Amphibious excavator poling itself downriver - GIF

[ranald]

Wouldn't want to be much deeper or loose control due to the reach. Nice to watch.

before I had my ticket , about 22 years ago, I employed a chap to dig a trench with a 4x4 back hoe then had him go down to my creek (I already had a wide path for access done by a drott previously) . The small job at the creek involved moving a large eucalyptus log left by floodwaters preventing the almost pristene area from easy maintenance. Well, he ignored my advice and got bogged: so had to drag the back hoe through the beautiful creek as the being bogged became worse in trying to go back to start where I originally advised. The mess was incredible.& he had the hide to ask for extra cash for time spent retrieving his machine & minor damage to his prosthetic leg.
HAND REPAIR WITH A POST HOLE SHOVEL.
THE LOG IS STILL WHERE IT WAS, despite the numerous floods since then over more than 20 years.