Cat D8K with root rake

[fArMeRkNoWsBeSt]

Hey

A farm across the road from one of ours is having some land cleared with this machine. The trees were harvested a couple of years ago by a company and he has been running cows through the land to keep the brush from re-growing. Now the dozer is windrowing the stumps and stones so the land can be drained and hopefully a crop grown next year. I doubt the crop part will happen but he is making progress clearing.

Anyways, the driver told me it was a 1977 model and has been a good hard worker for them over the years. I was fortunate enough to capture the pics when he came up to the road to have the one track shortened a link. The tightener was fully extended and as you can see there is still quite a lot of play in it.

Warren

 

[stumpjumper83]

Do they tab the grousers special for that type of work? Or is it a company thing? All the forestry machines i've been around did alright with standard shoes. Neat paint btw too.

 

[CatSkinner77V]

i saw that very machine for sale on machinerytrader.com about a year ago.... its had some very extensive powertrain work done to it.

 

[hardtail]

They usually cork the grousers for snow and ice work especially on slopes, way more stable footing in the winter, then summers work usually just wears them off again.

 

[Dozer575]

That is the best rake, it looks like a Beals. It isn't mounted correctly, they were not made for a C frame. You can see the unused brackets on the rear side of it. I have many thousands of hours on those rakes.

 

[JDOFMEMI]

Seems to work that way all the same though. I was wondering why it seemed pitched so far forward, when I looked back, I can see why now.
That is a good rake, not like some of them that come apart easier in heavy work.

 

[Sparffo]

Nice dozer!!

the white colour looks really good! too bad it could be lost in the snow here in Finland maybe thats why Koo plays around with those red machines
Is that a D7G? funny looking rear end...
could that be a former United nations machine? they usually have white equipment on the battle fields.

 

[stumpjumper83]

I'm gonna take a guess that either the contractor painted all his equipment white, or that it was used for reclamation of a mine or something.

 

[fArMeRkNoWsBeSt]

i saw that very machine for sale on machinerytrader.com about a year ago.... its had some very extensive powertrain work done to it.

No you didn't, you saw its identical twin on machinerytrader.com. It sold last year for about 45k the guy told me. They put a little over 30k into the drivetrain 2 years prior to that.

 

[fArMeRkNoWsBeSt]

Do they tab the grousers special for that type of work? Or is it a company thing? All the forestry machines i've been around did alright with standard shoes. Neat paint btw too.

I really don't know why the grousers are tabbed. Good question. Yea the white paint really stands out. All of their dozers are painted white. I'll try and get some pics of their very new D8 high track tiling machine when it comes in a few weeks to tile the bush.

Warren

 

[fArMeRkNoWsBeSt]

Nice dozer!!

the white colour looks really good! too bad it could be lost in the snow here in Finland maybe thats why Koo plays around with those red machines
Is that a D7G? funny looking rear end...
could that be a former United nations machine? they usually have white equipment on the battle fields.

Nope, printed right on the side, D8K... It was bought new to put tile pipes in the ground. That is the reason for the brackets on the rear. It did that job for a great many years until being replaced and retired to straight dozer work.

Warren

 

[Big Iron]

That is the best rake, it looks like a Beals. It isn't mounted correctly, they were not made for a C frame. You can see the unused brackets on the rear side of it. I have many thousands of hours on those rakes.

your right about that. the curve of the tines (the one we had on a D6D the tines were open between them all the way up) and the fact that they extend all the way to the top of the blade allows you to roll the brush ball in front of you. in 2nd gear you could knock 90% of the dirt out of your brush for burning.

 

[CatSkinner77V]

No you didn't, you saw its identical twin on machinerytrader.com. It sold last year for about 45k the guy told me. They put a little over 30k into the drivetrain 2 years prior to that.

oh.... apparently i didn't. did you get this guys phone number too? seems to me you had quite a little chat with him hahaha lol lol lol

 

[maputowhite]

root rake

we use the same but call them bush rakes.