Dozers with Wings

OCR · Mar 4, 2009

Dozers with Wings:

ATCOEQUIP said:
It just seemed ironic that the operator is still hanging on even with all the new tech. I hope it remains so.

That's my point... "new tech" doesn't necessarily mean doing away with something... To me, it usually means an improvement, or upgrade, to an existing design... :thumbsup

I do believe a considerable amount of time will have to pass... before the

"Skinner" is removed from the "Cat"...

OCR...

9420pullpan · Mar 4, 2009

I would love to go over seas and see Eberhard's operation. They have some many unique machines such as this 963 and 973 with bucket/grading box. They even have couplers.

9420pullpan · Mar 4, 2009

Out of all the machines which one would you want to spend the entire day in?

I would choose the D6K

JTL · Mar 4, 2009

We use the same thing, only differnt on our D6R's. Kinda makes a U-blade out of the strait blade. We have in the past made wings on our D4's to narrow up the blade to make a smaller pad. Sorry, no pics of that!

D5G · Mar 5, 2009

I don't know what looks crazier, the blade or the exhaust lol. Interesting paint scheme they have on the D6K too.

580bruce · Mar 5, 2009

Hey JTL is that a Dell-hur truck? Where is the landfill closure?

catc15 · Mar 5, 2009

Thats cool at first I could have sworn that with those wings they would be still considered a bowl type dozer. But not anymore you guys are right about those wings being used to aid the spreading and grading of material. I don't remember exactly what they designed the bowl-dozer for but I'll do some research and try and find out again.

hvy 1ton · Mar 5, 2009

The rockit blade was pretty sweet idea

Too, bad i'm pretty sure they stopped making them. It was made by the guys who sold Blizzard to DD.
found some info on another site if anyone hasn't seen them.
http://www.hilltip.fi/?link=products&product=rockitblade1&ln=cz

T_S_S · Mar 8, 2009

Nice D6!

Engineer4255 · Mar 9, 2009

not a bad idea. just kinda limits that machine to fine grade only work. I'm sure that someone could make a quick attach to hook up to a root rake system on top of the blade or something similar.

millertime778 · Mar 9, 2009

Those are some interesting colors on that D6K. This is an interesting concept but seems like it would be the cats ass for putting down sub-base, I dont know if they already exist but has anything like this been modified to a blade on a motor grader? If so, i would think that would be the way to go for spreading stone and sub-base.

sandbox · Mar 9, 2009

jared why doesnt it surprise me you would say something like that? I dont think it would work cause of your blade angle. Maybe call greevy and see if he'll let us modify the champ.

JT

9420pullpan · Mar 9, 2009

millertime778 said:
Those are some interesting colors on that D6K. This is an interesting concept but seems like it would be the cats ass for putting down sub-base, I dont know if they already exist but has anything like this been modified to a blade on a motor grader? If so, i would think that would be the way to go for spreading stone and sub-base.

is this what you are talking about?

millertime778 · Mar 9, 2009

Sure is! Sweet deal. I knew there was prolly something like that out there somewhere. just never looked around.

btbw92091 · Mar 10, 2009

i like the red and white

WColtharp · Mar 11, 2009

I found a video on youtube of a "New Holland 106.6a Rough Grading Crushed Asphalt", which has those wings:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDfCSfWVJbg

hvy 1ton · Mar 12, 2009

I've never seen a grader with hydraulic wings like that, only ever fixed bolt on ones.
All grader operators need is one more axis of control.

X Quad Operator · Sep 9, 2013

I done quite a bit of finish work grading bottoms in the dumps in the Southern California area, been retired going on 7 years now, I know I got lots and lots of hours pushing a foot of sand over the bottoms with a late model 5, when we got done pushing sand then we'd have to pus the dirt over the sand. I was always trying to figure out a set of drift wing for the five, these wings on the smaller dozers their priceless. Love that picture of the 12F don't see many of them around anymore. Mike Nebergall.

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