Just talked to an operator friend today. John Carlo is using these new Cat dozers with all electric, no linkage dozing capability! Anyone have imput?
Is this super new or are you talking about the vertical joysticks that are coming in the T series etc? If that's what you are talking about, those things are absolute sex. I ran a 6R with a sixway blade with one of those electronic sticks and OH MY GOD it's nice. Super smooth to control and you can go for hours with absolutely no fatigue. I was pulling 15 hours a day stripping ahead of two different pipe crews and then reloaming behind as they went. If you are coming off the old T-handle style it may take a day or two to get used to how little movement you need to make major blade changes but I'm a hoe operator too so it was a snap for me =)
electric controls are not really new but they are nice. Pretty much all current CAT machines I can think of are electric/hydraulic. Easier to troubleshoot, repair, and operate what's not to like?