Rickyb1968
Well-Known Member
I have a CAT D5M with 10’ blade. A friend of mine that has operated dozers a lot was making some observations. He basically said the dozer should be able to lift one side off the ground with the tilt function. He placed blade flat on the ground and tilted the blade down to right. He says the dozer should pick the right side of itself up. It doesn’t do it if you tilt down to left either. He is saying because mine want do this there is a problem.
If you have blade flat on ground and push blade straight down it lifts front of dozer up. I understand this is using two different cylinders. Can anybody shed any light on if dozer should or shouldn’t be able to lift itself with just tilt cylinder? That may be a lot to ask with a 10’ blade.
I did ask why that was important because with blade up the tilt works just fine. He said it needed to do this to cut in the ground. Thanks for your input.
If you have blade flat on ground and push blade straight down it lifts front of dozer up. I understand this is using two different cylinders. Can anybody shed any light on if dozer should or shouldn’t be able to lift itself with just tilt cylinder? That may be a lot to ask with a 10’ blade.
I did ask why that was important because with blade up the tilt works just fine. He said it needed to do this to cut in the ground. Thanks for your input.