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Thanks Bob. I use 2L or 1L depending on what I’m doing. I also run 1800-1900 rpm. I pretty much stay in Low range. Have no reason to get there too fast. Plus I don’t like the jarring ride. Good idea on the parking brake. It really does not serve much purpose. I do not have many rocks around here. Mostly red clay and sand. If I don’t hear back from Nortrac soon, I will adjust the brakes/clutch myself. Should not have too. Paid good money to have it delivered in working order. Main clutch another issue. They will have to warranty it. Don’t feel like giving the labor to fix it myself. Especially in this 100 degree heat.
Well, finally got to try out the dozer last night. Wasn’t the best experience. I have a couple of issues that need to be corrected by the warranty. First when the dozer loads down while pushing dirt the tracks quit spinning the engine sounds like it is loading, but doesn’t bog down. The whole dozer comes to a stop but RPM’s don’t drop. Think there might be grease or oil on clutch or they did not adjust it correctly when putting it together. Free play looks roughly right, so worried about oil. I was nowhere near the point it should have quit moving. (I went and got my 4 wheel 33 hp tractor to push the load just in case it was me. It pushed it fine.) Secondly, the dozer will steer if you are on a hard gravel surface, but if you get into the dirt or sand it will not turn or will turn if you pump the steering pedal. If you push either pedal lightly or heavy the tracks quit moving and you sit still. Engine still hums along like it has no load on it. Right pedal is much firmer than left. When you use parking brake only left pedal moves. (This might be normal) Hopefully I can get someone out soon to get it going. Bob; the nortac dozer does not have the big plugs under the steering clutches. just a 10mm bolt and jam nut for inspection. I guess I will stick a pipe cleaner or something up in there to make sure there is no oil. I have faith all will be well and this purchase will work out. It looks like a solid machine when the gremlins are worked out. At least it’s under warranty! 🙁
Bob thanks for the info. My equalizer trunnion does not have a zerk would you recommend drilling and installing one? Also where do you grease the adjusting spring? No zerk there either. Thanks ken
Well the dozer was delivered last night. That is a story in itself. Drove it up to the house and parked it until I can mess with it this evening. Although it looks as if they attempted to service it, I found a few zerks that had no grease, so going to go through the whole dozer tonight and grease as Bob has recommended. One track is banjo tight and the other sags more than an inch, so will adjust those to the 2/3 to 1 inch recommended adjustment. Steering clutches work well, but the right one is tighter than the left. Don’t understand that since free is the same on both pedals. Need to do the recommended break in and make a determination from there on whether the steering clutches need further adjustment. Runs good and not too loud. Don’t really like where the exhaust pipe exits by the cab. In a good wind I could see having to breath exhaust. Have any of you dozer owners extended the exhaust pipe to above the operator compartment. Anyway looking forward to using it some this weekend. Will keep everyone informed on what I find out. :good:
Thanks for all of the information! It will be put to good use. Placed order and should have dozer sometime next week. Will keep you posted on how it looks. Bob what model numbers on the Murphy Gauges? That sounds like a very good thing to do.
Thanks for responding Bob. I have been stalking your posts for some time. That is one of the reasons I am going the Nortrac route. I have looked at dozens of used small dozers and have found none that I would sink good money into. I like the Nortrac 2 year parts and labor warranty. I do have experience with tracked machines. I would not call myself an expert on any of them, but do have many hours in the seat of tanks, crawlers, dozers, track loaders, etc. I am and electrical contractor/electronics mechanic and have a small farm, so I am familiar with many types of equipment. I would love a shuttle clutch, but Nortrac does not offer that. So I guess one leg will get a good workout. I checked with Keno tractors, because their Yuchai dozers come with one, but they don’t expect to get any new dozers in for sale this year. (Didn’t say why) I don’t need the FEL I have 2 LS tractors that fill that bill. What I was looking for primarily is, the do’s and don’ts. I know this is a smaller dozer and will be good for what it is designed to be used for. I would rather not find out something through the school of hard knocks that the machine should not do, when someone has already graduated that school and could share that valuable information before I have to pay admission. As far as maintenance goes, it looks pretty straight forward, but if anyone has any tips that go the extra mile and help take care of the machine better, I want to learn. I am a person who is very particular when it comes to maintenance. Knowledge is king. I like to be able to get onto one of my pieces of equipment and know that it is ready to work. Thanks, Ken
