Why do peple use dozers over track loaders?

[Frank Boyer]

LOL, I agree, but you wouldnt believe the buckets(probably more on rental machines) that ive seen with the whole bottom bowed down or broke out from some egit trying to pry out a stump.

They make light material buckets. That is a loader bucket that is oversized and used for large volume. Normally light material buckets are made of thinner metal and aren't designed for normal usage.

 

[056kid]

The requirements are too. Some areas they have to haul the excess dirt and pile it. No sidecasting.
When the road is no longer needed, they have to load that dirt back in and put it back and contour the hillside as best they can. Good thing we have nice timber!

 

[joesawer]

I was just wondering... I've always used a loader, and plan on continuing that way.But,it's pretty flat here too... Btw,high drive dozers like a 6R have a higher center of gravity than a 53 or 63. I think with single bar grousers you could take a loader anywhere a dozer could go. I've done it. If you tear a bucket off your just plain stupid. You dig under a stump, then push it out.

A 963 going where a D-6R goes?
Nope aint going to happen.
It will be shiny side up in just a minute if you try to follow me!

 

[catbuster]

A 963 going where a D-6R goes?
Nope aint going to happen.
It will be shiny side up in just a minute if you try to follow me!

Depends on the way I run. And how steep it is. And the application. If you try to follow me through a mud hole,then you'll be stuck in be mud where I can push and pull my way out with a bucket. Your stuck with a blade. But, If I try to go up an 1.5:1 slope,youre right, I'm shiny side up. If you abre careful with turns,you could prolly follow a dozer up a 1.5:1 tho. 1:1 just ain't possible. A 6R is wider,and it won't go over as easy tho. I cut for clearing,not logging. if I was to log,the property owners would go insane with all the brush and stumps I would leave behind.