Examples.
Hello, Bob.
Just for starters, your earlier statement in this thread that it would be the thrill of a lifetime to be working on a wildland fire. In my experience, the people who go into fire-fighting for a thrill also tend to be a risk takers, which means they may very well endanger others too, either directly by their actions or because they get into a situation where they have to be rescued by others. If I was in charge of a fire crew and knew that one member was a thrill seeker or wanted to be there for the "THRILL" of it, I'd have serious reservations about having that person on the crew, whether it hurt their feelings or not.
The 'Tree Clearing Day' thread of a couple of years ago where you stated categorically that front end loaders could not push trees over because of the elevation of the push point, i.e., the loader arm pivot point and the angle of push which would cause the bucket to slide up the tree. I think that one was pretty well put to rest - remember my photos - along with the rest of your rot about 'weeds' and clearing alongside preservation areas. Funny how you went quiet for a good while after that.
Your persistant ranting that hi-sprocket drives are not as stable as the oval track designs - the U.S. Army doesn't seem to think so as it is still buying Cat dozers, both oval track and hi-sprocket, so long as they meet the army requirement of a 45 deg, tipping angle - as distinct from a slide angle.
Your persistant rubbishing of Caterpillar's range of dozers in the face of the market figures. The evidence would seem to indicate that, if they are 'rubbish', they are better 'rubbish' than any of the competition that they so consistently outsell. Are the people who purchase them all utter dills?
In the 'decelerator' thread, you said that you chose whether or not to decelerate and that is fine by me so long as I'm not paying your wages or the repair bills. You then went on to mention the shock loads involved in direction changes with large CNC machines. Firstly, what has a CNC machine got to do with whether or not you use the decelerator pedal on a large dozer? Secondly, the amounts of mass involved are so vastly different that there is no grounds for comparison, not to mention the fact that CNC machines are run by electric motors which have their own built-in shock reduction systems.
Do I need to go on? Over the years that I have been watching your posts, I freely admit that you have posted some good stuff, 'SOME' being the operative word. Trouble is, there has been a LOT of lesser quality stuff in between the good ones.
