The costs of operations are relative to what the average coal mine produces every day…based on average numbers most coal mines are producing 1000-2000 tons of coal per hour of operation…if the mine requires a dozer as big as the 575 then it’s safe to say they are producing on the higher end of that scale…2000 tons at $95-$100 per short ton that equates to $190k-$200k and hour…that dozer likely runs about $1000/hr in cost of operation with fuel/maintenance/operator so that leaves lots of money at the end of the day for incidentals…and the reason to go bigger is because it costs less per ton of material moved the bigger the machine. They say that this dozer was discontinued but I was talking to a mechanic from Australia and he told me they were still getting new machines in on a regular basis…I would suspect the way they’re doing it is by purchasing the machine in pieces rather than as a whole and considering the machine comes in pieces anyway, it makes it easy to do so!…but even when Komatsu was building them, they only sold 1 for every 20 475’s they built and considering the 575’s are pretty much hand built, it takes a great deal of labour to build a machine they don’t sell much of and them they take away from the production of machines they sell more of so unless these customers are super important to Komatsu they are likely not getting a 575..
Very few people want the 575, because the Cat D11 is faster and cheaper and uses less fuel and will out work the 575 under most circumstances. The 575 is a little bigger, but slower, so the cycle time and material moved per shift on the D11 is better, and with the high track it doesn't wear out as fast.
You mentioning the garden project. I always thought itd be cool to build a big boy sand box so to speak. If i ever win the lottery 😂. But het a good piece of land with good dirt under it. Buy some mini excavators. Not the super Small ones of course. Get so mini dozers, loaders & dump wagons. And cant leave out the skid steers. Theyd be around others their same size for once. AND HAVE A BLAST IN THE BIG BOYS SAND BOX!😂
Back in the middle 60s diesel was anywhere from four cents a gallon to 8 cents a gallon, a lot of farmers around here did not want to pay the 4 cents a gallon for diesel so they put their tractors on propane which was 3 cents per gallon. Gasoline was 14 to 16 cents a gallon.
The amount of work it does per hour is insane tho. I remember running a D10 for the first time and thinking “this thing is kind of a puss”…until I stepped down and walked into the cut it just made 😳
This is why I laugh at those gold mining tv shows, they’re always stating how many millions of dollars they make. The fuel costs, equipment costs, repairs, hauling equipment, salaries,etc. they’re losing money.😂
It’s like owning a twin engine yacht cruiser. Some holds from 200-500 gallon of fuel at $5plus for fueling at the dock. Then the fuel will last you about 8-10hours on plane.
The high tracks like the Cats move the drive sprocket up out of the rocks and dirt, so it's not getting all the shock loading supporting the weight of the tractor, the sprocket isn't being worn by continuously crushing sand and rock into it, and the seals last a lot longer etc.
Just a question sir, how much an hour work cost? Or in other words, if i have to rent that dozer how much would it cost me? Because that amount of fuel and the cost to operate, hmmmm that's a fuel drinker.
Umm, if I got one of these for my "garden projects", pretty sure I won't be using it at full power for 15 hours a day. Hell, I'm gonna need to pee every couple hours, so that's time it's not burning so much fuel. And I won't need to run it for 15 hours a day, let alone every day. A full tank would probably last me months, if not over a year. So, stick that up your garden projects
A CAT 3516 generator can burn about 240 gallons an hour max load… I think that engine might be in some CAT haul trucks. So apparently there’s bigger stuff out there moving material into trucks than the dozer. Makes you wonder if CAT put a 3516 in a dozer how big would that puppy be and what could it move? At some point you would think too big is just moving itself and no material but where is the max capacity? I still think a 3516 would be a big machine I mean really an eight foot square radiator and 100,000 cfm of air to cool it .. 20” exhaust pipe 69 liters of displacement 4 turbskis… get your beast mode on boys! Lol
240 gallons a hour?! That's a lot of fuel max. Load or not. But I guess even mining equipment one lets off the throttle to back up or whatever. Gen.set. WOT all the time.
That's a 2000 HP, I think 16 cylinder engine. I think that's the same engine used in a lot of generator and marine applications. Where I used to work they had 8 of those. They used to run them every month to rotate the diesel. Then EPA said they're not compliant and can only be used for an actual power outage, or they have to be updated with a urea system at substantial extra cost. Sure, this would make the mother of all dozers if they were to put it in a dozer. I think current dozers top out around 700 or 800 HP. It would be a marvel of engineering.
But the guy in the cab is worth a case of Pepsi or Mr pibb a week worth every one cent peaice cent worth it. He taught the cat guy every thing he knows worth every bit
The dozer is the Blade mounted on the front. The tractor is the mounting mover. So, when you keep saying Dozer, where do you put the fuel? The Dozer is hung on the tractor.
I've run this machine and it is worthless in any hard rock or push to waste scenarios. it has no jam it's hyper slow and The operators cabin is terrible. The D11 runs circles around it. I am a fan of Komatsu but they don't make a doxer that can compete in high pace operations
I mean if you have a garden big enough to put a D575 in you're probably not overly fussed about the cost of fuel 😂
The costs of operations are relative to what the average coal mine produces every day…based on average numbers most coal mines are producing 1000-2000 tons of coal per hour of operation…if the mine requires a dozer as big as the 575 then it’s safe to say they are producing on the higher end of that scale…2000 tons at $95-$100 per short ton that equates to $190k-$200k and hour…that dozer likely runs about $1000/hr in cost of operation with fuel/maintenance/operator so that leaves lots of money at the end of the day for incidentals…and the reason to go bigger is because it costs less per ton of material moved the bigger the machine. They say that this dozer was discontinued but I was talking to a mechanic from Australia and he told me they were still getting new machines in on a regular basis…I would suspect the way they’re doing it is by purchasing the machine in pieces rather than as a whole and considering the machine comes in pieces anyway, it makes it easy to do so!…but even when Komatsu was building them, they only sold 1 for every 20 475’s they built and considering the 575’s are pretty much hand built, it takes a great deal of labour to build a machine they don’t sell much of and them they take away from the production of machines they sell more of so unless these customers are super important to Komatsu they are likely not getting a 575..
Very well explained. Thank You
Sir, this is McDonald's... just order what's on the menu
so yes here, the bean counters will tell ya❤😂
Very few people want the 575, because the Cat D11 is faster and cheaper and uses less fuel and will out work the 575 under most circumstances.
The 575 is a little bigger, but slower, so the cycle time and material moved per shift on the D11 is better, and with the high track it doesn't wear out as fast.
I prefer the D11T
The real daily operating costs depends on what breaks that day…
Fuels the cheap part, breakdown and downtime is probably more important in this game.
We have a Komatsu tech or two on a daily basis. Junk is always breaking.
The one Komatsu dozer we have is usually broke down while the D8s and 10s just keep on going.
Designed the tank for 12 our shifts so every shift fills the tank to run the whole shift.
You mentioning the garden project. I always thought itd be cool to build a big boy sand box so to speak. If i ever win the lottery 😂. But het a good piece of land with good dirt under it. Buy some mini excavators. Not the super Small ones of course. Get so mini dozers, loaders & dump wagons. And cant leave out the skid steers. Theyd be around others their same size for once. AND HAVE A BLAST IN THE BIG BOYS SAND BOX!😂
Back in the middle 60s diesel was anywhere from four cents a gallon to 8 cents a gallon, a lot of farmers around here did not want to pay the 4 cents a gallon for diesel so they put their tractors on propane which was 3 cents per gallon. Gasoline was 14 to 16 cents a gallon.
And then came the epa...😵💫
Didn't know about all these big Monster dozer's until the year 2012' watched alot of educational video's in the library every week.
We run D9s all the time and they are in the 20gallon per hour range with a 200 gallon tank.
its a little too small for my project. you know, the line. you can say im a pretty big shot dreamer. i like to think big.
The amount of work it does per hour is insane tho. I remember running a D10 for the first time and thinking “this thing is kind of a puss”…until I stepped down and walked into the cut it just made 😳
This machine makes money, not spend money. Every dollar you invest in this machine, you make minimum 3 dollar.
I dont ever want to hear about my car again.
wowowowo❤
Imagine if marvin got his hands on one of these
11 gallons of idle 17 at full throttle D-11N 3508 engine at 700 hp.
This is why I laugh at those gold mining tv shows, they’re always stating how many millions of dollars they make. The fuel costs, equipment costs, repairs, hauling equipment, salaries,etc. they’re losing money.😂
Awesome Machine
I wouldn't like to be stuck in that old slug for 15hrs
ITS A GREAT MACHINE. I CAN THINK OF MANY USES FOR THIS GREAT BEAST.
575 discontinued 🤷. Game Over
One years Powerball earnings
My gardening project could be done in 15 min with this machine
Does it come in K1ll Dozer configuration??? Asking for Patriots! 👀😂🤣
It’s like owning a twin engine yacht cruiser. Some holds from 200-500 gallon of fuel at $5plus for fueling at the dock. Then the fuel will last you about 8-10hours on plane.
575 discontinued. 🤷
Cost of fuel is moot when the dozer itself is mechanically junk.
I bet Marvin filled up the full tank!
Dam!! I was going to get one for my tomato patch
Thank you
Great it killed me
Chicken feed per Tonne moved
I think it could be better if it was built diesel-electric traction like a locomotive or Le Tourneau loader.
dam it... i was going to get one for my garden ....now what am i going to do??
Are these pics in NZ
These be great Diesel electric. Much less fuel used..
But do they come in an eclectic option 😂
The cat D11
How would the added weight of some welded armor plating impact fuel economy? Asking for a friend with a zoning dispute 🤣
that's okay me and albert Einstein will turn it in a hybrid.
"the numbers will probably kill you"? How so?
Is that AI Morgan Freeman?
The only corporation I know that could afford that is black rock and vanguard, and that other piece of shit corporation🤷♂️
The ultra class dump trucks burn the most fuel per hour, and hold up to 4500 liters of fuel.
What is the difference between straight tracks and the tracks set in a triangle configuration?
The high tracks like the Cats move the drive sprocket up out of the rocks and dirt, so it's not getting all the shock loading supporting the weight of the tractor, the sprocket isn't being worn by continuously crushing sand and rock into it, and the seals last a lot longer etc.
Just a question sir, how much an hour work cost? Or in other words, if i have to rent that dozer how much would it cost me? Because that amount of fuel and the cost to operate, hmmmm that's a fuel drinker.
lets say it had 40 tons of steel on it how mush fuel will it burn
Umm, if I got one of these for my "garden projects", pretty sure I won't be using it at full power for 15 hours a day. Hell, I'm gonna need to pee every couple hours, so that's time it's not burning so much fuel. And I won't need to run it for 15 hours a day, let alone every day. A full tank would probably last me months, if not over a year. So, stick that up your garden projects
You need an electric dozer! then charge it up every 30mins from a Airburners/RollsRoyce wood combustion generator.
me laughing burning 50 gal an hour with my c27 cat on a horizontal
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How much for insurance
You are wrong. I don't know anything about bulldozers. It doesn't matter what brand it is.
A CAT 3516 generator can burn about 240 gallons an hour max load… I think that engine might be in some CAT haul trucks. So apparently there’s bigger stuff out there moving material into trucks than the dozer. Makes you wonder if CAT put a 3516 in a dozer how big would that puppy be and what could it move? At some point you would think too big is just moving itself and no material but where is the max capacity? I still think a 3516 would be a big machine I mean really an eight foot square radiator and 100,000 cfm of air to cool it .. 20” exhaust pipe 69 liters of displacement 4 turbskis… get your beast mode on boys! Lol
240 gallons a hour?! That's a lot of fuel max. Load or not. But I guess even mining equipment one lets off the throttle to back up or whatever. Gen.set. WOT all the time.
That's a 2000 HP, I think 16 cylinder engine. I think that's the same engine used in a lot of generator and marine applications. Where I used to work they had 8 of those. They used to run them every month to rotate the diesel. Then EPA said they're not compliant and can only be used for an actual power outage, or they have to be updated with a urea system at substantial extra cost.
Sure, this would make the mother of all dozers if they were to put it in a dozer. I think current dozers top out around 700 or 800 HP. It would be a marvel of engineering.
But the guy in the cab is worth a case of Pepsi or Mr pibb a week worth every one cent peaice cent worth it. He taught the cat guy every thing he knows worth every bit
How much
30 feet per gallon. Nahh more like 30 gallons per foot
Can somebody teach me why, two 80ton dozers aren't better/faster then 1 160T dozer?
That's not even alot considering a smaller tug boat takes 7000 gallons.
Better go electric 😅
These are some BS numbers, this unit will burn 100 to 200 litres per hour, and cost $1k per hour operation on a good day 😅
Math ain't mathing 😂 I was like ain't no way that thing is only burning 38lbs per hour.
It was half that before O'BIDEN.
My d10 burns 36g hr at full power there’s no way this is 38?
And some other guy here in the comments claims his D11N burns 17 gallons on full throttle... sure 😂
The D11 is bigger
@whistlindiesel needs a bigger one now 😅
HOW DARE YOU
Why would you use such a large machine in a garden? That's just silly and highly impractical. A tractor is a much better chouce
The dozer is the Blade mounted on the front. The tractor is the mounting mover. So, when you keep saying Dozer, where do you put the fuel? The Dozer is hung on the tractor.
That don't look like a tractor to me. It's not green😂
All komatsu equipment is shit
Imagine putting one of these into the hands of a disgruntled muffler shop owner 🫨
I've run this machine and it is worthless in any hard rock or push to waste scenarios. it has no jam it's hyper slow and The operators cabin is terrible. The D11 runs circles around it. I am a fan of Komatsu but they don't make a doxer that can compete in high pace operations