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Perfect Cat dozer for land clearing jobs???
When I was a land management forester with UCC way back in the day, the contractors I dealt with used D8K's (or similar sized) for shearing, especially V-shearing. You might get by with a 7 if running a KG blade in smaller/pine stumps, but a true V-shear needs horsepower and weight. D6 sized...- PowderKeg
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- Forum: Forestry Operations
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How to grade smoothe a humpy road with a dozer?
Nitelite, Before you spend a ton of money asphalting that road, I suggest you look hard at what your problems are with maintaining the existing surface. Simply putting asphalt on top without properly addressing poor or poorly designed drainage, frequent washouts or washboarding, inconsistent... -
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USDA dozer
Yes, the frame tie downs are an option added by GR Manufacturing along with all the guarding, some blade mods and the blade mounted 20,000 lb winch, and a laundry list of other mods. She's one of Deere's special built Wildfire Dozer/Fireplows. From what I've seen/been told over the years... -
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Sharin' the Joy - New 650K Fire Dozer Arrived
Going by memory, I think it's a RM1000, have to check to be certain. IMHO, don't need a larger plow that cuts real deep/wide here, 'cause the soils in places won't allow it (shallow/exposed rock/ledges), and the fuels (hardwood litter mostly) aren't deep like yellow pine stands or... -
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Sharin' the Joy - New 650K Fire Dozer Arrived
Yup, G.R. Manufacturing in Trussville added all the external guarding and the blade modifications, as well as a number of internal mods/adjustments. The machine is purpose-built as a fire dozer from the factory - it's not a base 650 pulled off the lot with some extra do-dads welded on. It's... -
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Sharin' the Joy - New 650K Fire Dozer Arrived
Ain't she a purty little beasty? Our first bona fide fire dozer - been fighting for one of these for several years and now we've got 'er. I've spent a healthy amount of time on 450H and J fire dozers over the years in a few different states - there's definitely more of this honey. Now if... -
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Three Wheeled Feller Buncher?
I ran a Mor-Bell for a short while back in the mid-80's in eastern VA thinning Lob and Va Pine stands on Chesapeake lands. Same as the red one above except it had a Morbark buncher head on it. Was a neat little machine, maneuverable as all get-out and well suited for thinning, but frustrating...- PowderKeg
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- Forum: Forestry Equipment
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D7G Hyd Tank Question
Thanks gentlemen - got a temporary cap clamped down on it for now to keep the crap out. Apparently it's an oddball size/thread, so a standard pipe cap won't fit, will have to get the right one from Cat. At least I was able to finish out the section and beat the rain coming tomorrow. PK -
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D7G Hyd Tank Question
Got a stupid - but simple - question... We've got a very worn 80's vintage D7G that spends the vast amount of its time parked and rusting out wherever it was last used. Was running it today to improve/rock a road for logging access - a hefty challenge with all the worn pins, bushings, et... -
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Land Clearing equipment from Australia
That's some heavy duty stuff! I'm assuming that ya'll are dealing with fast growing and shallow rooted brush/bush and "weed" trees, hence the need for full canopies. -
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Deere K-Series Expanded
The actual total increase was @ $49,000. There were increases in the cost of additional guarding, winch, plow and such (expected), and a slight drop in the gummint discount, so the actual cost increase on the base dozer package came to @ $40,000. I know, my jaw dropped too. I understand one... -
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Deere K-Series Expanded
They upgraded the price too. I got a quote on a 550J last year when preparing some additional/alternate funding requests. Tractor ultimately didn't get funded, so I tried another route for this FY, which now looks really good for getting the funds. So I call Deere for an updated quote and I'm...