Couple of dozer pics

[Bri963]

What's plate on top of ROPs for Bri?

When it was fully built up the deck carried a canopy that could be dropped around the machine when it was parked to keep the snow out and the heat in. They carried a little Webasto heater running on JP8 to keep the temperature up under the canopy.

 

[V8Druid]

and I was gonna say roof rack

 

[Canal Navvy]

Was that the one where they were set up to remotely monitor valve seat recession ?

 

[Bri963]

Was that the one where they were set up to remotely monitor valve seat recession ?

As far as I can remember it was a normal C7.1 with block heater. Unless the monitoring was fitted later.

 

[Bri963]

D8H parked outside the reception at Cat Desford. Should be in my front yard.

 

[V8Druid]

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D8H parked outside the reception at Cat Desford. Should be in my front yard.

pressure wash it weekly do they Bri?

 

[Bri963]

pressure wash it weekly do they Bri?

No mate, parked outside in the rain.

 

[Bri963]

D6 at Finnings this morning. Don’t like seeing rusty blades on them.

 

[V8Druid]

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D6 at Finnings this morning. Don’t like seeing rusty blades on them.

is there only one blade ram on those Bri??

 

[Lancs Lad]

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D6 at Finnings this morning. Don’t like seeing rusty blades on them.

Look closer Gra

 

[V8Druid]

Look closer Gra

well I can see two lines and a light pod, but no ram ??

 

[Lancs Lad]

well I can see two lines and a light pod, but no ram ??

I think it's in for surgery

 

[Bri963]

I think it's in for surgery

In one. Leaky ram. Probably a scored rod to be leaking at that age.

 

[Lancs Lad]

In one. Leaky ram. Probably a scored rod to be leaking at that age.

Overenthusiastic push and big rock over the top?

 

[Bri963]

is there only one blade ram on those Bri??

The only dozers I know of that had single rams were the BTD8, Cat D7E (the electric one, not the real one) and all of the Euclid/Terex machines. I had a short stint on a 82-50 and that was an experience, V12 Detroit and a single ram. With the wear in the trunnions and pins the blade tilted up and down about a foot each side. Not ideal for putting type one down.

 

[Bri963]

Overenthusiastic push and big rock over the top?

Could easily be.

 

[Bri963]

Little job for a primary school. They’d been quoted £8000 for a sandpit, now I’ve done the digging and the PTA will do the rest of the graft while I watch. It’s silt/fine loam soil, but there wasn’t a scrap of moisture anywhere and it took some breaking up. Some dads are going to be busy stamping on the clods, my tracks would’t crush them.

 

[V8Druid]

Little job for a primary school. They’d been quoted £8000 for a sandpit, now I’ve done the digging and the PTA will do the rest of the graft while I watch. It’s silt/fine loam soil, but there wasn’t a scrap of moisture anywhere and it took some breaking up. Some dads are going to be busy stamping on the clods, my tracks would’t crush them.View attachment 74865
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ground here is like concrete ATM Bri and cracked to hell ... 's gonna take a lorrarain, to soften it up

 

[Lancs Lad]

Little job for a primary school. They’d been quoted £8000 for a sandpit, now I’ve done the digging and the PTA will do the rest of the graft while I watch. It’s silt/fine loam soil, but there wasn’t a scrap of moisture anywhere and it took some breaking up. Some dads are going to be busy stamping on the clods, my tracks would’t crush them.View attachment 74865
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That is the ultimate micro digging outfit! Proper get in anywhere stuff!

And this is now in the very dry category even up here! 2018 last time it was anything like this! Just done 4th cut of grass though!

 

[Routy56]

Little job for a primary school. They’d been quoted £8000 for a sandpit, now I’ve done the digging and the PTA will do the rest of the graft while I watch. It’s silt/fine loam soil, but there wasn’t a scrap of moisture anywhere and it took some breaking up. Some dads are going to be busy stamping on the clods, my tracks would’t crush them.View attachment 74865
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That is a great community project and service saving them loads of money
I did a similar thing for a local primary school a few years ago. Used my nephew as labourer and banksman. He went to the school and they all knew him. Then the PTA finished off the pond project
It nice to know our machines can help out with this type of project