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Originally Posted by Lil Giants
I've seen it on several youtube vids of professional operators who say "use 3rd gear & you're fired!!! Higher speeds on tracked equip equals more friction & higher temps wearing out under carriage at an accelerated rate." ...not sure how fast 3rd gear is, but could be 14kph (9.3mph).
Not a concern for this Russian dozer to travel so quick?
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Well the specs say:
Transmission: Hydro-mechanical, consisting of a single-stage three-wheel torque converter driveline and module consisting of a three-shaft planetary gearbox and rotation stopping brakes, bevel gear, two-stage final drive with a pair of spur gears and planetary row and hydraulic transmission.
Transmission provides four forward and two reverse gears.
Forward, 4 transmission ranges; 0-3, 0-5.1, 0-6.7, 0-10.6 (kph).
Reverse, 2 transmission ranges; 0-6.6, 0-14.0 (kph)
I guess it would be like any big tractor in ripped rock, slow is the go.