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6 way blade versus straight blade

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Brent

08-30-2002 20:24:13




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What are the advantages of having a 6 way blade versus a straight blade dozer for just cleaning out brush ect.. in the woods? I have small trees and alot of brush, and would like to clean it up a bit. Am looking for a small dozer, but not sure I need a 6 way blade. They seem to be a bit more money than a regular straight bladed dozer. Any opinions? Thanks




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george md

08-30-2002 23:43:58




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 Re: 6 way blade versus straight blade in reply to Brent, 08-30-2002 20:24:13  
Brent, Angle and tilt are great for smaller trees
and brush, with one corner of the blade out and down you can flip many small trees out and keep most of the dirt out of the brush pile I clear with a case 1000 with 6-way blade and
5 leg ripper , makes a neat clean clearing job.
I have loader but only use it for the bigger trees,
where you need the reach to tip it over.

george

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mark salser

09-07-2002 05:34:49




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 Re: Re: 6 way blade versus straight blade in reply to CRAWLER HEAVEN, 08-30-2002 23:03:26  
I'm curious to know what the disadvantages of a crawler loader are over a dozer with a 6-way blade. My wife and I have about 400 acres of mostly forest up in western Washington. The land ha lots of old logging roads overgrown with 14 years of alder. We want something to clear the alder, dress up the road a bit by scraping the organic muck off it, put drainage ditches along the sides, and finally put in some culverts. We currently have a JD 5510 with a 10A backhoe attachement, so we can handle putting in the culverts, but it's not easy clearing the alder with the tractor. I was leaning toward getting something with a 6-
way blade which I figured could be used to clear the trees, scrape the road and ditch, but having a crawler loader would be very useful as there are a number of places where we would like to move significant amounts of dirt and I don't think the front loader on the tractor is really up to the task. What are the pros and cons of a track loader versus a dozer with a 6-
way blade? I have to admit that I don't know much about dozers and I'm not even sure what the six articulation points are of a 6-way blade, but I assume, among other things, it can be tilted to act as a ditcher. Please help me with advice. We are willing to spend at most about 20k for a piece of equipment in running order, but we're not afraid of having to do some repairs (which I gather is a complete necessity with dozers!)

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