| Author | Message | ||
     Newfie_buell |
All week we have had heavy equipment tearing up the street and repaving, new sidewalks, etc, etc..... Well this evening as I was going in the house there is a giant excavator sitting in front of my door under the streetlight. I thought this would make an interesting photo I'd like to share. This was shot with my Canon Digital Rebel in Manual Mode using timed exposures.   | ||
| Newfie_buell |
The second one I was lucky enough to have a car drive by. | ||
| Rubdoggy |
BIG | ||
| Awprior |
Newfie, What's the model number on that? I would guess a 200CLC. I can get you more info! We build those in Kernersville, NC, but have a few at the playground at my plant. Really cool piece of machinery. We saw a ton of Deere stuff when we were up there last summer! Alex | ||
| Cataract2 |
Hmm, I have some yard work to do and that would do nicely for it.... | ||
| Newxb9er |
Wouldn't that be fun to crush a house!! Swing the arm around and take it right out. That large equipment would be so fun to drive and play with!! | ||
| Newfie_buell |
Alex, Its a 330CLC!!!! Its damm huge and with the arm extended higher than the houses, heck with just the middle section put up its as high as the house. I was going to put the S1 next to it but couldn't get it over the curb where the street is taken down. | ||
| Rubberdown |
That's nothing I ride a 1200CLC every day.....BMW | ||
| Spiderman |
DUDE!! Hot wire it and take it into town, I am sure Prior can give ya some driving tips  | ||
| Whodom |
Neat shot. My dad was a dragline operator (how many of you know what a dragline is?); not one of those coal mine monsters, but a smaller one for digging ditches and irrigation ponds. Backhoes like the one above have replaced them for most work. I used to go to work with my Dad most Saturdays when I was a kid. He taught me to operate when I was about 15, but I haven't been in a dragline since I was about 20. I miss those times a lot... | ||
| Reepicheep |
You guys with those digital rebels and all this low light photography are KILLING me! Anyone want to trade a 1911 (actually a 1991A1) for a digital Rebel setup? I like the .45, but where I live, the Rebel would get a lot more shooting  | ||
| Awprior |
8.1 L engine (diesel of course), 148 gal fuel tank, 38' extended reach, 26'7" maximum digging depth and weighing in at 72,800#. Not too shabby. And yes, I could give you some operating instructions. Don't know if you'd want to hotwire that, they only move around 4 miles and hour and draw a bit of attention... I think I need to look into these Rebels too... Prior | ||
| Newfie_buell |
A bit of attention is an understatement!!!! I'd love to try that out but I'd need to be in a very large area where destruction is not an issue!!!!!! 4mph over anything you want is pretty cool too. The arm on that was dropped that way so the guy across the street could still drive his minivan into his driveway. I could almost drive my Subaru under it!!!! | ||
| Spiderman |
4mph with a 20+ foot arm to swat at things LOL | ||
| Newfie_buell |
Beats most WEBS there Spidey!!!!! | ||
| Blackbelt |
Spidy you are scaring me.... | ||
| Cruisin |
Hey, I saw one of those in April...they had to use it to get my Explorer out of the ditch. The CAT was on the road, and the bucket was down by the Explorer. They hooked on and dragged me back the 150 feet I needed to go. Damn guardrail was in the way and I had to back up to where I went off. Don't ask... http://www.xb12r.com/clips/mvi_4783.avi | ||
| Newfie_buell |
Cool Shot!!!! | ||
| Midmofirebolt |
I get to use his little japanese cousin at work, lot's of fun. I can just imagine the size of the hole I could dig with that thing. The 4mph thing sucks though, like Office Space with the old man with the walker passing all the cars. Someone needs to put an end to that, is 8mph to much to ask? I know I'm never satisfied, but if I'd like more than 140 on my 12R(not that it needs it, but...), do ya think 4mph is gonna cut it? BTW great pic. I'm gonna have to look into those Rebels too. (Message edited by midmofirebolt on July 27, 2005) | ||
| Steveford |
Crushing parked cars by running over them with that wouldn't be a problem, then? Are they expensive to rent? | ||
| Midmofirebolt |
Crushing parked cars by running over them with that wouldn't be a problem, then? No, but they'd be a lot more fun to crush with the bucket. Get some momentum built up and send them flying. | ||
| Seth |
I'm probably gonna regret this...  "...DUDE!! Hot wire it and take it into town..." http://cgi.ebay.com/FOUR-Replacement-Key-Sets-THE-ULTIMATE-DEERE-SET_W0QQitemZ75 33726597QQcategoryZ41507QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem | ||
| Rek |
"...DUDE!! Hot wire it and take it into town..." I worked on a power-house near Slver City, NM years ago and we took off for a holiday weekend. When we returned Tuesday morning the dozer was missing w/ just a set of tracks heading south through the desert. The project manager and a couple deputies head off in the pickup and caught up w/ the thief a few short miles from the Mexico border. If they had even dinked around half a day before searching the fellow would have made it to the border. The poor guy, he must've been driving 24/7 the entire weekend and to make so close and be thwarted in the end. Oh well, that's why they say crime never pays. Rob | ||
| Whatever |
Newfer, PUT ON THE GRINCH SUIT, POP A WHEELIE IN FRONT OF IT AND TAKE A HIGH SPEED TIMED PHOTO OF IT! That ought to keep ya busy while the kids are sleeping... Char  |
