Yes , I prefer wide tracks. 1000 times yes !
Only for finish grade, especially on slopes. Doesn't matter if it is sub-grading them or spreading black dirt.
LPG's will go on slopes in terrible conditions. Even in decent material the LPG can turn quite fast and not tear up your work.
Some slope work required a D6 to get decent production. The size (area) determined if a D6 was a better choice.
For smaller ditches and smaller slopes I was in hog heaven on a John Deere 450 (any series). 6 way blades also increased an operators production per hour.
If the blade could only be angled it would be like being in a fist fight with one hand tied behind your back !
The contractor I spent most of my career with didn't buy any wide tracked dozers without a 6 way blade.
Cutting bigger slopes such as following scrapers required a D8 to be able to keep up with them.
Sorry for being long winded post, but after running dozers for about 30 years I could go on and about running them.
Though someone might have put standard frames on it
Hatch I know what you mean thinking the lgp would have 6 rollers but i don’t believe it does, I think they came in a standard track, wide track, and lgp, then long track, and the long track is the only 6 roller frame, the others are just different pad widths, with the wide track and lgp having the wider crossbar and dead axel to move the frames out for the pads to clear.Thought someone might have put standard frames on it
Well...........I count 6..........now what’s the difference between a wide track and lgp? Or are they the same thingDid someone mention TD8G LGP ?
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Well...........I count 6..........now what’s the difference between a wide track and lgp? Or are they the same thing
Yeah I wish it was long track so bad...........*sigh*Well now 4 track options who woulda thunk
Boy you sure like doing under carriage the hard way.Front idler flange height measuring 0.60 (new)
Top roller diameter measuring
6.00 (new)
Bottom rollers measuring
6.85-6.75 20%-0% life
Idk if this is my problem but I don’t think new rollers will hurt anything except my wallet.
The book tells to shim the front idler wear plates to .06 and that is all, so they want the idler pretty much down on the track frame, but there is no procedure that I can find center the front idler to the sprocket? It has shims on each side under the “thrust plates” I believe the book calls them, but the only instructions I see are to put the shims back like you found them? It looks like at the moment the shims are split, the same amount on both sides, but should I be checking to see if that has it in line with the sprocket? And if so how to I go about doing that?