Estimating Dozer Operating

Costs
2005 Dr. B. C. Paul
 Application Notes
Severity of Duty
Medium duty
Push loading scrapers
Land clearing
Pushing up soils and clays (such as trapping soil)
Heavy duty
Rock ripping
Working on rock surfaces
Dozing Rock
Push loading scrapers through rock
 Cost Component Fuel
D11 in heavy conditions uses 30-37
gallons (see Cat Handbook 35th ed page
20-13)
Idle time
Time in reverse
Down hill all reduce fuel consumption
Our conditions probably lower end 30 gallons
per hour
Cost for diesel (red dog)
$1.85/gal
30gph*$1.85 = $55.5/hour
 Cost Component Tires
Sucker!
This is a track dozer
 Undercarriage
On dozers tracks and underside are so
condition dependent that they need to be
calculated separately
Step #1
Look up a basic cost per hour in Cat Tables
35 ed page 20-28
For my D11 basic factor is $18/hour
Step #2 pick adjustment factors for
impact, abrasiveness, and Z
 Impact Factor
High corresponds to
Impenetrable surface with 6 inch or greater
bumps (such as working on shot rock)
Moderate corresponds to
Partially penetrable surface with 3 inch bumps
Possibly trapping rocking transition
Low corresponds to
Completely penetrable surface few bumps
Possibly trapping top soil
My Dozer is working on rock pile High
High is 0.3 (mod is 0.2 and low is 0.1) see Cat
Handbook ed 35 pg. 20-28
 Abrasiveness Factor
High
Saturated conditions with sand or sharp rock particles
(like working on shot rock)
Moderate
Intermittently damp with few angular rock particles (soil
work might be like this)
Low
Involves dry conditions with few rock particles
The dampness issue causes things to stick and
work into the joints of the treads
Number is H=0.4, M=0.2, L=0.1 (Cat Handbook
ed 35 pg 20-28)
My dozer is working on shot rock 0.4
 The Z factor
About 50% of Z factor is maintenance
Range about 0 for absolute top maint
0.5 for maintain if it breaks
Ill go 0.25 for moderate
About 30% of Z factor is conditions
Abrasiveness and impact with a little gut feel for how
rough
I think this is rough 0.3
About 20% on operator temperament
Race track backing, tight turns, running to side angle are
bad
Ill go middle of the road 0.1
Total up for my Z factor
0.65
Step 3 in Undercarriage Cost
Add up your 3 factors
Impact 0.3
Abrasive 0.4
Z 0.65
Total 1.35
Step #4 for Undercarriage Cost
Multiply the Basic Cost by the total of the 3 factors
$18/hr * 1.35 = $24.3
Breakdown on dollars (may be important for indexing)
70% parts, 30% labor
Labor was $60/shop hour
High compared to about a $25/hr wage with 60% burden
If I consider it includes my parts warehousing, secretarial and
supervision its probably reasonable
I better make sure I dont count the personnel twice
Parts Steel has gone up severely
Im going to allow about 20% here
24.3 * 0.7 = $17.01
$17.01 *1.2 = 20.41
Add back the labor unaltered $20.41+ $7.29
$27.70/hr for Undercarriage Cost
Repair Reserve for Machine
Cat Handbook ed 29 pg. 21-36
D11 is $19/hour for first 10,000 hours
But D11 has 30,000 hour life under my
severe duty
Multiplier for extended life is 1.3
$24.70/hr
 Lubricants Cost
D11 uses about 0.25 gallons/hr
At $9.00/gallon lube $2.25/hr
13.5 lubricant changes/2000 hrs
2 labor hour per change at $60/hr
27*60/2000 = $0.81/hr
816 grease fittings/2000 hrs
About 75 cents/fitting with labor
816*.75/2000 = $0.31/hr
Hourly Filter Cost $0.62/hr
53 Filters/2000 hrs
5 minutes per filter
4.42 hours/2000 hours
At $60/hr $0.13/hr
Total it up $4.12/hr
 Operator Cost
$25/hr with 60% burden $40/hr
Assuming that machine only runs
when operator is not on break (no
hot seat change out for 10 minute
breaks)
 Total Operating Cost/hr
Fuel $55.50
Undercarriage $27.7/hr
Repair Reserve $24.7/hr
Lubricant $4.12
Wear parts $1.25 (guessed from
other examples)
Labor $40/hr
Total $153.27/hr