Plus you can pick stuff up high, put forks on, load lime, whatever. The 544G loader gets used everyday for something, and it can be driven most places. We have a good size dozer, and it doesn't get anywhere NEAR the hours that our loader and excavators get. Posted 17:39 (#2899224 - in reply to #2898270) Subject: RE: Small Dozer-what to consider?Įastern VA. He wanted me to buy it but we are leaning towards a big CTL instead. It was his first dozer that got his business started so its his baby. Posted 16:10 (#2899061 - in reply to #2898270) Subject: RE: Small Dozer-what to consider?Ĭousin has beautiful deere 450 with new undercarriage he is looking to sell. I would way rather have a loader than a dozer ,At the company i worked we had dump trucks too ,So everything was a loader ,Boss would not own a dozer "Cant load trucks with it " He made alot of money and retired. Worked for an excavating company for a couple years ,We had one as small as a deere 350 ,they will do work ,just not as fast. Posted 13:14 (#2898800 - in reply to #2898762) Subject: Re: Small Dozer-what to consider?Ģ0k will get you into some pretty decent machines. But it should, it is worth 10 times more. I bet a big skid steer would work circles around my Allis HD7. Posted 12:10 (#2898678 - in reply to #2898637) Subject: Re: Small Dozer-what to consider?Īlways heard that, and in the same breath I hear "buy as big as you can". Those things will push with a Cat D4, and can be used for more things than a dozer. Posted 11:47 (#2898637 - in reply to #2898270) Subject: Re: Small Dozer-what to consider?Įverybody wants a small one bigger is more n likely cheaper You could drop 15-20K on a carriadge if it's worn out completly. Also pay close attention to the condition of the undergear before you buy. If you've got serious pushing to do or heavy land clearing you better get something larger. but they are mostly for small residential jobs. You could do light cleanup in fence lines, light grading, pounding rock in for roads. Those listed are all in the 16K pound class. I'd also suggest getting the biggest dozer you can haul. I have a Case 1150e and it is great for building waterways, pushing stumps, grading, ect. Get the biggest one that you can haul with your own trailer. It runs great though and starts every time. Several years before that it was all new chains and undercarriage. Last year it got all new blade pivot pins and bushings. We've spent a lot on ours making stuff right over the years. It's just like everything else in that bigger is better up to a point. We have a 550 Case and have used it a LOT. I would personally look for a big skid steer. It is also the best thing I have found for backing wagons in the shed. I use mine to fix teeraces, clean fence lines, level and spread gravel. I bought mine because I couldnt find a skidsteer that had this much power and in the same price range. Kinda makes a small dozer bigger when you dont lose power by one track not pulling. So both tracks pull when you are pushing a pile. I use it constanly more then my tractor and loader. Question is however, what jobs do you do with a small dozer of this size on the farm? Will this be like the backhoe I thought I could live without for so long? Or just something that sits in the shed unused. I like the idea of a small one because I can move it easily with the trailer that I have. Of course before I got the backhoe, I never thought I needed one either.īeen looking at small dozers in the $15-20K price range, Case 450, CAT D4, and Deere 450. Never used a dozer, have a backhoe that we use almost non stop through the year on ditches and cleaning up ditchlines. Posted 08:46 (#2898270) Subject: Small Dozer-what to consider? Small Dozer-what to consider? Jump to page : 1 Now viewing page 1
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