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  1. ozscooper

    Whats good to operate?

    really, scary is the last thing i would called an 11
  2. ozscooper

    learning how to doze

    i started out on a d6d ripping rabbit warrens in farm paddocks bout 6 yrs ago and found it the best way for me. you got to know the machine and the controls before you had to learn to blade off. by the time i came to use the blade i was confident with stearing and changing gears. i done the same...
  3. ozscooper

    a few old pics i thought may interest a few people

    few more ten minutes after that i was bogged in that blue mud, boss said just hit it in second gear youll be right, nose first filled engine bay with soup
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    a few old pics i thought may interest a few people

    a few more my old 27b, some clown put a brass bush in the horizontal hitch points, some clown bogged in a dry paddock and a nice size load
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    a few old pics i thought may interest a few people

    what i didnt take a photo of was my 615 bogged just in front of his blade,went down door side and i couldnt get out. we were fixing a dam that was leaking through the bank. and he backed into a nice patch of wet sand. and yeah he did take good care of his gear come winter time each machine...
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    a few old pics i thought may interest a few people

    wet spot mate found a softy
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    a few old pics i thought may interest a few people

    few more loved this loader TCM 870 so comfortable with awesome lifting power. was rated to take 15 ton on the grab.
  8. ozscooper

    a few old pics i thought may interest a few people

    thought id post a few old pics, first ones of my first scoop, jd 862 what a weapon, second ones a dam/wetland and third is of my faithfull old 615c what a wonderfull scoop ever reliable but oh so unstable in the hills
  9. ozscooper

    Komatsu PC 8000

    wow i thought a pc1800 was slow that thing looks painfull. then again he could have been one of them digger drivers who spend all day on the radio hassilin evryone else instead of just diggin.
  10. ozscooper

    im all for safety but

    it sure looks safe but i feel they gone a bit far. hope its not working in a tight area.
  11. ozscooper

    pushloading scrapers

    your spot on gavin the abi method works real well with the 11s and 51s real smooth once you get a hang of it. i need to try newer styles now that i dont have a nice 11 to push with.i keep gettin me arms all tangled up trying to slew and change gears and move the blade i really miss me finger tip...
  12. ozscooper

    pushloading scrapers

    yes theres nothing better than the look on a operators face as you join him in the cab for a chat or stand nose to nose in front of the blade
  13. ozscooper

    pushloading scrapers

    slope was pretty soft in those pics, i liked the scoops to be lifting out after 20 secs and gone by thirty, most times the boys were good but got the odd "clingon". when i first started on the 51s we had a "dozer legend" pushing us he hit me three times in 4 loads third hit knocked me out. no...
  14. ozscooper

    pushloading scrapers

    a couple pics of some of my pushing when i can figure out posting a video i will show you how i have been picking up and pushing
  15. ozscooper

    pushloading scrapers

    thanks for all the tips, most of my pushin has been 51s with a 11 on downhill faces about 50 meters long and pushin on the run didnt work there so i never was able to try it. now im on the old 8 pushin 21s building dams with nice long loading and i just cant get the production i want. so i think...
  16. ozscooper

    pushloading scrapers

    just wondering if anyone has videos of pushloading scrapers. im mainly interested in the dozer technique for smooth pushing. any tips or opinions would be great from the blokes around here who have used 8H for pushing
  17. ozscooper

    Lever steer, finger tip or diff steer

    above D9 i believe, or was i the only one unfortunate enough to score a 9 with diff steer:Banghead
  18. ozscooper

    Lever steer, finger tip or diff steer

    finger tip for me, i spend most my time pushing scoops now and i just dont like the diff steer its not fast enough for me and gets bogged down in heavy goin
  19. ozscooper

    Largest dozer?

    ive looked at the pic so many times and i just cant see how its an 11. it just dont look right
  20. ozscooper

    old D6 and cable scoop

    yeah they all had transplants the one in pic has a cummins in it sounds very nice, all others have 3306 s in em.and they still dive into the dirt ay every opportunity. seen some of the boys coming down batters on funny angles. i think he has about 12 t650 prime movers all pulling road train side...
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