Remember when you had to feel the grade? That old Cat D6 in '95 taught me.

We were clearing a site outside of Flagstaff, and the laser level box on the blade just went dead. No warning, just a blank screen. I had about 200 feet left to cut to spec. My foreman, Mike, just yelled 'You got eyes, don't you?' from the truck. So I shut the cab door to kill the noise and finished the pass by watching the fall of the dirt and the shadow line on the stakes. It came in within a quarter inch. Anyone else have to finish a job the old-school way when the tech quit?

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wyatt_shah853d ago

Mike sounds like my old boss. He'd hand you a bent coat hanger and tell you it was the new high-tech snake. Quarter inch with just your eyes is wild.

reesepatel3d agoMost Upvoted

That coat hanger line is too real. I've met a few guys who think guessing is a professional skill. It's a special kind of confidence to be that wrong.