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
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.
I can't see why you couldnt hook to a ripper.
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.
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.
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...
Check this thread .. HeavyEquipmentForums
Nice load, probably took 1/2 an hr to get out , LOL.