozer D51EX-24 D51PX-24

The Komatsu D51EX-24 / D51PX-24 dozer has a new engine and optimised hydraulics and pump control technology. Along with the other major components, all directly engineered and manufactured by Komatsu, they perfectly work together to reduce fuel consumption and provide optimal production levels...

www.komatsu.eu

The issue with the edges is a big one though- I've got hardly any ditches, and the biggest problem is the sides getting higher than the track and keeping the water on the surface. I suppose a tilty bucket on a digger would probably be the thing.

A digger be handy for lots of other jobs as well tho .

 

[daveydiesel1]

All very sensible replies, thanks. Bit disappointed that I'll struggle to justify this to be honest, but there we are.

Komatsu Crawler Dozer D51EX-24 D51PX-24

The Komatsu D51EX-24 / D51PX-24 dozer has a new engine and optimised hydraulics and pump control technology. Along with the other major components, all directly engineered and manufactured by Komatsu, they perfectly work together to reduce fuel consumption and provide optimal production levels...

www.komatsu.eu

The issue with the edges is a big one though- I've got hardly any ditches, and the biggest problem is the sides getting higher than the track and keeping the water on the surface. I suppose a tilty bucket on a digger would probably be the thing.

Go cat. I worked on a site with lots of dozers on it, a d6 would out perform the komatsu 65 and even the 85. A d6r i think was the model its an animal of a thing

 

[vantage]

Go cat. I worked on a site with lots of dozers on it, a d6 would out perform the komatsu 65 and even the 85. A d6r i think was the model its an animal of a thing

The contractor doing my pit used to run Cat, changed to Komatsu. He’s got a dozer like the one in the post above, about 21t I think. Anyway the Cat salesman rang him, the equivalent Cat dozer to his was over £300k! And we think agricultural equipment is expensive!

 

[Fendtbro]

Hmm, Dozers and track shovels are a very skilled job to make a proper job of smoothing out a road. You are much more likely to doze out a trough which then fills with water and potholes straight away. I can't do anything accurate with the shovel (apologies if you can) but get on much better with the motor grader.. It actually does most of the work for you, you are are just guiding it really. The other thing is track machines that push give the final drives a real hammering and when they fail they need specialist tooling that has to be hired. Unless you can put a crossfall or camber on the road can go wrong very quickly. both quite hard with the dozer and not seeing what you are doing means it's quite easy to introduce black ground and soft muck into the road surface softening it. Dozer might well need rippers/scarifier to break the surface without shoving it off the side. Wonder if Steven Green would hire you a grader for a week , might be worth asking or maybe hires only into the trade. Don't let me put you off the idea tho!

 

[Derky]

We run a D6 LGP with PAT blade and trimble if you want a price for us to do it. Becoming good on a dozer takes an awful long time. However owning one requires deep pockets. When they go wrong boy do they cost alot................

 

[JD6920s]

This but forget a drott them things give me nightmares

Aahh, you obviously haven’t used a Liebherr 631 or a Cat 963 then

 

[Post Driver]

Anyone on here ever see Keith from White Horse Contractors on a dozer? What a wizard he was. RIP

 

[Blue.]

I never like to hire,buy everything I need,generally hire a dozer in,as posted cost of ownership and skill have stopped me.