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Flat-Topping the Load

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What happens here

After loading the main portion of dirt, use the excavator to 'flat-top' the load in the dump truck. This involves carefully leveling the dirt in the truck bed to prevent material from bouncing out or spilling during transport, which is important for safety and compliance with Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations. The presenter demonstrates how to use the excavator bucket to scrape and smooth the top of the load.

Goal: Properly level and secure the dirt load in the dump truck.

Tools and materials

  • CAT 312D L Excavator Caterpillar — Leveling the dirt in the dump truck
  • Dump Truck — Holding the dirt load
  • Dirt N/A — The material being leveled

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camp I get to do this onehanded you know how hard it is to load an excavator one-handed see now I got to switch hands scoop curl Bring It Up Lift Up switch hands actually it's kind of fun don't hit the truck don't hit the truck lift up and over down how are we doing put my hand up got switch hands this is way hard with one hand holy crap okay we got the truck loaded but we got to tighten up that load now so we want to make sure that we get that load flat topped you don't have to do this but how you straight up you flat top a load you don't have nearly as much problem going down the road with anything with anything uh you know bouncing out or anything like that so we just take a minute flat top the load it can't spill out it's just clean he'll go through the he'll go through this load with the stick on the side of the truck and make sure that that top rail is cleaned off too that's the top rail of the box as well so this is what we call Flat topping it it's just just a nice way of making it look very intentional like we're very organized and clean going down the road mostly for do purposes but you know what you don't get rocks blowing up you don't get anything else happening there you go that loot is is flat topped it's ready to work it's ready to go that's that load of dirt completely free because of the alliances connections we made serious am I and

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