queen of spades
Active Member
Is there an advantage for these dozers travelling backwards down this steep pipeline hill?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HX50uBgArmY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HX50uBgArmY
Is there an advantage for these dozers travelling backwards down this steep pipeline hill?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HX50uBgArmY
They are tying off
Can you explain what tying off means?
think about it.. if you are backing down a steep grade the tracks think they are being pulled forward since you are riding the brakes all the way down. pretty simple I think, if the tracks are a little too loose this is a good way to keep from walking out of them which would be easy if you tried to go forward and still ride the brakes which will put the snake under the rollers.
Exactly....I have seen a photo a few years ago of 5 or 6 D8's "tied" together and they were all tied to a 330 or 345 that was digging on a slope, so it is quite possible that they are backing down to another machine to act as the "anchors".