Georgia Iron
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- Joined
- May 6, 2012
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- 882
- Location
- USA - Georgia
- Occupation
- Concrete building slab and grading contractor
Using my cat 953 track loader, mini excavator, and skid steer to repair a dam.
Cat 953 was recently purchased to move dirt, brush, level off stuff the skid steer struggled with.
So far It has been a great machine. When turning on the dam the rear of the loader is hanging over the lake. The holes being repaired are deep, big and steep. Pretty much straight down 10 to 12 feet. Not much room to work.
The beauty of a track loader. A wheeled loader could never preform here! No room to turn and it gets worse the further in I go.
Cant figure out how to safely pack this stuff. Every time the track gets near the fill it seems like the loader wants to break over and go for a flip down into the hole. I am limited on how much I can put in the hole it boarders a stream and I dont want to back it up.
Decided to drop the rock in the bed of my old 1970 F600 dump. I have owned and used this truck for 7 years with out a break down or repair ever needed other than to fix the tail lights when I break them backing into piles of brush. Never had the truck stuck either. Has some meaty rear tires that just dig.
Cat 953 was recently purchased to move dirt, brush, level off stuff the skid steer struggled with.
So far It has been a great machine. When turning on the dam the rear of the loader is hanging over the lake. The holes being repaired are deep, big and steep. Pretty much straight down 10 to 12 feet. Not much room to work.
The beauty of a track loader. A wheeled loader could never preform here! No room to turn and it gets worse the further in I go.
Cant figure out how to safely pack this stuff. Every time the track gets near the fill it seems like the loader wants to break over and go for a flip down into the hole. I am limited on how much I can put in the hole it boarders a stream and I dont want to back it up.
Decided to drop the rock in the bed of my old 1970 F600 dump. I have owned and used this truck for 7 years with out a break down or repair ever needed other than to fix the tail lights when I break them backing into piles of brush. Never had the truck stuck either. Has some meaty rear tires that just dig.
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