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<blockquote data-quote="skidsteer.ca" data-source="post: 8218" data-attributes="member: 307"><p>I found it best to establish the desired dig depth, then pull up with the hoe rather then towards the machine when ever possible. If you have to dig sideways etc then you have to be a little more careful.</p><p>When I put my well in I hired a 330 Cat excavator to dig 32 feet deep. I had a couple other small projects after, one was stripping 3 to 5 feet of clay overburden off a patch of bed rock.</p><p>The operator asked if I want to try it and so I jumped right in the seat. I'm not sure what a 330 weighs, 50 or 60 000 lbs, but I hooked the bedrock pulling the boom in and it slid that monster 6 feet like it was a tonka toy. Surprized the hell out of me, but it takes some major power to make a hoe any good, and big or small they all seem have it.</p><p>When I see the force they give a small bucket to dig, its little wonder that digging with the 5 or 6 ft bucket is so tough of a job for a skidsteer.</p><p>Ken</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="skidsteer.ca, post: 8218, member: 307"] I found it best to establish the desired dig depth, then pull up with the hoe rather then towards the machine when ever possible. If you have to dig sideways etc then you have to be a little more careful. When I put my well in I hired a 330 Cat excavator to dig 32 feet deep. I had a couple other small projects after, one was stripping 3 to 5 feet of clay overburden off a patch of bed rock. The operator asked if I want to try it and so I jumped right in the seat. I'm not sure what a 330 weighs, 50 or 60 000 lbs, but I hooked the bedrock pulling the boom in and it slid that monster 6 feet like it was a tonka toy. Surprized the hell out of me, but it takes some major power to make a hoe any good, and big or small they all seem have it. When I see the force they give a small bucket to dig, its little wonder that digging with the 5 or 6 ft bucket is so tough of a job for a skidsteer. Ken [/QUOTE]
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