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The Ultimate Small Dozer

Willie B

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I want live hydraulics, and a winch. Finding a functional winch for my Dresser that won't ultimately cost 6000 by the time it's functional has eluded me. I did find a $4000. winch the seller described as "fair" with missing pieces
 

OMB

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I had a 450B - S/N dates it 1969- from the mid 80's to the mid 90's, bought it with about 9,000 hrs., sold it in good condition with about 12,500 hrs. Only did an U/C and had a crack in the block between 2&3, regular maintenance. It smoked a little- I believe it was slightly overfueled and it was loud for a little diesel even with a new muffler but what machine for what it was.
 

fast_st

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Mass
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Oh, I see, posting dirty pictures now! Short tracked JD 350 with snow grousers (mostly worn) Just completed putting in a driveway so an astronomy group could utilize a couple abandoned fields as parking lot and observatory area. The road was about 5' below the edge of the fields rock wall and there was a big void on the other side, nudged the rock wall into the void and pushed excess dirt atop that to make a 20 foot wide driveway entrance, spread two triaxle loads of gravel atop that. First load leveled it out and then I set to trimming back the edges and cleaning up the slope and approach flare, it came out looking pretty nice.
 

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fast_st

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Nice work. Does the Dozer have angle or tilt?
Yes indeed you use the same 3lb sledge hammer for each function, drive the taper pins out and the left side of the blade goes up and down, use a rock or a block to get it right and then hammer the pins back in. angle is more tricky as you have to slide the arms out and then pin them after you unpin the blade and move the arm to the correct hole.

I'd simply love a 6 way blade for this dozer, it does have the valve already.
 

dozr

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alabama
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excaving
any one seen new d5 from cat we can all throw laser away . what will we think about when we are running.
 

Liebherrman

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Another dirty picture of an ultimate small dozer.
 

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Willie B

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Ultimate dozer would have drawbar pull at least 2x it's weight. Good ac, out of the last 4 dozers I've had the ac sucked in all of them case and cats. Quiet cab. Enough hp to push loaded blade at regular dozing speeds without bogging down, basically no bog at half speed at least. I like the stable blade and Eco modes on the cat d5k2 and d6k2. A simple push button auto level that would keep the blade level to make doing pads easier, don't know why no one has done that yet. More blade weight to penetrate hard soil better. My d5k2s tracks will just stop pushing on stumps even though the engine doesn't lug much however the d6k2 will lug down too much pushing dirt or stumps but the tracks haven't quit like the d5. The case 650k I had was the best dozer pound for pound although it didn't have as many features as the cats but would over heat after 2 or 3 hours of heavy dozing. Dozer I wish I had for finishing would be a d5k2 at 130 hp with 42000 lbs of draw bar pull with a much improved ac and a auto level feature on the tilt. D6k2 needs 190 hp with 60000lbs of draw bar pull, better ac, much quieter cab, auto level tilt. My 2 cents
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matnicoe

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I need a small dozer for my farm, I would love something cheaper but could last long. This thread gave some insights!
 

Mike Knap

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Mar 6, 2019
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Connecticut
It's very close. Couldn't find a formula for the correct Dresser yellow, so we had to create the formula.

Love mine, bought in for $900, needed injector pump, then replaced torque converter housing, had weld around flange, leaking replaced
and works well in the Berkshires Northern CT
 
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