How to connect converted direct pull scraper to CatD8H ripper

[Mustafa_Sabankaya]

Does anyone out there know if it is possible to physically connect a CAT627B scraper (motor converted to direct pull) to any part of the ripper on my CAT D8H? I am getting rid if the front tractors on my two scrapers (with dead engines) and would like to pull behind my D8H.

Thanks!

Mustafa

 

[Tinkerer]

Welcome to HEF, Mustafa !
Are you thinking of leaving the rear engines and transmissions for push power in them ??
I have only seen rear engines removed and the scraper was used in the normal way.
I cannot imagine what you are proposing to do would work.
Pulling a scraper with the ripper on a D8 sounds like a nightmare.

 

[Robert Pratt]

 

[Robert Pratt]

I can't see why you couldnt hook to a ripper.

 

[Tinkerer]

It seems to me it would be quite a strain on the final drives of the dozer.
The geometry would be a lot different from pulling it in the normal way with a drawbar. IMHO.
It would be an owners worse nightmare if a loaded scraper mounted onto a ripper were to get stuck in a fill area or shizzy cut area.
I spent a fair amount of time pulling pans with D8s.

 

[Shimmy1]

I can't see why you couldnt hook to a ripper.

I'm not sure the ripper would be able to hold up a fully loaded pan first of all. Second, the change in leverage by the hook point being considerably farther back would put a crazy amount of strain on the final drives.

 

[hosspuller]

Can the tractors be converted into a dolly for the scraper? Scrap the engine and create a tow bar. The dozers final drives wouldn't see the scraper load.

Or trade for a CAT High Drive machine...

 

[hosspuller]

Check this thread ..https://www.heavyequipmentforums.co...on-how-to-account-for-it-pricing.92588/page-2

 

[R.D.G013]

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Nice load, probably took 1/2 an hr to get out , LOL.