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Benefits and Drawbacks: Breakout Force

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Tiltrotator at work -benefits & drawbacks

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The presenter discusses the trade-off between the versatility of a tiltrotator and the raw breakout force of a traditional, directly pinned bucket. While a tiltrotator might slightly reduce breakout force due to the additional leverage point, the enhanced capabilities (tilting, rotating, grappling) often far outweigh this minor drawback for most tasks. The presenter admits that in his many years of operating excavators, he rarely needed the absolute maximum breakout force, suggesting that the benefits of the tiltrotator make it a worthwhile addition.

Goal: Evaluate the trade-off between tiltrotator versatility and breakout force.

Tools and materials

  • Excavator Boom Arm Volvo — The point of attachment for both systems
  • Standard Pinned Bucket — The traditional method of attaching a bucket to an excavator for maximum direct force
  • Steelwrist Tiltrotator Steelwrist — The attachment being compared in terms of breakout force

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times when that extra breakout force is a little handy. And I've ran excavators that you got that switch where you can get that extra power, but I'll tell you straight up, Matt, I probably use that switch twice a season. Like I'm like, "Yeah, today I'll use that switch and never again." And then maybe four months later, I think I'll try. So losing the breakout force is if you're going to be thinking about the tradeoff, I would think losing the breakout force is a minor for me a minor thing in comparison to the flexibility comparison to what you can do with it. You've got a standard dirt bucket over and you've got no attach no quick attachment system on that one. Right, that's bend on. There's no quick attachment system. And what you're getting with this is 100% of the machine's capability. Meaning that all of the all of the power, strength, everything that this machine is designed to do is is right here because it's straight pinned right to the boom. Now, if we switch over here, you can see that you've got extra girth right here at the end of the boom arm. And what this does is this is what we're talking about translates to a slight loss of power. And then over here is a quick attach system on the next machine over. And you can see that this doesn't

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