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First we lock in the digger arm, then it lifts the whole machine off the ground..
With the tracks hooked under the ledge the arm is released and stretches up to reach the next level...now click through here to see how it all ends up.
Ta..dahhhh!!!!!! I thank yew! (now how do I get down?)
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Comments (4)
I have seen some pretty amazing digger drivers, but I've never seen that trick before. I don't know who titled this blog, though, because that sure isn't a backhoe. Mind you, some of the Poms I know still call anything with hydraulics and a bucket a JCB!
Posted by Vic Hungerford | June 24, 2008 6:57 AM
Posted on June 24, 2008 06:57
Anything with rams and a bucket is a JCB!(From your Staffordshire correspondent)
Posted by Richard Stanier | June 24, 2008 12:58 PM
Posted on June 24, 2008 12:58
Mmmmmmm....... not too sure about that, Richard! However we do have a lot of JCBs out here too, but years ago anything with rams and a bucket in NZ used to be a Hamilton, made by a certain Mr Hamilton who went on to design and make jet propulsion units for boats - the Hamilton Jet.
Posted by Vic Hungerford | June 24, 2008 9:41 PM
Posted on June 24, 2008 21:41
It's funny how plant tends to get a particular makers name attached to it, and it sticks for years, regardless of the acutual manufacturer of the equipment. Barbour Green, Track-Air and Drott are all names widely used by road makers for any machine!
Posted by Richard Stanier | June 25, 2008 11:51 AM
Posted on June 25, 2008 11:51