Author Topic: The new custom PCFD forest fire fighting division bull dozer. (Read 10741 times)

Bill Blackhurst · « **on:** November 30, 2009, 16:07:09 »

Hi everyone! I posted in the trading/parts wanted topic board several weeks ago that I am needing a front scraper blade & pivot attaching pin for my 3757 bulldozer project. I haven't had any offers of assistance so I decided to go ahead & show the project that I have been working on to this point of needing the scraper blade. The spot lights are used for night operations, & the large cable winch is used for steep angles of descent on hillsides. I hope you like the project so far.

Left side view.

Rear view of the large cable winch, spot lights, safety, & identification decals.

Right side view.

Front view.

Top side view.

Gepetto · « **Reply #1 on:** November 30, 2009, 17:09:03 »

Beautiful Bill, will this be a piece of fire fighting equipment? What theme is the unit from? Good luck on the scraper blade, will keep my eyes out.

Gepetto

Bill Blackhurst · « **Reply #2 on:** November 30, 2009, 21:47:35 »

Quote from: Gepetto on November 30, 2009, 17:09:03

Beautiful Bill, will this be a piece of fire fighting equipment? What theme is the unit from? Good luck on the scraper blade, will keep my eyes out.
Gepetto

Thank you Gepetto for the positive review! Yes, it will be assigned to District 1 Station 3 home of the forest fighting division of PCFD to battle forest fires. It started out an incomplete yellow construction 3757 bulldozer that was popular around the latter 1980's through the 1990's. It's one of my favorites! I hope I can find a scraper blade next to be able to put it in service!

peetje · « **Reply #3 on:** November 30, 2009, 22:26:48 »

Super cool.

Nice work.

I'm curious a bout your next project.

Groeten,

Peter

Gepetto · « **Reply #4 on:** December 01, 2009, 01:07:27 »

Good luck Bill! I really like the looks of this little dozer, I thought it might be from a circus set but construction makes sense. Nice paint job BTW.

Gepetto

playmofire · « **Reply #5 on:** December 01, 2009, 09:18:32 »

Great work as ever, Bill. Do you think that the snowplough blade could be adapted to fit?

Jimbo · « **Reply #6 on:** December 01, 2009, 12:44:10 »

I really like your bull dozer, Bill

I hope you find the blade you need. Do you think it could be custom made?

I customized a caterpillar a long time ago to look like an old D4, kinda like
the one we had on the ranch. I'm sure I don't have the blade now.

Drat!

Hope your hunt is successful.

Jimbo

Rasputin · « **Reply #7 on:** December 01, 2009, 14:00:04 »

Hi Bill

That dozer sure looks nice in the red

It is one of my favorite pieces of equipment on any construction job. It is just too bad Playmobil only made the one and such a tiny one at that. It would be comparable to a cat D2 and what we need especially for any mining operation would be a D9 or greater with ROPS ( roll over protection system )

Thanks for sharing
Rasputin "The Mad Monk"

Bill Blackhurst · « **Reply #8 on:** December 01, 2009, 18:09:31 »

Thank you, peetje, Gordon, Jimbo, & Ras for the positive reviews!

Great work as ever, Bill. Do you think that the snowplough blade could be adapted to fit?

I've thought about the snowplow blade also Gordon, but I don't have one to compare it to this bulldozer currently. It may be a last ditch effort to customize one for temporary use, but I will need to keep the bulldozer as pure as possible in case an original blade becomes available so it can be outfitted with the proper scraper blade! I keep looking for the old bulldozer blade in job lots, but so far no luck $:-\$ !

It is just too bad Playmobil only made the one and such a tiny one at that. It would be comparable to a cat D2

I agree Ras! The size is a little small for my liking too, but "Oh Well"!, at least they made one at some time! Maybe in the future they will do better like the current asphalt steam roller set #4048 versus its predecessor set #3533! We can only hope

!

playmofire · « **Reply #9 on:** December 01, 2009, 20:43:44 »

Quote from: Bill Blackhurst on December 01, 2009, 18:09:31

I've thought about the snowplow blade also Gordon, but I don't have one to compare it to this bulldozer currently. It may be a last ditch effort to customize one for temporary use, but I will need to keep the bulldozer as pure as possible in case an original blade becomes available so it can be outfitted with the proper scraper blade! I keep looking for the old bulldozer blade in job lots, but so far no luck $:-\$ !

I have one Bill and I'll try and photograph it in the next few days and make some measurements for you.