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Re: Is running a dozer hard to learn?
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Posted by Mac on March 08, 2005 at 05:52:21 from (217.144.243.200):
In Reply to: Is running a dozer hard to learn? posted by Thomas2 on March 07, 2005 at 09:09:54:
It's not as easy as they make it look. I rented a JD 450 from neighbor to cut down some overdone terraces in my pastures and take out 100 or so unwanted trees. The trees were fairly easy. Cutting the terraces was pretty fustrating. I'm not sure if short tracks or sloppy blade bushings were culprit, but it was difficult to get a smooth cut. Seems I'd start out shallow, and when tracks met the cut, it would cut deeper and I'd have to adjust blade, and then by the time the whole track was in cut it'd be too shallow again and have to drop blade again. Then I'd be back where I started with having to adjust again. I might finally get a good smooth cut going and hit a sandier spot or a dip and blade would dig in...and have to try to get cut started again. Even at just $25/hr, I figured out it was just too expensive to learn. Discing and backblade did a fine job instead.
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