Well I decided that if I was going to have a real grader experience I should do some back slopes. Having fixed my saddle pins retraction function and tightened up circle I put the 570A to work cutting in a new driveway for a neighbor which resulted in my getting to increase the sight distance from the main road to the new driveway by clearing vegetation and earth from the back slope from the main road.
The Good
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The not so bad
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And the Ugly
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Just a little over my head but I'm learning. Found myself a little tensed and stressed after a couple of hours of this. Suspect that I'll go back over this next spring.
Will need to make some adjustment to moldboard / shims as I had a little trouble retracting my blade slide from full right extension, maybe due to rail wear and moldboard leverage being way out there.
Questions: Is most back slope work done on the right side of the operator? Does it work the same for both right and left? I ask this because of the circle side shift ram location.
The Good
The not so bad
And the Ugly
Just a little over my head but I'm learning. Found myself a little tensed and stressed after a couple of hours of this. Suspect that I'll go back over this next spring.
Will need to make some adjustment to moldboard / shims as I had a little trouble retracting my blade slide from full right extension, maybe due to rail wear and moldboard leverage being way out there.
Questions: Is most back slope work done on the right side of the operator? Does it work the same for both right and left? I ask this because of the circle side shift ram location.