Posted by EX 450 Owner on November 01, 2011 at 16:48:17 from (50.96.219.170):
In Reply to: 3 point dirt scoops posted by Jesse in WI on November 01, 2011 at 13:25:28:
In the late 50’s I worked for a building contractor that dug some of the basements and did all of the back fill plus all other earth moving with a 8N ford (Sherman under drive) with a rear reversible scoop.
In sod and hard dirt we would plow first, you would drive with the front wheels off of the ground a lot when the scoop was digging in.
Depending on what type of scooping you are doing you need to have the correct pitch on the scoop edge so the top link setting is very important.
Scooping is slow and not economically feasible for a contractor these days but hey; if all you have is a scoop you can move a lot of material if you don’t need to lift it very high and have plenty of time to do spend doing it.
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