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Re: Is running a dozer hard to learn?
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Posted by dr.sportster on March 07, 2005 at 10:58:30 from (209.247.222.92):
In Reply to: Is running a dozer hard to learn? posted by Thomas2 on March 07, 2005 at 09:09:54:
My answer from experience, yes, hard as heck.When I was in the Marines I was A metalworker[weldor]I worked at Engineer Test Area.They wanted non-operators to dig tank traps for a Case dozer Vs a John Deere dozer[civilian machines] test.First you cut too deep then too little then too deep then too little and so on.Then at a later date they let my operate a road gradter.Forget it.All the while real operaters yelling advice to no avail.Experience money cant buy holds true on this one.I even had licsences for equipment I could not master.Takes lots of practice.Dont ask about the time we got everthing the place had stuck in a swamp off Rt.1.I didnt even read the other guys answers yet but thats my experience.
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