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Grozerbar
09-23-2000 19:55:37
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Re: Cat 631D pans in reply to Robin Hood, 09-22-2000 16:49:59
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Hi, Robin, glad to here you are becoming a "buggy operator"! You are probably more experienced already than you realize, if you have been paying attention from the seat of the push cat' and been paying attention to what the other operators tell you, you are already half way there. Just take it easy for awhile, don't dig to deep when loading, a nice cut of four to six inches is good, avoid gouging when you pull into the cut. Dump with the cutting edge almost touching the ground, to spread the load as thin as possible, this will allow for better compaction. On some jobs you will be required to blade your spill area on your return trip to help keep the fill area smooth. First gear is plenty fast enough for this operation, otherwise the back end of the scraper will start to bounce back and forth, then either lift the bowl, or slow right down. I was lucky enough, when running push cat, to have the opertunity to operate the buggys for a few loads at a time, gave me the "feel", before I ever started operating them. This was a day or two ago, the push cat was an HD19 Aliss Chalmers, the buggys were TS200, and a TS260 Allis, point is the same rules apply, the dirt hasn't changed, only the equipment has. If you are doing grade work, [roads], each cut you make along a backslope must be a foot away from the last one to give a three to one slope, same rule applys in the fill area, also keep your cuts along the cut area a little deeper and tipped towards the slope, same on the fill, keep the outside of the fill a little higher, and tipped in a little, untill you reach grade level. Keep a full bowl, a straight cut, and a smooth pass, next you will be with the finishers, "blue topping", Lots of luck with your new position, if you have any more questions, feel free to ask, G.
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