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Skid Steer Operation and Learning Curve

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The contractor proceeds to operate the skid steer, demonstrating how he moves material. He mentions that he's not very familiar with this particular skid steer model (a Cat 259D3) and has had to learn some of its features, such as the 'float feature,' by watching YouTube videos. He humorously admits to typically skipping user manuals and preferring to 'figure it out' or consult online resources. He describes the joystick controls, noting that one controls forward/backward movement and side-to-side turning, while the other controls the bucket. He finds the joystick controls intuitive compared to older models requiring multiple levers.

Goal: He shares his experience operating the skid steer, mentioning the 'float feature' and admitting to looking up its operation on YouTube, highlighting that he rarely reads user manuals.

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to pay attention and rip it to shreds but that's okay we need that power right now and I'm going to try to be careful 700 p.m. in UK yeah you guys overseas are on a different time schedule I hope this noise is not annoying here to you guys mik should pick me up pretty well but you know the skider is going to make the noise that the skider wants to make yeah hey what's going on a lot of people South Africa we got the UK in here last week we got somebody from [Music] Kenya I should float the section first I've never used this skid before I'm always use like mini skids and um they have a float feature but I haven't uh read the handbook on this one yet let's be honest I don't read the handbooks anyway you guys read user manuals before using something or you're like I'm just going to figure it [Music] out check Republic's in the house love the flannel do I look look like cholo I got it all button up to the very top it's getting cold out here this morning was 28° F it warms up a little bit towards the day I think the high today is going to be 45 so you start out real cold Frost everywhere and then when the sun comes up it Heats you up the nice thing about The Skit Steer is that it's got a heater inside of it and I believe heated seats I'm not sure it's a it's a nice one this is kind of like where you run to go warm up sorry about the bumpiness it's these things don't have any suspension to it it took me like literally 40 minutes to figure out how to take the the previous Fork Clift prongs that are on it for like pallets and connect the bucket to it I uh I had to result to Googling it like youtubing it and surprisingly enough there is a YouTube video showing you exactly how to do it so YouTube for the win I got a nice little backup camera here which makes it really handy to not worry about running into something stupid like uh the power pole behind [Music] me float feature should be done on the joystick depending on what brand it is this is a cat 259 D3 let's see on the joystick okay let's see put it down here [Music] joystick that that's the horn there's a snail here which I I'm sure it's like a crawl mode maybe that's it it's like a toggle switch is that what I should be using YouTube University for the win heck yeah so if if the float feature on this should be on the oh wait I think that's it oh slick hey hey thanks who

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