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Stumped by my excavator's hesitation on deep digs

Honestly, I was on a site last week digging for a basement. Every time I went deep, the excavator would pause for a second before responding. Tbh, it made the whole process way slower and less precise. Has anyone else seen this? I'm curious if it's a maintenance thing or just how some machines are.
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linda_jenkins3
HAVE you checked the hydraulic fluid? I used to blame it on old machines, but my buddy proved low fluid causes that WEIRD pause.
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olivermason
What about cold weather thickening the fluid?
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rowanh84
rowanh842h ago
Low fluid plus cold thickens it, which could make @the_blake's air-in-lines theory worse.
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the_blake
the_blake10h ago
What about air in the lines causing that pause?
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