Just bought a new to me d6n and was looking around on MT how bad I got taken (prolly shoulda looked before I bought it lol) and ran across this blade...... I have seen it on a few euro machines but never seen one in person..... I imagine it works well for windrowing ? I remember a long time ago reading about "rock-it" which Blizzard snow plows modeled off of but if I remember right it was all hydraulic where this one looks ridgid. Here's the whole link to a machine I found just while cruising MT ( damn I'm getting old if that's my Saturday night fun lol) http://www.marketbook.ca/listingsdetail/detail.aspx?OHID=9035963&LP=MAT Anyways let's hear it,,,,,,,, or at least someone post up a vid of it in action Pj
Its only to make it narrow enough to haul without permits, normally found on LGP machines.
Think that blade is more of a narrow the blade deal for transport,remember reading something like that ,
Yair . . . Crikey, it must be expensive and inconvenient to get permits in some parts if it's worth to go to so much trouble? Cheers
It can be depending on the jurisdiction.
It's purely for transport. Some European countries it's expensive to get over width permits, some road tunnels you aren't allowed to be over width, period. The blade is a lot stronger than you expect from looking at pictures. Komatsu offer a similar blade.
Yair . . . I never stop learning on this site, never heard of this before. Cheers.
Rockland I believe made one that was all hydraulic. It's wings were hinged at the moldboard. I ran one on an 850 Deere. You could make a straight, semi u or full unleaded with it. I wad on a pit reclamation with it. Man you could send alot of top soil up a slope in full u blade mode the straight blade it out.
I have seen a dozer years ago with a fold in set of corners. The last machine was a trackhoe about 20 yrs ago, It was a kobelco and I think it was the start of their blade runner series machines with the fold in corners and angle/tilt blade. I think Talortractornu is also correct with rockland making a custom folding blade also at one time. I would like it for the hauling issues and it looks to have the support and meat to make it strong and durable.
Only thing I thought when using this blade, I wouldn't use the left corner for popping rocks and roots out. Other than that, it wasn't a bad idea.
we are currently preparing a couple hundred d6k's for the military and every one of them has this blade. I believe it is like others have stated, for transport purposes.
Why would the military need a couple hundred d6k's ?
I'm unsure. Last i checked the army ordered around 200 and the corps wanted something like 150. As for their intended purpose I am unsure. It is my understanding that a good portion of them are going to the middle east
saddleup. the same reason you need a D6k at home, they have to prep ground for camps, temp runways, road building etc etc.
sfrs4, just seams like a lot of them,