Unusual Menck scraper

[Renze]

YouTube - Scraper Menck Frutiger

I have never seen anything like this before: Its a bulldozer that has a scraper bowl inbetween the tracks...

 

[Scooby074]

I did a bit of research on those machines about a year ago. They're called a "Scrapedozer" made by Fruitger. They have around a 9m3 bowl. To me their use is a little limited. While you have the benefit of tracks relative to a wheeled scraper, the capacity is around half of the smallest Cat scraper Max speed is also much lower at 13 vs 50KPH for the Cat. Dont forget that it looks much more complicated than a traditional scraper too. Scrapers are usually used for maximum production and this machine lacks it. It could have some uses in very specific instances.

Its an interesting concept.
FRUTIGER Baumaschinen / Products / Scrapedozers

 

[Renze]

In Holland, folks use wheeled loaders over dozers and scrapers if no haul equipment is used...
Sometimes they use ag scrapers to level fields. Mostly its load and haul.