Another Mini-Dozer

[cschulz]

Kidding aside, you really fixed that little red wagon. I love the wheelie bars and the fact that it can be driven with handcuffs on.

Aside from looking like you are ridding a golf ball, the wheelie bars are really needed. It would pull the front wheels as far and as long as you dare.
Never thought about the handcuffs. Thats funny right there!

But lets get back on subject with the dozer.........

Chris

 

[Short Game]

But lets get back on subject with the dozer.........

Chris

Nah, too late. You know what our attention span is like. I'm going to write to the mods to change the thread name (and make it a sticky).

 

[mjncad]

I love the wheelie bars and the fact that it can be driven with handcuffs on.

SHHHH! Don't let the illegal aliens here you say that because then they'll all want one! :laughing:

 

[20 20]

First your work looks very good, and your tracks look very good,

but I have a question, has any one ever cut the side wall down on a tractor tire and stretched it over two air filled tires to use as a tracks? and if so how did it work?

HEMMABYGGE BANDVAGN - YouTube


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4cyuYAApBs&feature=related


something like this

 

[rawinok2]

I don't mean to interrupt you fellers but I thougt I'd give a progress report on the mini. Over last weekend I got most of the sheet

metal cut and welded together (the sheet metal is 11 gauge, not 12 like I said earlier). This consisted of side panels, top & bottom

panels, battery box, chain gaurds, seat bracket with tool storage tray and dash board. Also, I finished up making the clutch levers,

tension pully linkage, and belt keepers. The last few days I've been cleaning & primering the individual parts. I sprayed Cat yellow on

a few of the smaller parts like the clutch levers and the inside of the battery box using a spray can. I hope to paint the initial coat

of yellow on the larger parts in the next few days using the compressor and spray gun.

 

[ericher69]

Keep up the good work!
Can't wait to see it

 

[mjncad]

That's coming together quite nicely. With 11GA body panels, it will take a lot to dent those puppies!

 

[cschulz]

If its painting time then you must be getting close. Hopefully you can put it to work before the snow flies. Or does it snow where you are at?

Chris

 

[Dennis Mickle]

Yeah, when the hole is only there to bolt a couple of things together, no big deal. But when it is to accommodate moving parts under loads, thousandths of an inch get huge.

I use hole saws allot in my machine shop. I get as close to the size as possible then use a reamer bring the hole to a finish diameter.

 

[Dennis Mickle]

ben2go:


rawinok2:
One standard lawn mower battery will do just fine. The same one that starts the engine & powers the lights. The actuators look like they have 18 gauge wires on them so amp draw must be minimal. I purchased them from Northern Equipment but I don't recommend them to anyone.They are too slow and barely have enough power to raise and lower the box blade that I made (see photo).

have you considered used or reconditioned hydraulics?

 

[Short Game]

I use hole saws allot in my machine shop. I get as close to the size as possible then use a reamer bring the hole to a finish diameter.

Thanks.

 

[sparc]

First your work looks very good, and your tracks look very good,

but I have a question, has any one ever cut the side wall down on a tractor tire and stretched it over two air filled tires to use as a tracks? and if so how did it work?

BHD, good idea. I was wondering the same thing.

Bob D.

 

[rawinok2]

If its painting time then you must be getting close. Hopefully you can put it to work before the snow flies. Or does it snow where you are at?

Chris

It doesn't usually snow that much here in NE Okahoma, but last year we had quite a bit. Unfortunately, we have more ice storms than we do snow.
If I was still in NW Indiana, where I was born and lived the first 24 years of my life, I'd probably be building a monster snow blower right about now.
The last few days , my garage has had a cloud of yellow mist billowing from the doorways....

 

[ericher69]

Any clear on that?

Looks good

 

[buggyman1]

Man, thats gonna look like a factory job. Great work.

 

[rawinok2]

Any clear on that?

Looks good

I don't know if you're asking if anyone was clear on what I meant by: "a yellow mist was billowing.." or are you asking if I'm going to put a "clear coat finish" on it, so I'll try to answer it both ways. What I meant was, I was spraying paint the last few days and when I do, I usually manage to really fog up the place. Being a novice painter, I suppose I am either thinning the paint too much or I've got the pressure turned up too high or both. The other answer is: If it performs like I hope, I might just put a clear coat finish on it later.

 

[mjncad]

That's looking great. Yellow is one of the hardest colors to apply properly. When I was model making in my teens, I found that out the hard way about yellow being tough to apply over anything but a white primer.

I've had some parts powder coated yellow too, and although the process is different than painting, the coverage and see through problems are common to the color.

 

[kevinwak]

It looks beautiful. I would just be wishing for hydraulic hieght and angle....
WHat do you think the pushing capacity and usefullness of it will be? I wonder how much traction those tracks will have! Cool, Curious!

 

[rawinok2]

A few more photos.... note that final track assembly has rotating sleeves on pins to help reduce friction and extend life of track (no, they are not heat treated at this time ).

 

[dntfxr]

Man this has got to be the coolest project I have ever seen! I'd have never dreamed it possible to build a bulldozer. The planning and work you've done is great. Roughly how many hours do you have in it so far?