OzDozer
Senior Member
Deas is right about the blade-to-blade pushing .. it's an extremely effective way to move dirt .. and I've shifted many hundreds of thousands of yards, over many years, working blade to blade .. it adds about 20% to pushing productivity ..
Dozerboy has nailed it .. to work effectively, requires great co-ordination, and good operators that can work with each other. I doubt whether you'd get 13 guys that could work together and co-ordinate blade-to-blade pushing, for any length of time.
One of the problems with B-2-B pushing, is it requires a higher level of concentration, as compared to working alone .. and just switching off, and letting the dirt roll, while you turn up the favorite song on the radio ..
Three tractors is the most you could effectively co-ordinate on a B-2-B push. Any more, and you have great problems with machine to machine accidental contact .. and resultant possible damage to blades, guards, etc., ..
My nephew has a pic of my three D-375 Komatsu's pushing blade to blade .. an impressive pic, to say the least. I'll have to see if I can get it off him.
Dozerboy has nailed it .. to work effectively, requires great co-ordination, and good operators that can work with each other. I doubt whether you'd get 13 guys that could work together and co-ordinate blade-to-blade pushing, for any length of time.
One of the problems with B-2-B pushing, is it requires a higher level of concentration, as compared to working alone .. and just switching off, and letting the dirt roll, while you turn up the favorite song on the radio ..
Three tractors is the most you could effectively co-ordinate on a B-2-B push. Any more, and you have great problems with machine to machine accidental contact .. and resultant possible damage to blades, guards, etc., ..
My nephew has a pic of my three D-375 Komatsu's pushing blade to blade .. an impressive pic, to say the least. I'll have to see if I can get it off him.