This happened this morning at 10 am. We started another road to recreate the ditches, pull up a good crown and move the brush back on a forestry road. While shaping the backslope of the ditch, casting the brush back, the outside corner of the blade just didn't quite miss a yellow birch. The lateral force caused the slight modification you see below. This is the first cylinder that I have seen bend that much without snapping. The machine was running by 3 pm, with a new rod welded to the ball end, and a seal kit. We'll save that rod for grading around tight corners and traffic circles.
Man, that looks just plain crazy!
Thats awesome..
I did that to an Austin Western while grading a steep side slope in Ft Leonard Wood,Missouri.My instructor said I would never make an operator.Ron G
Well that is something you don't get to see very often. Good thing too.
:jawdrop Wow! must have hit it a good poke. I've never seen one bent like that before. Thanks for sharing.
wow.
Like to see what the yellow birch look's like.
Thats impressive. Did you go back and cut down the tree, just for spite!
I've seen that before on a Champion. Same thing, the operator hooked a stump and everything went sideways. I've also seen in on a Komatsu 705. That time a big wheel loader backed into the cylinder and did the same thing. Nice photos.
Now that is one of the coolest things I have seen with a grader. Nice work! Brian