Rear push plate on Cat wheel loaders?

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Rear push plate on Cat wheel loaders?

Post #1 by Gavin Phillips » Wed Jun 18, 2014 1:11 pm

I've just been doing my usual scan through ebay looking for any brochures or spec sheets that catch my eye and this one certainly did, I wasn't aware they made push plates for wheel loaders. Very curious. Would you be able to push load a small scraper with one?

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Has anyone seen one of these before?
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Re: Rear push plate on Cat wheel loaders?

Post #2 by Jeremy Rowland » Wed Jun 18, 2014 2:03 pm

Somehow Gavin I doubt very much that the push plate was designed to push a motor scraper when tracker dozers can do a proper job of that; besides the operator wouldn't half get neck ache driving in reverse trying to push a scraper, I wonder what that was designed to push any ideas anybody?

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Post #3 by Dah » Wed Jun 18, 2014 9:30 pm

It is a bit odd because its got a tow hitch sticking out the middle too, which would take most of the hit I would have thought.

Maybe its to let a dozer give it a shove if the loader bucket is struggling to dig into the bank?


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Post #4 by john » Fri Jun 20, 2014 4:14 pm

It may have been designed to shunt railway wagons. Barnham Circus used similar for loading circus wagons onto trains


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Re: Rear push plate on Cat wheel loaders?

Post #5 by 68a » Sun Jun 29, 2014 6:21 pm

john wrote:It may have been designed to shunt railway wagons. Barnham Circus used similar for loading circus wagons onto trains

my money is on John.It ain't ever going to be pushing scrapers.


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Re: Rear push plate on Cat wheel loaders?

Post #6 by Gavin Phillips » Sun Jun 29, 2014 7:13 pm

I have seen an advert showing a Terex wheel loader (think it was a 72-71) used for "switching sidecars", but the picture wasn't clear enough to see if it had a push plate like this on the back.
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Re: Rear push plate on Cat wheel loaders?

Post #7 by Cat Traxcavator » Wed Aug 20, 2014 2:09 am

Chould be used for rail cars but why Would It have loader arms then maybe a plate for towing implements like rollers and rippers I do not think it's for railcars because most rail car machines have no loader

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Re: Rear push plate on Cat wheel loaders?

Post #8 by FOWLER MAN » Wed Aug 20, 2014 4:50 pm

68a wrote:
john wrote:It may have been designed to shunt railway wagons. Barnham Circus used similar for loading circus wagons onto trains

my money is on John.It ain't ever going to be pushing scrapers.


My money is on John too,
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Re: Rear push plate on Cat wheel loaders?

Post #9 by Britman » Tue Sep 09, 2014 3:33 pm

The rear push plate was used for pushing rail cars...


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