I was on a 420E CAT backhoe that had been sitting on an oil lease for months. MAJOR rats nests and not a dam thing worked on the machine. I pulled numerous covers off this machine inside the cab and out. Found rat nests under the radiator, on top of the engine, on top of the transmission, inside the steering console, and inside the right control panel......what a disaster! So I clean all the nests out and start my wire tracing to repair all the damage. After 4 hours of wire pulling and splicing I'm down to my last 3 wires under the floor. I'm standing on the ground outside the right door working on these 3 ground wires, and out of NOWHERE, a HUGE rat head pops out of the floor channel 4 inches from my hand.....Scared the living F&*% out of me! I jumped back and turned, hit my head on the door, dam near knocked myself out! Once I came to my senses again I wondered, how in the hell, with all the racket I was making on this machine for 4 hours.....being on this machine from front to back numerous times, even cleaning these nests out using an air gun, how was he still in there?
The good news.......machine works, heart is ok, back to work today with a slight headache, and feeling a bit girly this morning after my wife died laughing last night about my whole experience. I wonder what today has in store for me?
The good news.......machine works, heart is ok, back to work today with a slight headache, and feeling a bit girly this morning after my wife died laughing last night about my whole experience. I wonder what today has in store for me?