Backhoe climbs train car...

[Whiskey]

I've looked at this 5 or 6 times, with my mouth hanging open oh my god the eyes see it but the brain is having a hard time beliving what the eyes are telling it

 

[MossRoad]

We have several rail maintenance facilities near here. I've seen those TLBs on top of the gondolas on many occassions. I've wondered how they got them there. Now I'm sorry I know /w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif

 

[DrDan]

I'll bet his "tilt meter" was pegged! Yes I could not believe it when I saw it. Would like to see a video of it now. I think I want a hoe to play with.

DrDan

 

[njrqs]

Ahhhhhhh

Do we post this under SAFETY as well??

That has made my morning !!

 

[ScottAR]

You called it. the Backhoe stays on top of the car with the extensions on the bucket and outriggers.

That's a Caterpillar... probably a 416.

These shots have been making the rounds on the web for awhile now. Pretty neat, but I wouldn't try it...

 

[kevincook]

That would be a really bad time to blow a hydraulic line.

But it you are going to do it you might as well do it in a CAT.

 

[Steven]

I would like to his face if hydraulic line let go. pretty creative idea, but there must be a better way? open up a door on the bottom and use a converor to load truck.

 

[karmakanic]

When the highway department was rebuilding I30, they had a spur line set up to transport sand and gravel to the batch plant. They had a track hoe up on top of a string of gondolas in the off loading area. It spent the entire job up there, a constant supply of cars underneath it's tracks. It didn't have any outriggers, just stayed on top of the sand/gravel in the car ahead of the one it was emptying. I didn't get to see how it was lifted up there, or down after the job. I assumed a crane.

Somehow I don't think it made it up there they way our hero used. I guess you could call him either a crazy fool or an industrious hero. In Mexico, I suspect, he's seen as more the former then the latter. I just know my hats off to him.

Dave

 

[DrDan]

I think where it would become a necessity is if something was in the gondola that got hard like fertilizer. Otherwise they could open the chutes below.

DrDan

 

[MikePA]

Isn't that an oversized bucket on the backhoe as well?