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Knight Division TacticalDoes KDT provide bulldozers for wildfire dozer line?
Bulldozers (Dozers)
Yes.
KDT provides bulldozers with operators, typed Type 1 through Type 4 to the wildfire Heavy Equipment standard by horsepower and base weight, for dozer line on wildfires, road clearing after hurricanes and floods, and berms at oil spills.
Typical configuration
- Type 1
- 240+ HP net, 60,000+ lb base weight
- Type 2
- 150–250 HP net, 35,000+ lb base weight
- Type 3
- 99–165 HP net, 20,000+ lb base weight
- Type 4
- 50–110 HP net, 10,000+ lb base weight
- Typing rule
- Typed at the largest type where the machine meets both HP and weight
- Blade
- Straight/U, angle, tilt or 6-way (PAT) hydraulic; no cable blades
- Setup
- ROPS/FOPS, 2+ forward and 2+ rear work lights, winch if equipped
- Method of hire
- Daily, wet, with operator; rate includes a service vehicle; mileage for transport
A dozer is the fastest way to put a wide, scraped line to mineral soil in front of a wildfire. It also opens roads after a hurricane, pushes debris off routes for first responders, and builds berms and containment around a spill.
For wildfire, KDT sends dozers wet, with the operator and a service vehicle, typed by net horsepower and base weight together: Type 1 is 240+ HP with 60,000+ lb base weight; Type 2 is 150–250 HP and 35,000 lb; Type 3 is 99–165 HP and 20,000 lb; Type 4 is 50–110 HP and 10,000 lb. Every fire dozer runs a hydraulic blade. For other work, KDT also rents dozers bare, without an operator.
KDT supplies the dozer and the operator together, with ROPS/FOPS protection, working lights front and rear, and the operator's fire PPE including a fire shelter. Machines move on a transport (lowboy) so they can be repositioned when the line or the plan changes. Operators work under your dozer boss or heavy equipment boss and inside your incident's safety and communications plan.
Available as
- Type 1, 2, 3 or 4 dozers
- Straight/U, angle, tilt or 6-way (PAT) blade
- Dozers with winch
- Dozer with its own transport (lowboy) and driver
What's included
- Qualified operator with the machine (how wildfire hires dozers); bare rentals also available
- Service vehicle, as the wildfire rate includes
- Transport to the incident, moves and demob
- Operator fire PPE and fire shelter for wildfire assignments
- Repair or swap-out if a machine goes down
Where it's used
- Wildfire dozer line, contingency line and safety zones
- Fireline rehab after containment
- Opening roads and clearing debris after hurricanes and floods
- Containment berms and access roads at oil spills
- Pushing and stockpiling debris at reduction sites
Questions, answered.
Does KDT provide bulldozers for wildfire dozer line?
Yes. We supply typed dozers with qualified operators for dozer line, contingency line, safety zones and rehab, moved by transport and kept running for the assignment.
What is the difference between a Type 1, 2, 3 and 4 dozer?
Wildfire dozers are typed by net horsepower and base weight together. Type 1 is 240+ HP and 60,000 lb, Type 2 is 150–250 HP and 35,000 lb, Type 3 is 99–165 HP and 20,000 lb, and Type 4 is 50–110 HP and 10,000 lb. A machine is typed by both numbers together.
Do your dozers come with an operator?
For wildfire, yes: dozers are hired wet, with the operator, and the rate includes a service vehicle. For other work, KDT also rents dozers bare, without an operator.
How do you get a dozer to the fire?
Dozers travel on a transport (lowboy) driven by a CDL driver where required. Transport is paid by mileage to and from the incident.
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