Great job on the craftsmanship. That little one cylinder engine wasn't enough power. You dropped in the three and then a four cylinder diesel, and now you've got the power to move that dirt. Excellent project.
A lot of work, best done for the self satisfaction, not the end result. My Dad had an excavation company. I grew up in it. Ran my first dozer @ 15. Ran Dad's company for awhile. Cat gave me 3 days of training & a tour of their facilities in Ill. Dad had 4 dozers, two D8s, a D9 & a TD25 plus all the support equipment including scrapers, front end loaders & a dredge. Interesting business. That was a long time ago. Often wished I had stayed in it. I'm at the end of my life now, so wishing doesn't do any good. Always do what you enjoy.
@@stacyp4534 My Dad's first loader was an HD5 about 1950. In 5 years head had 5 of them. Bought one HD6 and it was plagued with problems. Made the switch to CAT. Had one IH loader that started on gas and switched to diesel after a short warm up. The best thing that ever happened to loaders was the power shift.
Looks like it was under engineered from the get go. Started out as a fun project experiment. But the first run had a small ass lawn mower engine and couldn’t do anything in the dirt. Now a decent diesel was put into it. Only problem with that is the rest of the chassis and rest of the build isn’t meant for the torque, so it will start breaking and falling apart if you use it for actual hard pushing for work.
You could be correct. I’m not trying to sound like a smart a$$ but if you have plans send me a copy I will attempt to build accordingly and test the durability of your design. I said from the beginning I’m no engineer.
Most won't have a clue how much time and cost of just the materials is involved in something like this. Kudos to you for tackling it and making it work.
Thanks very much. I have built several other things and working on a backhoe right now. I haven’t posted anything cause of all the stupid people who only know how to post negative comments but I think I will go ahead and get more projects out there.
Very nice! I've had three Strucks over the years. One belt drive and two 4 speeds. The belt drive was back in the mid 70's when you bought a kit and put it together (including a ton of 1/4-20 grouser/track bolts) The belt drive went straight and actually was far more usable than the later models which used a differential and constant steering correction. Always wanted to build a hydraulic one from scratch though. You did a great job and it looks to be far more rugged than a struck!
Thank you. I looked at the struck/magnatracks and the old school like the kitty track and others but everything I found was expensive. I looked at a I think it’s called a mead speed track. Finally in the end I just built one. It was a very difficult decision at the time. A lot of sleepiness nites during the build trying to figure stuff out that wasn’t working correctly. I still plan to do an improvement on it. I want to use 2 hydraulic pumps and change the configuration of a few things. It works great as is but I like to mess with it. Watch for the next improvement to it. Again thanks
That bigger engine had done the trick..Always remember Tim on Home Improvements..MORE POWER!!! I did 12 years on CATs working on the Motorways here in UK back in the 60s/70s Happy days
Yes more power is always the answer, who cares what the question is. Yeah the bigger motor is also much quieter. I don’t know why but I love anything on tracks.
Awesome. Love that you made it a six way blade as well the second engine did the trick.that little booger can do a lot of work. Nice.thanks for sharing
Just spotted this old video and don't know if you will see it or not. A real fine job of addressing several little details. The electric over hydraulic fuel system/throttle system might be better with a dial cable and push release button in center to come to idle. Could feather the power to the tracks a little easier but then you have thought of that too as nothing I can think of that you wouldn't already know... for all I know, you wore it out having fun on it. Be a nice little unit for confined spaces
If you built this off the top of your head I am more than impressed, and even with blue prints, you are one very handy guy with lots of ability to see it and build it
It sure is cool that you designed and built this all yourself. When I saw the thumbnail I too thought it was a struck. I’ve read your replies below and will echo some of the things said without being critical, just maybe to help someone else that is gonna try to tackle a similar build. There are a few designs inherent to bulldozers that might not be so obvious- First is the pivot point for the blade push arms. They should extend under the machine or along the side of the tracks to about the center of your track frames. This allows a more constant blade angle throughout the arc of travel and it keeps the tracks planted for better traction. Second is the blade angle. The blade shouldn’t be laid back. It should be nearly vertical. I applaud you for having the tenacity to finish this little dozer, you did a great job.
Beautiful dozer you've created! You say you're not an engineer. That's good because engineers don't care about component accessibility after the beast is assemble. They often create maintenance and repair nightmares. You could teach Caterpillar a thing or two. Well done!
Thank you for sharing such a wonderful project video! Not sure how many folks can or will understand the amount of effort, time and thought went into making something like this. WOW!
Super cool Stacy! Not only the machine works great, but you also gave it a nice and neat shape. Doing both at the same time is not easy. You are a master fabricator! Thanks!
You sir are a mechanical genius! Thank you for taking the time to share this incredible build. I was captivated for the entire 20 minutes length of the video. (My attention span with most UA-cam videos is only a couple of minutes. ) It is amazing that you designed this dozer as you built it. All I can say is WOW!
Dude this is so cool . I was disappointed with the first engine ... But the little diesel made it real . A Mini Dozer for sure pushing some serious dirt for it's size . Great job .
I'm building one myself, using a 65 hp 4 cyl gas chevette engine, trany and rearend with 3'5:1 chain reduction finals. If you are interested in seeing photos, let me know. Nice job!
Nicely built!! Everybody can sit behind there keyboards and tell you everything you did wrong. They should try building one! I love it! I would keep my yard tore up!!
That little monster is sweet, but I've been around large equipment a bit and I, beg to offer a few observed small operational changes that may help your next adventure. 1. lengthen the frame and thus the tracks at least 12 inches possibly 14 to 16 inches. Why? Stability, forward and reverse, 2. widen the fram about 6 inches, again for stability, don't mess with the cab or seat just the frame. 3. If one makes the frame longer you need to increase the length of the track and the width by about 6 inches. This would give give the crawler more pushing ability, better handling and again stability. 4. Power, if possible, increase power by 10 horse power to cut down on bogging the engine and if possible take a look at your hydrualic pump, it may need resizing. And last but not least, put abuttments or whatever they are called on each side of the blade to give it a cupped look, if you were ever a coal strip miner you would know what I mean, those boys know how to push dirt! Doug
This dozer was built several years ago. I would have never put it on UA-cam but somehow someone from somewhere posted a video and attacked me saying it was a struck that I was claiming I had built. In an effort to defend myself I put this video up. This was built as a toy. It still has issues as everything built this fashion will have. I have been dealing with them as I can. If you notice the three cylinder yanmar turned into a 4 cylinder kubota. The 3 cylinder had a leaking injector pump I couldn’t get the crush washers and I thought it had locked up while I was running it, so I put the 4 cylinder in it. Turns out the hydraulic tank I had built had a little metal ball in it from welding and the hydraulic pump ate it locking it up. Wasn’t the motor but I had already switched it. I put a filter in front of the pump but that makes everything work about half the speed it should. Also I have to run this big motor at an idle which slows it to almost a snails pace. The pump is 20 gallons per minute at 3600 rpm. I’m running it at about 900 rpms. Radiator is for a Honda Civic car which isn’t big enough after a while the motor slowly creeps up and gets hot. Most parts came from surpluscenter.com New plan is to remove the filter before the hydraulic pump. Remove the kubota and put a 20 horsepower Perkins diesel in it. Put a 1 to 1 gear box and run 2 hydraulic pumps, a pump for each drive motor. Pull off the final drives and change the gearing make it slightly faster. It’s all metal so I can cut and weld and it doesn’t matter. It’s just metal. You just remove what you don’t want and weld what you do want.
There was always a filter on the return to the hydraulic tank. I added the other filter after the pump ate a piece of metal. I’m taking it back off though
Awesome job - you have good hands, Sir. Note that ads pop up because the video has a tune playing in the background. Erase the sound on that little bit, & their copyright claim on your video goes away. Great job. Thanks for sharing
@@stacyp4534 No worries from me, Sir, but if you do remove it, you are one step closed to earning a few bucks on your work, where now, they are. If you'd care to see my project; UA-cam> search "Lee Anderson Basmement"
I don’t know how to get rid of the music. I’m lucky I figured out how to post the video. Im going to give it a try. Not sure about adds I didn’t put adds. I watched it on my channel and I don’t get adds.
Dave Kimbler it’s fixing to go through a total rebuild. It has a 35 horsepower kubota in it. It’s way to much power so I run it at an idle. Makes it very slow. I’m tearing it down and putting a 20 horse Perkins diesel in it. Im also going to change the gearing in the final drives. There’s going to be a few more changes like the lift cylinder in the front stuff like that. I’ll document it all.
That sound like you put a lot of though into it so far ! A Perkins is a nice choice and a Yanmar would also be good . The hydraulics in the video seemed fine but you had to be there to tell for sure . I was just making a wise ass comment in that I would love to have it to plow my snow ! That’s why I said a cab and heat also . It’s fabulous as it sits in my opinion. Cant wait to see more videos!
Dave Kimbler thanks very much. I’m in southern Arizona close to Mexico. I say that cause I did see snow once. It’s that white stuff that’s really cold. I see people shoveling it onto their lawns so they have more of it then it just melts and they did all that work to steal it for nothing.
@@stacyp4534 , what a great job you did on this, glad I watched to the end to see the upgraded engine, leave the engine alone, just work on gearing, that power will be useful one day!!
Poor little gasoline engine wasn't happy, almost died a few times! I'd love to see your machine shop, those drive-wheels were not factory. You are a top-notch welder Stacy, you have the stack-of-dimes thing all wrapped up. Great machine!
Brilliant effort. I once built my son a kind of tracked go cart with lawn mower engine and metal factory conveyor tracking..Loads of problems to start but It was worth it to see him chugging round the common on it. Alas it was discarded back in 1984
Wow , this is so cool As an equipment operator all my life , it's the coolest thing you could possibly build. Thank you for sharing the video & info on the build Absolutely love it
There’s a lot of wanna be operators out there. You can tell those people they only criticize to try and show how smart they are. I believe you’ve been an operator your entire life because you understand this is a toy not a piece of equipment to operate all day.
@@stacyp4534 Not true IMO. I have a little Craftsman-branded L1000 lawn mower I bumped up from 20" lawn tires to 22" ATV tires filled with water and alcohol, 75lbs of barbell weights on the back and a Dozer blade made from an old water heater and bedframe angle iron. Goes up and down with a long handle, angles left and right by a pin rack. It was for snow, but I've pushed trash, gravel, mulch, rocks, snow, my massive leaf windrows, and my trailers around. I put a roller skate wheel on a metal bar and clamped that to a steering wheel spoke for power and speed steering, a cable and pulley to lift the grass chute up out of the way and to toss waste farther (it still mows; had to relocate the deck forward to clear the big tires) and a drink holder and fender handles for steep slopes. Basically now a lawn tractor!
i would never have believed that a person could build that in there own shop i thought you had to have a factory lots of heavy equipment you don't see in this shop like a custom steel fabrication overhead crane etc
Very cool. Gets me fired up to get my 1971 Cub 108 restore done before I am to old to do it. Oh and screw the haters, they always try and jack up the fun. Nice work my friend.
Thanks I appreciate that. There’s some people who can only point out negatives. That’s to try and make people think they are smart. I ignore those. I haven’t seen anything from any of them yet. Get that cub restored. Put some videos. Ignore the trolls.
Beautiful work, A little machine can fit in smaller area. Once you got the power only need to dose or tow it's great, but now it needs a mini back hoe hanging on the back. Rubber tracks on that thing would make it more quite and not so abrasive to the landscape. You already know all this. I had 40 years welding fabricating gets in your blood raises holy hell with your body. Keep up the good work while you still can.
Del Whylie I really wanted rubber tracks but couldn’t find the sprockets to run them. I couldn’t afford to buy them either. They are ridiculous expensive. I tried to find mini excavator running gear but it was just way to expensive. Oh well I just made my own stuff. Did the best I could with what I had to work with.
Thanks very much. I grew up on a farm we had to build most of our implements. In the old days they weren’t readily available. Kids nowadays don’t get to grow up in that type of atmosphere. Also I had the best dad in the world. He always had the answers.
@@stacyp4534 Just as your dad taught you, you are now an e-dad to the internet community. You are teaching us....worldwide! Cheers to you and your family.
That project definately looks very expensive.That guy was obviously an expert engineering mechanic with lots of expierience. Heck....he's probably building a spaceship in his barn.
First off, I would’ve located the track control valves down on the foot boards, so that you have one foot for each side, as well as mount your controls for your blade on each side of the seat. One control for up and down on one hand, and ur tilt and angle on the other hand. Also I would have located the mount brackets for the blade assembly farther back on the frame. Overall though, very good craftsmanship and creativity, quite impressive for a little toy.
Thanks for not editing in stupid music but next time please add some periodical narrations to explain some of the what's, why's, and how's on the fabrication processes and their application to the dozer
@@stacyp4534 No problem and I think you misunderstood :o) I wasn't talking about you taking pics/video and then editing in voice-overs afterwards... you can simply press record on your camera, phone, whatever and then talk some while you're showing us the different stages and stuff
gman4reel0 just get a couple pieces of metal and weld them together. When your able to get a couple more. Doesn’t take long and you look back and see a lot done. Then the more you get done the more excited you are to get more done. The hardest part is just starting. And the biggest thing to remember is it’s just metal. If it’s not what you like cut that off and do it how you like. Don’t worry about other people just do what you like.
How sweet is that! That must be a joy to operate, my hat is off to you sir, you need a bigger blade now with the power it's got. Great video and great little dozer.
Looks great, the new diesel engine is a big improvement. Can I make a suggestion? I have operated many dozers over the years and your blade is tilted way too far back for dirt moving. Now that you have the torque to move it, you either need to go straight up and down or slightly tilted to the front to get that blade full and keep it rolling. It will push a lot more that way. Looks great though.
Don Turner yea the blade is a piece of a liner for the mold board on a cat road grader. We had a piece laying around so I used it. The bit on the front was for a bobcat skid steer. I didn’t check the degree of tilt or anything so it could be off. I may look at that in the future.
blad ereally needs to be hinged about two thirds of the way down the tracks to get it to push properly thats just like a little 360 machine blade to jerky to get a good level and loosing lots of traction having it hinged at the front but a great bit of fabrication
The blade like everything I just leaned it against a wooden block and leaned it around till it looked good. When I was building it I originally was going to make a small RC dozer. I wasn’t building it for actually doing much work. The blade is just one of those things that didn’t turn out like it probably should have but it has only about 20 hours in the last 5 years since I’ve built it. Mostly just a toy and I was learning about hydraulics with it. I am working on an articulating backhoe right now. Maybe it’ll turn out better.
I was going to say lower volume hydraulic pump or maybe a two stage pump would fix the power problem. You seem to have delt with the situation well. Thought about building something myself. Figured I would plan around 3 separate hydraulic pumps, one for each side and a third for blade or other functions.
onewyatt1 I really don’t know a lot about hydraulics just enough to make something move. I bought the books on hydraulics from surplus center.com but I couldn’t understand them. Like the old saying fake it till you make it I guess. I just kept plugging away till it worked
@@stacyp4534 Use the fake it method myself sometimes. Generally turns out well at some point. ;) Had to learn a lot about hydraulic system at work due to old equipment boss had. 20 years trying to keep job going was educational.
Gets a pretty decent bite at the dirt. Noticed it broke traction a few times. Bet if you built a really thick heavy duty single shank ripper, it would be a little more weight and push harder. Awesome set up. Still gathering parts to build me one.
Very nice, interesting project. Now Caterpillar and Komatsu will be on their toes with this new kid on the block. Lol. I was thinking that first engine was underpower until you changed over to the diesel unit. A dozer does need some grunt (power and torque) for pulling and pushing material.
Having been a bulldozer mechanic for almost sixty years I would just like to make a constructive comment, if you ever build another one or modify this one your blade arms should be attached to the track frames about half way along. It gives you better control with the blade and better pushing power because the arms at a lower level and are not inclined to let the blade dig in and takes the stress away from the superstructure. A great job. Regards Bob W
Bob W yea I’ve had a lot of people say that. I’m fixing to rebuild the whole thing maybe I’ll move that hinge point. It’s just metal if something isn’t where you want it you just cut it and reweld it. Metal is the easiest thing there is to work with. My brother in law says wood is. I strongly disagree.
Reminds me of the old Wyndolf dozers- they used green chain for tracks and a big Briggs motor. Not important on a small unit, but your drive sprocket and front sprocket should not be carrying any weight-
Awesome build man! You have to have serious weight and power to move much dirt.I just built a saw mill but it pales compared to your baby cat...Thanks!
Hugely impressed by your build !! Cool ! But say, what is powering your tracks ? Electric motors ?? Simply curious. Kudos again sir ! I'm of the same age as you are. But not raised on a farm though. But my late Dad, a professional machinist and Master welder in the railway business, tought me to rely on myself, to fabricate my own special tools from whatever was available. His teachings helped me in all my private and professional life. Please, make sure to transmit all your knowledge and priceless experience to your children and grand children. The best gift you may give them.
people like you, are what this world needs more of, people who can build anything they set their mind to
Thanks wish other people thought like you
Great job on the craftsmanship. That little one cylinder engine wasn't enough power. You dropped in the three and then a four cylinder diesel, and now you've got the power to move that dirt. Excellent project.
A lot of work, best done for the self satisfaction, not the end result. My Dad had an excavation company. I grew up in it. Ran my first dozer @ 15. Ran Dad's company for awhile. Cat gave me 3 days of training & a tour of their facilities in Ill. Dad had 4 dozers, two D8s, a D9 & a TD25 plus all the support equipment including scrapers, front end loaders & a dredge. Interesting business. That was a long time ago. Often wished I had stayed in it. I'm at the end of my life now, so wishing doesn't do any good. Always do what you enjoy.
Thanks. I just sold my Allis chambers HD-4 dozer. Kind of regretting it but oh well
@@stacyp4534 My Dad's first loader was an HD5 about 1950. In 5 years head had 5 of them. Bought one HD6 and it was plagued with problems. Made the switch to CAT. Had one IH loader that started on gas and switched to diesel after a short warm up. The best thing that ever happened to loaders was the power shift.
People are quick to judge..I can tell you are an extrordinary metal fabricator with superior work ethics.
Thank you
Looks like it was under engineered from the get go. Started out as a fun project experiment. But the first run had a small ass lawn mower engine and couldn’t do anything in the dirt. Now a decent diesel was put into it. Only problem with that is the rest of the chassis and rest of the build isn’t meant for the torque, so it will start breaking and falling apart if you use it for actual hard pushing for work.
You could be correct. I’m not trying to sound like a smart a$$ but if you have plans send me a copy I will attempt to build accordingly and test the durability of your design. I said from the beginning I’m no engineer.
Most won't have a clue how much time and cost of just the materials is involved in something like this. Kudos to you for tackling it and making it work.
Thanks very much. I have built several other things and working on a backhoe right now. I haven’t posted anything cause of all the stupid people who only know how to post negative comments but I think I will go ahead and get more projects out there.
Awesome Doser. you mention you are not Engineer but you are far batter than any engineer. Salute your great work. 👍👍👍
Thanks very much
Very nice! I've had three Strucks over the years. One belt drive and two 4 speeds. The belt drive was back in the mid 70's when you bought a kit and put it together (including a ton of 1/4-20 grouser/track bolts) The belt drive went straight and actually was far more usable than the later models which used a differential and constant steering correction. Always wanted to build a hydraulic one from scratch though. You did a great job and it looks to be far more rugged than a struck!
Thank you. I looked at the struck/magnatracks and the old school like the kitty track and others but everything I found was expensive. I looked at a I think it’s called a mead speed track. Finally in the end I just built one. It was a very difficult decision at the time. A lot of sleepiness nites during the build trying to figure stuff out that wasn’t working correctly. I still plan to do an improvement on it. I want to use 2 hydraulic pumps and change the configuration of a few things. It works great as is but I like to mess with it. Watch for the next improvement to it. Again thanks
That bigger engine had done the trick..Always remember Tim on Home Improvements..MORE POWER!!! I did 12 years on CATs working on the Motorways here in UK back in the 60s/70s Happy days
Yes more power is always the answer, who cares what the question is. Yeah the bigger motor is also much quieter. I don’t know why but I love anything on tracks.
From scratch to reality, that was awesome. That Yanmar diesel did the trick for power.
Awesome. Love that you made it a six way blade as well the second engine did the trick.that little booger can do a lot of work. Nice.thanks for sharing
Just spotted this old video and don't know if you will see it or not. A real fine job of addressing several little details. The electric over hydraulic fuel system/throttle system might be better with a dial cable and push release button in center to come to idle. Could feather the power to the tracks a little easier but then you have thought of that too as nothing I can think of that you wouldn't already know... for all I know, you wore it out having fun on it. Be a nice little unit for confined spaces
I just finished a rebuild on it. Search my videos. I put a Perkins motor and all new controls. I’m putting a decelerator on it but otherwise it’s done
If you built this off the top of your head I am more than impressed, and even with blue prints, you are one very handy guy with lots of ability to see it and build it
roger davies thanks
Very nice home made dozer. Looks like you know how to build one. Alot less $$$$$ than a real one. If your just using it around your home it works.
It sure is cool that you designed and built this all yourself. When I saw the thumbnail I too thought it was a struck. I’ve read your replies below and will echo some of the things said without being critical, just maybe to help someone else that is gonna try to tackle a similar build. There are a few designs inherent to bulldozers that might not be so obvious-
First is the pivot point for the blade push arms. They should extend under the machine or along the side of the tracks to about the center of your track frames. This allows a more constant blade angle throughout the arc of travel and it keeps the tracks planted for better traction.
Second is the blade angle. The blade shouldn’t be laid back. It should be nearly vertical.
I applaud you for having the tenacity to finish this little dozer, you did a great job.
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The electric linear actuator for revving is a touch of professionalism!! Fantastic.
Thanks I like to over complicate stuff
Beautiful dozer you've created! You say you're not an engineer. That's good because engineers don't care about component accessibility after the beast is assemble. They often create maintenance and repair nightmares. You could teach Caterpillar a thing or two. Well done!
David Evans Hahahaha thanks
Thank you for sharing such a wonderful project video! Not sure how many folks can or will understand the amount of effort, time and thought went into making something like this. WOW!
Carolina Homesteaders thanks a million
Super cool Stacy! Not only the machine works great, but you also gave it a nice and neat shape. Doing both at the same time is not easy. You are a master fabricator! Thanks!
You sir are a mechanical genius! Thank you for taking the time to share this incredible build. I was captivated for the entire 20 minutes length of the video. (My attention span with most UA-cam videos is only a couple of minutes. ) It is amazing that you designed this dozer as you built it. All I can say is WOW!
Thank you very much
Dude this is so cool . I was disappointed with the first engine ... But the little diesel made it real . A Mini Dozer for sure pushing some serious dirt for it's size . Great job .
Yeah the first engine was quite disappointing. It has way too much power now but it’s better to have extra and not need it.
Considering most people can't build a sandwich, that's one of the neatest things I've seen built on YT? thanks for sharing.
Thanks very much
I'm building one myself, using a 65 hp 4 cyl gas chevette engine, trany and rearend with 3'5:1 chain reduction finals. If you are interested in seeing photos, let me know. Nice job!
Film the build
Would love to see it. I’m always looking for new ideas.
Flaunt it.
Nicely built!! Everybody can sit behind there keyboards and tell you everything you did wrong. They should try building one! I love it! I would keep my yard tore up!!
Dr Soot Hahahaha yes I do tear my yard up from time to time.
That little monster is sweet, but I've been around large equipment a bit and I, beg to offer a few observed small operational changes that may help your next adventure. 1. lengthen the frame and thus the tracks at least 12 inches possibly 14 to 16 inches. Why? Stability, forward and reverse, 2. widen the fram about 6 inches, again for stability, don't mess with the cab or seat just the frame. 3. If one makes the frame longer you need to increase the length of the track and the width by about 6 inches. This would give give the crawler more pushing ability, better handling and again stability. 4. Power, if possible, increase power by 10 horse power to cut down on bogging the engine and if possible take a look at your hydrualic pump, it may need resizing. And last but not least, put abuttments or whatever they are called on each side of the blade to give it a cupped look, if you were ever a coal strip miner you would know what I mean, those boys know how to push dirt!
Doug
There’s always one 🙄
One of the best home-built projects I have seen on YT. Great job!
Thanks very much.
Wow great job sir hope Cat sees the design update . God bless you that is cool .
This dozer was built several years ago. I would have never put it on UA-cam but somehow someone from somewhere posted a video and attacked me saying it was a struck that I was claiming I had built. In an effort to defend myself I put this video up. This was built as a toy. It still has issues as everything built this fashion will have. I have been dealing with them as I can. If you notice the three cylinder yanmar turned into a 4 cylinder kubota. The 3 cylinder had a leaking injector pump I couldn’t get the crush washers and I thought it had locked up while I was running it, so I put the 4 cylinder in it. Turns out the hydraulic tank I had built had a little metal ball in it from welding and the hydraulic pump ate it locking it up. Wasn’t the motor but I had already switched it. I put a filter in front of the pump but that makes everything work about half the speed it should. Also I have to run this big motor at an idle which slows it to almost a snails pace. The pump is 20 gallons per minute at 3600 rpm. I’m running it at about 900 rpms. Radiator is for a Honda Civic car which isn’t big enough after a while the motor slowly creeps up and gets hot.
Most parts came from surpluscenter.com
New plan is to remove the filter before the hydraulic pump. Remove the kubota and put a 20 horsepower Perkins diesel in it. Put a 1 to 1 gear box and run 2 hydraulic pumps, a pump for each drive motor. Pull off the final drives and change the gearing make it slightly faster.
It’s all metal so I can cut and weld and it doesn’t matter. It’s just metal. You just remove what you don’t want and weld what you do want.
Well done sir! First thing i thought different motor it needs..and voila..Nice toy 😎😀
There was always a filter on the return to the hydraulic tank. I added the other filter after the pump ate a piece of metal. I’m taking it back off though
I think it's awesome. You did great. Very talented.
Stacy any updates?????
i suport to you Sir at last you make it by your self. i salute you have talent. God blee you
Awesome job - you have good hands, Sir.
Note that ads pop up because the video has a tune playing in the background. Erase the sound on that little bit, & their copyright claim on your video goes away.
Great job. Thanks for sharing
Sorry about the music I had the radio on in the shop
@@stacyp4534 No worries from me, Sir, but if you do remove it, you are one step closed to earning a few bucks on your work, where now, they are.
If you'd care to see my project; UA-cam> search "Lee Anderson Basmement"
I don’t know how to get rid of the music. I’m lucky I figured out how to post the video. Im going to give it a try. Not sure about adds I didn’t put adds. I watched it on my channel and I don’t get adds.
Sweet ! That new power plant and grawlers really helped! Just enclose the cab and add heat and it’s ready to plow snow!
Dave Kimbler it’s fixing to go through a total rebuild. It has a 35 horsepower kubota in it. It’s way to much power so I run it at an idle. Makes it very slow. I’m tearing it down and putting a 20 horse Perkins diesel in it. Im also going to change the gearing in the final drives. There’s going to be a few more changes like the lift cylinder in the front stuff like that. I’ll document it all.
That sound like you put a lot of though into it so far ! A Perkins is a nice choice and a Yanmar would also be good . The hydraulics in the video seemed fine but you had to be there to tell for sure . I was just making a wise ass comment in that I would love to have it to plow my snow ! That’s why I said a cab and heat also . It’s fabulous as it sits in my opinion. Cant wait to see more videos!
Dave Kimbler thanks very much. I’m in southern Arizona close to Mexico. I say that cause I did see snow once. It’s that white stuff that’s really cold. I see people shoveling it onto their lawns so they have more of it then it just melts and they did all that work to steal it for nothing.
@@stacyp4534 , what a great job you did on this, glad I watched to the end to see the upgraded engine, leave the engine alone, just work on gearing, that power will be useful one day!!
Poor little gasoline engine wasn't happy, almost died a few times! I'd love to see your machine shop, those drive-wheels were not factory. You are a top-notch welder Stacy, you have the stack-of-dimes thing all wrapped up. Great machine!
Dave Kauffman thanks very much
Very cool, Didn't take you long to know you needed more power, lol. Very nice. Thanks for sharing.
Good build, the Kubota was a wise choice, great powerhouse for spinning hydraulic pumps
seems like that last motor was a winner. proper little dirt pusher you got there.
the talent and knowledge some folks poses is cool to see
Thank you
Brilliant effort. I once built my son a kind of tracked go cart with lawn mower engine and metal factory conveyor tracking..Loads of problems to start but It was worth it to see him chugging round the common on it. Alas it was discarded back in 1984
The best projects are the ones that include the kids
Wow , this is so cool
As an equipment operator all my life , it's the coolest thing you could possibly build.
Thank you for sharing the video & info on the build
Absolutely love it
There’s a lot of wanna be operators out there. You can tell those people they only criticize to try and show how smart they are. I believe you’ve been an operator your entire life because you understand this is a toy not a piece of equipment to operate all day.
@@stacyp4534 Not true IMO. I have a little Craftsman-branded L1000 lawn mower I bumped up from 20" lawn tires to 22" ATV tires filled with water and alcohol, 75lbs of barbell weights on the back and a Dozer blade made from an old water heater and bedframe angle iron. Goes up and down with a long handle, angles left and right by a pin rack.
It was for snow, but I've pushed trash, gravel, mulch, rocks, snow, my massive leaf windrows, and my trailers around. I put a roller skate wheel on a metal bar and clamped that to a steering wheel spoke for power and speed steering, a cable and pulley to lift the grass chute up out of the way and to toss waste farther (it still mows; had to relocate the deck forward to clear the big tires) and a drink holder and fender handles for steep slopes.
Basically now a lawn tractor!
Seems like it needs a bigger motor as if boggs down pretty quickly, but still a badass build. Turbo-diesel that puppy!
Watch the entire video. I went to a 4 cylinder kubota. Now it has a 3 cylinder Perkins. Just finished a rebuild
This is one of the most interesting homemade builds I have ever seen. Hats off to you sir. Keep up the cool videos.
he use the laser metal kit with the plan at www.cdp-backhoe.com
go brother, with support and such skills you can scale this to a commercial production of many units.
Wow awesome job. I can see why you had to repower it. A little gutless at first. Great job!!!
John Smith thanks
Amazing American creativity! great work and thank you for showing us.
Fantastic job! You are an incredibly talented and creative man. What an inspiration. Many thanks for sharing with us.
Thank you very much
i would never have believed that a person could build that in there own shop i thought
you had to have a factory lots of heavy equipment you don't see in this shop
like a custom steel fabrication overhead crane etc
I built a tractor in my driveway. Wish I had the fancy stuff
This is the coolest machine I have ever seen. Well done sir. I bow in the presence of a Master
00UncommonSense00 thanks very much
Very cool. Gets me fired up to get my 1971 Cub 108 restore done before I am to old to do it. Oh and screw the haters, they always try and jack up the fun. Nice work my friend.
Thanks I appreciate that. There’s some people who can only point out negatives. That’s to try and make people think they are smart. I ignore those. I haven’t seen anything from any of them yet. Get that cub restored. Put some videos. Ignore the trolls.
Well I love building things and I will say I am majorly impressed with this. Around here would make a good parade toy as well.
Beautiful work, A little machine can fit in smaller area. Once you got the power only need to dose or tow it's great, but now it needs a mini back hoe hanging on the back. Rubber tracks on that thing would make it more quite and not so abrasive to the landscape. You already know all this. I had 40 years welding fabricating gets in your blood raises holy hell with your body. Keep up the good work while you still can.
Del Whylie I really wanted rubber tracks but couldn’t find the sprockets to run them. I couldn’t afford to buy them either. They are ridiculous expensive. I tried to find mini excavator running gear but it was just way to expensive. Oh well I just made my own stuff. Did the best I could with what I had to work with.
Problems or not - it’s amazing! Hats off to you. Sure wish I had the skills............
Thanks very much
Great job....I don't know anything about angles etc, but it looks like it does a decent job for as lightweight as it is....good luck!
harleycharley apparently I’m not good with angles either.
@@stacyp4534 ...Thanks for responding...Your little dozer amazed me! Very well constructed....Looked like a high dollar commercial dozer.
Thanks for not being critical. I very much appreciate the great comments.
That was an awesome build. You are very skilled in many disciplines. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks very much. I grew up on a farm we had to build most of our implements. In the old days they weren’t readily available. Kids nowadays don’t get to grow up in that type of atmosphere. Also I had the best dad in the world. He always had the answers.
@@stacyp4534 Just as your dad taught you, you are now an e-dad to the internet community. You are teaching us....worldwide! Cheers to you and your family.
Thanks. I appreciate that. So many people bash the dozer.
That project definately looks very expensive.That guy was obviously an expert engineering mechanic with lots of expierience. Heck....he's probably building a spaceship in his barn.
tax payer Hahahaha that’s funny, Thanks
You are absolutely above and beyond handy!
It is a good thing that you did not paint it Caterpillar yellow otherwise they might go after you for patent infringement. Brilliant, good job.
Bob W hahaha thanks
Beautiful job, amazing what you can accomplish when you don't sit on the couch watching TV
Great job! The bigger engine done the trick! 👍
First off, I would’ve located the track control valves down on the foot boards, so that you have one foot for each side, as well as mount your controls for your blade on each side of the seat. One control for up and down on one hand, and ur tilt and angle on the other hand. Also I would have located the mount brackets for the blade assembly farther back on the frame. Overall though, very good craftsmanship and creativity, quite impressive for a little toy.
Thanks for not editing in stupid music but next time please add some periodical narrations to explain some of the what's, why's, and how's on the fabrication processes and their application to the dozer
Get-The-Lead-Out.45 sorry about that I’m not very good at editing this stuff
@@stacyp4534
No problem and I think you misunderstood :o) I wasn't talking about you taking pics/video and then editing in voice-overs afterwards... you can simply press record on your camera, phone, whatever and then talk some while you're showing us the different stages and stuff
I can't imagine how many hours went into that build, nice machine for the garden.
Nice! Maybe put a guard around those rear valves to protect them. Beautiful job!
If I didn't see it I wouldn't have believed it. GREAT JOB. I wish I had the materials to build my own....LOL
gman4reel0 just get a couple pieces of metal and weld them together. When your able to get a couple more. Doesn’t take long and you look back and see a lot done. Then the more you get done the more excited you are to get more done. The hardest part is just starting. And the biggest thing to remember is it’s just metal. If it’s not what you like cut that off and do it how you like. Don’t worry about other people just do what you like.
That machine is AWESOME! Great video! Thanks for putting it together to share with the world!
that dozer is badd ass. nice work. i built one from a Case 444 garden tractor. F the haters
Very impressed with how much it would push considering it is on smooth grousers.
What a great job, a lot off time and labor. It looks pretty heavy. Thank You
Thank you.
How sweet is that! That must be a joy to operate, my hat is off to you sir, you need a bigger blade now with the power it's got. Great video and great little dozer.
David Kozal thanks
Looks great, the new diesel engine is a big improvement. Can I make a suggestion? I have operated many dozers over the years and your blade is tilted way too far back for dirt moving. Now that you have the torque to move it, you either need to go straight up and down or slightly tilted to the front to get that blade full and keep it rolling. It will push a lot more that way. Looks great though.
Don Turner yea the blade is a piece of a liner for the mold board on a cat road grader. We had a piece laying around so I used it. The bit on the front was for a bobcat skid steer. I didn’t check the degree of tilt or anything so it could be off. I may look at that in the future.
Well I just learned something forward angle gives you more pushing power
100% rite...was gonna mention that too...but if yr moving loose dirt or gravel around yr ok...
blad ereally needs to be hinged about two thirds of the way down the tracks to get it to push properly thats just like a little 360 machine blade to jerky to get a good level and loosing lots of traction having it hinged at the front but a great bit of fabrication
The blade like everything I just leaned it against a wooden block and leaned it around till it looked good. When I was building it I originally was going to make a small RC dozer. I wasn’t building it for actually doing much work. The blade is just one of those things that didn’t turn out like it probably should have but it has only about 20 hours in the last 5 years since I’ve built it. Mostly just a toy and I was learning about hydraulics with it. I am working on an articulating backhoe right now. Maybe it’ll turn out better.
Awesome! If i owned that...there would never be a blade a grass in my yard again!lol!
great job friend! I'd be very proud of that!
I was going to say lower volume hydraulic pump or maybe a two stage pump would fix the power problem. You seem to have delt with the situation well. Thought about building something myself. Figured I would plan around 3 separate hydraulic pumps, one for each side and a third for blade or other functions.
onewyatt1 I really don’t know a lot about hydraulics just enough to make something move. I bought the books on hydraulics from surplus center.com but I couldn’t understand them. Like the old saying fake it till you make it I guess. I just kept plugging away till it worked
@@stacyp4534 Use the fake it method myself sometimes. Generally turns out well at some point. ;) Had to learn a lot about hydraulic system at work due to old equipment boss had. 20 years trying to keep job going was educational.
Wow that is really cool to able to build something like that. My hats off to you.
Thanks
Gets a pretty decent bite at the dirt. Noticed it broke traction a few times. Bet if you built a really thick heavy duty single shank ripper, it would be a little more weight and push harder. Awesome set up. Still gathering parts to build me one.
Very nice! And the articulation you built into the blade was a super job!
This is a work of art! I really like the diamond plate!
Thanks
Very nice, interesting project. Now Caterpillar and Komatsu will be on their toes with this new kid on the block. Lol. I was thinking that first engine was underpower until you changed over to the diesel unit. A dozer does need some grunt (power and torque) for pulling and pushing material.
Mohabat khan Malak I tried to make the shade look like the Mitsubishi BD2 shade. I’ve only seen them in pictures so not sure how close I got.
That Is Cool AF..The Second Version..I Bet It Is A Blast To Run !
It’s a fun toy for sure
Having been a bulldozer mechanic for almost sixty years I would just like to make a constructive comment, if you ever build another one or modify this one your blade arms should be attached to the track frames about half way along. It gives you better control with the blade and better pushing power because the arms at a lower level and are not inclined to let the blade dig in and takes the stress away from the superstructure. A great job. Regards Bob W
Bob W yea I’ve had a lot of people say that. I’m fixing to rebuild the whole thing maybe I’ll move that hinge point. It’s just metal if something isn’t where you want it you just cut it and reweld it. Metal is the easiest thing there is to work with. My brother in law says wood is. I strongly disagree.
very nice build and great craftsmanship
I wish there was more step by step footage that is so awesome
Little more horse power you would have one little power house for a mini dozer buddy very nice build there
Reminds me of the old Wyndolf dozers- they used green chain for tracks and a big Briggs motor. Not important on a small unit, but your drive sprocket and front sprocket should not be carrying any weight-
Thats awesome. Perfect example of what a man with a plan can do. Its a Stacy 1. Now just need to make your version of an excavator. :)
Arthur Hutchinson I’m about half done with a backhoe and starting a scraper like a cat 623 but the size of my dozer
@@stacyp4534 YES!! :-) We'll be patient.
Loved the time and effort fullfilling this job! :-)
Wow that's awesome definitely an upgrade going to the diesel the gas seem to be pretty weak
Awesome job Building a small dozer, it is so cool .
Thank you
Dude! That's incredible that you made that. I love it.
Thomas Buss thanks I very much appreciate that
Love the way you did the tracks!
the sprocket were part of the laser kit and plan at www.cdp-backhoe.com
Great video and a sweet machine. Looks like it’s bogging down a bit in the sod. Maybe a bigger motor or hydraulic pump would help
Good build. Power and noise issue. Location of the c frame fitting needs to move to the centre of gravity for better blade ground contact.
Awesome build man! You have to have serious weight and power to move much dirt.I just built a saw mill but it pales compared to your baby cat...Thanks!
Thanks very much
That thing was cool to begin with but now its awesome and must be much more fun with the 2nd motor in it. Maybe a lil bigger blade?
Nice dozer the motor upgrade really did it!!
Sorry I didn’t watch the video all the way through you have a power house bud very very nice build you done there
Thanks very much
That is absolutely brilliant! Well done.
Than you
Very nice job Stacy, Expertly done.
Doug thanks very much
Hugely impressed by your build !! Cool ! But say, what is powering your tracks ? Electric motors ?? Simply curious. Kudos again sir !
I'm of the same age as you are. But not raised on a farm though. But my late Dad, a professional machinist and Master welder in the railway business, tought me to rely on myself, to fabricate my own special tools from whatever was available.
His teachings helped me in all my private and professional life.
Please, make sure to transmit all your knowledge and priceless experience to your children and grand children. The best gift you may give them.
Marc René Yvon the drives are hydraulic motors. I don’t remember any specs on them. I built this several years ago.
Capo!! Felicitaciones.!! EXELENTE tu trabajo
Really great job man 👍 I thought I recognized that sound I got a little Kubota 3-cylinder, diesel beautiful sound 👍
Amazing build! It goes to whow, if at first you don't succeed, just add more power!
Nice build. Too bad you had such bad luck with the engines, but you seem to have plenty power now. Happy dirt pushing.