I think snow is perfect to practise on so I don´t get my garden full of holes.Dandy Dave wrote:Cool. If you boom up as you are dumping the load it will keep the bucket from hitting the ground. As you become more perficiant, you will find that this will be neccesary as the dirt pile gets higher. Also, try to not drop the bucket so hard. The old time opperators will frown on that. Run it smooth, and they will smile. It takes some time and practice, but you will get good at it. Running a cable machine is an art form. The more you do, the better you get. Have fun. Dandy Dave!
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Watch that it is the right consistacy or it will stick in your bucket! ... ... Dandy Dave!Grani wrote:I think snow is perfect to practise on so I don´t get my garden full of holes.Dandy Dave wrote:Cool. If you boom up as you are dumping the load it will keep the bucket from hitting the ground. As you become more perficiant, you will find that this will be neccesary as the dirt pile gets higher. Also, try to not drop the bucket so hard. The old time opperators will frown on that. Run it smooth, and they will smile. It takes some time and practice, but you will get good at it. Running a cable machine is an art form. The more you do, the better you get. Have fun. Dandy Dave!
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I did some digging the last weekend.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiVl2VvIEHE
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Looks great, Grani! You're quite handy with your crane!
It doesn't takes much horsepower from your tractor, so to hear?
It doesn't takes much horsepower from your tractor, so to hear?
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Looks like you have been practicing. One little tip, when you dump the load, try to lift the bucket just over the pile so that you are not dragging the bucket bottom and teeth in the pile. The old timers would tell you that you are wearing the bucket and teeth out faster than you should doing that. Crochety Old Grouches that thay are. Dandy Dave!
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I have read somewhere that it takes only 15hp, so I have 93 left.Pascal wrote:Looks great, Grani! You're quite handy with your crane!
It doesn't takes much horsepower from your tractor, so to hear?
I know, but it is not that easy with nearly no turn brake and two winch drums trying their best to twist it sideways when they rotates in different directions. Dragging the bucket holds it better in place sideways. The digger has also to be perfectly in level to have any side way control.Dandy Dave wrote:Looks like you have been practicing. One little tip, when you dump the load, try to lift the bucket just over the pile so that you are not dragging the bucket bottom and teeth in the pile. The old timers would tell you that you are wearing the bucket and teeth out faster than you should doing that. Crochety Old Grouches that thay are. Dandy Dave!
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Yes, The full swing machines are better balanced, but you still sometimes need to hold/slip the clutch a little to keep it in place . It is much more prominent on an old half swing machine as they are not counter balanced like a full swing. Keep practicing, and after a time it will become second nature. In a perfect world everything would be level and flat. As for me, growing up, and living in a town called, Hillsdale, I have not experianced that perfect world part yet. Seem's I'm always working on a side hill. ... . Dandy Dave!Grani wrote:I know, but it is not that easy with nearly no turn brake and two winch drums trying their best to twist it sideways when they rotates in different directions. Dragging the bucket holds it better in place sideways. The digger has also to be perfectly in level to have any side way control.
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