Ah ok got it I think. Like a tractor with attachments, but bigger and fixed in place. Damn, that's very cool! Have always wanted one of those setups with all the attachments like log saw, woodchipper etc.
Cool that you have a neighbor who can fix it up for you.
They're not fixed in place - permanently. I can swap 'em out, and do.
For example, I hop on my tractor and zoom right through the woods. My tractor is an L6060, so I've got climate control and a beer holder. I've even got music.
I go to the farm and I hook up to the shit spreader. (That is one of the things I can attach.) You know, like a giant shit spreader that you see 'em taking out into the fields? I hook that up, drive it over, zoom around in a small backhoe, and fill the spreader with shit.
I then drive it up the road - 'cause it's now got a shit spreader attached and I really don't want to drive that through the woods. (It's a pretty good trail but I like fucking with tourists.)
I then drive my tractor, at like 10 MPH, right down the fucking road.
Pulling a shit spreader full of shit.
I then spread shit where my garden is going to be. Later, I go back and put furrows into it, 'cause I got a fucking tractor!
I have tractorin' stories! I fucking love my tractor.
Shit yeah! That is a few level above what I've thought of for myself (hand tractor type) but same idea.
Now I'm picturing you as the guy who stole a tank and drove it around! LOL!
Dude...
It's getting late, but I gotta tell you the rest.
I own an excavator. Like, not just my backhoe - but I own a giant working excavator. It came with the farm! It's a Cat, but I don't know the model number offhand. I's a big fucker and I can kinda use it.
Much to my surprise, the top spins around on 'em amazingly fast. Like, far faster than they show professionals moving 'em - but there's a video where the open boom is being used to propel a water skier behind them.
They literally drove their excavator into the water and then swung the top around fast enough to water ski behind it. They even made a video - and I've never met them. I'm pretty sure they were Russians.
Anyhow...
Fuck that...
Imagine a 1982 Dodge Omni.
Imagine a length of chain with a cabled quick release.
Now, attach 'em both to the bucket.
I bet I could chuck a fucking car with it.
However, I'm not completely sure that it'd withstand the torque stresses and I really, really don't think it'd be prudent to break it.
Still, I'm pretty sure I can chuck a car with an excavator. It's just REALLY expensive if I seriously break it. Also, they kind of use it - pretty much every few days, sometimes more often. I'm also pretty sure insurance isn't going to cover it.
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