John Deere 764 High Speed Dozer (HSD)

[DLuders]

Contech7 (also known as Coney on Brickshelf ) just posted his Lego Technic "John Deere 764 High Speed Dozer. Forward/Reverse, Pivot steering via linear actuators, Blade raise/tilt via pneumatics, Suspended tracks & Lights." It measures 63 studs long, 18 studs wide, and 26 studs high. The

shows it going through the paces.

He used:

1 ea. 8878 Power Functions Battery Box

2 ea. Power Functions (PF) XL Motors

3 ea. PF Medium Motors

2 ea. PF Receivers

2 ea. Linear Actuators

2 ea. LED Light Sets

7 ea. PF Extensions Wires

2 ea. Lego Pneumatic Mini-Pumps

4 ea. Lego Pneumatic Cylnders

2 ea. Lego Pneumatic Valves

More pics will appear on his Brickshelf gallery http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=444302 when moderated. In the meantime, the three pics below appear in http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=389033&n=47 -- they are BIG and take some time to load:

[efferman]

damn, the vid is not available in germany

holy moly, the full size thing from john deere is a really ugly thing. The small thing is a really good and authentic duplicate

[Jurgen Krooshoop]

He certainly did a good job replicating the looks of the original machine.

[Zerobricks]

The 4 cylinders operating the blade are an awesome idea! He sure made a good model!

[paul_delahaye]

It's amazing how small the blade is on the real thing compared to the size of the dozer!

[grepin]

Very nice!

I'm also wondering why the real thing has such a small blade for its size.

[dhc6twinotter]

This is an awesome build! I never knew John Deere built anything like this. Interesting contraption.

I'd be interested to how the PF and pneumatics are tied together.

Like the music too, btw.

[Clement]

Impressive model!

As i read thanks to my friend google, it is something between a crawler dozer and a grader. Read more here : http://www.deere.com/en_US/cfd/construction/deere_const/newsroom/2008/080312_764_hsd.html

(I am not an expert in construction jobs and don't know if this machine is really revulotionary and if it shows good results though).

[phool]

I haven't had a chance to check out the video but this MOC really captures the look of the machine perfectly And the location of the PF receivers really integrates them well.

Edited September 6, 2010 by phool

[grohl]

Beatiful MOC, I also did not have an idea that something like this machine really exists.