At the time moving it was his main concern. I think had dad known he would end up with a 20 ton excavator he would have looked toward a dozer that size as well. The big problem comes when two or three 4-6" trees are clumped together and that's typical in a fencerow. I'm not trying to spend your money and I've run a D4 pushing dirt before but I think anything less than the 650 would be slow pushing any decent size trees over. We got a Deere 160 excavator over the summer and found real quick the 160 can keep the 650 busy pushing stuff to the pile. It will do a lot, however, you just have to dig around the base more to get it down if its any size at all. We have had a 650J Deere for over a year now and we were a little disappointed that it just wouldn't walk up to a tree and push it over.
Posted 20:38 (#3562146 - in reply to #3561713) Subject: RE: Case Cat Deere Dozersīeen on a d, there isn't one thing that cat will do fast, or easily. Who blows more smoke,him or his number 9 dozer? It all depends upon what kind of work and how fast you need it completed. I started with a D4D and found a niche in the custom dozing business doing the odd jobs on the farm. Unless you plan on clearing timber, you can get a lot done with a D4. Posted 17:46 (#3561713 - in reply to #3561561) Subject: RE: Case Cat Deere DozersĪ D4 is good for clean up and is cheap to own. A lot depends on how they are set up too (tracks width and such ) An 850 case should be around a 650 Deere. The case will walk all over an "E" but probably wouldn't a d4h. We had a D4E and have a Case 850H now and there is no comparison. The Case 650, 750 850 roughly follows that.Įdited for confusing JD dozer sizes. You're probably in the range of the 750 to 850.īack in the 90's the Deere 450G 550G and 650G as well as the cat D3C D4C and D5C were 70, 80 and 90 hp machines. Case has switched around their numbering system some. If it's a D, E or possibly an H it's closer to a 650 machine, maybe a little bigger like the 700. If it's a D4 B, C, G or K it is in the Deere 550 size class. Any D4 is going to beat a skid on a dead push.
Posted 17:33 (#3561672 - in reply to #3561567) Subject: Re: Case Cat Deere Dozersĭepends on the series - D's and E's have great power to weight and H's can do some work too. And while it won't set any speed records, it has taken out a lot of trees/hedgerow. get a d9 or just sit on the porch good luck and dont callme when you get stuck If your going to waist your time with a d4 just buy a skid loader. How similar of size are these two machines and what model of Deere would be similar? Just thinking about these for around the farm cleanups. A fellow thats ran a dozer for me in the past has an 850 Case. I've not been around dozers enough to really know all the different model numbers. Posted 16:52 (#3561561) Subject: Case Cat Deere DozersĪ cousin of mine has a Cat D4 dozer that he's thinking about selling. ( logon | register )Ĭase Cat Deere Dozers Jump to page : 1 Now viewing page 1 A blade shake feature causes the blade to shake in a “quick, repeated motion” to clear material from the blade.You are logged in as a guest. Hydrostatic transmissions have updated electronic control systems, and motors were upgraded from a two-speed design to variable displacement. A push button throttle replaces the rotary dial to control rpm. EcoMode optimizes fuel economy and can save up to 20 percent in fuel, according to Deere. DPF cleaning occurs automatically, and the machine requires DEF. Models 550K, 650K, and 700K have been added to the John Deere K Series crawler dozers and updated with Tier 4-Final engines: A 92-horsepower PowerTech 4.5L in the 550K, 104-horsepower PowerTech 4.5L in the John Deere 650K dozer, and a 130-horsepower PowerTech 6.8L in the 700K.