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Message: <blockquote data-quote="500K_773" data-source="post: 522" data-attributes="member: 33">I've never had a tree fall on the machine, but was once pushing over a large tree with my bucket when a dead limb broke loose and fell right on top of the cab from 20 or 30 feet up.  Boy did it hit hard!  Makes you wonder what would happen if a tree did fall back over on the machine.  I usually raise my bucket up about 8 - 10 feet when pushing over trees, so I highly doubt it could happen.BTW, I have had better luck pushing over trees with my 773 than with a D4H dozer.  The leverage from a raised bucket is 10 time more advantagous than the lower blade of the dozer.</blockquote>