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[Stuff]

wow. just wow!

[SmallHaul]

Very nice work, it looks awesome.

[RAIDERS]

great work on the ripper...

[dirtpusher9]

The dozer is looking really good and stout, Greg. Can't wait to see it pushing.

[Espeefan]

Great progress, Greg! I might have missed this, but what do you scale your models off of? A die-cast replica, or actual drawings? Maybe manuals with dimensions, or a combination of things? Do you have a spring tensioner for the track? One thing that I was really wondering about, and something I have never had the chance to check out on a 1:1 dozer is the tracks can walk or articulate up and down, right? There is usually a bar that oscillates in the undercarriage. With the high drive tracks, and the drive sprocket being fixed in location, if a track articulates up, the track would get looser? So some sort of automatic track tensioning system must be necessary?

[RCLogger]

Thanks for the kind words guys !

I guess you could say its a little brother, but Dan it is from another family compared to your machine. Mine is stand a few hundred feet away scale compared to yours.LOL

Nathan I use photo's from the internet and I scale up brochers. As far as the track tension, I do use a spring in the track frames to keep the tension, also if a rock or any type of debree goes into the idelers the spring compensates. If you look at the 1-1 the pivot point is just ahead of the sprocket on the track frame. They have a system to keep the proper track tension as well...

[Vanisle]

Wow, you work quick. It looks great. What will you do with your other dozer?

[Oil Field Construction]

Great progress Greg! Love that you made the tooth on the ripper removable, then when it wears down from ripping rock you can change it out

[RCLogger]

A little more work done on the ripper. Still have some more work to get it finished up.

[Lil Giants]

Why don't you order direct from TTM Modellbau? Order in bulk, bank wire, you'll have your stuff inside of two weeks.

[Stuff]

love the chain drive. looks very useful!

[td9clyde]

awsome work i am likin the 8 looks great keep the pics rollin

[elliot330]

fantastic build so far... starting to like these scratch built dozers a lot more... "potters off to ebay to look for a milling machine!"

[RCLogger]

The Ripper is almost a done deal. Ready to start the next section.

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[tracksntreadslou]

Looks good greg ...I may have to come have a look at that bad boy in person this weekend.

[Iron Art]

Greg, The Cat is looking like a piece of "Aluminum Art", How many hours a week are you able to work on this project? Looks like you are ripping rite along. Fred

[Oil Field Construction]

Greg! That Unit is looking Serious!! Ripper makes that Unit!! And looks like it has lot's of depth for ripping.

[JAMMER]

Greg you are doing a very nice job on that dozer looks great keep it up. I like your single tooth ripper better than the multi tooth. Ed