CAT D3-CLASS
6-Way PAT Blade · Track Machine
Operating Wt.
~17,500 lb
Blade
6-Way PAT
Engine
~70 HP
ROPS Canopy
Yes
Drive
Hydrostatic
One right-sized machine that does the job most people think they need a big iron for. Our Caterpillar small dozer is a D3-class with a 6-way PAT blade — power, angle, and tilt all from the seat — for grading lots, cutting pads, and shaping driveways. Small enough to trailer behind a one-ton, capable enough to leave a finished grade. Daily, weekly, or monthly, delivered anywhere in Southside Virginia.
This is the machine that takes a rough, lumpy lot and turns it into something you can build on. Our dozer rental is a Caterpillar D3-class small dozer — about 70 horsepower riding on tracks, with a 6-way blade that angles and tilts on the fly. It's the right amount of machine for the work most folks around here actually have: a pad to flatten, fill to spread, a driveway to cut, brush to push out of the way.
We picked this size on purpose. A full-size dozer is overkill for a residential lot and a nightmare to haul. This one trailers behind a one-ton, fits where the dirt work happens, and still finishes grade clean. Every rental leaves the yard fueled, greased, and tracked-up, and if it's your first dozer we'll walk you through the controls before you pull out.
Not sure a dozer is the right tool, or whether you need the blade or a bucket? Read the what the blade does section below, or just call the yard and tell us what the ground looks like. We'll point you to the machine that pencils out.
Real specs on the actual machine sitting on our yard — serviced and job-ready between every rental. Call for a quote by machine, duration, and zip.
Knock down the high spots, fill the low ones, and leave a flat, compacted pad ready for forms or a slab. The 6-way blade feathers grade tight where a loader bucket would gouge.
Shove cut brush, saplings, and stumps into a pile for burning or hauling. Tracks float over soft ground that would bury a wheeled machine, so you keep moving instead of getting stuck.
Cut a new driveway into a grade, crown it for drainage, and shape the shoulders in one pass. Angle the blade to windrow gravel, then back-drag it smooth. A favorite job for this machine.
Got a load of dirt or stone dumped in a pile? Push it out and level it in lifts. The dozer spreads fill faster and flatter than a skid-steer and packs it down as the tracks roll over.
Take a raw, overgrown, uneven lot down to a workable rough grade — establish drainage fall, strip topsoil to one side, and set the stage for the rest of the build.
When the rough work is done, tilt and angle the blade to lay a final grade that sheds water and looks right. This is where the PAT blade earns its keep over a straight blade.
There's one dozer class on our yard, and it's the right one for nearly every job around here. Here's why this size and this blade are the sweet spot.
Raise, lower, angle left or right, and tilt a corner down — all from the seat, on the move. That's the difference between shoving dirt and actually shaping it. Crown a driveway, windrow material, or feather a pad smooth without stepping off.
No clutch, no gears to hunt. Push the lever and it goes, ease off and it stops. Hydrostatic drive makes counter-rotating, fine grade moves, and tight maneuvering easy, even if it's your first time on a dozer.
At about 17,500 lb it loads on a proper equipment trailer and tows behind a one-ton dually — no lowboy, no hauling permit. Small enough for a residential lot, big enough to finish the work in a day.
Roll-over protective canopy overhead and the tracked stability you want on a slope or soft ground. You sit up where you can see the blade edge and the grade, working confidently on uneven terrain.
Flat-rate rentals with a full tank and fresh greasing — the longer you keep it, the lower the per-day works out. Tell us the machine and how long you need it and we'll quote it on the spot.
We haul the dozer to you and pick it up when you're done, throughout Southside Virginia — Halifax, Mecklenburg, Pittsylvania, Charlotte, and Brunswick counties, including South Boston, Danville, Chase City, South Hill, Clarksville, Chatham, and Lawrenceville. We set it where you want it on the job, since at 17,500 lb it's a lot of machine to trailer yourself. Delivery is a flat fee by zip with no surprise mileage charges. See the service-area map or call for your delivery rate.
Straight answers on what it does, the 6-way blade, towing, and seat time.
Tell us what the ground looks like and we'll have the Cat dozer fueled, greased, and ready — at the yard or trailered to your site.