Dozer Slot / Blade Production Rate

Loose-yards-per-hour a dozer pushes from the blade capacity, push distance, and push/return speeds. Production falls off fast as the push lengthens - the reason dozing is a short-haul tool.

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cycle = push_dist/push_speed + push_dist/return_speed + fixed; cycles_per_hour = working_min / cycle; production = blade_cap x cycles_per_hour.

Caterpillar Performance Handbook slot-dozing cycle-time production-estimating method by name; SAE J1265 blade rating; first-principles cycle arithmetic.

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