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<blockquote data-quote="MMCC" data-source="post: 1477" data-attributes="member: 219"><p>Hi all, I am also new to this as well. I recently added a T-300 with a 96inch (Bobcat brand) dozer to my fleet. I have to say that I am a little disappointed in the performance of the blade. The machine itself is awsome, however the blade operation falls short. I have a lot of experience with bulldozers on a larger scale so I am sure I am a bit prejudice. The T-300 power is there but the traction is not. If you get into more than a few inches of soil, lets say 10" or more in anything other than sand you will begin to spin your tracks. The operation of the blade is very slow and nothing like a regular dozer. I use joystick control which is great but the thumb controls for the dozer are so slow if you attempt to correct while moving you have to be moving very slow with the machine or you opportunity is lost. If you are doing finish work then the blade is a great thing to have. For getting out and stripping soil or cutting a trench, stick with the steel track bigger dozer. Bobcat built the 96" blade out of a honeycomb cast housing. It weighs in at about 1500lbs, the machine tends to dive when cutting in and I think the weight has something to do with it. A lighter blade might be easier to manipulate with the machine. I am about to start a job stripping a large amount of top soil from an old farm for a horse riding ring. Something like 300 x 200 foot, basically a flat area. I am going to use the blade and give it a good test. I am hoping the issues are more operator than machine. I will post some results when I do it. If anyone else is out there with the same or similar situation I would enjoy hearing from you guys... Matt</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MMCC, post: 1477, member: 219"] Hi all, I am also new to this as well. I recently added a T-300 with a 96inch (Bobcat brand) dozer to my fleet. I have to say that I am a little disappointed in the performance of the blade. The machine itself is awsome, however the blade operation falls short. I have a lot of experience with bulldozers on a larger scale so I am sure I am a bit prejudice. The T-300 power is there but the traction is not. If you get into more than a few inches of soil, lets say 10" or more in anything other than sand you will begin to spin your tracks. The operation of the blade is very slow and nothing like a regular dozer. I use joystick control which is great but the thumb controls for the dozer are so slow if you attempt to correct while moving you have to be moving very slow with the machine or you opportunity is lost. If you are doing finish work then the blade is a great thing to have. For getting out and stripping soil or cutting a trench, stick with the steel track bigger dozer. Bobcat built the 96" blade out of a honeycomb cast housing. It weighs in at about 1500lbs, the machine tends to dive when cutting in and I think the weight has something to do with it. A lighter blade might be easier to manipulate with the machine. I am about to start a job stripping a large amount of top soil from an old farm for a horse riding ring. Something like 300 x 200 foot, basically a flat area. I am going to use the blade and give it a good test. I am hoping the issues are more operator than machine. I will post some results when I do it. If anyone else is out there with the same or similar situation I would enjoy hearing from you guys... Matt [/QUOTE]
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