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PAT dozer blade operating tips? New to dozers

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Forrest Gump would say...Runnin a PAT blade is hard! Doing finish work with PAT blade is a art. I've come to that conclusion anyway...total respect for ppl i see that make it look easy! I have a total of about 8-10 hours of running a PAT blade. Im getting better but it's learn as you go. Is there any tutorials on tips and tricks for working these blades? I'm running a a CAT D4H II. Thanks
 
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PEVO said:
Forrest Gump would say...Runnin a PAT blade is hard! Doing finish work with PAT blade is a art. I've come to that conclusion anyway...total respect for ppl i see that make it look easy! I have a total of about 8-10 hours of running a PAT blade. Im getting better but it's learn as you go. Is there any tutorials on tips and tricks for working these blades? I'm running a a CAT D4H II. Thanks[ Hate to bust your bubble but you will never finish with that machine. Here's a little exercise ,Put blade hard on ground then measure blade lift cylinder stick out then lift blade just off ground and measure again . This is how much slop or float you have.
Bob
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I like to visualize my hand sculpting the dirt the way I want it and transmit that to the PAT control, if that makes any sense.

Second - just because it can move 6 ways doesn't mean it needs to all the time.
 
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Right now I'm talking more along the lines of just basic cutting and pushing dirt. Currently I'm reshaping a creek bed that has alot of slit deposited on either side over the years. Just mastering going down into a cut and pushing dirt up and out was a challenge. I was either gouging too much or not enuff. Now I've learned once I have a good contour to follow ..I will take a maybe a half overlap and watch the side of the blade that's overlapping the previous cut, following it. Keeping dirt in front of the blade on uneven ground to spread out is a aquired feel.
 
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That's why us old catskinners say have to develop a bubble in your a$$. Keep your groundspeed as slow as possible and as your skill develops your speed will increase. The horizontal amount of cut you make depends on how deep a cut you're taking.
Mike
 
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