Excavator seat time

Doc

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Drove the excavator over the back 40 to the river this morning. 3/4 mile of seat puckering fun. I had the excavator rocking like a rocking chair more than once. Made me appreciate the skill of the operator who has done major trail improvements and fixed a huge slip on my property. He always made it look so easy an natural.
 

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Doc

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Ain't that the truth. and I'm a lame ass operator. And I'm just doing stuff around the property I want done, making trails, removing stumps, pushing over trees. All fun stuff. Digging a pipe line 12 hours a day, day after day I'm sure it would get old. I'm just seeing the good tip of the iceberg. :D
 
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ItBmine

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It's all seat time Doc. I recently left the trucking industry both as an owner and a driver for the last 35 years. I am good with trucks and wheel loaders, but had only done stuff like randomly loading trucks with an excavator through those years.

Now I have a job in a mine and besides the loader I now have to operate the excavator and D6T dozer. I'm lucky that with my job, no one is there pressuring me. It is pretty easy going. So after a few days it is surprising how naturally your hand movements will come to you.
Last time I ever had to run shovel, I was put on a pipeline job with guys in the hole. I HATED that and went back trucking. Now that I have no pressure, I am actually getting way better on it.

Only problem I have now is getting out of the Cat and trying to reverse my hands to run my new Kubota backhoe, LOL20201027_155616.jpg20201027_155928.jpg20201005_175726.jpg
 

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Mine was set to Cat when I started out and I got used to that. I didn't even know I could switch till another operator who used JD controls showed me. I tried that but didn't care for it. My hands knew the cat control motions and I was used to that. Glad I have the option to switch though as I needed help from the experienced JD operator and he was able to switch to his preference. Very handy.
 

ItBmine

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That Cat's are easily switched, so maybe I'll have to do that now, LOL

I haven't looked at the BH65 on my tractor but the owner of my dealership said it is a real pain to switch lines on it to make it Cat controls.
 

ItBmine

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How's the excavator Doc? Are you getting more comfortable with it? Sometimes they really do feel scary, but it really does take a lot to upset one.

I still say that KX-033 is just about the perfect size to have.
 

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Excavator is doing fine. I bought the gear oil for the final gears but still have to get that done. Between finishing up a Kitchen remodel , kids, and boating season I've had minimal seat time. The list of 'to do's' for the excavator are stacking up. Once the rain lets up here I hope to get to it and have some fun. I am feeling more comfortable with it, but still moving slow just to be sure.
 
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