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    letourneau

    thank you wabco man!!!!!!!!!!!!, i havnt yet reaad the mans history, but he, and his team of engineers are the best in the world!!!!!!!!!!
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    CAT D7E Electric Drive Dozer

    that still is wayyyyy cooolll! its like the automtive design of man and wife drivers of suv"s two or more settiings of seat and peddle positions!
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    CAT D7E Electric Drive Dozer

    hey thanks for the input!!!! we all love it! you be one of the lucky guys to tell us!! perhaps the dealer can come out and adjust the hydraulics! ive heard ,that when new , the the hydraulics are set at max levels.
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    screamin jimmys

    still wayyyy cool! ive never,seen, nor heard of anyone using a diesel in a street rod! its really a cool idea, because street rods are an extension of the builders dreams! they generally dont get raced,so build ur dream! different is good! if every street rod had a hemi or big block chevy...
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    screamin jimmys

    that roadster is wayyyyyyyyy cool!, id love to hear it bark!!!!!!
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    question for the h.e. techs!

    ether start thanks for the replys guysssssssss, it still comes down to the situation, guess you would it different in arizona , then in canada!!!!!!
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    Painting equipment ?? Airless vs regular.

    spray painting did spray painting for ever! did mostly automotive! went from siphon feed guns for many years, to gravity feed guns!the new guns are great for the pocket and whatever you are shooting at!!!!!!! you get a great job, and use way less paint!!!!!!!!!
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    CAT D7E Electric Drive Dozer

    diesel over electric on the d7e dont know about the idler being an issue here! still would love to hear some guys who have ran the d7e!!!!!!!!! we all need to knowwwww
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    CAT D7E Electric Drive Dozer

    cat d7e in regards to all the responses about diesel over electric, i was wondering if anyone here knows if letourneau was still toying with this set up, seeing that they started the research! we gotta love that company!!! talk about r+d! they really should be the "cat" of today!!!!!!!
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    CAT D7E Electric Drive Dozer

    dirsel over elecetro i guess we can only see where the the new d-7 is going to go!i believe cat will make this idea really come aliveeeee!time will tell! id love to hear some other coments on this drive system!!!!!
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    CAT D7E Electric Drive Dozer

    drivetrain! so true dirt!!!!! we will, just have to see whaat they do!
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    1947 D7N pony motor no spark

    this will be no help, just some reading!back in 1974, dad and i were building a barn from green , fresh cut lumber.as we went upwards we found that some of the 6x6 beams that needed elevated was not possible by hand! we were on rural property and had some acres.the guy next door had an old cat...
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    New Komatsu dozer,the D51ex

    in regards to steering i keep seeing coments in regards to steering.from an outsider lookin in, the concept of each track bein seperately controlled like the big terex ,or the little" struck" dozer make sense to me! spin on a dime seems right, or maybe that kind of accesss trashes the...
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    New Komatsu dozer,the D51ex

    cat has the corner? many of the respondents here say deere, komatsu, and mitsu. do a very good job in producing a very good smaller dozer!
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    New Komatsu dozer,the D51ex

    great to hear mud, lucky you to have been able to try one out!!!!!!!
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