SEMI-AUTOMATED DOZER CUTS COSTS 50%

A small bulldozer is described which, equipped with new automatic controls outperforms conventional construction methods and equipment, cuts labor costs in half and reduces time spent on a project. The system eliminates the need for grade stakes and combines surveying and equipment operations in a single process. The systems transmitter, which uses a 12-v automobile battery, can control about 70 acres day or night. The equipment has a blade tilt angle control and a mechanical compensator (to maintain a constant cutting slope for all blade positions). The earthmover blade can be accurately and directly controlled by one man.

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• Corporate Authors:

  McGraw-Hill, Incorporated

  330 West 42nd Street
  New York, NY  United States  10036
• Publication Date: 1976-8-12

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 14
• Serial:
  • Engineering News-Record
  • Volume: 197
  • Issue Number: 7
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0891-9526

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bulldozers; Construction; Construction equipment; Costs; Cutting; Earthwork
• Uncontrolled Terms: Construction costs
• Subject Areas: Construction; Finance; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00141351
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 15 1976 12:00AM