how to get under the digger properly

Operators should have bucket in the air loaded when you pull up. Back under it and he'll hit the horn or start dumping material in your box when your good. When he's done he'll hit the horn again. However, some are lazy and you have to train them.

 

That goes both ways,..

Having been the digger,.. there are drivers that will stop out of your reach or come in at an angle to where your bucket wont fit down in the body and force you to drop from a taller height slamming the material into the body.

Most operators will have the bucket in the air waiting for the truck to come into position. My best advise is to use the monkey see monkey doo approach. Look at what the other drivers do, rinse and repeat.

In my experience,.. most drivers look for the ruts and back into the same tracks as the last driver. Wait for the operator to honk or (His horn could be broken) till you feel the material dropping.

Hurst

 

Back when I first started pulling an end dump, I had no idea what to do when I got to the pit. So I just watched the other drivers, and I did what they did.

Or if you have radio contact with the digger operator, just ask him what he wants you to do.

 

The digger will position his bucket where he wants you, just back under it, so all he has to do is dump it in your truck.

 

As with any job, time will make it better. Sounds like you just started. And it will take your body a while to adjust.

 

Why not just ask the operator at the beginnin of yer shift? Im sure he'd be happy ta set ya straight an mebbe give ya a few pointers.