Excavators are the octopii of earthmoving world.Not much you cant do if you spend your life on a good machine. Its what happens if a pipe burst, then even the best are in trouble.That driver deserves to be paid well.And where do our colleagues put it, show us so that they are shocked, this is not a job, trainee.I have always loaded it the other way around, with the blade resting on the road, first it acts as a brake to prevent the tracks from slipping and you avoid falling, then by lowering it it raises you a bit...