aussiechunda
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Pic related was done using a cat988xe not a dozer and the material used was concrete from demo sites not finished product.
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I dare a dozer operator to show me a better floor grade
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HarleyHappy
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Not bad. Good dozer operator would put that to shame though.
Especially with Trimble!
Especially with Trimble!
Not if they are the type that thinks back blading is a no no. When in all actuality it produces less wear on the blade parts than pushing.
skyking1
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nicely done and damned hard packed to boot with that loader.
aussiechunda
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In all seriousness I wish my work would buy a dozer it would make this part of the job so damned easy
I could with a wide track D6 angle blade dozer.
I lost count, but I think I was lucky enough to have had 5 brand new ones through the years.
Even more New D8N's. Not bragging - simply explaining my experience.
I spent a fair amount of time on 988's and there isn't rubber tired loader made that can produce a finish grade as well or as fast as a dozer.
I lost count, but I think I was lucky enough to have had 5 brand new ones through the years.
Even more New D8N's. Not bragging - simply explaining my experience.
I spent a fair amount of time on 988's and there isn't rubber tired loader made that can produce a finish grade as well or as fast as a dozer.
skyking1
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You nitpickers need to go lay down. That is a damn fine grade for a concrete demo dump site and like I said before, none of your dozers will compact it like a full bucket 988 does. Sheesh! I'd still have to get off and get on the roller.
Welder Dave
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If it was pushing dumped material off what was generally flat to begin with, it shouldn't be that hard with a loader with return-to-dig to get it back to what it was. If was really rough to begin with is pretty impressive.
AMBMike
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Game on Mr Aussie!
We need to get the popcorn emoji back...
Shimmy1
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aussiechunda
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They
are just spoiled with their tilting blades
Pic related is what it generally looks like after a week before I fix the floors, its a live face so it moves back and forth and the excavators like to do sick spinning tricks on it which tears it up
aussiechunda
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And no the pic in the op is not a days work that was after I was given a week to play on the tip head, pic is what can be done in a day and with a wa500-6 not my face loader 
No nitpicking on my part.
That is a real nice looking dump.
The subject of the op's thread is/was a challenge to dozer operators.
I am curious tho where the concrete came from. I didn't see any rewire or reinforcing rods in it.
aussiechunda
Active Member
Its in there, escavators munched it and also take out as much of it as they can, the rest is taken out by the 3 electro magnets in the crushing plant
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skyking1
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The funny thing is, nobody has posted a picture of some finish grade they made recently.
@CM1995 posted a couple of shots of his dump site out the windscreen. Nothing to write home about.
Posting up GPS assisted grading does not count either. This is eyeball stuff.
I'll go first.
May '26
some excavator grade I made backing up and carrying, and matching to wall etc. This is where I ran out of material.
last summer storm pipe remove and replace.
Before:
During:
after:
No grade beaming or hoe packing, just scrape and track.
Shimmy I know you have some pretty tailing grade outs, those count.
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A very interesting thread. It takes me back to 1972 and operating a AC 545. Bugger all excavators around at that time so the primary roll for this little loader was excavation work and cutting to grade without all the wiz bang electronic wizardry on today's machines. String line, sprint level and tape measure was it.
There's a definite art in using a loader for this work which I didn't have when I started but a little mentoring from an old Bugger (thanks Bernie) with a busted back who operated the loader gave some good advice, even to the point of explaining that pivot steer loaders have a built-in side tilt bucket.
There's a definite art in using a loader for this work which I didn't have when I started but a little mentoring from an old Bugger (thanks Bernie) with a busted back who operated the loader gave some good advice, even to the point of explaining that pivot steer loaders have a built-in side tilt bucket.
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Your eyeometre is still working goodThe funny thing is, nobody has posted a picture of some finish grade they made recently.
@CM1995 posted a couple of shots of his dump site out the windscreen. Nothing to write home about.
Posting up GPS assisted grading does not count either. This is eyeball stuff.
I'll go first.
May '26
some excavator grade I made backing up and carrying, and matching to wall etc. This is where I ran out of material.
View attachment 362623
last summer storm pipe remove and replace.
Before:
View attachment 362626
During:
View attachment 362627
after:
View attachment 362628
No grade beaming or hoe packing, just scrape and track.
Shimmy I know you have some pretty tailing grade outs, those count.