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« on: May 08, 2014, 05:06:07 AM »
I have been in the operating engineers for a year and a half but have been around heavy equipment since iwas a kid .I used 5th bea mmechanic for Johnson machinery (cat dealership).The smaller the scraper the rougher they are.657 and 651 are much easier on your body , but while running those you get into some pretty gnarly situations. A lot of times starting out company's will start you out on a forklift or roller.i got told by my father in law that when I started I would be on a 651 scraper because it was the foundation of of dirt work.after running a 51 for over a year you drive around the job sometimes 150 times a day so you get to see what everyone is doing in the the cut and the fill and everyone in between.