Moving a Cat 15 miles

[Welder Dave]

I think there's less chance of getting noticed on a gravel road. I'll check the road out first though. If it has a bunch of hills or is really rough I'll go on the pavement. Thanks for the responses.

 

[BC Placer gold]

Heavy truck, air brakes, low geared tranny….

I think there's less chance of getting noticed on a gravel road. I'll check the road out first though. If it has a bunch of hills or is really rough I'll go on the pavement. Thanks for the responses.

probably good gravel roads. Nowhere near as sketchy as all the F150’s I see passing the scales here with rear end sagged out towing 30’ rv. Every one of these is over on rear axle…

 

[JaredV]

I'm not going to tell you what you should or shouldn't do, Dave, but... We move 150 size excavator on tilt decks in the woods all the time, 2 and 3 axle trailers. Steep, 15% grades, sometimes more. With 8 or 10 tons in the truck and a Jake brake, you never really use the trailer brakes if you go slow. I once hooked up to a trailer after another driver moved a machine down a REALLY steep hill without a problem and when I pulled the hand valve to check the brakes, nothing happened. Nobody likes crawling under tilt decks to adjust brakes but I was happy to that time. Just sayin'

 

[Welder Dave]

There's only 4 turns needed and straight roads if I go on gravel. 3 turns on pavement but the long road is a highway. If I do have to move it myself I'd rather go slower on the gravel road. If something weird happened to the truck I'd rather not be on the highway. Thanks for the replies.

 

[Welder Dave]

I checked out the gravel road I could use. It's a little rough but not too bad. Has one bigger hill and a couple smaller ones. I did some distance calculations and I was way off. It sure seemed longer than it is. It's only about 7.5 miles not 15. If I went on the paved highway would be about 4.5 miles. Still going to talk to the gravel pit though.

 

[pittsburgh cat man]

All this talk makes me think I was working for a guy in Pittsburgh I needed a 977k moved from their yard to the shop He told me to just run it down the road he also said don't put in third it shakes the ground too much With my luck I figured I would pass a city cop I sure was sweating but I made it unseen!!

 

[MG84]

7.5mi of gravel roads, you could have driven the thing there in less time than you've spent posting on this thread...

 

[cfherrman]

I was wondering that but how much does 7.5 mi cost on the machine in road wear?

 

[AMBMike]

I was wondering that but how much does 7.5 mi cost on the machine in road wear?

Almost nothing.

It'd all be in a forward gear under very little load on a relatively flat surface.

Depending on soil type and operator habits a typical dozer or loader will go thousands of miles before needing an undercarriage replacement. Most of those miles are under load or in reverse.

A loader on double or triple grouser pads will do no appreciable damage to a road surface unless turning hard under load on a hot asphalt pavement. On a cloudy day with the temp
under 65 degrees F it'll just leave small white marks on the surface that disappear after several vehicles drive over them.

 

[cfherrman]

Yeah for $600 or whatever they wanted and 3 hours of your time if road it, it's all county roads

 

[terex herder]

Local dozer driver would drive his machine for several miles rather than bring his lowboy 50 miles to haul it. Asphalt roads he would drive in the road ditch.

 

[Welder Dave]

It was over $900 to have it hauled. Roading it in 2nd gear would take a lot longer than 3 hours. I think the hoe on the back slows it down. To drive about 1/2 a mile to my former neighbours back field took 20-25 minutes. That was long enough. I think there would definitely be a lot of undercarriage wear driving that far. I'd probably get rattled and/or bored to death.

 

[AMBMike]

A dozer/loader on a slow day puts on 20+ miles in forward gears, slightly less than that in reverse. Your 7.5 miles with no load and no reverse would be a vacation day for that loader.

 

[Truck Shop]

These put on a lot of miles in a day, far more than any construction job, working 6,000
acres.
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[cfherrman]

1/2 mile in 25 min is 1.2 mph

 

[Truck Shop]

Above and below--photos of area farmer H.T. Rea, HT standing in the middle below.
At that time back in the 50's HT was farming 14,000 acres. The color photo I took of
same D7 as above.
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[John Shipp]

It was over $900 to have it hauled. Roading it in 2nd gear would take a lot longer than 3 hours. I think the hoe on the back slows it down. To drive about 1/2 a mile to my former neighbours back field took 20-25 minutes. That was long enough. I think there would definitely be a lot of undercarriage wear driving that far. I'd probably get rattled and/or bored to death.

Did you go ahead already with the $900? If you pay for a cheap return flight, I'll head over next week and move it the 7.5 miles back roads for you

 

[Welder Dave]

I'm hoping to move it next week but it depends on the weather. Calling for heavy rain in the next couple of days. Driving out to the neighbours field was somewhat rough so I couldn't go full speed in 2nd gear. It was closer to 3/4 of a mile. With the extra weight of the hoe I'm sure the speed is slower than without it. Looking down 4 1/2 miles of highway is a long distance. Driving it isn't an option. I'd be crazier driving it than hauling it.

 

[CM1995]

Did you go ahead already with the $900? If you pay for a cheap return flight, I'll head over next week and move it the 7.5 miles back roads for you

Dibs - beat you to it.

Dave do I need to come up there and move it for you?

Got a couple of friends in Calgary and Edmonton so I'll take 7-10 days off, move your machine the first day then vacation the rest of the time. Just pick me up at the airport.

Didn't even ask for a plane ticket.

 

[cfherrman]

Guys remember he has a motocross track, ask for some free hot laps while you are there