#D5 dozer weight full

Slope Assist automatically maintains a blade slope setting when you don’t have a GPS signal or laser to guide you. These small efficiencies, over the course of a day also add up to improved productivity. This helps produce a smoother surface and eliminates washboarding, making-as the saying goes-good operators better and novice operators good. When it senses these, it sends instructions to the hydraulics to even out abrupt variations resulting in smooth, gradual transitions from one blade height to the next. It also uses blade positioning information from the IMUs to detect sudden or jerky movements of the blade. “It’s a little more accurate and faster and significantly easier to use,” says Sam Meeker, product application specialist. The Stable Blade feature has been around a while but improved for the new D5. Cat provides a separate monitor for GPS operations apart from the main 10-inch machine monitor in the center of the console. The operator interface on the monitor works like a smartphone with touchscreen style pinching and swiping functionality. It’s all built-in at the factory and referred to as Cat Grade with 3D. The machine and blade orientations are calculated by inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensors on the blade and the body of the machine. The GPS system has been hidden out of sight, save for an antenna on the top of the cab, safe from damage and thieves.

#D5 dozer weight full

You can check out our full video interview and overview for the D5 just below or read on for all the details. The goal is to make this dozer equally capable at heavy dozing and finish grading. This latest edition to the family, the D5, inherits all the technological DNA of previous dozers plus a couple of new GPS-driven features in addition to more weight and horsepower. So when Cat comes out with a new model it’s like bringing a child into the world. They still call them “track-type tractors,” in keeping with the heritage.