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When you know you're a real pro, there's just no point in hiding it ... (Original Post) eppur_se_muova Jan 2025 OP
WOW! MuseRider Jan 2025 #1
I love big construction equipment!! Nittersing Jan 2025 #2
That's superior equipment operation there. Ilsa Jan 2025 #3
Some of those guys are good. I watched a guy using a mini excavator. The bucket was only about 12" wide and small. Hotler Jan 2025 #4
Mesmerizing, tho I don't know what happened but I trust eppur_se_muova UTUSN Jan 3 #5
Dude/dudette was probably a gymnast before taking up heavy machinery. Dem2theMax Jan 3 #6

MuseRider

(34,540 posts)
1. WOW!
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 11:40 AM
Jan 2025

I still have trouble backing my big pick up out of the garage when I need it. I won't even mention what I do with my tractor. Hopeless. This is amazing.

Nittersing

(7,138 posts)
2. I love big construction equipment!!
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 11:40 AM
Jan 2025

I really should have looked into that as a career.

I worked in maintenance at a shopping mall that did a big remodel, including adding an additional level to the parking garage. Of course they had to bring in a huge crane to handle all the precast stuff... I didn't get to play with it, but I did sit at the controls and bugged the operator a bit too much.

I *did* get to operate our little bobcat to fill our sanding truck. I d8d enjoy plowing snow, but it was more work than I expected.

Ilsa

(62,666 posts)
3. That's superior equipment operation there.
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 11:45 AM
Jan 2025

My driveway is steep and curved. Sometimes it's difficult backing out without touching a tire to the grass unless I backup, pull up and re-steer, and back down again.

Hotler

(12,933 posts)
4. Some of those guys are good. I watched a guy using a mini excavator. The bucket was only about 12" wide and small.
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 12:12 PM
Jan 2025

He was digging for a pipe in a sketchy area and I swear he could have been at an archeological dig hunting artifacts. When got down to where the pipe was supposed to be he started gently moving dirt like he was using a spoon and a brush. And when he need to move, he'd swing the bucket around and push and lift himself to a new position. I was in awe, and that doesn't happen with me very often. That guy could have combed hair without hurt you.

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