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Slope ???

waterman ยท 2011-04-10 10:47

Whats the steepest slope you Track Loader guys have run up with a loaded bucket??

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  1. #1heavylift2011-04-10 19:02

    1 1/2 to 1.. i guess. it may have not been quite that steep. placing riprap under a highway bridge.

  2. #2lgammon2011-04-11 00:34

    i can go where i can't stand

  3. #3jughead2011-04-11 07:53

    i can too BUT i have trouble standing on level ground now.

  4. #4lgammon2011-04-11 22:05

    well at this time of night after a few swallers of henery i can't stand to well either, but i was talking about during the day!

  5. #5CM19952011-04-12 01:36

    Speaking with experience only with a 953, you can go as steep a slope as you want with a loaded bucket (bucket pointed uphill, perpendicular to the slope) until you loose traction. Traction is the limitation.