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    Equipment Abuse/Damage

    I think personally the biggest issue is expectations. More times than i care to remember i've been put into a situation where my boss expects me to do something that is obvious abuse to my machine. He of course will turn a blind eye and the job gets done. Everybody is happy (except me, i hate...
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    Motor-Grading Techniques

    I have done a variety of jobs, but it seems that the best of the best are typically chewers, and occasionally a smoker ( knew one ) Just found it odd was all, i gave it up bout 6 months ago, haven't gone back since and am glad i havent....
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    Motor-Grading Techniques

    It was half serious, i was more curious at how many people who run graders actually chew, i know of 3 personally who dont, out of 14 i can think of.... Yes i know it wont make or break you. haha
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    Motor-Grading Techniques

    Haha, i see!!!! Well i was taken off the Blade on our current project, had to do some shuffling around with equipment going down and operators coming back from vacations.... So me being the one with least experience i got the boot... Which is to be expected. I will continue my reading and...
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    Motor-Grading Techniques

    Thanks for the advice. Pretty straight forward. Ive spent more time on slopes over the last few days and ive found it to work best for me to not turn my blade as much and let gravity carry the material out the heel of the blade, so i have about half the blade cutting and the other half to...
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    Motor-Grading Techniques

    Nope, no slope meter. I have run a machine with a slope meter and i kind of miss having one. Grader4me: I have spent several hours in these pages reading, absorbing and try to apply new things to my current work. With out this board i would not be as far as i am today!!!! I use the wheel lean...
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    Motor-Grading Techniques

    Yea i dont think anybody really does, but with our current jobsite, a river bottom its going to happen. Its a part of the territory... I think that really applies to any kind of operating. Some people can do it, others can not. I am not sure if i have what it takes to finish. But only time...
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    Motor-Grading Techniques

    Took a shot at finishing up some slopes today, they came out decent and the boss was happy with them. I have seen better, but its not crucial that they are dead on. I take all the advice i can get, and that applies to any machine. I know these guys dont have to tell me anything and could leave...
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    I can see the End of the Construction Industry

    So... because i didnt grow up around steam engines the world of construction is going to go up in smoke? Cool. Sounds like your stuck in the past, hope you have fun with that! But if for just a moment you could manage to come back to reality, its called evolution. Everything must evolve. YOU...
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    Motor-Grading Techniques

    How about tips for getting unstuck? Side shift the circle to the side your trying to move toward, lift front tires off ground and side shift the front of the blade over. Did this a few times today and it worked out for me. The ground was reasonably firm i just sunk the rear in some sloppy mud...
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    Getting material out of a big pile

    when you push the corners in it will have the part undermined fall down, atleast a good majority of it...
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    Defense / Military Dozers

    I wonder if the duece is where deere got there idea for the new high speed dozer?
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    German 966G Diff lock.

    Alright, thanks for the info. Called the cat house, turns out the light is a filter signal? Hmmm.... talk about confusing... I am not sure this machine has the no slip or that it is working correctly if it does. I was pushing some topsoil, after a heavy rain a few weeks ago...
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    pushing 12 yard piles

    Good to hear!!!!!!!!!
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    German 966G Diff lock.

    I am having trouble finding the front diff lock for this loader, im not finding anything about em in the book, but i see the light on the light panel, its not on. But i am thinking that is the correct light for when it is activated... Left light panel on the top right corner... Am i...
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    How do you keep a skidsteer from being stolen?

    My personal experience, a connex on a job site screams break in... Have seen it several times. Honestly the safest thing is get a trailer and take it home... On top of previous devices... If you can hide it completely either behind a hill or in a hole..
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    Grader in the ditch

    Guy is also a joke on a loader, had to go behind him and finish picking up a windrow from a finish blade man... I made it very clear which parts i did and which parts he did...
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    Grader in the ditch

    As i was expecting... He's a grader "driver" Surely not an operator... He call's him self a "universal operator" Moving low profile concrete traffic barriers with an excavator one time, he knocked me off the haul truck with the cables attached to the bucket. He was promptly told to...
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    Spring Thaw

    People will complain either way, leave the snow they complain, leave ruts the complain....
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    Grader in the ditch

    No personal stucks, yet... Not much seat time though. Did see an operator, who bs'd his way into a job almost roll a machine though. They were stock piling dirt. Bellys dump blade smooth's it out. Well a belly had dumped near the edge and as he was smoothing out, he hooked a rock and spun the...
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