crawler fun today

[plastikosmd]

Got home a bit early. Gets dark so quick now! Not much atc time. Got to play with the dozer. Moving a 6 ton rock. Could only drag it straight, any turn would stop progress and pull me straight again.
Tough little machine , watch video at end

Tried first with the deere, no way
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j5/plastikosmd/deere%203320/20141113_140641_zpsjgpn7rib.jpg
jacking, 7000lb jack didn't move even a corner much. 4 foot jack for reference
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j5/plastikosmd/IH%20340/20141113_141341_zpsi6djc065.jpg
up enough to slip a sled under front edge at least, couldn't lift back end
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j5/plastikosmd/IH%20340/20141113_142607_zpsnthyky0p.jpg
Ready to try a pull
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j5/plastikosmd/IH%20340/20141113_153258_zpsvrg4zg5d.jpg
size of rock next to dozerhttp://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j5/plastikosmd/IH%20340/20141113_154235_zpspm6isoe5.jpg

final resting spot, will be a platform in wall for stairs http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j5/plastikosmd/IH%20340/20141113_161905_zpsfm1v9u70.jpg

14 sec video of it pulling
T340 moving a rock, 6 ton: http://youtu.be/npkyGne5644

[RIDE-RED 250r]

Nice little dozer!!!

How can one NOT have fun on a dozer???

I get to run a JD 450g now and again at work.... I can't get enough of it

At the highway dept, we do our share of tree work and sometimes we take down some big old roadside maples. Here is a few pics I took as I was hauling away the big butts. The pic that shows the truck, it is a 10 wheeler.. just to give you an idea of how big those butts were.....

[plastikosmd]

Nice deere

The 340 is cute, maybe 2/3 of a 350 deere. This one is from late 1950s I think

[jakep53]

sweet little dozer..earthmovers are so much fun even the little ones!

[plastikosmd]

yep. she gave all she had.

without the sled under the front, the friction would have been too much for the little thing.

I sorta bit off more than i could chew. Saw the rock from afar and thought, that is perfect, got a bit closer and thought, hrm bit big. Started jacking and bent the 7k jack, working on 1 corner. Figured, it couldnt be that heavy, maybe just a crappy jack. Hooked up the deere and nothing moved but the ground under my tires. Maybe just a traction issue, i thought. Hooked up the crawler and felt the weight as i got it going and saw the real size after it popped out. no turning, only straight. couldnt push it a bit