Product Description

This friendly faced, foot powered ride-on promotes imaginative role-play and skill development

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #48991 in Toys & Games
• Brand: Little Tikes
• Model: 600418
• Released on: 2007-11-12
• Dimensions: 24.00" h x 14.50" w x 8.50" l, 5.51 pounds

Features

• Can be used as a push-behind walker or foot-powered ride-on
• Working Steering & Horn Squeaks
• Activate music and sounds by rolling the wheels
• Dozer makes fun sounds and there's even storage under the seat
• Easy-grip front handle to lift blade and move dirt

Customer Reviews

Great Push & Ride Toy!
This was a gift for my son's 1st birthday, and he took to it right away. He can even push our almost 5 year old daughter while she sits on it! Darling! It's also nice that the sounds can be turned off. It seems like a very sturdy toy. No complaints at all.

Questionable design, durability and safety
We own numerous Little Tikes toys, and they are quite durable overall. However, for the Haul and Ride Dozer, we wanted to document the following concern regarding its design, durability, and safety: After only a few months of carefully supervised and infrequent use, we watched the steering wheel separate completely from the body of the toy in the the hands of our 16 month old son. This resulted in the front wheel assembly becoming detached from the toy itself, dangling by some wires.

Upon further examination, it was noted that the two small screws holding the steering wheel to the front wheel assembly were apparently stripped (they could not be re-tightened), and that both of these screws had fallen out into a plastic housing, and a small plastic tab used to align the steering wheel and front wheel assembly had snapped off. This incident was reported to Little Tikes directly, and the representative seemed genuinely concerned and mentioned that one of their staff members would contact me. I also submitted a writeup for posting on the customer review section of Little Tikes website. At this time, my writeup has not posted on their website, but I did note that other reviewers experienced similar problems.

As a safety engineer, I am concerned with design and durability of the steering mechanism. This problem could have been exacerbated by poor manufacturing (note the two screws that were possibly stripped). In any case, the two screws connecting the steering wheel to the front wheel assembly worked themselves loose, and the end result was a bona fide safety concern - the steering wheel pulled free from the toy, causing the front wheel assembly to become unattached and resulting in exposed wires that could pose a strangulation hazard. We watched this scenario firsthand with our son in the living room.

For these reasons, I would not recommend this particular Little Tikes toy, and simply wanted to point this out to others for their consideration as appropriate. When it comes to the safety of a child, one data point was enough for me to want to post this concern.

Fun toy but dozer doesn't stay up when moving around room
Bought this for our grandson, who is one. He loves this toy but I have noticed that the arm on the dozer does not want to stay up all the time. That means that when he rides on it the dozer pushes into the floor which can be frustrating when you want to go forward and it won't move.