dresser TD40B dozer

[ihbuilder]

https://youtu.be/hGlFIhMYONU
Hydraulic test , I got the lift cylinder bore figured right too

Cab, hood, and side cover







And hitch



Aaand back to werk tomorrow

[ihbuilder]

Painted and started reassembly . Sabertooth not working so send back to DE after speaking to tech .

[DADSGARAGE]

Sorry to here about you having a bad ESC, those Sabertooth ESC's are usually very good, I've always had good results with them, that one might have been made on a Friday....lol.....sure you will get it figured out. Nice to see some paint on this build!!
KP

[Lil Giants]

What a Beast!!! Looking forward to seeing it perform in the dirt!

[D8R]

Looking very good Steve, all dozer project interesting to follow. Will for shure move dirt long before mine will.
Electrical drive is a must when building "smaller" model, wish I have done that from beginning. How long time will battery last when running?
/Dan

[DADSGARAGE]

Great looking dozer!! Really like that it's not another cat, something different for a change!! What year is that machine? Is there also a spring and plunger behind the grease track tensioner??
KP

[TRUCKMAKER]

This turned out really nice, it'll be great to see it in the dirt!

[ihbuilder]

Originally Posted by pontiacmann

Nice Work, Looks Great.

Originally Posted by Lil Giants

What a Beast!!! Looking forward to seeing it perform in the dirt!

Originally Posted by D8R

Looking very good Steve, all dozer project interesting to follow. Will for shure move dirt long before mine will.
Electrical drive is a must when building "smaller" model, wish I have done that from beginning. How long time will battery last when running?
/Dan

Originally Posted by DADSGARAGE

Great looking dozer!! Really like that it's not another cat, something different for a change!! What year is that machine? Is there also a spring and plunger behind the grease track tensioner??
KP

Originally Posted by TRUCKMAKER

This turned out really nice, it'll be great to see it in the dirt!

Thanks all .

Dan I cycled each side with no load without the sabertooth with a 11.1V lipo 2100MaH batts, I got 21-25 mins when batt got to 11.5V . I'll be running on a 18.5V 10900MaH lipo .

KP, yes spring behind grease ram a must . As for year, since I couldn't get the proper yellow, lets say the years of the Komatsu / Dresser merger . Right before they came out with the TD40C . Painted Komatsu yellow which Is the paint we got from the dealer to repaint my TD8E years ago . Cab interior should be tan, but the primer gray is close to komatsu's gray interior so I went with it .

[Cooper]

Looks great Steve!! On that sabertoith, I found out my problem, when it would find a false neutral and start running when sticks were centered,,, from what I could understand they have an inbuilt logic that finds neutral when started and is constantly comparing forward,neutral, and reverse. If you start going forward right away and keep going sometimes it will sense that as the neutral. I may not be explaining it well but the short version is if you guys use sabertoith and it creeps or runs when it shouldn't be. Stop disconnect power, re power up and let sit in neutral fro a while then move forward /backward and let sit a couple seconds in neutral. Usually not a problem with most models but dozers often go one direction for a while. Basically if you power up start going forward for longer than it sat in neutral it may think that is the neutral position and logically adjust accordingly. ?!?? And for me it seems to be working. Don't know if it is a certain timeframe of batches built or all?
And take my input for what it's worth, not much. But I was about to buy a new one because I thought my was problematical until I found this info.

Can't wait to see this in person Steve. I'll stay on the other end of the dirt pile with the lightweight d11!!!! Still envious of track links!!! Wonder if they wil fit the d11? Ever see a td40 on blocks after someone swiped the tracks??! hahaha

[9W Monighan]

Originally Posted by Cooper

Looks great Steve!! On that sabertoith, it may think that is the neutral position and logically adjust accordingly. ?!?? hahaha

IT"S POSSESSED ! KILL DOZER!!!!

[9W Monighan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU73kzrhWig

[scottyk]

Just went thru this whole build thread, amazing work man! That drive system and the tracks have an amazing amount of engineering and machining time into them. I love it, well done

[ihbuilder]

Ha , yea kill Dozer may be a good name for it as in killing planet gears that are not hardened . I shoulda stayed with the drill planetaries they're hardened . At 18.5 volts , this beast has tremendous amount of torque It has no problem loosening frozen coal .

[JDH429]

Steve, thats a hefty looking machine. Original idea too, not the same old Cat thing thats getting over done these days. Maybe you can lose the skidsteer and run this bad boy instead.

[ihbuilder]

Thank you Jason I got another Dresser up my sleeve
My Da, the ME, came up yesterday morning and we discussed the planetary issue . I just got to get as big of gears as I can get in the hub . Hopefully I can get the parts ordered tomorrow from HPC gears without too much trouble .

[JDH429]

I hope so too, and it works out for you. I enjoy the challenge of the build as much as the next guy, but sometimes its nice to just get it running the way you want to without getting to discouraged. Its always worth it, and this one definitely will be.

[gun]

Looking good Steve, so what's next?

[ihbuilder]

Originally Posted by gun

Looking good Steve, so what's next?

Finish house addition/start on new shop and work on getting my excavators done .

[ihbuilder]

Long over do update pics of the new planetaries . I'm trying flicker I got a bunch of run time at cabin fever over the weekend till tracks clogged up by Saturday end of day and slipped the motor sprocket in the 1st reduction ( made weak on purpose to protect the planetaries ) on 1 side .

IMG_2557 by Steve Ingraham, on Flickr

IMG_2560 by Steve Ingraham, on Flickr

[Northern Farmer]

Nice work Steve