boaterri
Well-Known Member
I got the chance to operate several Deere excavators yesterday (300, 200,120 and 80 series) at the JD testing facility. The instructor operators explained the controls to us and then rode with us for a minute or two and then turned us loose if we showed any sort of aptitude. They explained that the machines had "excavator" pattern as opposed to "back hoe" pattern controls. Right hand was boom and bucket, left hand dipper and house rotate. The back hoes had the boom and dipper reversed.
Here is the question...Is the "back hoe" pattern the "Caterpillar" pattern or is that some thing else entirely?
I can understand why "Cat" would be an unspoken dirty word at a JD Testing facility.
Thanks for answering a question that would be obvious to all of you "real" operators.
Rick
Here is the question...Is the "back hoe" pattern the "Caterpillar" pattern or is that some thing else entirely?
I can understand why "Cat" would be an unspoken dirty word at a JD Testing facility.
Thanks for answering a question that would be obvious to all of you "real" operators.
Rick