Seems like that blade lift lever needs to be modifed with a squeeze lever and notches in a plate to keep it at different heights and not drop on its own like it does.
A snowplow blade probably has too aggressive of an attack angle for moving dirt. It’ll just keep digging in. You could probably modify it where the cutting edge attaches to make it a little more straight up and down.
Suggestion: Replace the 'manual' blade lift control with a small hydraulic pump and piston. This way, the blade can't accidentally drop when plowing. The hydraulics will lock the position of the blade, unless you activate the control unit. Then it will work like a full sized unit 🙂 Then it will be able to take smaller bites of dirt. 🙂
An alternative option could be some kind of brake system added to the raising and lowering handle where you can squeeze to lock the blade at whatever height you want. That would make it more mechanical and not require adding a hydraulic pump or piston system. and be relatively simple.
Rotate to blade forward. It's cutting edge is to horizontal. Move the cutting edge more vertical. That blade looks more like a snow plow application. Grading plows are not as curved.
Would be a cool project to see what you could make out of it. A small diesel would probably work better in it. give you some more power. That snow plow isn't the best for pushing dirt. Pretty neat.
My daughter loves things with engines, finally one of then does! She was more interested in Vinny when I showed her! I also agree on the blade digging in. Maybe springs to pull the blade up and you have to push harder on the handle to make it go down. Kind of like a "float" system. Love to tinker and now she's looking through your videos to see what she wants to watch 👍
Cool little machine. I would weld a flat plate in place of the snow blade and get rid of springs letting the blade tilt down. I would also change the blade lifting lever so it has a longer handle and longer movement and leverage at your hand. lastly I would add a couple hundred pounds to it for traction it seems to runout of grip before power. With the curved blade on front you have to lift the blade and the dirt a flatter blade will make it easier to lift the blade without backing up and ramming it giving you more control over the depth of the push. Have fun with your new tool. After a few hours on it you will become much better at moving dirt. I see the track as a ongoing project that will grow and evolve with time.
Very interesting video! I remember the ads for these things in magazines like Popular Mechanics and the electric co-op magazine. The history was quite interesting, too! But above all else, Vinnie was crazy over it! He couldn't tear himself away. I've never seen him so interested in anything you brought home, no matter how powerful, rare, or exotic. I'm quite surprised you were able to take it to the property without him insisting on accompanying you! I'm no expert, but the full-size dozers do not have lubricated tracks, this is so grit doesn't stick to them and accelerate wear - but their pins and bushings may be made of harder materials. It is so cool! And looks so much like a Caterpillar D4!
Vinny loves that thing! It's nice when youre dealing with an honest seller. I would modify it into a mini tank ;) Seems like if the tracks had more bite it would really move sand.
Cool little dozer but it would work a lot better if you could lock the blade adjuster at a particular height when pushing material. Maybe add a hydraulic pump so you could add a hydraulic lift/lower cylinder. That way you would have infinite height adjustment and it would hold the blade securely.
@@foxlake6750 Yes that’s true but, if he could hold the blade so it didn’t float up or down it would do a lot better job. It really doesn’t matter if it’s a snowplow.
That little thing does pretty well given the size. It would definitely feel more powerful if the blade didn’t sink into the ground as soon as it begins to push. Might I suggest a winch that you could control possibly by foot so you can monitor track speed by hand. That could be a very practical little backyard rig
I bought and assembled a 7 hp Struck kit back in 1976, modified it with an old power steering pump and a piston from Northern Hydraulics (at that time, now Northern Tool). and that made it so much easier to control the plow, and eventually, a bucket that I fabricated for it. I used it in my cellar to grade and pour the floor in 8 ft. square pieces. Then took it up in the woods and used it for a skidder to yard firewood to heat my house. Had a lot of fun with it.
I have a magnatrac MD 1600. Has a 16hp Tecumseh engine.they are stout little dozers. I have used mine a lot over the years. They will move dirt. Cool find
I guess any dozer can be asked to do too much, so you learnt how to get the most out of your machine. Some may laugh, but if you can get in that tiny spot and do a good job, then you’re the Winner! I love the helmet too!… and who knew it could dig it’s own donut grave? Good video Joe 👍😎❤️✅
The blade is not holding angle. As the load increases, the blade angle pitches down, which is causing it to dig in. If you could add some bracing towards the top of the blade (both sides) so that it can't pitch down, you could probably get better results from the 5HP engine. Most dozers allow you to raise and lower the blade, as well as to change it's pitch (like your skid steer). Another interesting and informative video!
Top of the blade needs leaned back and the blades needs to be fixed not a plow blade made to trip in cracks and stuff. And need some way to move blade a lot farther up
It has tons of power. When the blade is floating it’s going to dig to china. You must get the blade to lock at the desired height. A real dozer operator is constantly moving the blade up and down to keep the grade.
That thing needs more power, a bigger engine, it seems to me. It came from the U.P. so, that thing was made to push SNOW. But, it could pull around a good-sized cart or trailer. Congratulations on the pick up. I think you got a good deal.👍
That's awesome!, it might make a great snowplow for the driveway. Aswell as whatever else little things It must be geared well because it looked like it moves out well for a 5hp
That's a nice little machine, it's almost PERFET for plowing a big driveway. It's not too heavy for the tracks to ruin the asphalt or anything like that.. That is a super sweet machine!!
As the blade gets more material , it gets heavier and drops, you need to rise and lower the blade as you push to get an even track. doing it by hand (armstrong lever) is difficult. You can fab a manual screw jack or heavy duty electric winch. the screw jack will give the sensitivy for increasing/decreasing blade weight
Pretty much useless for any real work if you could find a way to add 1-15 up to it it might be helpful but if your goal was to build or even maintain a track I think you need something larger or a contractor
@@takedeadaim8671 So basically, what you're saying is, all the mini dozers on the market around that size shouldn't exist? And, people who want a small hobby tractor for light work around their property should hire a contractor instead or but something much bigger and more expensive. I guess you drive an 52 foot 18 wheeler to commute around the city.
@@GoofieNewfie69 That’s not at all what I said. The is planning on building an off road track for dirt bikes and quads. While the hobby dozers are convenient and handy for a number of jobs building and maintaining a track is not one of them. If you have not noticed they’re are many mid size machines that can be towed with a heavy duty pickup or small dump truck and appropriately sized trailer.
@@takedeadaim8671 The little thing can build the track. A lot bigger things were built with just pick and shovel long before machines were used. After he finishes his track with that thing , then you can say it can't be done
@@GoofieNewfie69 I don't have the patience to wait the 5 years it will take. They don't put 8hp engines in commercial excavating equipment for a reason. The drivetrain is slipping pushing fine sand he used to lay patio tiles and you think he is going to build a motocross track with it.
Another old-school toy I've never seen before! It's literally the right size for a child, I'm surprised it doesn't have a Tonka sticker on it! It's pretty cool, nice find!
I borrowed one just like this, back in the day. He made his own tracks that had much better cleats and modified blade lift that stopped the blade from dropping. It was fun and kept the weeds down.
I've got an old Agricat mini dozer from about 1950. Similar to the Strucks only much heavier duty. Struck are more on the lines of tracked lawn tractors.
I live about 15 min from Cedarburg in Wisconsin. I have one with a back hoe attachment on the back. Def awsome machines. So many people are into these and vintage n antique garden tractors. They made them so cool and so much better in the day.
I STILL have the Struck 'MiniDozer' brochure from 1969 or '70 that I got from a coupon in Successful Farming or something as a kid. So great to finally actually see one in action!!
Reminds me of the garden tractor I but a blade on. Moves dirt exactly the same, a little at a time. Biggest problem is not having hydraulics on the blade enabling multiple elevations to limit how much material this thing loads up in front of it..
Thanks again man and congratulations on your channel it seems like you’re doing pretty good with views and things like that I mean other than that you really awesome awesome skills you’re very talented and I look forward to seeing your future projects thanks again, LATER !!!👊🏼😎
Not a bad little machine joe I can imagine jade must think when you go out what’s that man going to get up to today lol 😂😂all the best mate have a great week 👍👌🔧🔧🔧❤️
Great little Dozer. It looks like you have room on the right hand side to weld a pivot point and mechanically or hydraulically control the blade by foot. Shortening the travel arm that you have currently would make blade adjustment when moving material so much more responsive. Give it love and it will love you back.
You need to rig up a way to operate the blade with you foot. Or you could put a winch on the blade with thumb switch’s on your levers. That’s what I would do anyway. Cool video bro, keep up the good work!
You might want to install a gated control for the blade height. Something like a Lawn Mower, where you can drop it into a slot and expect the thing to stay there. Nifty machine. I do wonder why you got this when you have a skidsteer in your yard already. Good luck with the new gadget!
Take care its only a 5 hp lawn mower engine 2600 max revs safely. If you add a notch system for the front you could regulate how much it drops. Keep the movies here great to watch .
Shy of hydraulics' a actuator may be the best fix to hold the blade , so when you set it , it stay's there , vs now , as soon as you start digging , it goes deeper. What a cool machine
That's a cool little machine. Like a lot of others said though that blade digging in don't help ya much. Maybe use a winch or something like a snow plow winch to raise and lower it and maybe that would help keeping it at a level you can control so it don't dig in. Ya got lots of ideas for it. Good luck.
They are fun, more of a toy...I had one just like, but it had a hydraulic cylinder and a simple control valve, and an automobile power steering pump with an extended pump on the pump for oil reservoir...worked very good and it would hold blade height where you put..
So that blade is for plowing snow on a hard surface like concrete. It tilts forward when it hits resistance and gigs down into the dirt. You will not be able to blade a flat area in dirt with that setup. Even trying to push dirt will not work because of thr spring loaded tilt that the blade has. I also noticed that tge blade is lower on the right side (from the perspective of the operator) than the left side. It looks like it can be adjusted to level it out. I would build a ratchet set up so the blade can be set to push smaller loads by not going all the way down. Maybe 2 or 3 settings, all up 33% down 66% down and all down. Just my 2 cents worth. Cool toy. A scoop bucket would be easy to make for it.
that plow design is the limiting factor on that unit. it needs more back angle and a hydraulic to lock it in place. my friend has a vintage mini dozer and it uses 2, 1.5 inch threaded rod to lift and lower the plow.
A friend of mine has one and it works great trouble is you need to have about 20 hours on it to learn how to run it really good with such a short wheelbase all call it it's hard to adjust the blade you only need to make very small adjustments for a big Improvement
So cool! Lol, I had a subscription to Mechanics Illustrated when I was a kid and I always wanted one of those "Magnatrac" mini-dozers that were in the small advertisements in the back of the magazine. That guy has a seriously cool collection of mini dozers.
Another cool machine. Maybe an 8 hp snowblower motor. That guy had quite the collection. Pivot the blade and it will push snow. How did your shoe look at the end of the day?
Hi!! It’s Chris Olson again, I’m thinking you should make a 3 part series out of this. It’s cheap so let’s go cheap for fun and custom machine to show off your skills. Like a harbor freight build. Like getting a bigger motor even mod that motor and a winch for the blade any many more other things. Otherwise this thing is just a dog let’s make it a work horse.
You need a LayTrac. About the same size but has a 9hp engine, 3 speed transmission with brakes and clutches instead of belts. It also weighs almost a 1000lbs.
Hey, I'm Paul, I actually have a 1967 cf struck mini dozer with a metal frame. Before 1967 they would sell you the plans and sprockets, grousers, and tracks and you would build it out of plywood, and in 67 they went to metal frames and my mini dozer is in a metal frame. My dozer is a CF struck m45 mini dozer with the original 12 horse Tecumseh engine.
Put T handles on top of the steering levers for easier 1 hand operation...look into a hydraulic blade lifting mechanism so you can lift the blade while you're pushing dirt...
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Seems like that blade lift lever needs to be modifed with a squeeze lever and notches in a plate to keep it at different heights and not drop on its own like it does.
A snowplow blade probably has too aggressive of an attack angle for moving dirt. It’ll just keep digging in. You could probably modify it where the cutting edge attaches to make it a little more straight up and down.
That is too COOL! 😳 I love it! 🙏😂💪🏼
I was thinking the same thing. You could tell he was constantly fighting with is digging in because of blade angle.
It's a modified ATV snowplow, so that's not surprising
ruclips.net/video/hQ2AEViCYWA/видео.html it needs a powerful little diesel
Vinnie is tweaked! He loves that thing--a curious yellow object that pushes stuff. :)
This was super neat. Thanks for showing us his collection aswell. Pretty awesome . Would probably be a tank at pushing snow
Suggestion: Replace the 'manual' blade lift control with a small hydraulic pump and piston. This way, the blade can't accidentally drop when plowing. The hydraulics will lock the position of the blade, unless you activate the control unit. Then it will work like a full sized unit 🙂 Then it will be able to take smaller bites of dirt. 🙂
An alternative option could be some kind of brake system added to the raising and lowering handle where you can squeeze to lock the blade at whatever height you want. That would make it more mechanical and not require adding a hydraulic pump or piston system. and be relatively simple.
The shoes are not flipped on the blade. It set to back fill a steep sloped trench.
Rotate to blade forward.
It's cutting edge is to horizontal.
Move the cutting edge more vertical.
That blade looks more like a snow plow application.
Grading plows are not as curved.
Would be a cool project to see what you could make out of it. A small diesel would probably work better in it. give you some more power. That snow plow isn't the best for pushing dirt. Pretty neat.
It runs, works, and starts easy ! You can't ask for more !!
yeah if you want to spend yrs getting anything done
My daughter loves things with engines, finally one of then does! She was more interested in Vinny when I showed her! I also agree on the blade digging in. Maybe springs to pull the blade up and you have to push harder on the handle to make it go down. Kind of like a "float" system. Love to tinker and now she's looking through your videos to see what she wants to watch 👍
Oh man, the dude who sold you that unit is a goldmine. Who knew folks were into that stuff! Very cool.
Reminded me of American Pickers
Some collect 60s-80s era John Deere garden tractors...a term that bare has any meaning these days with SCUTs and CUTs around
We had one of these when I was a kid. My grandpa bought one for us grandkids to drive to match his full size dozer. Fond memories.
Cool little machine. I would weld a flat plate in place of the snow blade and get rid of springs letting the blade tilt down. I would also change the blade lifting lever so it has a longer handle and longer movement and leverage at your hand. lastly I would add a couple hundred pounds to it for traction it seems to runout of grip before power.
With the curved blade on front you have to lift the blade and the dirt a flatter blade will make it easier to lift the blade without backing up and ramming it giving you more control over the depth of the push.
Have fun with your new tool. After a few hours on it you will become much better at moving dirt. I see the track as a ongoing project that will grow and evolve with time.
Winch for blade control and it could be good for small jobs. You could also find a higher hp snow blower motor relatively easy
Intrusive thoughts won with the donuts 🤣 love to see you having fun with every purchase. Looking forward to see what the little dozer can do for ya!
Very interesting video! I remember the ads for these things in magazines like Popular Mechanics and the electric co-op magazine. The history was quite interesting, too! But above all else, Vinnie was crazy over it! He couldn't tear himself away. I've never seen him so interested in anything you brought home, no matter how powerful, rare, or exotic. I'm quite surprised you were able to take it to the property without him insisting on accompanying you! I'm no expert, but the full-size dozers do not have lubricated tracks, this is so grit doesn't stick to them and accelerate wear - but their pins and bushings may be made of harder materials. It is so cool! And looks so much like a Caterpillar D4!
You need a locking mechanism for the blade. It digs in when you hit dirt it should stay where you set it so you can make a flat surface.
It "digs" because it's a snow blade not a dozer blade. Two COMPKETELY different things.
Vinny loves that thing! It's nice when youre dealing with an honest seller. I would modify it into a mini tank ;) Seems like if the tracks had more bite it would really move sand.
Tank with potatoe cannon
Mini Killdozer. Obviously to knock down sandcastles instead of buildings, lol.
Thats a cool dozer!!! install a winch to control the blade height instead of the arm :)
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Something like a hand brake from a car…. Ratcheting mechanism
@@cosmiccolonel Good idea
Feet should/could be used for that, or swap it out like a skid loader.
Like they used on full size dozers from the same timeframe, good idea
Cool little dozer but it would work a lot better if you could lock the blade adjuster at a particular height when pushing material. Maybe add a hydraulic pump so you could add a hydraulic lift/lower cylinder. That way you would have infinite height adjustment and it would hold the blade securely.
Looks like a blade for snow, not dirt or sand, the curve is too aggressive
@@foxlake6750 Yes that’s true but, if he could hold the blade so it didn’t float up or down it would do a lot better job. It really doesn’t matter if it’s a snowplow.
Cool little machine!.Cutting that cable housing for the throttle gave that Pinto the beans!.lol
That little thing does pretty well given the size. It would definitely feel more powerful if the blade didn’t sink into the ground as soon as it begins to push. Might I suggest a winch that you could control possibly by foot so you can monitor track speed by hand. That could be a very practical little backyard rig
I bought and assembled a 7 hp Struck kit back in 1976, modified it with an old power steering pump and a piston from Northern Hydraulics (at that time, now Northern Tool). and that made it so much easier to control the plow, and eventually, a bucket that I fabricated for it. I used it in my cellar to grade and pour the floor in 8 ft. square pieces. Then took it up in the woods and used it for a skidder to yard firewood to heat my house. Had a lot of fun with it.
Even a D11 cat couldn't push dirt if you don't control the blade. You can't just drop the blade and go
Ahhh, look at this little boy & his little toy - cute.
I have a magnatrac MD 1600. Has a 16hp Tecumseh engine.they are stout little dozers. I have used mine a lot over the years. They will move dirt. Cool find
Wow that thing is actually super impresive
That's awesome what a cool little machine.. should be called "The Little Dozer That Could"...
I guess any dozer can be asked to do too much, so you learnt how to get the most out of your machine.
Some may laugh, but if you can get in that tiny spot and do a good job, then you’re the Winner!
I love the helmet too!… and who knew it could dig it’s own donut grave? Good video Joe 👍😎❤️✅
The blade is not holding angle. As the load increases, the blade angle pitches down, which is causing it to dig in. If you could add some bracing towards the top of the blade (both sides) so that it can't pitch down, you could probably get better results from the 5HP engine. Most dozers allow you to raise and lower the blade, as well as to change it's pitch (like your skid steer). Another interesting and informative video!
A few old trampoline springs on the backside of the blade work awesome!
The blade is a snow plow. It's made to work that way. If it was a dozer blade it would be fixed.
I think a winch or maybe a small hydraulic pump with cylinder would solve some of the digging issue.
Top of the blade needs leaned back and the blades needs to be fixed not a plow blade made to trip in cracks and stuff. And need some way to move blade a lot farther up
😢 that toys Cutlass little Kubota tractor more power than that little clunker
It has tons of power. When the blade is floating it’s going to dig to china. You must get the blade to lock at the desired height. A real dozer operator is constantly moving the blade up and down to keep the grade.
I can't recall seeing Vinnie that curious for one of your machines 😂
Pretty cool. Started right up. That guy had an interesting collection.
nice machine joe i’ve been watching for years keep up the good work brother
That thing needs more power, a bigger engine, it seems to me. It came from the U.P. so, that thing was made to push SNOW. But, it could pull around a good-sized cart or trailer.
Congratulations on the pick up. I think you got a good deal.👍
This thing is cool ive never seen one before
That's awesome!, it might make a great snowplow for the driveway.
Aswell as whatever else little things
It must be geared well because it looked like it moves out well for a 5hp
I would weld some type of blade height locking adjustment system like a lawnmower deck. Great Video! Cool machine. Could be very useful.
That's a nice little machine, it's almost PERFET for plowing a big driveway. It's not too heavy for the tracks to ruin the asphalt or anything like that.. That is a super sweet machine!!
Blade could use a "LOCK" position. It appears to drop as you go into the push. Love these machines. Hope to own one someday.
The snow blade will be great on yr driveway but for pushing material you need a straighter faced blade
I enjoy this channel. Awesome videos my friend
As the blade gets more material , it gets heavier and drops, you need to rise and lower the blade as you push to get an even track. doing it by hand (armstrong lever) is difficult. You can fab a manual screw jack or heavy duty electric winch. the screw jack will give the sensitivy for increasing/decreasing blade weight
Pretty much useless for any real work if you could find a way to add 1-15 up to it it might be helpful but if your goal was to build or even maintain a track I think you need something larger or a contractor
@@takedeadaim8671 So basically, what you're saying is, all the mini dozers on the market around that size shouldn't exist? And, people who want a small hobby tractor for light work around their property should hire a contractor instead or but something much bigger and more expensive.
I guess you drive an 52 foot 18 wheeler to commute around the city.
@@GoofieNewfie69 That’s not at all what I said. The is planning on building an off road track for dirt bikes and quads. While the hobby dozers are convenient and handy for a number of jobs building and maintaining a track is not one of them. If you have not noticed they’re are many mid size machines that can be towed with a heavy duty pickup or small dump truck and appropriately sized trailer.
@@takedeadaim8671 The little thing can build the track. A lot bigger things were built with just pick and shovel long before machines were used. After he finishes his track with that thing , then you can say it can't be done
@@GoofieNewfie69 I don't have the patience to wait the 5 years it will take. They don't put 8hp engines in commercial excavating equipment for a reason. The drivetrain is slipping pushing fine sand he used to lay patio tiles and you think he is going to build a motocross track with it.
Another old-school toy I've never seen before! It's literally the right size for a child, I'm surprised it doesn't have a Tonka sticker on it!
It's pretty cool, nice find!
It definitely needs a few Tonka decals 😂😂
I borrowed one just like this, back in the day. He made his own tracks that had much better cleats and modified blade lift that stopped the blade from dropping. It was fun and kept the weeds down.
I've got an old Agricat mini dozer from about 1950. Similar to the Strucks only much heavier duty. Struck are more on the lines of tracked lawn tractors.
What a great little thing to have I’d call it a mighty Mac of a bulldozer. I hope to see more videos of this pretty cool machine.
I live about 15 min from Cedarburg in Wisconsin. I have one with a back hoe attachment on the back. Def awsome machines. So many people are into these and vintage n antique garden tractors. They made them so cool and so much better in the day.
Great video, another learning moment. The amount and variety of your videos continues to amaze
I STILL have the Struck 'MiniDozer' brochure from 1969 or '70 that I got from a coupon in Successful Farming or something as a kid.
So great to finally actually see one in action!!
Reminds me of the garden tractor I but a blade on. Moves dirt exactly the same, a little at a time. Biggest problem is not having hydraulics on the blade enabling multiple elevations to limit how much material this thing loads up in front of it..
Thanks again man and congratulations on your channel it seems like you’re doing pretty good with views and things like that I mean other than that you really awesome awesome skills you’re very talented and I look forward to seeing your future projects thanks again, LATER !!!👊🏼😎
Not a bad little machine joe I can imagine jade must think when you go out what’s that man going to get up to today lol 😂😂all the best mate have a great week 👍👌🔧🔧🔧❤️
Vinny said it's a little ruff, but he digs it!😊
Great little Dozer. It looks like you have room on the right hand side to weld a pivot point and mechanically or hydraulically control the blade by foot. Shortening the travel arm that you have currently would make blade adjustment when moving material so much more responsive. Give it love and it will love you back.
Pretty cool! I bet that thing could build a nice rc track !😉
Now you could really bury that yamaha 😮😂 have fun with your dozer Joe👍🤙
You need to rig up a way to operate the blade with you foot. Or you could put a winch on the blade with thumb switch’s on your levers. That’s what I would do anyway. Cool video bro, keep up the good work!
Looks like the little brother to our mini dozer, it came as a kit by struck corporation and theyre called magnatrak. Very cool little machines
You might want to install a gated control for the blade height. Something like a Lawn Mower, where you can drop it into a slot and expect the thing to stay there.
Nifty machine. I do wonder why you got this when you have a skidsteer in your yard already.
Good luck with the new gadget!
Take care its only a 5 hp lawn mower engine 2600 max revs safely. If you add a notch system for the front you could regulate how much it drops. Keep the movies here great to watch .
Shy of hydraulics' a actuator may be the best fix to hold the blade , so when you set it , it stay's there , vs now , as soon as you start digging , it goes deeper. What a cool machine
You could also try drilling a hole into that area that needs grease and use a tap in grease fitting 😉 😜 AWESOME VIDEO!!! THANKS FOR SHARING!!!🎉🎉😊
That should work good for making your track, you'll have it done by the time you turn 50.
hahaha
Pretty cool. 5hp seems a bit low though. Even my old ride on mower had a 12hp engine.
That's a cool little machine. Like a lot of others said though that blade digging in don't help ya much. Maybe use a winch or something like a snow plow winch to raise and lower it and maybe that would help keeping it at a level you can control so it don't dig in. Ya got lots of ideas for it. Good luck.
They are fun, more of a toy...I had one just like, but it had a hydraulic cylinder and a simple control valve, and an automobile power steering pump with an extended pump on the pump for oil reservoir...worked very good and it would hold blade height where you put..
Extended pipe.
So that blade is for plowing snow on a hard surface like concrete. It tilts forward when it hits resistance and gigs down into the dirt. You will not be able to blade a flat area in dirt with that setup. Even trying to push dirt will not work because of thr spring loaded tilt that the blade has. I also noticed that tge blade is lower on the right side (from the perspective of the operator) than the left side. It looks like it can be adjusted to level it out. I would build a ratchet set up so the blade can be set to push smaller loads by not going all the way down. Maybe 2 or 3 settings, all up 33% down 66% down and all down. Just my 2 cents worth. Cool toy. A scoop bucket would be easy to make for it.
that plow design is the limiting factor on that unit. it needs more back angle and a hydraulic to lock it in place. my friend has a vintage mini dozer and it uses 2, 1.5 inch threaded rod to lift and lower the plow.
You could build a pretty cool rc track with that little guy
I just look forward to seeing your videos
Your gunna kill that thing the way your using it 😂
A friend of mine has one and it works great trouble is you need to have about 20 hours on it to learn how to run it really good with such a short wheelbase all call it it's hard to adjust the blade you only need to make very small adjustments for a big Improvement
Vinnie's excited, finally something he can beat in a race!! 😂
The blade is a constant thing you have to keep your hand on to control. you wanna get to where you're carrying a level blade. Looks fun to me.
So cool! Lol, I had a subscription to Mechanics Illustrated when I was a kid and I always wanted one of those "Magnatrac" mini-dozers that were in the small advertisements in the back of the magazine. That guy has a seriously cool collection of mini dozers.
Dang ! Vinnys getting big .
Great video! I would put a small piston on that blade, throw some Cat stickers on it and stick it on my shelf!!
Such a cool piece of equipment👌
Good to see you are enjoying it.
Neat unit. I'd love to find one for my grand children. You should find an abandoned riding mower with a v twin and stuff that in there.
Great find!
Maybe more aggressive tracks too.
Neat little unit! 2 electric linear actuators would be a major improvement for the blade lift, would keep the blade from gouging and stalling you you
That's a cool little Dozer be good for plowing your driveway when it snows
I'm sure you could upgrade to engine and get a little more power out of it
That's the coolest thing ever!
Too funny, looks like a Playskol My First Dozer
A better way to adjust blade
Maybe a small winch so you had micro adjustments that old mini dozer ,it looks like fun already
wow.... I never expected to hear how much you paid. One of those just was for sale locally to me for $600. Guess I should have scooped it up
Another cool machine. Maybe an 8 hp snowblower motor. That guy had quite the collection. Pivot the blade and it will push snow. How did your shoe look at the end of the day?
Hi!! It’s Chris Olson again, I’m thinking you should make a 3 part series out of this. It’s cheap so let’s go cheap for fun and custom machine to show off your skills. Like a harbor freight build. Like getting a bigger motor even mod that motor and a winch for the blade any many more other things. Otherwise this thing is just a dog let’s make it a work horse.
I actually got to operate one of those little dozers when I was a teen, it was a hoot!
“For the kid who has everything”. Liked the “Brandon” helmet😉
What a fantastic little machine
Dude, you're the man.🤘😎🤘
it absolutely baffles me what some folk collect/hoard.
having been around big dozers i will be amazed if that can push the froth off a latte.
Great price . Works like a champ with the throttle up.
You need a LayTrac. About the same size but has a 9hp engine, 3 speed transmission with brakes and clutches instead of belts. It also weighs almost a 1000lbs.
Hey, I'm Paul, I actually have a 1967 cf struck mini dozer with a metal frame. Before 1967 they would sell you the plans and sprockets, grousers, and tracks and you would build it out of plywood, and in 67 they went to metal frames and my mini dozer is in a metal frame. My dozer is a CF struck m45 mini dozer with the original 12 horse Tecumseh engine.
Congratulations. You win. You have made every other guy jealous.
This looks like a lot of fun
Put T handles on top of the steering levers for easier 1 hand operation...look into a hydraulic blade lifting mechanism so you can lift the blade while you're pushing dirt...
Make a track for bikes and some jumps 😎