I have a question, can't quite seem to find a good answer. I have a little dozer, its a JD 350 straight, grousers are at about 50% or so, maybe an inch tall remaining from the original snow grousers. (odd stepped cleats) Somewhere just under 9k lbs.
JD suggests that the drawbar pull is in line with 9k lbs in 1st gear and one handbook mentions that winching can provide 2x the maximum drawbar pull.
Has anyone ever measured their max line pull with a strain gauge or load cell? I'm curious, for big pulls do you anchor the blade if you can't get enough traction and need a harder pull?
Eyeball says the winch is running about a 40:1 or better when the engine is at 2500 rpm, that with 100ftlb engine output would net 16-20k ish line pull (not counting driveline losses)
Thanks in advance.
JD suggests that the drawbar pull is in line with 9k lbs in 1st gear and one handbook mentions that winching can provide 2x the maximum drawbar pull.
Has anyone ever measured their max line pull with a strain gauge or load cell? I'm curious, for big pulls do you anchor the blade if you can't get enough traction and need a harder pull?
Eyeball says the winch is running about a 40:1 or better when the engine is at 2500 rpm, that with 100ftlb engine output would net 16-20k ish line pull (not counting driveline losses)
Thanks in advance.