Another Mini-Dozer

[rawinok2]

Thanks cshulz for the websight.
Those are priced quite reasonable. Plus they have my 16HP gas for fifty bucks less than what I paid.
If I'd only known a few months ago....


A little more progress...
Can anyone tell me how to make my photos smaller ?

 

[ben2go]

Looking good.Starting to look like a nice size crawler.I use photobucket to host my pics and resize them under the edit column.Very easy to do.You can import the pics into paint on your computer and then resize the pic or crop it down to a smaller size.If you do this,make sure to save the pic as a copy.If you click save,it will replace the original pic.Hope this helps.

 

[beppington]

Pic sizes are perfect IMO.

 

[Short Game]

Pic sizes are perfect IMO.

Agreed. I like the option of zooming in to some detail or other.

 

[NormL]

Agreed. I like the option of zooming in to some detail or other.

X2:thumbsup:

 

[J_J]

Neat project, I'll be following this.

I have a set of plans to build the Magnatrac 1800, the one that uses a 4spd transaxle. Hopefully someday I'll have the time to build it. Just looks like something fun to build and play with. I wanted to get plans for one of the newer ones like the MT 3000, but they seem real stingy about releasing any plans that use their current track system.

MT 1800:

One bit of advice, and you may already employ this technique, is the use of hole saws. I have found that any hole 1" and over is much easier to make with a good quality hole saw. All the Lenox ones I've used have been surprisingly accurate. I've made holes as big as 2.5" through 1/2" plate with them with great success. I like to drill a 3/16 pilot hole to line them up, then just go slow (200-500rpms depending on dia.) and clean the chips out often. I also keep a bowl of water nearby to occasionally dip the hole saw in to cool it. I stopped using cutting oil years ago in favor of water for any drilling processes. Saves a lot of time cleaning parts before welding and I haven't noticed and reduced life of the bits either.

Also, I really think if everything works well after an initial test run, you should send out all the undercarriage related parts to get professionally heat treated. It's not terribly expensive but will increase track and sprocket life by a lot.

Look great so far. :thumbsup:

I have an M-1800 Magnatrack 16 HP I would like to sell.

 

[MossflowerWoods]

Pic sizes are perfect IMO.

DITTO!!!!

EXCELLENT workmanship!
David

 

[Hooked_on_HP]

This is a great build and you workmanship is supurb. After looking at your rear sprockets I am wondering if the teeth are deep enough. If you don't keep the track fairly tight it could easily slip. On a factory built dozer the teeth are pretty long and come to a point. I understand your not building a D8 but you also want it to be functionable.
Bill

 

[actionaj]

WOW Really cool project excellent job. :thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

[mjncad]

Pic sizes are perfect IMO.

Pix are A-OK and so is your project!