My new 953C

[Construct'O]

Might say as i do sometimes.Paul Harvey !!!!!! "The rest of the story"

Glad you have at least been able to carry on with you life.Thanks for sharing.Take care.:usa

 

[dirt digger]

you can run our liebherr 621....i hate, hate, hate the controls in that...joystick steer and joystick bucket

 

[d6peg]

you can run our liebherr 621....i hate, hate, hate the controls in that...joystick steer and joystick bucket

I would have to learn how to say Liebherr correctly before I could run it though.

 

[Burnout]

It's easy to pronounce.... just say John Deere.. ha ha More accurately a john deere track loaders pappy... but it doesnt roll off the tongue real well.

d6peg: You can run them with one foot, I do it when im feeling lazy. Thats a pretty wild story but you find a lot of those in this industry.

I learned to run Dozer from a one legged guy, and his working leg didnt work so well. He had an old D8K setup for all hand controls. I learned to run dozer with my hands, throttle, steering, gear shift and hand clutch on left hand, blade on the right.

 

[Construct'O]

It's easy to pronounce.... just say John Deere.. ha ha More accurately a john deere track loaders pappy... but it doesnt roll off the tongue real well.

d6peg: You can run them with one foot, I do it when im feeling lazy. Thats a pretty wild story but you find a lot of those in this industry.

I learned to run Dozer from a one legged guy, and his working leg didnt work so well. He had an old D8K setup for all hand controls. I learned to run dozer with my hands, throttle, steering, gear shift and hand clutch on left hand, blade on the right.

Does he still have that machine,or is it around.I would like to see a few picture of how the controls was set up.:usa

 

[d6peg]

I have often thought about putting a de-accelerator switch on the dozer control, something like a 4 wheeler throttle. It looks like with the electronic throttle it could be done. I dont have any problem running a machine with a foot operrated throttle, but sometimes it would be nice to be able to use the foot brake with my good leg instead of using my prothesis.

Construct'0, I had a left foot deccel pedal designed so I wouldnt have to turn sideways in the seat and when we owned our 938g loader we equiped it with a left foot throttle also.

My apologies to Burnout, didnt aim to hijack his thread.

 

[Legdoc]

d6peg, small world, I am a Prosthetist and I certainly know what you have been through. It sounds as though things have worked out for you. In my line of work it is always good to hear a success story.

 

[Burnout]

Yeah its sitting at my grandparents place in Ontario now.... unlucky for you I'm 3700kms away.

 

[d6peg]

Thanks for the kind words Legdoc.
Just got me a new socket made and I hate it, every since I've had it, my back has hurt.