I've played around with several small bucket loaders, and one backhoe. I also have moved some dirt with a small dozer and bucket loader that were track machines. It really is a blast, and the good thing is that most other things move if you hit them. Oh, I forgot, I also took out a substancial plate glass window with a backhoe once, but hey, that could have happened to anybody who wasn't paying attention. I was able to dig a pretty straight trench using a walk-behind ditchwitch, but doing it while sitting on a machine is unlikely.
Bill Stephan Kansas Citty MO Email: wstep...@everestkc.net Phone: (816)803-2469 ----- Original Message ----- From: Darrin Porter <darrin.por...@united-mar.com> Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 2:39 pm Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] wilst we are talkking about building a house > Well, I have driven a Cat D6 crawler with a palmeddo rake on it. > 700 HP diesel crawler. the guy who owns it thinks it's work-I > think it's a blast. It will clear some land in a hurry. I've > also messed around with a Toyota back hoe / front end loader and a > bobcat. I will say this, I cannot dig a very nice looking hole > with a back hoe.There is simply know way to determine where the > bucket is relative to the hole. > > Darrin > > > Darrin Porter > Senior Technical Engineer > > > United Ocean Services, L.L.C. > 601 South Harbour Island Boulevard, Suite 230 > Tampa, Florida 33602 > (813) 209-4247 (office) > (813) 744-0011 (cellular phone) > (813) 242-4849 (fax) > darrin.por...@united-mar.comm<mailto:darrin.por...@united-mar.comm> > > ________________________________ > From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Dan Rossi > Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 3:07 PM > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] wilst we are talkking about building > a house > > > > On Tue, 11 Aug 2009, carl wrote: > > > has anyone had a go of an earth mover or a back ho? > > > Not yet. My father-in-law has a couple of pieces of equipment like > that,but I've not yet convinced him to let me take one out for a spin. > > -- > Blue skies. > Dan Rossi > Carnegie Mellon University. > E-Mail: d...@andrew.cmu.edu<mailto:dr25%40andrew.cmu.edu> > Tel: (412) 268-9081 > > > ________________________________ > Attention: This email and any accompanying attachments constitute > confidential and/or legally privileged information. If you have > received this email communication in error, please notify the > sender immediately and delete the message and any attachments from > your system. > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
