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| We originall put it on our 13 yd Torque scraper. We were in the middle of a job and the dealer brought one out for us to demo 3 or 4 years ago. Charlie was still in hs but had just landed a job to move 35,000 yards and grade out two parking lots. We made up a pole real quick and bolted it to the plate on the front bar of the scraper where they were designed to fit. We went with the self contained unit because most of the time we were turned around looking at it anyway and because we were cheap.
He's made poles to mount it on maintainers and dozers. He's even put a magnetic mount on it and put on the side of his boom stick on the track hoe. Sort of a poor man's solution, but it works when you absolutely have to have something on grade. This week he had it on a 700 Deere dozer. He got brave and checked into what a couple of 2 meter sticks would cost and it got him out of the mood real quick.
I guess one of the auto controls would be nice, but that's out of our league right now.
We had an Apache receiver to begin with, but found the red lights hard to distinguish when it got on grade. Our dealer took it back and let us try the Trimble and it was amazing how much easier it was to read. It is so much easier to see when the light changes color to green when you're on grade than just the different red lights on the Apache.
You mentioned you had a blade on your 277. Do you gain enough to be worth the expense vs just using your bucket? We've seen them, but have never run one. Is yours one with the front dolly wheels to help carry it for leveling or is it just a straight blade? We've got a 72" bucket with a smooth cutting edge on it that we use most of the time, we've also got a 4 in 1 with teeth on it but I'd rather grade with the bucket down than the blade portion of it.
Take Care,
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Anyone have a good Spectra Precision dealer?
