dave1949
Super Star Member
When digging with a FEL bucket, if you can get a tilted groove started such that about one-fourth to one-third of the bucket cutting edge is actually digging, it will help. You will be putting more force behind a smaller area. Do it gently and don't try to take too much off in one pass since you are loading the FEL arms and all the linkages unevenly. It still beats hand shoveling.
Work one side of the groove, then the other as you go deeper.
Don't know if rocks are an issue for you but one ornery rock will keep your cutting edge from penetrating the ground. Sometimes it is quicker and a lot easier on the tractor to just take a shovel to those.
Dave.
Work one side of the groove, then the other as you go deeper.
Don't know if rocks are an issue for you but one ornery rock will keep your cutting edge from penetrating the ground. Sometimes it is quicker and a lot easier on the tractor to just take a shovel to those.
Dave.