Any D-10 or D-11 drivers out there

Went for a walk and came across a guy taking down a tree line with a fairly large cat excavator-he had to dig quite a bit around the stump before he could tip it over-was wondering if like a D 10 could just push it over??? If it could I want one when I hit the lotto !!

That guy probably wanted all the roots to come with the tree that's why he dug around it,yes a D10 would push it over easily its a hell of a toy,now where is that ticket.
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Friend ran a D-11, pushing overburden at an open pit coal mine here. I'm sure it had plenty of power to push over most anything, but my recollection is that they did the clearing and grubbing with a D-8 and/or an excavator- split and loosen the stumps with the 8, pull out and pile the pieces with the excavator, or just use the excavator if the trees were not too big. Machine time was too valuable on the 11 to mess with brush and trees, they wanted that 24' blade pushing serious dirt all day long.

'Course, if you bought it with your lottery winnings, I guess you could do just about whatever you darn well please with it!

Unless it's a HUGE tree, it doesn't take a 10 or 11 to take it over. I've worked on a lot of the old D8G and H's and am currently working on a D9G. The G and H variants of both machines were some of the most popular CAT dozers ever produced for heavy grading as they had plenty of power, and were simple, basic machines. The 8's were a little more popular than the 9's for anything that required a lot of moving around because the 9's had to be partially disassembled where the 8's could be hauled together if you could get the blade turned enough to limit the over width.

That said I have watched all of them push over some massive trees. One of the most memorable things I can remember is working for the guy that has the 9G. I was down in the pit (gravel pit/quarry) and he was clearing overburden off the top. One minute I could hear a drone from over the lip of the pit, the next I see trees, brush, and anything else that was in his way start to move. From there it just seemed to walk to the edge of the pit and fall over. Once it was out of the way you could then see the massive blade come into view over the lip of the pit wall. To sum the whole deal up in a few words, it was a really cool thing to see.

the 10's and 11's are massive impressive machines but given the option I would much rather clear with the trackhoe for piling knocking dirt off the stump etc. that being said a lot of attention has to be take with the trackhoe. I personally no matter what size machine dig the back side of the stump any time I take anything more than brush down so it will go easier. had an unfortunate accident on one of our farms around 10 years ago when the hoe operator got in a hurry and wasn't paying full attention and the tree came back on the cab and killed him and no a rookie operator a 20+ year veteran. just a devastating reminder that accidents can and do happen in a split second. hope everyone uses their head and operates safely. nothing is worth your life especially not an ugly tree

If that sort of thing interests you, do some searches on land clearing, should get some interesting hits, like 2 large crawlers with the chain and or ball, like was used in Australia.

I forget the manufacturer, Atlas, Fleco, or Rome Plow, I think it was the latter with the clearing blade that sheared trees, there are also pushers that connect higher up the trees for leverage.

Never ran quarry size dozers, but many D8K's and D9H, also a Fiat Allis, FD 30, these are big heavy cantankerous tractors, with some impressive power, I'd recommend the experience to anyone, just to know what its like, I remember my first time on an 8K, quite a jump from D3's, 4's and 5's, foreman says one morning, I need you on that 8 clearing more on a new road, as well as ripping rock, stayed on it all year, was interesting the first few hours, just that huge darned blade. Having the class A CDL, I used to move them from job to job, the 8K's and newer 8N's, many a time I can recall catching the end bits of the blades on the earthen embankments leading into a site, you knew to give the tractor some power so it would not hang up. The worst was off loading these on the side of the road.

There is something to be said for running these large ones, nothing compares to power for clearing, pushing earth, scrapers, ripping rock and my favorite was frost, the huge pieces I'd tear up in a cut when it was bitter cold out, engine lugging a little and that turbo whistling, transmissions are so loud in those 8K's, forget your hearing protection, you'll feel like you have shell shock, I remember grabbing a pack of smokes, I don't smoke, for the filters to make ear plugs the day I forgot my hearing protection. To this day, the power of these still amaze me.