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Excavator ripper -vs- Dozer ripper

  • 05-07-2013 01:02AM
    #1
    Lurching
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,241 ✭✭✭


    I'm having a bit of a debate with my boss about comparing the effectiveness when ripping rock.
    He reckons a 45T (such as a CAT 345) with a single ripping tooth would have the same rock ripping ability as a CAT D9 with a single shank ripper.

    I don't think it would, even though they have very similar weights.

    What do you think?


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  • #2
    bob charles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,343 ✭✭✭bob charles


    Lurching wrote: »
    I'm having a bit of a debate with my boss about comparing the effectiveness when ripping rock.
    He reckons a 45T (such as a CAT 345) with a single ripping tooth would have the same rock ripping ability as a CAT D9 with a single shank ripper.

    I don't think it would, even though they have very similar weights.

    What do you think?

    Dozer without a doubt, it putting the power down to the ground where as the 360 is using hydraulics for it power.


  • #3
    reilig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭reilig


    +1 on the dozer.

    If you're ripping a large area of rock and not in need of making a specific pattern or a specific hole then the dozer will be 5x faster.

    A ripper tooth on the 360 just won't get the same power - while it may have similar weight, the boom and dipper absorb a lot of power from the machine.


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