Dozer man, anyone can put a claim like yours on the net. Cat tend to do their homework before recommending a method, as do the SeaBees, the army, Allis Chalmers, every textbook on earthmoving I've ever read. But tell me, using your method, you must be cutting all the time, whereas I and Scrub and all the other know-nothings cut until we have a blade full and then just drift the material along. Who burns the most diesel and wears tracks out the quickest?I'm sure with your 40 years you'll understand what I'm saying. I have competed with someone with equal abilities to myself, i.e. Me, doing it all ways and slotting I can outperform myself anywhere from around 25% to 50% depending on soil type, depth, gradient etc. but what do I know after 36 years?
Scrub, don't often find myself in the opposite corner to you, but on a topsoil strip or any job where you aren't taking too much depth, there isn't clear water between a tracked loader and similar weight dozer in terms of output. That bucket contains a lot of material when you doze with it, and not needing to push right up and over the stockpile saves quite a bit of time. Downside is it's all but impossible to steer in the slot. It isn't fashionable nowadays, but slotting with a loader used to be a recognised method, as was cutting and drifting. You'll remember that was where the term skid-shovel came from. I wouldn't argue that the dozer is the cheapest way to do, though. Too much to wear on the tracked loader.