Homemade dozer. Dozer on supersdperry
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- Опубліковано 1 вер 2018
- Homemade dozer. This dozer went through three revisions. It was first built with a 10hp lombardini Diesel engine off a pressure washer. It didn’t have enough power so I installed a 3 cylinder yanmar from a John Deere 430 mower tractor. It had injector pump issues so I rebuilt again using a 4 cylinder Kubota 1505 motor. I built this a couple years ago so I don’t remember everything I used. There are no plans. When I build I figure out the next step in my head. I do one piece at a time. I’m no engineer so I just do what I like. Im doing this video because of the many people who keep saying my dozer is a struck or magnatrac.
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
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.
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
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
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!
That machine is AWESOME! Great video! Thanks for putting it together to share with the world!
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 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.
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
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
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
The electric linear actuator for revving is a touch of professionalism!! Fantastic.
Thanks I like to over complicate stuff
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.
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!
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
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
Amazing American creativity! great work and thank you for showing us.
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.
Really great job man 👍 I thought I recognized that sound I got a little Kubota 3-cylinder, diesel beautiful sound 👍
Loved the time and effort fullfilling this job! :-)
One of the best home-built projects I have seen on YT. Great job!
Thanks very much.
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
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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Amazing build! It goes to whow, if at first you don't succeed, just add more power!
That is so cool. You did an amazing job building that. I love it!
Nice dozer you built there, can’t say anything that not already been said but, Thanks for sharing!!
Awesome Doser. you mention you are not Engineer but you are far batter than any engineer. Salute your great work. 👍👍👍
Thanks very much
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.
People are quick to judge..I can tell you are an extrordinary metal fabricator with superior work ethics.
Thank you
From scratch to reality, that was awesome. That Yanmar diesel did the trick for power.
sweet dude. really nice job!! well done.
Thank you very much
that is amazing! Especially with that 2nd power plant.
Very nice! And the articulation you built into the blade was a super job!
Wow awesome job. I can see why you had to repower it. A little gutless at first. Great job!!!
John Smith thanks
Fantastic job! You are an incredibly talented and creative man. What an inspiration. Many thanks for sharing with us.
Thank you very much
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!!
Awesome! If i owned that...there would never be a blade a grass in my yard again!lol!
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
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.
I love it! very ambitious build, killer execution!
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.
go brother, with support and such skills you can scale this to a commercial production of many units.
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
You came good second attempt , well done .
I live in UK & would love one of these for my business it would be good with a backhoe on
I thought about putting a backhoe or ripper on the back. It would be really easy to do
Very impressed with how much it would push considering it is on smooth grousers.
Dude! That's incredible that you made that. I love it.
Thomas Buss thanks I very much appreciate that
Beautiful job, amazing what you can accomplish when you don't sit on the couch watching TV
Great job, awesome machine!
Very impressive indeed. Well done!
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
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.
Nice dozer the motor upgrade really did it!!
That's awesome I always thought about doing something like that with a quad or maybe build something of my own that's pretty awesome
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
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.
Thanks guys, great project, well done.
the talent and knowledge some folks poses is cool to see
Thank you
Nice job. Have a good one.
This is the coolest machine I have ever seen. Well done sir. I bow in the presence of a Master
00UncommonSense00 thanks very much
that is one fine machine i would love to have one but as old daddy use to say wish in one hand and you know other an wait for the fill up ha ha love it great work
Absolutely beautiful build
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
This is a work of art! I really like the diamond plate!
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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
Great little dozer!
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.
nice build it for sure was upgraded with that yanmar!
Nice job! Fun project.
very nice build and great craftsmanship
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 🙄
I wish there was more step by step footage that is so awesome
I can't imagine how many hours went into that build, nice machine for the garden.
Damn good job love it the only way to go build your own and know it from top to bottom bulldoze away 💪👍💯
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That is absolutely brilliant! Well done.
Than you
Wow that is really cool to able to build something like that. My hats off to you.
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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
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
Superb work !
That’s cool . I also work on roads nice job on the dozer
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.
Awesome build
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?
Capo!! Felicitaciones.!! EXELENTE tu trabajo
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.
I'll give you the Bull Terror award for this.
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.
One beautiful build.Well done !!!!!
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What an amazing job you did be proud
wow!!! You are talented!!!
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
Awesome job Building a small dozer, it is so cool .
Thank you
I need me one of these little fellas.
And here I was thinking making one out of a lawn mower was cool.. Haha. This is AWESOME
any vids?
Andy P funny I thought about this comment all evening. I watched probably every dozer build on UA-cam most of them made with lawn mower tractors. I thought those guys were geniuses. I would have probably done that but I couldn’t figure out how to steer it using clutches and chains. I used hydraulics cause it was simple once I figured it out. I think someone should put together some kind of meet we could all show up with our machines and trade advice and ideas. I love ever dozer out there especially the lawn tractor dozers. Those took the real thought.
@@stacyp4534 I can see your point, but the lawn mowers only tweak a few things here and there. To build everything from sheet metal from the ground up is awesome. Takes a lot of effort to mount the lines, pump, cylinders, and everything else that goes into running a brand new hyd system too.
@@johndowe7003 no, I'm still in the build stage of mine
@@stacyp4534 i want to make mine out of a truck frame with big military axles with a weight box on it for more traction im thinking about keeping it 6x6 with three axles but ill probably just make it 4x4 instead idkyet still just in the planning phase it would be really good with a 150:1 gear ratio and about 100hp weighing in around 20000 lbs
Super cool, I wish I had one
Absolutely awesome !
Genius !
Bull Shyte thanks a million
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.
this thing is amazing!
I think it awesome good job I have always loved little dozers !!
Very cool, Didn't take you long to know you needed more power, lol. Very nice. Thanks for sharing.