Dozer undercarriage selection profoundly impacts owning and operating costs. "Remember, 45% to 60% of the repair and maintenance costs associated with maintaining a dozer over its life is ...

At Bauma 2010 Berco ROBUSTUS launched its brand new Rotating Bushing Track Undercarriage System. Normal experience is that 50% or more of the maintenance costs during the life of a crawler dozer or ...

Advances in crawler-dozer undercarriage technology might not get the attention that, say, new 3D grade-control packages might receive, but that said, today’s undercarriage systems do incorporate ...

Operator engagement can help control the single largest expense of running a dozer — the undercarriage. “Operators spend many hours in a machine daily and know what sounds normal,” says Bruce Boebel, ...

You’ve heard the statistics: A crawler undercarriage typically accounts for 20 percent of a dozer’s purchase price, but 50 percent or more of its lifetime repair tab. With that potential repair ...