You'd never know this is my 1st tractor....

snal · Mar 21, 2006

You\'d never know this is my 1st tractor....

Unless you watched me operate it! I played with the backhoe a bit this evening...wife said it looked like a one-armed puppeteer with parkinson's disease...hey...it dug dirt...and pretty close to where I wanted it to! That rock wall needed to come down anyway.

teg · Mar 21, 2006

Re: You\'d never know this is my 1st tractor....

Join the crowd, new backhoe oops-erators

JerryG · Mar 21, 2006

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In no time at all, you will not even think about where your hands are. It will be automatic. Dig away.

Singlecoil · Mar 21, 2006

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That is too funny. That was my spending an hour to dig a hole to plant a tree about two weeks ago. I spent a lot of time thinking about operating the backhoe, and a little time on a simulator I found on the internet and I'm feeling much more natural on the thing now.

snal · Mar 21, 2006

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If it weren't for my better judgement...I'd guess that backhoe work would be like my golf and billiards game...my best game is 3 beers...no more...no less. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Seriously though...practice may not make me perfect, but I think it'll make me acceptable.

djwill · Mar 22, 2006

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It took me a few try's, but after digging up a few stumps it becomes much easier using the controls

dj

escavader · Mar 23, 2006

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This is a very funny post! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gifWe all were like bulls in a china closet when we started.In a couple weeks you wont even be thinking about it,it will be an extention of your arm-REALLY!!
ALAN

bird1968 · Mar 23, 2006

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( will be an extention of your arm-REALLY!! )

But Snal, don't go scratching that area , with the new arm /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gifyet....you've got work to do...

Have fun...good to see that you guys, the ground is unfrozen...

snal · Mar 23, 2006

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( ( will be an extention of your arm-REALLY!! )

But Snal, don't go scratching that area , with the new arm /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gifyet....you've got work to do...

 I guess I'm lucky that it ain't itch'n /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Have fun...good to see that you guys, the ground is
unfrozen... )

At least not now....winter storm warning for tonight! I hope it melts by saturday so I can get the drive cut to the backside of my garage....then again...I might make the first payment by clearing driveways! (one uses a backhoe for that...right? /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Volfandt · Mar 24, 2006

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Just be careful not to flip yourself /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif You'll definitely come close, believe me /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

That BH has more uses than just digging. It makes a nice flexible boompole as well as a small cherrypicker. I'm thinking on adding a thumb in the near future because it'll add a whole new dimension to its usefulness.

Volfandt