The rear track idler and bogey wheels articulates just like the real machine for good traction and operator ride comfort.Ĭonfigured as a Carrydozer with Multi-shank ripper, this machine is designed to carry loads in the 57 yd.³ (43.5m³) The Carrydozer blade has been replicated with an incredible amount of detail on the wear package and cutting edges, finely detailed top spill guard and on the rear of the blade too. CCM’s attention to detail is incredible - note the master link on the undercarriage chain and notched track pad grouser to highlight its position! The Individually linked tracks are tensioned with a powerful front idler spring and the track frames and elevated sprockets are beautifully detailed. The track pads have sharp castings, with a full set of articulating undercarriage bogies and smoothly rotating bogie wheels. The quality of reflection found on the rear-view mirrors is outstanding, as are all the safety notices around the engine hood. The transmission, components and hydraulic hoses for the ripper and ground-level fluid change pipes are highly detailed. The Caterpillar paint, trade dress/logos and safety markings are crisp and have been approved by the manufacturer for accuracy. The shutlines of all doors are also impressively close fitting. Engine access doors with fine photo-etched grilles are hinged to reveal the turbocharged C32 ACERT diesel engine and two air filter units. The handrails around the machine are also well represented. The front screen and door window wipers are very finely detailed as is the door handles. The angled operator’s seat, foot pedals, blade and ripper joystick controls are also highly accurately represented in the cab.Įngine bay doors swing open on both sides to reveal the 850hp C32 ACERT engine and components are accurately replicated to a very high standard on this big model. It has an accurately detailed cab interior, with a set of highly detailed digital control screens. And the hydraulic pipes and flexible hoses are well represented on this model on the backwall of the blade.Īs we have come to expect from CCM, the cab on both models is up to the usual high standards. The D11 main lift and side tilt hydraulic cylinders have an impressive range of movement, and have grub screws an Allen key to help pose the heavy blade into any position. The multi-shank rear ripper attachment has an excellent range of movement and detail, and the ripper linkage hydraulic cylinders have sufficient resistance to help accurately pose the ripper in any position. Cab and engine bay doors open on both sides and access steps swing down into position. The CD version weighs in at a whopping 7.7kg and the U-blade model is 7.1kg. These big models stand at approximately 7.7″ at the top of the ROPS canopy, this impressive model reaches 18.1″ long and 11″ wide. Two models have been produced, one with a U-blade and single shank ripper attachment, the other is a Carrydozer with Multi-shank ripper version which we have here for a model review. Put into context, a family diesel car achieving 50mpg and traveling 10,000 miles per annum will go for 60 years on this level of fuel saved!Ĭlassic Construction Models (CCM) have just released the much anticipated D11 in 1:24 scale to add to their collection of die-cast replicas. Cat claim this new dozer can save an average 54,553litres (12,000 gallons) of fuel per year per machine. ![]() ![]() Its new load sensing hydraulics, frame, mounting pins and bigger engine oil capacity lowered maintenance cost by 5%, resulting in an improvement to lower overall cost/bank cubic metre of up to 6%. ![]() This new ultra-class dozer is simply known as the D11, and has increased productivity, efficiency, and lowered fuel burn by nearly 8%. The mighty D11T was then introduced in early 2008, and after a ten year reign as one of the world’s top mining and bulk earthworks dozers, in November 2018 the best just got better, when Caterpillar introduced the Next-Generation D11. The big Carrydozer models’ weight was just over 108.8 tonnes and by the year 2000, over 3,000 D11s had been produced at their plant in East Peoria. The D11R and D11R Carrydozer were then introduced in Las Vegas, Nevada, at MINExpo International in 1996, with innovations such as fingertip controls and electronic clutch and brakes. Caterpillar have been producing the mighty D11 series of dozers since February 1986, when the 92.7tonne, D11N was introduced with a 34 m3 blade and 770hp engine to replace the D10 as Caterpillar’s top of the range ultra-class dozer.
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