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Article: Environment drives dozer design: jobsite conditions and engine emissions regulations have brought productivity changes to crawler-dozer market.(Buying File: Dozers)(Cover Story)
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- Construction Equipment
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- July 1, 2004
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The environment affects crawler-dozer choices in two distinctive ways in today's market. First, jobsite conditions determine size, undercarriage and blade choices. Second, and more pertinent to the current state of the machine category, regulations handed down by the Environmental Protection Agency have introduced advances in electronics, which have changed machine control and production.
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Dozers move material, and those conditions and applications drive the choices in machine size, undercarriage and blade. Power-angle-tilt blades, also known as PAT, with 6- or even 7-way maneuverability are becoming popular in larger dozers. ...
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