Northstar Contracting, King Trail Alliance and Marty’s Reliable Cycle have provided some training to JORBA equipment operators. Congratulations to
- Jason Fenton
- Art White
- Jeremy Klopper
- Tom Pannorfi
- Ken Seebeck
- Sandy Chapman
- Chris Chapman
- Marc Perez
for succesfully completing the course.
Mechanized Training
After a safety briefing the training agenda included loading and unloading the JORBA Mini ex from the trailer with a focus on the following:
- placement of equipment on the trailer
- un/loading with the bucket forward and backward
- building comfort with the machine “tilt” when un/loading
- securing the machine AND bucket
Hands on experience wincluded the following skills in a controlled environment:
- introduction – basic control familiarity
- simultaneous axis control drills
- raking the ground (stick boom, main boom, bucket curl)
- thumb controls
- moving loads (rocks, logs, etc.) while swinging left / right
- securing the machine for operation
- dig forward, finish behind
- track packing and bucket packing
- maneuvering on steep slopes
- adjusting track width & operating with narrow vs wide track position
- blade operation
- building a safe, stable footing to operate from
