Newbie Scratch Build - D575A Dozer

[Lil Giants]

Your hard work over the last yr is taking shape nicely Rob, the dozer looks like an awesome beast!

[Originalrob]

Hi Everyone,

Little bit of progress since last time :

Making a blade and hydraulic ram pivots:











I also had a nice delivery from Premacon so I thought it would be best to put together a pump set that I could test outside the machine for leaks etc then simply bolt in position and connect the rams





https://youtu.be/hY6JiJXL7Pw

The weight of the blade is quite a lot and I am concerned that the rams wont lift it !

[Originalrob]

So put everything together to see how it works.

The weight of the blade in the raised position seems to move the balance and pivot point towards the front idlers and there is a bit of slack in the tracks when reversing etc. i may need to install some stiffer springs to tension the tracks more and/or install the ripper to add weight to the back which should also balance it out. Happy the rams are up to doing the job though

Will try and get some videos of it pushing dirt soon

https://youtu.be/F8dfyTtsrY0