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Amphibious excavator poling itself downriver - GIF
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That's pretty cool. I've actually seen something similar in person before. It was an excavator on a barge. He was dredging a river that fed into Lake Huron. I watched him for days. That guy was a master at paddling the excavator back and forth, but also walking the excavator just the right amount on the barge. Interesting stuff.
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Impressive skills. Brings a whole new meaning to the Breast Stroke or Butterfly.
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Same concept, but with regular excavator on raft.
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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.
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Good thing his steering is set up correctly on optimistic Prime.
My friend was alone in back areas & went to retrieve a stuck D9 when gravel road gave way within a slip. He did the same thing with excavator on low loader.
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That's one way to make a lasting impression with the folks at the road department. :angry:
