Futura MCR3, Operator'S Manual

Installation - Excavating

In Trench Set-Up - Bucket Extended

Position the machine and 

dig to the desired finished 

elevation.
Fully  retract  the  bucket 

cylinder  and  place  the 

bucket teeth at the finished 

elevation.
Set the laser up and turn 

it on.

Standard Plumb:

  Mount 

the mast on the side of the 

dipper arm.
Turn the receiver on and select standard plumb mode, offset on-grade, (center 

on-grade may be used) and the smallest deadband.
Place the receiver on the mast, tighten, and adjust the dipper arm so the receiver 

is within the standard plumb range.
Slide the receiver up or down to get an on-grade display then tighten.
Select the desired deadband and begin to excavate.
Take grade readings with the bucket retracted and the LED's solid.

ACE mode: 

Mount the mast on the side of the dipper arm so it

 points to the 

bucket teeth

 as illustrated above. 

Turn the receiver on and select standard plumb mode, 

center on grade

, and 

the narrowest deadband.
Mount the receiver to the mast, adjust the dipper arm to plumb,   and slide the 

receiver up or down to get a solid on-grade display.
Safely measure the distance from the 

bucket teeth

 to the center on-grade 

mark on the back of the receiver. This is the set-up length.
Enter the ACE mode. Press and hold the plumb switch to scroll up the set-up 

length scale and release the switch when the lit LED is closest to the measured 

set-up length. The LED will blink to confirm the setting.
Select the desired deadband and begin to excavate.
Take grade readings with the bucket fully retracted and LED's solid.

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