Bulldozer

Simply says it’s a construction equipment. It is a tractor, at the bottom section of this equipment metal blade is attached to dig out large quantities of soil, sand or any other material which is unnecessary.

Blade size has various operating ranges and adjustments.These ranges are defined as per the requirement. In general larger machines have greater ranges and vice a versa. Bulldozer has a chain treads at the end which will help them to move properly on the rough surface. It is also called as Dozer.

It was invented by James Cummings and J. Earl McLeod in 1923. An ideal bulldozer performs best at 3 mph. It’s a very powerful engine. Bulldozer prices ranges from 9,50,000 to 9,80,000 per piece.

There are different types of Bulldozer

Ø Crawler Bulldozer

Ø Wheel Bulldozer

Ø Mini Bulldozer

Ø Hybrid Bulldozer

It is necessary for project to select the right bulldozer for work to increase efficiency of the project. It is depend on various factors like its purpose, analysis of work site, consideration of terrain and pinpoint material type.

It is used for land clearing, excavation, stripping of soils, clearing floors, levelling around the loading equipment etc.

Outcome has to be good and is important so various factors are affecting to have suitable outcome such as size and condition of Bulldozer, distance travelled by Bulldozer, speed of operation, soil properties like moisture content, particle size, void et cetera and efficiency.

Working of Bulldozer is like when bulldozer runs it digs out the soil or any other material with the help of blade. As the machine moves forward, it rotates the ladder or wheel so that the buckets dig at their forward edge. They dump onto a conveyor belt or a chute that piles the cuttings on either side.