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Clearing Pea Rock from the Yard

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What happens here

The Cast Loaders Carbon 33T mini loader, equipped with its turf tires and a snow/light material bucket (Attachments brand), is used to scoop up the large pile of approximately 10 cubic yards of pea rock. The operator faces challenges due to the extremely soft ground (pure sand beneath the thin turf layer) which causes a loss of traction. To overcome this, the operator uses the machine's differential lock (diff lock) feature, which locks all wheels together for maximum traction, enabling the loader to move the heavy material without excessive turf damage. The pea rock is transported to the side of the house and deposited along the foundation.

Goal: Remove the pea rock pile from the yard and place it along the house foundation, testing the loader's performance on soft ground.

Tools and materials

  • Pea Rock — Material being moved

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we have a thin layer of turf with roots and underneath it it's pure sand so once you break through you have zero traction this is gonna be the ultimate test to see how well that machine can do in a yard without tearing it up [Music] so about five years ago i had 10 yards of p rock delivered and my plan was to use it to rebuild my beach well i started to put it in the beach and realized walking on p rock really hurts so there this big pile of pea rock sat in the middle of my yard now that area down there is just above the water table so that makes it hyper saturated and difficult to work in and if i ever tried to get a skid loader down there even attract one they would just tear everything up and so this pile of p rock has sat in my yard bugging me for five years and i thought this is going to be the ultimate test but once i get the p rock out i still got to put something back in place to get the grass to grow again [Music] have you heard about summer snow when it falls on you your blood runs cold but don't you sweat your pretty skin cause it melts away for it sings here all right so we got about 10 yards of rock mulch to use but we're actually using a snow bucket or a light material bucket so i'm only going to be able to fill it halfway up but the more you love the more do you ever feel like going back up to this point those turf tires have absolutely amazed me but they do have their limits to their traction but that's where the other capabilities of the machine come in [Music] my two handy never had a care in the world you see [Music] all right guys i want to show you how soft the ground actually is where we're at you can actually see the water on the tires but look at watch this [Music] i can stick my nose pickers right in there that's mud that's what we're driving over no damage this is incredible so far as soon as i get into the rocks i lose traction which means i've got to lock my dips out i'm on rock so i know i'm going to be stuck i'm going to lock my dips and back out locking the diffs locks all of the wheels together so it's recommended you don't turn until you unlock the dips but it's just a switch you can flip instantly on or off right there in the cab all right guys here's where i screw up i wanted to show you guys the machine operating but kind of from an outside perspective so i mounted the camera on the door but i had to hold the door open to do it and then all of a sudden some strange guy never seen before comes walking up turn okay that's…

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