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  1. Tree09

    Wire rope gripper?

    Exactly. Much like climbing, driving, or anything else, you always have to be looking and thinking ahead, always thinking what can possibly go wrong.
  2. Tree09

    Wire rope gripper?

    If so, he should have benched it level so that wouldn't happen. That's the whole point of the machine in the first place. Anytime you aren't level you can't dig level, and are making the machine work far harder trying to fight gravity with the slewing bearing. They will operate on about any...
  3. Tree09

    Wire rope gripper?

    You should be able to tell if there's a crust by testing with your bucket before you crawl out there, and you don't park a machine in a pit overnight, especially with rain on the way. Basic common sense, I'm sorry. I've been around excavators a ton, and I've never seen one stuck. I've seen them...
  4. Tree09

    Wire rope gripper?

    I'm sorry, you have to be an idiot to get that stuck.
  5. Tree09

    Wire rope gripper?

    Mats are made from logs, usually oak. You could probably make some yourself, get some straight logs, drill holes they thru them and use really big all thread to bolt them all together, just like a raft on naked and afraid or something. They make them around here, they simply use 10x10 square...
  6. Tree09

    Wire rope gripper?

    But it doesn't handle mud well, which is where you are planning to use it. I honestly think you will be fine, and if you aren't you likely will need another machine to get you out.
  7. Tree09

    Wire rope gripper?

    Get some mats then. Think of it as a life raft for an excavator lol. Honestly tho, a little bit of effort there makes it better all around because it makes it easier. You need at least 2, depending on the size. On one while moving one, etc. I can't see getting one stuck without flipping it, and...
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