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Topic: hd6g tips or tricks?

Posted By: wildbill26
Subject: hd6g tips or tricks?
Date Posted: 12 Apr 2014 at 5:51am

I have a friend who.owns a hd6g, he has never run heavy equipment I have run mostly cat 955, any tips or tricks to know about operating one? I will be using it to haul wood, in the bucket and cut in a driveway also, thanks

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1950 wd wide front w loader
1940 b, 1939 m crawler

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Posted By: Coke-in-MN
Date Posted: 12 Apr 2014 at 12:11pm

DON'T use main clutch as a slipping clutch - in or out , use steering clutches for control.

Set throttle for speed and leave it - unless it has decelerator.

Hope it has counterweight - carry load low when traveling - any machine !

Don't try to move a mountain with the bucket , start cut and fill bucket while moving , shave the material - not brute force into it.

Will push more than it will carry.

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Faith isn't a jump in the dark. It is a walk in the light. Faith is not guessing; it is knowing something.
"Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful."

Posted By: wildbill26
Date Posted: 12 Apr 2014 at 1:28pm

Thank you coke, unfortunately it dosnt have a counter weight, the decelirator is that the pedal between the brakes ?

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1950 wd wide front w loader
1940 b, 1939 m crawler

Posted By: Coke-in-MN
Date Posted: 12 Apr 2014 at 7:23pm

Unsure on that machine - center pedal is normally for applying both brakes at same time as well as engaging steering clutches to stop all power to track.

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Faith isn't a jump in the dark. It is a walk in the light. Faith is not guessing; it is knowing something.
"Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful."

Posted By: wildbill26
Date Posted: 13 Apr 2014 at 6:28am

Thank you coke, I had thought it was a brake, I ordered an operators manual since he didn't get one, and he cant run it, ill make sure to post.some pics when I get started

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1950 wd wide front w loader
1940 b, 1939 m crawler

Posted By: HD6GTOM
Date Posted: 15 Apr 2014 at 9:28am

center pedal on all I have used is decelerator pedal. Take it slow, they are not a high speed machine, do like coke says. He will be a very busy guy with all the hand controls.

Posted By: Coke-in-MN
Date Posted: 15 Apr 2014 at 3:55pm

Dang might have to try a HD6 some day - My HD5G and my F/A FD5 are different machines in many ways but once you run any machine it becomes easy .

Well except for when I had the HD4 - it seemed I got my feet and hands crossed up all the time .

Posted By: michale34
Date Posted: 16 Apr 2014 at 10:14am

my hd6g has a decal pedal in the middle they were used on the new style hd6gs with the 6000 engine my dad call them high seaters now the couple of low seat had6g we had with the buda engines didn't have the pedal just the throttle just like the hd5g

Posted By: wildbill26
Date Posted: 16 Apr 2014 at 6:25pm

thank you all for the replies

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1950 wd wide front w loader
1940 b, 1939 m crawler