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Refine Lawn Grading with Skid Steer and Expert Tips

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The creator resumes operating the Ditch Witch mini skid steer to further excavate and refine the grading of the lawn area. He struggles with the controls, noting the difficulty of knowing how much to lower the bucket for precise scraping. The operator mentions that the controls are similar to a video game, requiring dexterity to manage the individual tracks and hydraulics. An experienced neighbor, who owns a landscaping company, provides a crucial tip: use the 'float setting' on the skid steer. This setting allows the bucket to maintain a consistent depth, making it easier to break up compacted ground and scoop material more efficiently.

Goal: Achieve a more refined grade on the lawn area, utilizing advanced skid steer features.

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get 20% off year-long subscription of customizable plans [Music] this section's a lot harder because I kept riding over and over on it so it just kind of compacted it together so now it's it's going to give it some muscle [Music] so just green lever all the way down and just back and forth back and forth yeah gotcha that's a lot easier thanks man so my next door neighbor who owns a landscaping company just came up and gave me some pointers what he said is uh these things have what's called a float setting so you basically adjust your uh bucket exactly flush with the ground like that you're happy with and then you press this lever all the way down and it keeps it there and so you basically at that point start jamming the bucket into the sections around breaking up the ground and then you can just scoop it up so that's so much easier than actually scooping each section like we've been doing so far I just wish it came earlier [Music] all right guys got everything excavated here it was a really really muddy day this especially the second day as you can see it's not even leveled the other side's a lot better but this side is trash but we got the ground moved let's get us a deck build so curb appeal um as you can see there's not much of an entrance here it really is kind of boring so I want to kind of give it a little bit of grandness to the front I

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