Small Dozer under 10,000 lbs ... do they exist?

[GManBart]

A bit of a drive, but not crazy....

1993 Komatsu D21a Dozer

Komatsu D21A Bulldozer

 

[MinnesotaEric]

A bit of a drive, but not crazy....

1993 Komatsu D21a Dozer

Komatsu D21A Bulldozer

Why are these deals always on the far side of the moon?

 

[TSO]

I am liking that 8000 lb machine ... I could probably even move it on my 10k trailer.

 

[rustyshakelford]

I'm with the guys that are recommending a case 450. They are great little machines and easy to move.

Brett

 

[whis]

A D3 weighs 18,000 pounds. Even if the weight was equal steel tracks will push harder than rubber. For real grading work a dozer will eat a SS's lunch. No offense, but you probably are not a good dozer operator. I suck at using a dozer too, but that doesn't make a SS faster. An 18,000 pound dozer VS a 10,000 SS doing grading work is no contest. Now if the contest was to load a dump truck with dirt the SS is a clear winner.

I can hold my own on a dozer but you must not have seen a good operator on a tl 150. We pulled up on a job where we had to move a bunch of 90 to 100 foot tall pines the trackhoe operator laughed at first but then came over and apolgized he said that machine really impressed him. to the OP buy what you want but remember rubber tracts can be driven on pavement

 

[bcp]

TL150 with 7000 poundload, barely.

Bruce

 

[4570Man]

I can hold my own on a dozer but you must not have seen a good operator on a tl 150. We pulled up on a job where we had to move a bunch of 90 to 100 foot tall pines the trackhoe operator laughed at first but then came over and apolgized he said that machine really impressed him. to the OP buy what you want but remember rubber tracts can be driven on pavement

Moving trees, and grading dirt are totally different jobs. A dozer sucks at moving things a long distance, but that wasn't mentioned in the op's criteria. I will agree that a SS is far more versatile, but this argument was a Tl 150 against a D3 grading dirt.

 

[GManBart]

Why are these deals always on the far side of the moon?

Because if they were close on a regular basis we'd all be broke, but have a bunch of machines

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I'm with the guys that are recommending a case 450. They are great little machines and easy to move.

Brett

I'm with you! The 450 is right at 10K and if you run it against the other small dozers here, it will push a lot more dirt!

That's important if you want to get something done, and still not have, too heavy of a dozer to move.

SR

 

[ultrarunner]

I'm with you! The 450 is right at 10K and if you run it against the other small dozers here, it will push a lot more dirt!

That's important if you want to get something done, and still not have, too heavy of a dozer to move.

SR

When I picked up the 350c the owners was also selling a 450 and a 550...

The 350 and 450 were the same price and I went with the 350 because I could move it... the 550 was only a little bit more and had a backhoe too.

The seller delivered it and we talked... he said he could have sold the 350 many times... did sell the 450 and still had the 550...

Part of the reason could be larger as in over 50 hp diesels are severely restricted in California for commercial use... unless the engine meets the new emission standards.