Caterpillar Part 2

Part 2 of the caterpillar project. Temporary narrow blade shown for testing only, there is a much wider blade on the finished version. I now build the steel frame to replace the wood prototype frame. The hydraulic system is designed and implemented, and it worked the first time! See Caterpillar Part 3 for finished version. Also see Caterpillar pushing some snow.

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Science & Technology

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• Caterpillar
• Part
• 3
• caterpillar
• snow
• welding
• prototyping
• engineering
• fabrication

[kent323is]

See the final version, there's much wider blade on it, and it's all painted and complete. If you watched the entire video, you'd see the wider blade being fabricated and attached.

[MrBurnTec]

what engine did you use

[kent323is]

@MrBurnTec 17 hp 2-cylinder Kohler

[kent323is]

A 93 and a 91 arctic cat snowmobiles that had blown up motors.

[barryo20011]

Looks like to me that the tracks need to be turned around.The rear of the tracks should be facing forward. It has a greater approach angle for not so even ground.

[kent323is]

Nope, the track have to be orientated that way to support the weight of the blade when it gets raised. It has no problem on rough ground with the way they are. See part 3 and the other videos in the series to see how well it works as finished.

[deeretk]

Awesome project and you have done a great job! I'm interested in making a hydraulic system that is similar to your project and wondering about the hydraulic pump, how many gallons per minute does the device pump fluid??? does it matter??? I'm only 15, but interested in this kind of stuff

[eh6962]

.....So ya if I was you I personally would bring the tracks in a bit or dot the simpler thing of, putting a bigger blade on

[eh6962]

I was just wondering for your track system you should match up the sizes with the blade because when you start pushing stuff your blade will be pushing but since the tracks hang out more youll be going over the rough stuff that you were for say levelling then when you start going through that you cant really keep your blade level because when the tracks go over theyll adjust themselves to the terrain there on and while there adjusting they'll bounce the blade around.....

[plummer1989]

might want to down grade to a boggie system. your gonna tear those sliders and aluminum frame right up.

[Gage8990]

cool

[dejanira2]

Very nice, How a "Dummies guide to building" ie a parts list and maybe the configuration?

[matthew35nc]

nice