Preferred-Side Dozing
or Other Work
Wear rates on the loaded side of a dozer
will increase on all components if only one
side of the machine is used. Wear rates
increase as more power is applied to the
loaded side. More slippage and packing
will occur on the loaded side; this also
increases wear.
Putting more loads and packing onto one
side of the machine may result in up to
twice the wear rate on that side. This wear
rate effect may be balanced by switching
all components from one side to the other.
This should be done when the link and/or
rollers reach 1/2 their potential wear life
on the most worn side.
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PARTIALLY CONTROLLABLE VARIABLES
General Information