Re: (ET) Dozer and Lift Motor

[Jeremy Gagliardi com]

"Elie, Larry (L.D.)" wrote:
> I do NOT reccomend defeating the angle tipping ability of the blade.  If 
> they are properly adjusted, the ET will move a whale of a lot of dirt.  
> In fact, the ONLY problem you should have is when you don't have enough 
> dirt on the top of the blade to keep the bottom of the blade from 
> springing; you need a BIGGER bite of dirt.  It is at it's worst trying 
> to peal off sod.
> 
> The reason I don't reccomend defeating the angle adjustment is I have 
> actually torn the bracket through the bottom of the blade by over 2 
> inches in a hard push after doing the rod trick.  I had to re-weld it 
> and I never got the angle back right.


The manual I downloaded from elec-trak.org does recommend it, but only
in L or LL gear, as in *very*slow* pushing.  I wouldn't imagine dozing
at a higher speed with a fixed blade -- the tractor would pole vault.


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