TM 5-3805-294-10
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BUCKET DIGGING - Continued
If you clean the bucket by rapping it against the cylinder stops, use MINIMUM amount of
force to prevent damage to the cylinders. Clean the bucket by hand if rapping the bucket
lightly does not work. Failure to comply may result in damage to equipment.
NOTE
Ensure that correct bucket is used for the type of material being excavated.
Excavate in thin layers to fragment material and to ease in dumping material from the
bucket. This especially applies to sticky materials.
For power digging and for working in confined areas, use the bucket cylinder for digging.
1.
Lower bucket to the digging area.
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Figure 4. Bucket Digging.
2.
Use boom to force bucket into ground.
3.
Retract arm and curl bucket at the same time until bucket is full.
4.
If bucket stalls, raise boom slightly then continue to curl bucket .
5.
If arm stalls, roll back bucket to break out.
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