Dozer finishing choice of machine

[Greenhorns]

So I’m still a bit green on a dozer but the guy I work for keeps giving me a d8 with an angle blade to do finishing work in soft sugar sand. Am I wrong to think this is mental if your expecting a perfect clean finished product?

 

[Vetech63]

Yes. Tell him you need my D3K. LOL

 

[Greenhorns]

D6 with a 6way blade is the smallest we have but that would still be way better then the 8 with an angle blade but yes a 3 or a 4 would probably be idea.

 

[Bls repair]

If he is ok with the results your golden.

 

[CM1995]

What does your spec book for this project say is "a perfect clean product"?

 

[td25c]

We use a farm tractor & box blade for finish work .

They work great coming in behind a dozer to " smooth " it out .

 

[Jonas302]

The real question is can the Boss finish out with the 8... its likely he can

 

[RZucker]

We use a farm tractor & box blade for finish work .

They work great coming in behind a dozer to " smooth " it out .

I used to have a huge Be-Ge box scraper we pulled behind an 85D Cat challenger, it was awesome for finish work and dragging haul roads.

 

[catskinner 10]

He just wants you to finish up faster!
Seriously yes a smaller machine would be ideal.
Tom

 

[td25c]

We get it to a stage with the dozer & rough it in first … Everything has it's place .

I aint gonna waste fuel & undercarriage costs on a bigger dozer trying to finish if it can be done with something smaller on site .

Hop on a tractor & box blade & let it do it's thing when needed .




Kick back & enjoy the ride

 

[Tags]

I like your gauge wheels, must hold a grade well with those "little" wheels....

 

[td25c]

LOL ! We grabbed the wheels off an old grain dryer .

https://www.heavyequipmentforums.com/threads/box-blade.14619/

It works pretty good for fine grading .

One of my favorite tools .

 

[RZucker]

Repurpose every resource you can find... That's how I roll.

 

[td25c]

Well said RZ !

Never throw nothing away .

Repurposing a 12 bolt Chevy rear end to drop under the Ford Galaxie 500 .

4.88 ratio for some street fun

 

[RZucker]

I was gonna say "Chevy under a Ford?" But you got a GM part sucking it in... might as well have a GM part putting it out.

 

[td25c]

It's turning in to a joint venture between Ford & General Motors .

About like the " king cutter " box blade & the " Tox - O - Wik " grain dryer gauge wheels .

 

[Mother Deuce]

Well said RZ !

Never throw nothing away .

Repurposing a 12 bolt Chevy rear end to drop under the Ford Galaxie 500 .

4.88 ratio for some street fun

It'll be kickin' stoplight to stoplight on a short block!

 

[Tinkerer]

My answer to your original question would be ,yes it is wrong to expect a perfect clean finish grade with a D-8 of any kind.
But, you should be able to cut a finish grade and it should be be decent looking. Is the blade set up with a laser guidance system of any kind ?
DRY sand of any kind is a real bitc* to finish grade. Very time consuming with a D-8 class machine.