Excavator Challenge

[Countryboy]

Welcome to Heavy Equipment Forums Chubbs Mcgee! :drinkup

 

[tw_692000]

I had some free time while waiting on the lowboy to arrive so I tried the 12 oz coke can. First I tried an empty can and it immediatly crushed so i tried the full can. Here is what happened!
Sorry the camera is so far away. I did not want it to get wet if the can exploded.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-SCO2rH7wg

nice job cris !!!! i like ur thumb better than the one on my machine by the way nice volvo brother

 

[Dirtman2007]

Thanks, Its one of the best thumbs I have ever used.

We have always said If your gonna get a thumb there is no need to get a cheap one, go ahead and get a good one and you will not regret it.

 

[dayexco]

aw come on!!!...you place a coke can tween the teeth...tweek the grapple until you can pick it up...takes "some" dexterity....try lighting the kitchen match with the sandpaper taped to a bucket tooth without breaking the match stick, then we'll know how much feel for a machine you got.

 

[mike69440]

I want to see the video?

aw come on!!!...you place a coke can tween the teeth...tweek the grapple until you can pick it up...takes "some" dexterity....try lighting the kitchen match with the sandpaper taped to a bucket tooth without breaking the match stick, then we'll know how much feel for a machine you got.

IF this has been done, I want to see the video.

 

[dayexco]

i did it about 10 yrs ago, took me just about a half a box of matches to do it, didn't own video cam at the time, it can be done, i just don't have it captured on film. if you got the finesse and the balls, should be a relatively easy feat, huh?

 

[Dirtman2007]

So you just taped a match stick to the tooth and light it by draging it across sandpaper without breaking the stick correct?

What size machine were you on?

 

[allen375]

I'm confused

Nice videos

OK, does the match go on the ground or taped to the bucket?
The next time I have an ex on rent I'll try.

 

[dayexco]

tape the sandpaper to your bucket tooth, stick the match stick in a crack in the sidewalk/asphalt, etc.

210 hyundai, 210 case, 690 deere

 

[Kreft]

does it still count if you do it ona backhoe

 

[Orchard Ex]

Be careful guys...
If dayex tapes a scalpel to the bucket and says "Come over and watch this", Run!:eek2

 

[tscacadc]

I am new to the forum but I have to say that is pretty impressive!

 

[newjcb123uk]

Pull 2 corks out?

Over here in Northern Ireland we had a JCB driver champanionship. each contender had to drive a JCB around a set course - lift a bucket of water without spilling it with the front bucket and then pull out two "metal" corks out of Guinness bottles mounted on a table. (which I did sucessfully) I was only 13 years old) - yeah yeah look at me) Each participant was also rewarded by a bottle of Guinness (They sponsered the event) - trouble was men were entering the contest several times which ment several Guinnesses which ment wobbly driving under the influence - needless to say some participants were not allowed to drive in the competition again. Ahh those were the days!:cool2

 

[Countryboy]

Welcome to Heavy Equipment Forums tscacadc! :drinkup

 

[portcityrigging]

Putting 235 bucket tooth in back pocket of pipelayer

I doubt I could do it now ,but back in my days as a trackhoe operator I always looked for new ways to sharpen my dept perception and hand / eye coordination. One way I found was to wait for the pipelayer in the ditch ( a good friend with a sense of humor ) to bend over to align the pipe to the laser and I would put a bucket tooth in his back pants pocket and sit him down in the ditch.
What made it a challenge was I was on a 235 Cat and the " target " was in a ditch 25' from me.
I don't reccomend trying this. I'd been a op then for over 15 years and had " the velvet touch " on a machine.

:usa

 

[biggixxerjim]

aw come on!!!...you place a coke can tween the teeth...tweek the grapple until you can pick it up...takes "some" dexterity....try lighting the kitchen match with the sandpaper taped to a bucket tooth without breaking the match stick, then we'll know how much feel for a machine you got.

i call bs. how far is this stick into the crack, anyway??

lets see some prof. If you could do it then, u can do it now, right? Especially with far superior equipment..

 

[biggixxerjim]

I doubt I could do it now ,but back in my days as a trackhoe operator I always looked for new ways to sharpen my dept perception and hand / eye coordination. One way I found was to wait for the pipelayer in the ditch ( a good friend with a sense of humor ) to bend over to align the pipe to the laser and I would put a bucket tooth in his back pants pocket and sit him down in the ditch.
What made it a challenge was I was on a 235 Cat and the " target " was in a ditch 25' from me.
I don't reccomend trying this. I'd been a op then for over 15 years and had " the velvet touch " on a machine.

:usa

I dont think a 235 tooth will fit in a back pocket........:umno

 

[tylermckee]

i call bs. how far is this stick into the crack, anyway??

lets see some prof. If you could do it then, u can do it now, right? Especially with far superior equipment..

i bought a box of strike anywhere matches and some sand paper and i could hardly light a match using my hands!

 

[portcityrigging]

Depends

I dont think a 235 tooth will fit in a back pocket........:umno

With a 40" Texas rock bucket, the points of the middle tooth will . Thank ya .

And I do still have " the touch " and other than my eyes going bad, I could do it again within a few minutes on any machine...........If I could see ! ( old age sux )
Ain't got money, ain't got the but I DO have " the touch ".

NCCCO : Manitowoc 3900 W S-2, 4000W, 4100 S-3 , 14000 w/ 282 main ' and 373' Luffing and American
IUOE 382
28 years
Little Rock, Arkansas