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Got hundreds of tons of clay soil to shift which is very claggy, so claggy it is staying in big lumps so the digger is picking big lumps up as in pic.

 

Thats no problem, the big problem is having to get out and declag the bucket all the time with the clay sticking in there. Any tips to avoid this?

 

Had it stood on its nose and side quite a few times :001_smile:

 

Tried it with trenching bucket and 18" digging bucket

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you can get clay buckets which hav most of the sides missing to stop te suction also there was a guy making a bucket with a pusher in the back that you could eject the stuff stuck in there i have found that using the biggest digging bucket i have and only half filling it means it doesent get stuck so much but if your like me you will miss a half bucket and fill one up and have to dig it out ! lol

or get big machine and a smaller one to clean the other bucket out lol !

 

 

http://www.digbits.co.uk/clay_spades.htm

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I'm managing but it's a right pain having to clean it out with a big bar every half hour or so.

 

I'd reckon on there's a 1000 ton to move but access to get a bigger machine in is limited, this ones a 5 tonner

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