812harleys
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- Joined
- May 21, 2007
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- 44
- Location
- Dolores Colorado
- Occupation
- Equipment operator, mechanic, some office work on
Thank you, I wish it was mine Boy, I sure need to learn how to spell.
Hey Deeredude, do you know what slope is safe for an excavator? I might have a little job fixing a pipe that got washed out but it is either way down or way up a steep and long revine. The rain washed it out after we cleaned the ditch leading into a culvert and a toad-strangler just hammered the hillside and uncovered a farmers pipe and we may have to fix it. I will be able to make my road but wass wondering just how steep I can safely go?? It is steep enough that I will have to make a place and more than likely push myself but I haven't really had alot of expierience with this steep of slope and would rather latch on and pull myself up like normal buit tipping over backwards would take all the fun out of it.:beatsme
not too sure on the exact limit of slope that hoe can handle, its really up to the operator and what he feels comfortable with. like Cascade said, keeping the bucket pointed towards the bottom of the hill would be the best so you dont have to worry about tipping.
I'm not going to go on about this:beatsme but I still maintain that you are safer travelling up a slope forwards with an outstretched arm as low as possible, at least that way you are able to see exactly where you are going!!!
So long as you keep the arm low the machine is not going to tip backwards, I have done this thousands of times and in many cases had to use the arm to pull myself up when the tracks have started to spin.
To be honest if I saw a guy backing up a slope my instant reaction would be he's a Rookie!!:Banghead
not too sure on the exact limit of slope that hoe can handle, its really up to the operator and what he feels comfortable with. like Cascade said, keeping the bucket pointed towards the bottom of the hill would be the best so you dont have to worry about tipping.
Here is a prime example of what we have been saying....This guy was putting on a bit of a show at the recent SED 2007 show here in England...Note his position as he climbs up the slope, boom low & facing in the direction you are travelling.
Here is a prime example of what we have been saying....This guy was putting on a bit of a show at the recent SED 2007 show here in England...Note his position as he climbs up the slope, boom low & facing in the direction you are travelling.
This is an important statement:notworthy Knowing what a machine(and you) are capable of is where it's at, guts only get you in trouble. I am proud to be a part of a forum like this and and have followed it for along time before getting the nerve to join and I can truthfully say that you guys really know this profession and love these machines just like I do.Nerve? Or just knowing your machine? I'd happily take an excavator or a dozer or a track or 4wd loader up that slope. I've run Volvo 6x6 dumpers up slopes like that and graders too. It IS a matter of knowing your machine and knowing what you can achieve in the prevailing ground conditions.
Either got a lot of nerve or you're nuts maybe both. Because of the angel of the incline I'll just stand back and watch.
I've taken 2wd rubber tired hoes up and down slopes like that one.
Hi, Wrenchbender.
You do what you know with your Diamond T and your F250 and that's fair enough. We'll keep doing what we know with out machines. And you kin keep on pickin' up ther pieces. Just don't look ter me ter provide many pieces for you ter pick up.