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Originally Posted by Southgate
You guys are giving me a headache.
I mean that in the nicest way. I've loved big equipment all my life, and have modeled in 1/25 scale for most of it. I get plenty of respect for my work on the model forums, but I get here, what, a couple days ago now. I feel like such a runt! Looking at this stuff just blows me away.
This machine and others I've seen here makes me realize that I will have to considder this a whole different league than what I'm in, but I can certainly appreciate it none the less. Dan
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This machine gives me a headache now and then considering the thousands of hours I've spent designing documenting and machining. But when I took it out to show how it digs all that was behind me other than walking it into place. That gets a little tedious. It definitely needs 2-3 people watching what's going on. I know now I have to weld the cleats on the bottom of the shoes too. If it walks up much of a grade it slips especially if there's not enough dirt under a shoe.
My owners manual says: not to walk a new machine up more than a 7% grade and once broken in no more than a 10% grade. I think we were a bit over that in spots.
