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Landfill manager seeks bids to replace overheating dozer; staff will trade or sell machine and pursue used D6
Summary
Landfill operations staff reported a frontline dozer is overheating frequently and out of warranty with about 12,000 engine hours; staff requested permission to go to bid to trade or sell the machine and seek a right‑sized used D6 dozer, using insurance proceeds plus trade‑in to fund the purchase.
The city’s landfill manager told the council a primary dozer used in daily compaction and pushing operations is failing: it is out of warranty, showing about 12,000 engine hours and overheating intermittently, causing repeated 15–20 minute cool‑down periods that interrupt operations. Staff requested authority to solicit bids, use insurance proceeds and trade the existing machine toward a used, lower‑hour dozer (a D6 or similar) better sized to the site’s reduced tonnage.
The landfill manager said the current Liebherr dozer “overheats basically every 15, 20 minutes,” and that…
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