Skid steer stuntman

[Jon]

There's a guy from Arizona named Jake Hatch, and he's unusually skilled at operating a skid steer.

Add in a Guinness World Record for "Longest wheelie by a skid loader", some social media buzz, and a video editing program with an abundance of '90s synthesizer music.

Now he's the self-styled "Black Sheep Skid", coming to a county fair near you.

Here's a monster truck rally-style aerial hype video of Black Sheep Skid performing at a rodeo:

I was surprised to discover that this is the guy who performs in the TwentyTrucks kids' truck videos.

On the jobsite, where you get to see these skills at work:

Previously:
Self-loading Bobcat GIF
Excavator slicing tree GIF
Swinging around on excavator bucket
excavator prepares and serves hot dog
Bucket loader bump GIF
Scale model working heavy equipment
baby excavator hatching in the wild
wood excavator toy
Self-loading excavator GIF
Excavator playing goalie in giant soccer game GIF
Excavator travels downhill

[Al8236]

I've run skid-steer quite a bit, but all I can say is WOW that culvert trick is just amazing!

[Jon]

[Frank S]

I have unintentionally had 3 wheels off the ground at once with a JD 644 while the over full bucket was high up in the air Not a fun feeling. One of my pucker moments I don't care to repeat.

[ranald]

Last time I saw something like that the fool hit the side of my truck while loading. I do like the pressure in the front Tyres(tires): good thing they aren't low profile.

[Jon]

[Frank S]

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can someone explain to me other than playing around what useful value there is to that skill

[ranald]

can someone explain to me other than playing around what useful value there is to that skill

he had to keep those loggies rollin' : very rowdy. And he wanted to make sure they were suitable as "TRU logs".

[old kodger]

The explanation from most mountaineers as to why they do it..........because it's there
The bob-cat driver? because I can.

[Jon]

3:17 video: