Homemade mini dozer tractor1/20/2024 ![]() ![]() Even a huge Caterpillar dozer, if you look at the tracks, notice how big the cleats are on the tracks. Plus, all that I mentioned here, when you look at other tracked vehicles, you will notice these tuning aspects on them. All tracked vehicles have this problem, just have to know how to deal with it. If you can't turn in a certain situation, then just back out of it or drive straight through it, to handle that situation. You just going to have to field test this rig alot to see what you can and can't do. This would be a tuning aspect to do if you are still having problems turning on grippy dirt and will be turning on this kind of surface alot or need to turn on this surface. By cutting the cleats in half or curving the ends of each cleat, would make it easier to turn on grippy surfaces like the dirt on your lawn that I mentioned earlier in this post. Then there are surfaces where you get a full contact patch and full bite of the cleats but you CAN turn with no issues, which would be snow, mud, gravel, dry loose dirt and so on.Īnother tuning aspect would be the cleats. I would consider a grippy surface as being moist everyday dirt like your lawn, where the cleats get full bite (that's the problem of having such a big cleat) and you get a full contact patch by sinking in but cleats can't break free or skid in when you turn. Which is when the tracks have a full contact patch on a grippy surface and you turn, then the tracks want to pop off. So, to identify the problem means you can avoid it altogether. 1981 John Deere 216: Tiller, blower, hitch and helper 1977 John Deere 400: 60' mower,home made dozer blade, 3pt carryall, and spare set of loaded Ag's yea i went there 1964 John Deere 110: Mower, Hitch, helper spring, narrow wheels original tires 2015 1025R with D180 loader I match and whatnot plus powerFlow D.O.D. You just minimized it so much that it is almost gone, almost. ![]() OK, the bad thing of all of this is that the problem is still, kinda there. The more you sink into the ground, the more traction you will get. OK, so now driving on soft surfaces with this setup, the vehicle has weight, which in turn when riding on soft surfaces will cause the tracks to sink into the ground a little and give you more traction because the contact patch will be getting bigger. This way i can use the different gears in the tranny to control my speed and have reverse. Ill use a 4 or 5 horse push mower engine for power and a peerless transaxle out of a murray with a couple pulleys on the axle shafts. And ofcourse, if you shorten the contact patch, would make less resistance on turning or easier to turn without the tracks wanting to pop off on hard or loose surfaces. im gonna build this off a murray lawn tractor. You just don't want to lengthen the contact patch on the ground, in doing this because it will make more resistance in turning and cause the tracks to want to pop off again. With the road wheels just touching the ground, does it rock forward and aft when starting to move, stopping, or turning? If so, you can move the front set and rear set of road wheels so center of gravity is in the middle of all the road wheels. ![]()
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