The power of a D10 ripper

Diggerfreek · **Posted:** Wed Jan 14, 2009 11:56 pm

Wonder if crapsman will warranty them

JJsTJ · **Posted:** Thu Jan 15, 2009 12:13 am

a D who whatty?

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Thu Jan 15, 2009 12:16 am

JJsKJ wrote:

:shock: a D who whatty?

Diggerfreek · **Posted:** Thu Jan 15, 2009 12:18 am

toy4everyseason · **Posted:** Thu Jan 15, 2009 2:12 am

for a second there I thought those were finger sticking out the bottom.... I was gonna say, forget Craftman and get a doctor!

Diggerfreek · **Posted:** Thu Jan 15, 2009 2:32 am

toy4everyseason wrote:

for a second there I thought those were finger sticking out the bottom.... I was gonna say, forget Craftman and get a doctor!

that is what is left of my socket organizer :twisted:

JJsTJ · **Posted:** Thu Jan 15, 2009 9:17 am

ahhh....a D-who-whatty is a giant tonka toy!

Please take them into Sears and let us know how that shakes out. :lol:

Diggerfreek · **Posted:** Thu Jan 15, 2009 8:48 pm

JJsKJ wrote:

ahhh....a D-who-whatty is a giant tonka toy!

Please take them into Sears and let us know how that shakes out. :lol:

yes, I'm living every boys dream, getting payed to play with big tonka toys

long_tall_texan · **Posted:** Thu Jan 15, 2009 8:51 pm

I know what you mean. I never got to play with a D10. D8 was the biggest I got to drive. And boy was it fun. They can't be stopped! Now that is wheelin', er, should I say trackin'

Diggerfreek · **Posted:** Thu Jan 15, 2009 8:56 pm

long_tall_texan wrote:

I know what you mean. I never got to play with a D10. D8 was the biggest I got to drive. And boy was it fun. They can't be stopped! Now that is wheelin', er, should I say trackin'

the 10 is all good and all, but I have way more fun in a D8 due to the size to power ratio... I've been known to break both tracks loose on the cement while turning :twisted:

long_tall_texan · **Posted:** Thu Jan 15, 2009 9:56 pm

I always stayed on the dirt. In our engineering testing area. But it was still fun.

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:07 pm

I got to play with one of these bad boy's in Iraq,though only for about 30mins but the A/C was sure nice.

Armored D9 Dozer

long_tall_texan · **Posted:** Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:10 pm

What were they doing with those in Iraq? Demolition, roads, or pretty much any thing you wanted to I guess! Who is going to stop you?

Diggerfreek · **Posted:** Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:13 pm

yes, the HVAC systems do kick Arse in CAT machines

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:18 pm

long_tall_texan wrote:

What were they doing with those in Iraq? Demolition, roads, or pretty much any thing you wanted to I guess! Who is going to stop you?

Very effective at clearing IED's,or suspected IED infected area's.At one time there was a stretch of road near Bagdad that you needed a Full Bird's signature just to drive down,it was called IED alley till my company got 2 of those armored D9's.They cleared everything on either side of that road,if I remember right they hit about 50+ IED's the 1st day,those blades are pretty strong but only can take so much.

long_tall_texan · **Posted:** Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:22 pm

This is the one that I wanted to play with. But I never got to drive the dump. Just rode in it a few times.

I was driving the green one. For reference, that was the largest John Deere ag tractor available on the market in 2002.

Diggerfreek · **Posted:** Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:27 pm

is that a 9520? I love to drive those!!! 18 speed forward and 8 reverse. Fastest I ever went in one was 29mph on our short track... :shock:

long_tall_texan · **Posted:** Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:33 pm

I think it was the 9200 or 9300 series. 9500 was later year model. And 30 was about as fast as I ever got it. But I did have to do 30 MPH braking tests with both scrapers loaded with 17 yards of dirt each. Had to make sure the tractor would stop without trailer brakes and without jack-knifing. Boy that made a mess on the highway! But it stopped it just fine. Lost about 10 yards of dirt though. Had to rent a street sweeper to clean up or the city was going to fine us.

Diggerfreek · **Posted:** Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:36 pm

long_tall_texan wrote:

I think it was the 9200 or 9300 series. 9500 was later year model. And 30 was about as fast as I ever got it. But I did have to do 30 MPH braking tests with both scrapers loaded with 17 yards of dirt each. Had to make sure the tractor would stop without trailer brakes and without jack-knifing. Boy that made a mess on the highway! But it stopped it just fine. Lost about 10 yards of dirt though. Had to rent a street sweeper to clean up or the city was going to fine us.

oh yeah, they have really good brakes :twisted:

just gotta love that air ride seat

I'll have to shoot some pictures of the 988H i'm working on tomorrow

long_tall_texan · **Posted:** Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:40 pm

Those cabs are nice too. Cold A/C, radio, Air ride seat... I spent 40 hrs per week in that thing just putting hours on the scrapers. I figured out all the cotton farmers have it pretty nice in those things. The big CASE ag tractors were even nicer than the Deere.

The power of a D10 ripper

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