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plantman.uk

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Oct 4, 2009
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uk
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excavator operator
Hi guys...I'm on a 360 lc volvo loading dumpers and most of them are from eastern europe..Help....i'm not saying they are all bad but the ones i have cant get it underneath without a few go's...anyone else out here having the same problem
 
DirtHauler

DirtHauler

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Nov 25, 2007
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507
Location
Seattle WA
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Heavy Highway Dirt Hauler
Are they new to adts? The articulated dump trucks back up quite different than highway trucks and it takes some getting use to. In rainy weather its 10 times harder to back up one of those rigs or if the mirrors are broken/missing. If after 100 hours they still can not figure it out, explain to them what you want. After that i would have to say you might need to find some different drivers.
 
lynchy

lynchy

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Dec 30, 2009
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32
Location
Cumbria,uk
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Plant operator
rattle the skip!

If their driving,must have a cpcs ticket?If they can't get under after a couple of goes,not your problem,hang the bucket out,let them struggle,'rattle the skip' when they do get under,explain to the boss why its taking so long!
 
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plantman.uk

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uk
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excavator operator
Cpcs how have they got a ticket?.....they really do my head in.............today i ragged two of them over and they got the run...mondays coming guess i'm gonna get some new ones
 
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plantman.uk

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uk
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excavator operator
We have Bell and Volvo and they cant drive either it took 1 guy nearly 10 minutes to back up to me,by which time i had steam coming out my ears makes a long day even longer...It makes me wonder how these people get a cpcs ticket
 
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DoosanFan

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Dec 5, 2009
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171
Location
Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
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Forester
Aha, shame, well the Bell's are built for Africa and our, lets say 'rough 'n tough' operators, I couldn't imagine how difficult it would be to learn to drive one... I assume those would still be the manuals though? Are they B30Ds or what?
 
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