Unusual hyd cylinder size on the dozer

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    • February 1, 2017 at 8:43 pm #46668
      chuckinnc
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        Don’t know if the Nortrac, Yuchai or others are like the Farmpro dozer hyd setup but here what dosen’t make much sense. My 6 way blade has 5 cylinders, 1 for  angle, 2 for lift and 2 for blade left/right.  The blade lift cylinders are smaller than the L/R ones.  I can’t even come close to lifting the blade  but with the blade up I can remove the pins and move the blade left to right.  So why did they put 2 large cylinders to move the blade L/R which take little effort? Even the brackets are much thicker steel than the lift brackets, got me thinking maybe in China there is another use for this system other than just adjust L/R.

      • February 3, 2017 at 4:15 am #46669
        Tontosgold
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          Hi Chuck,

          Push up a full blade of dirt and then see how easy it is to turn by hand –  hence the more powerful cylinders on the angle. Allows you to direct the load while in motion. Does that answer your question?

           

          Dozer YCT306S shuttle shift - root rake, tree-pusher, backhoe
          Excavator Hyundai 17 ton

          QLD, Australia

        • February 3, 2017 at 10:07 am #46672
          chuckinnc
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            Maybe, guess I never used that function. My experience with blades were always on tractors until I got the dozer. Now I learned a new use for the 6 way blade, will try it out when playing around in the dirt.

          • February 7, 2017 at 3:15 pm #46689
            Bob Rooks
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              What Tontosgold said is true. You also need more strength to hold the blade in position when sidecasting, especially when the blade is also tilted. You will find these cylinders to be larger on any dozer with a six-way blade.

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            • February 7, 2017 at 6:51 pm #46690
              Bob Rooks
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                Some good reads, tips, and tricks about dozing.

                https://www.google.com/search?q=bulldozing+techniques&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

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