The Dozer is a heavy earth-moving vehicle in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online. It is manufactured by DUDE in GTA San Andreas and HVY in the HD Universe.
Design
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
The Dozer in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas appears to be based on an older Caterpillar 980B, but featuring an open cabin with no doors or windows and with a blade instead of a scoop.
The vehicle is designed as a four-wheeled bulldozer with a relatively large profile, where the front end is occupied by a large adjustable blade and two arms pivoting from the middle, as well as a third arm located in the center. There are bulky arches partially covering the front wheels, which feature a set of dual headlights with tall frames, intended to remain clear from the blade when it is at the maximum elevation angle. In the middle section, there are access ladders and guard rails around the cabin area, while the cabin structure is derived from the Forklift (albeit having large rear-view mirrors in place of headlights). The rear section of the vehicle features an exhaust pipe on top, a fuel cap on the left-hand side and a vented section on the rear end, along with side-mounted housings on the upper area, each one containing an upper reverse light and a lower main/brake light.
The vehicle is only available in a blue-greenish color with DUDE markings. It uses industrial wheels with large-profile tires.
Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online
The Dozer in Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online is mainly based on the Caterpillar 963D, although there are other loader elements present.
The vehicle is depicted as a tracked loader with a similarly large profile as its previous rendition. The front end of the vehicle features a long nose with a wide grille on the front end, several vents on either side and an elevated section on top, as well as an adjustable scoop with various arms pivoting from the side (though the entire structure mounts from the upper pivots on the sides and the lower hydraulic arms remain static). The windshield is divided into three sections, with the central glass being wider.
The middle section mainly consists of flat sections with small access steps and a bulky section with small vents on the rear quarters, while the cabin features two doors with horizontal handles and rigid frames on the back. The windows on the rear half are partially covered by meshed protective panels, intended to protect the glass from debris impacting the cabin. The roof mounts a set of circular lights on each quarter (though only the frontal ones are functional), as well as two antennas on the rear portion.
The rear end is relatively simple and features two circular main/brake lights and what look like two hook points, along with a uninteractive hoe with two claws on the outer edges.
The vehicle is only available in a rusty/worn appearance with various HVY markings. Most of its bodywork is painted in a matte yellow primary color, while the side stripes, part of the track housing, roof, underside and small details around are painted in a classic black color. As with the Rhino Tank, the Dozer is a unique vehicle that features continuous tracks, each one consisting of a front idler wheel, a rear sprocket, three road wheels and two return rollers.
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Performance
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
The Dozer is very large and heavy, and therefore has a slow top speed; the Dozer also features rear-wheel steering, meaning that it is pushed into turns instead of pulled, making for a very small turning radius, although this also makes the Dozer more vulnerable to tailspins if travelling at higher speeds. Its movable scoop can be used to plow through other cars with ease, as its weight and torque make it nearly unstoppable.
Due to its bottom-heavy design, the Dozer is designed to rest upright after a flip. This feature is very useful in Hunter Quarry's Quarry missions, as players can drive and flip the vehicle down several levels of the quarry without the risk of having the vehicle resting on its top or side. However, the open cab leaves the player vulnerable to being pulled out of the vehicle by hostile NPCs or police officers.
The vehicle uses a diesel engine located at the rear, coupled to a 5-speed gearbox and powering all wheels. It shares the engine sound with the Walton and the Tractor.
GTA San Andreas Overview
| Acceleration (0-60 mph in Seconds) |
Top Speed (mph / kmh) |
Gears | Engine | Drivetrain (FWD / RWD / AWD) |
Mass (kg / lbs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | 62 / 100 | 5 | Diesel | AWD | 10000 / 22046 |
| N/A | N/A | 5 | N/A | AWD | Cannot be observed |
Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online
Since the Dozer is a heavy and tracked vehicle, it is predictably very slow, even slower than both the Lawn Mower and the player on foot. Handling is sluggish due to the vehicle's weight and speed, requiring a few seconds to correct it in case the vehicle is going in the wrong direction. Players are highly vulnerable to gunfire due to the cab's large windows, as well as explosive weapons due to its profile and slow speed.
The Dozer features a working concave scoop at the front that can easily pull and raise small vehicles and even trucks, and sometimes "grabs" them. The Dozer's scoop is even capable of lifting up a Jet by the nose landing gear. However, this may destroy the plane. It can also flip a Rhino Tank, although only from certain angles or positions. Any NPC or player caught in the scoop will likely die due to repeated collision damage. However, its lack of torque means that even pushing small vehicles such as the Issi or Futo will almost certainly lead to losing a great deal of what little speed the Dozer can achieve.
The vehicle is powered by a large engine located at the front, evident by the smoke coming from the nose when revving up. It shares the engine sound with the Rhino Tank and most industrial trucks.
GTA V/GTA Online Overview
| Acceleration (0-60 mph in Seconds) |
Top Speed (mph / kmh) |
Gears | Engine | Drivetrain (FWD / RWD / AWD) |
Mass (kg / lbs) |
Fuel Tank Size (litres) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | 9 / 15 | 1 | N/A | AWD 50% FWD 50% RWD |
20000 / 44092 | 100 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Cannot reach | 11.2 / 18.0 | 1 | N/A | Continuous tracks | Cannot be observed | Cannot be observed |
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Prominent Appearances in Missions
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- The Dozer is featured in the mission Deconstruction, where it is used by the workers, as well as by the player. In this mission, Carl Johnson can use it to destroy some portable cabins with the vehicle, while one of the workers will try to ram him with another Dozer.
- In Test Drive, a Dozer is found as an obstacle along with a Cement Truck at a small blocked road in King's.
- The Dozer is also featured in some Quarry Missions, which consist of clearing obstacles.
Grand Theft Auto V
- It is most notably featured in the mission The Paleto Score, where Franklin, due to the unsuccessful getaway attempt by sea, aids Michael and Trevor in this vehicle, which was stolen from a construction site. On the way, he runs down some soldiers and clears out their vehicles from the road.
- It is again featured in Lamar Down, where one of the ambush spots includes a Dozer (if executed without being spotted). At the time of the ambush, the character in the Dozer will ran over some Ballas. However, the same Dozer is destroyed by a Ballas member who is wielding an RPG (when the player does not control it).
- A Dozer is scripted to appear in Mr. Philips, just after Ron says that there is a jump on the left.
- A random character appearance at a Downtown construction yard involves large pipes falling on a truck. The driver gets stuck in the cab and the player has to rescue him by pushing the pipes away with a Dozer that is parked nearby before the truck explodes. The player can use it after said event.
Grand Theft Auto Online
- A Dozer appears in the Payphone Hit "The CEO", in the construction area where the target is seen. One of the possible objectives involves shooting the driver in order to make it drive by itself and kill the target.
Locations
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- One can be obtained at the Angel Pine Junkyard in Angel Pine, Whetstone.
- In Hunter Quarry, Bone County after completing the side-mission.
- At a construction site in Rockshore West, Las Venturas.
Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online
- Found driving or parked at some of the construction sites.
- Spawns at Davis Quartz.
- Spawns at the Redwood Lights Track in Grand Theft Auto Online.
- Frequently spawns in a large lot in the southernmost corner of Los Santos International Airport, near the purchasable Pegasus hangar, as well as two Trashmasters and a Blazer.
- Sometimes four of them spawn next to the building with the huge "Cypress" sign on Hanger Way in Cypress Flats.
- As of the Arena War update for GTA Online, a dark green Dozer can be unlocked as a Pegasus vehicle after reaching Sponsorship Tier 50 in Arena War (enhanced version only).
Trivia
General
- The vehicle's name is simply a shortened form of Bulldozer.
- While the GTA San Andreas rendition lacks a radio, the GTA V/Online rendition has one, although it is set to off by default.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- If the player tries to tow a Dozer with a Towtruck and the Towtruck is turned sharply in any direction, both vehicles will be thrown in opposite directions with great force.
Grand Theft Auto V
- Strangely, the Dozer can perform a burnout. This is odd since, due to the fact that a tracked vehicle only has one driven pair of wheels which also have the only brakes on the vehicle, a tracked vehicle cannot do a burnout.
- If the player looks closely, they will notice how the caterpillar tracks are actually disconnected from the main body.
- If the player lowers the scoop over a dead body, the Dozer may glitch and, as a result of trying to lower the scoop despite the body, will be set on fire.
- For some reason, if the player raises the Dozer's scoop on the back of a Titan, it will raise up almost instantly.
- Despite how detailed the Dozer's scoop is, the hydraulic levers do not move the scoop to its according positions, they simply remain static.
See Also
- Bulldozer - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories and Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars equivalents.
