backhoe skill

WOW!!! My wife will not eaven come out of the house when Im using my backhoe!!!!!!!!!

this clip is not as dangerous but still shows great skill
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onCbBfBWlXw

Years ago, in our town, they were excavating a pipe line. The truck driver was standing on the running board watching as a backhoe was loading him. As the operator passed the bucket over the man, a hydraulic line broke, closing the bucket and decapitating the man.

Is this video safe?

I'd like to see that attempted with an old, well worn machine (actually I wouldn't!!). I know the ones I've tried were old, well worn tractor style back hoes. You'd have to keep the RPMs up to get any power, then fight the herky-jerky hydraulics because of the higher RPMs!:drunkie: That's what you get with an amateur at the controls.

Joel

You just have to love the comments section of Youtube!

"i bet his house is full of stuffed animals he wins from those crane machines"

LOL!

Here is another skilled operator.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9fv40e7qWg

He forgot the best part!!:fing32:

Kingwood990 said:

Here is another skilled operator.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9fv40e7qWg

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Really good considering they stuck him with a Bobcat. :hide:

This is sorta off topic, not about skill, just some pretty amazing diggers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQgYJELaXMM&NR=1

Cool!

Back in the day at the Oswego steam plant I saw an operator pick up a dime with the bucket on a Hein Werner C-12.

LilysDad said:

Years ago, in our town, they were excavating a pipe line. The truck driver was standing on the running board watching as a backhoe was loading him. As the operator passed the bucket over the man, a hydraulic line broke, closing the bucket and decapitating the man.

Is this video safe?

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It's a stunt and with stunts anything can happen.Looks a lot safer than someone trying to show their knife throwing skills by seeing how close they can lob one at you and still not hit you.

Kingwood990 said:

Here is another skilled operator.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9fv40e7qWg

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My younger brother won a years's rental on a 750 Deere dozer doing a contest very similar to that ,but with a plastic spoon and egg and bells on sticks:thThumbsU
He could do what that guy did dis-robing with his log truck , he is an incredible operator! Being in R&D for many years for Wain-Roy I have seen many many contests and very few that were truely AWSOME! That fellow running that Bobcat is one of the AWSOME ones!:thThumbsU:trink39: