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<blockquote data-quote="DrWazzock" data-source="post: 7916472" data-attributes="member: 2119"><p>When I did the test the instructor said he didn’t drive as you do on the test in own yard as it would be much too slow to load a lorry etc.</p><p>Does anybody drive up to the side of the wagon, put the handbrake on, then start raising the bucket? It’s a poor technique in my view, not least because you won’t be able to get as close to the lorry as you could because you need to leave a bigger gap to allow for the boom arc as the boom rises. Drive up carefully with the bucket going over the side and you can get really close so you don’t have to boom out as much to tip in the middle. Add in a low doorway between the heap and the lorry and my technique isn’t really anything like the test technique. I have marks on the side window so I know the point at which the boom is just low enough to get under the door and another mark to show max boom height to crowd the bucket without tipping half a tonne of beet back over my cab. It’s all about studying and optimising the job in a safe and efficient manner, minimising unnecessary running about, steering and tyre wear.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DrWazzock, post: 7916472, member: 2119"] When I did the test the instructor said he didn’t drive as you do on the test in own yard as it would be much too slow to load a lorry etc. Does anybody drive up to the side of the wagon, put the handbrake on, then start raising the bucket? It’s a poor technique in my view, not least because you won’t be able to get as close to the lorry as you could because you need to leave a bigger gap to allow for the boom arc as the boom rises. Drive up carefully with the bucket going over the side and you can get really close so you don’t have to boom out as much to tip in the middle. Add in a low doorway between the heap and the lorry and my technique isn’t really anything like the test technique. I have marks on the side window so I know the point at which the boom is just low enough to get under the door and another mark to show max boom height to crowd the bucket without tipping half a tonne of beet back over my cab. It’s all about studying and optimising the job in a safe and efficient manner, minimising unnecessary running about, steering and tyre wear. [/QUOTE]
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