Swinging around on excavator bucket

[Jon]

Adventurous young gentleman swings around on an excavator bucket. Never try this at home, or anywhere else. Watching it on the internet, perfectly reasonable.

Previously:

Giant teeter totter
Excavator prepares and serves hot dog
Bucket loader bump GIF

[Jon]

Much better.

[Frank S]

Yep everybody needs a 1/4 million dollar machine to use as a sling swing.

[Jon]

[ranald]

no fool like an old one as my dad used to say.

[Frank S]

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Setting a real good example for his offspring

[Jon]

When you move on from excavator swinging to crane bungeeing.

[12bolts]

That could get messy if your hands slipped

[ranald]

Not for me! Reminds me when, as kids, my older brother & I were skylarking on the roof after fetching a ball: my brother got a sudden bit of acrophobia & I was instructed to climb down and fetch mattresses so he could jump. that wasn't enough so i had to fetch pillows as well. You probably guessed when he finally jumped from the three metres height, he only landed with one foot on the cushioned landing space: why? He didn't bend his knees (i guess) also.
That was followed by tall storys & he was sent to school with a swollen ankle: after about 3 weeks of pain & lies he confessed & it was discovered he had a broken bone in his foot & not just a sprain. Shoulda gone to truth tellers!

[Jon]