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Operational Demonstration and Learning Curve

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Tiltrotator at work -benefits & drawbacks

What happens here

The video concludes with a demonstration of the Steelwrist tiltrotator in action, performing trenching with an ECR235 excavator. The presenter then shares his personal experience with the tiltrotator, highlighting the initial learning curve. He notes that while it feels different at first, with about a day of practice, an operator can become 'dangerous' (proficient) with it, and within a week, become truly efficient. He praises the intuitive joystick controls, where thumbs operate the tilt and rotate functions, making the learning process smoother than anticipated.

Goal: Observe the tiltrotator in action and understand the learning process for operators.

Tools and materials

  • Excavator Cab/Controls Volvo — The operational interface for the excavator and tiltrotator
  • Steelwrist Tiltrotator Steelwrist — The primary attachment being operated for trenching
  • Volvo ECR235 Excavator Volvo — The machine actively performing digging and trenching

What they say

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the other side of the pile, I had three buckets lined up for a smaller machine that we don't have use of today. But one of them was an incredibly narrow trenching bucket. Another one was a standard dirt bucket that has teeth on it. Okay. And the third one was this wide facing grading bucket. Has the flat edge on the front so you can make a smooth pass when you're done. Some of the ones with teeth or when you're trying to dig into really hard material, you haven't used it before. Need to plunge in with the teeth to break it free. If you're doing trench work, cleanup work, things like that, you're trying to smooth dirt out, move it quickly. So something wide and flat like this gets the job done. Heat up Heat. Heat. Heat up You know what? So, one of the things that I'm picking up is there is a learning curve with these things that uh it's just like any piece of equipment. You've got to get used to it before you can get efficient with it. I've never ran a steel wrist before, but I'll tell you straight up after I ran it for 10 minutes and already it's starting to get intuitive. Not right away. At first it feels a little bit different, but then after you kind of go, "Oh yeah, now I get a whole I'm used to this button. I'm used to that button." I can see where maybe a day, maybe a day, and you could be dangerous with it. And in about a week, you're going to be efficient with it. You're going to be like, "Oh, wow. that I could see where that's going to have uh that that little bit. It's not a big learning curve. I would I was thinking it was going to be a little bit harder to to pick it up, but it really isn't. At least not the way that it's set up in this machine. With this machine, everything is right on your joysticks. Your thumbs do both thumbs operate the tilt, the rotate. This finger rotates your grapple. Um that's it. It's as simple as that. [Music] [Applause]

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