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I was grading a pad for a house in Tucson and the foreman asked why I kept checking the bucket angle
I told him I was just making sure it was level, like I always did. He pointed out that on that specific slope, I was actually fighting the machine by trying to keep the bucket flat. He showed me how to tilt it forward a bit to let the material flow better. After trying his way, I cut my time on that section by about an hour. It seems so simple now, but I had been doing it wrong for years. Has anyone else had a basic technique tip that changed how you run a machine?
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wyatt_green5mo ago
Man, that hits home. You don't even know what you're doing wrong until someone points it out, right?
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ryan_hayes26mo ago
My old boss in Texas taught me the same thing with a D6. It's wild how one small change can save so much time.
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