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Dandy Dave
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by Dandy Dave » Sun Apr 17, 2011 12:48 pm
LOL...Maybe Not Pretty, but I bet you could move a lot of snow with the size of that bucket.
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by essex pete » Mon Apr 18, 2011 9:10 pm
If you could see the snow in front!
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by frode » Mon Apr 18, 2011 9:42 pm
must be a pain the a** without power steering
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by Dandy Dave » Tue Apr 19, 2011 11:46 am
frode wrote: must be a pain the a** without power steering
I had an Oliver like that once. Put the bucket down. Move the wheels. Lift the bucket. Guide it as best as you can while moving forward.
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by essex pete » Tue Apr 19, 2011 11:22 pm
I reckon that would be a pig with the original Fordson steering. Steering geometry must make a huge difference. The first loading shovel that I drove as a kid was an old Chaseside on a Fordson skid. The steering was all Chaseside and as long as you were rolling and the tyres were not soft it was not too bad. I think it was lower geared than bog stnd Ford steering.