After 17 years and no hearing protection it's great for killing your hearing sensitivity at certain high frequencies.After 17 years I would suspect your experience would come in the play and you wouldn't need that rod on there anymore
After 17 years and no hearing protection it's great for killing your hearing sensitivity at certain high frequencies.After 17 years I would suspect your experience would come in the play and you wouldn't need that rod on there anymore
That's what I did. Different buckets have a different point of level, not to mention pallet forks. Having a reference point for level on each attachment can be indispensable. JMHOCould you just mark the side of the rod where you could see it with a different color paint marker for the forks and the grapple for a level reference?
I wouldn't be without mine. Can return bucket or forks to level while approaching whatever job is at hand. If a pallet, a log, dirt pile, whatever.. the rod lets me know before I make contact.After some 17 years I finally bent the bucket leveling rod/indicator. Remember looking at the assembly the day I bought the machine thinking it wouldn’t survive. Guess I wont miss it. Made no practical difference on piles of aggregates till I got to the very bottom and then the ground rarely was level anyway.
Am I missing the boat here? Anyone find these things to be indispensable?
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Bought our loader S/H repaired the indicator which didn't last long and managed without since. I find that if you drop the bucket to the ground and then lower the tip until you feel resistance it's not far off.After some 17 years I finally bent the bucket leveling rod/indicator. Remember looking at the assembly the day I bought the machine thinking it wouldn’t survive. Guess I wont miss it. Made no practical difference on piles of aggregates till I got to the very bottom and then the ground rarely was level anyway.
Am I missing the boat here? Anyone find these things to be indispensable?
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