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Bigshow, neat thread and thanks for the pics. I am new to posting but have lurked for 10 years. I really enjoy and learn a lot from some of these threads that you guys post highlighting your work.
Did you get to run the 2050 Case? I am starting a RPO on one soon and wondered about real world experiences from a seasoned operator.
I was at some Wirtgen training and this was parked out front, the salesman tried to get me to try it out but I wasn't interested. There wasn't any real world scenarios available there so I wasn't going to waste our time pushing snow around. The cab seemed kind of cheap but it seems to be stout where it mattered, I haven't been around any new Case equipment in years. I've been with a Cat only contractor for quite some time. The last new Case machine I tried out was a new 850G dozer.......
I had a lot of respect for that project and was proud to be a part of it. The Locks were amazingly well built by true craftsmen, I felt the need to go above and beyond to make sure I wouldn't disappoint those that worked inside the Locks before me.
You should be able to click on an image in the lower left part of the screen to get a better view from the water. That was a bridge for the Erie Canal to carry it over the Seneca River. Seneca River is now part of the Barge Canal through New York State. There is a much smaller version of one of these aqueducts not far from my house that has been restored with wood lining and filled with water like the original and is part of the Camillus Erie Canal Museum.
It did good spreading gravel at 16,000 tons a day, but that was about it. I didn't mind running it but it was frustrating trying to accomplish real dozer work with it when it wasn't a real dozer. It sucked on a 3:1 and steeper slopes, I almost rolled it attempting to trim a 2:1. It was terrible in soft underfoot conditions as well and a 14 walked all over it on the haul roads.
they don't look like that they would push very well if it did the track probley wouldn't last very long. I've always thought they looked like it would be good for working the fill on big dirt job's maybe not you would think in soft ground it would be great because the weight is spread out
It did great pushing off loads of gravel, that's about it. The weight might be spread out but it's still on four small contact points. There was not a lot surface area to those short tracks and the machine was fairly heavy so it made for a high ground bearing pressure.