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7 months 2 weeks ago - 7 months 2 weeks ago #255832
by Deas Plant.
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Replied by Deas Plant. on topic D7 48a
Hi, keloz.
What rock have you been hiding under - haven't heard from you for a while.
Guesstimate - around 24 Tonnes. Some people are gonna quote you for a D7E with bull blade, tilt cylinder and ripper with not much understanding of how much us DowNunda folks valued our heads when clearing timber - - - IF you get my drift. but it does pose a 'kwestyun' - is the canopy wunna rounded pipe frame scrub canopy types or a full length serious TIMBER canopy?
The D7F was close to two tonnes lighter with the six-banger donk - if my aging memory serves me rightly.
LOTZA people reckoned it was step backwards in the 7F with 2,000 RPM needed to produce the same power that the E produced with the four-banger at about 1,440 RPM but the F was a much nippier machine. But it did miss that weight in the front - - - - until we hung 2 X 4 foot square slabs of 1" thick steel plate on the front face of the blade for push-loading scrapers.
Just my 0.02.
What rock have you been hiding under - haven't heard from you for a while.
Guesstimate - around 24 Tonnes. Some people are gonna quote you for a D7E with bull blade, tilt cylinder and ripper with not much understanding of how much us DowNunda folks valued our heads when clearing timber - - - IF you get my drift. but it does pose a 'kwestyun' - is the canopy wunna rounded pipe frame scrub canopy types or a full length serious TIMBER canopy?
The D7F was close to two tonnes lighter with the six-banger donk - if my aging memory serves me rightly.
LOTZA people reckoned it was step backwards in the 7F with 2,000 RPM needed to produce the same power that the E produced with the four-banger at about 1,440 RPM but the F was a much nippier machine. But it did miss that weight in the front - - - - until we hung 2 X 4 foot square slabs of 1" thick steel plate on the front face of the blade for push-loading scrapers.
Just my 0.02.
You have a wonderful day. Best wishes. Deas Plant.
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7 months 2 weeks ago #255837
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7 months 2 weeks ago #255838
by Deas Plant.
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Replied by Deas Plant. on topic D7 48a
Hi, kittyman1.
Up until we hung the extra weight on the blade, it was certainly 'nippier' and quicker on its feet than the E but it did have 'issues'. If it would not reverse up a slope, there was no point in turning around to try to drive up it face first 'coz for the lack of weight on the front end. Also, until we put the extra weight on the blade, it was easier to trim grades with it with the tree pusher bar still installed. The extra weight on the blade 'cured' both of those issues.
It was quicker changing direction than the either 160 HP or the 180 HP E series and didn't lug down as much when turning sharply either. Some of the very last of the E series came out rated at 200 HP. I never did get to operate one of them to see how they performed but I think I would have liked the chance to try one.
Just my 0.02.
Up until we hung the extra weight on the blade, it was certainly 'nippier' and quicker on its feet than the E but it did have 'issues'. If it would not reverse up a slope, there was no point in turning around to try to drive up it face first 'coz for the lack of weight on the front end. Also, until we put the extra weight on the blade, it was easier to trim grades with it with the tree pusher bar still installed. The extra weight on the blade 'cured' both of those issues.
It was quicker changing direction than the either 160 HP or the 180 HP E series and didn't lug down as much when turning sharply either. Some of the very last of the E series came out rated at 200 HP. I never did get to operate one of them to see how they performed but I think I would have liked the chance to try one.
Just my 0.02.
You have a wonderful day. Best wishes. Deas Plant.
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