My scale work pics

[JD4020]

I dont play with toys, I was taking pictures of my highly detailed models.

First set of pics, digging a foundation.

 

[JD4020]

The big Deere dozing.

 

[JD4020]

Little Deere dozer

 

[JD4020]

Grader

 

[JD4020]

Cats and Deeres get along well

 

[JD4020]

Excavator doing some trenching, and more random pics.

 

[tonka]

that looks fun

 

[stretch]

Reminds me of someone I know... Looks like 1/64th? I have the 12G (16G in 1/87) and that small Deere. :usa

 

[hoeman600]

You Were Playin And You Know It:d

 

[oldtimer53]

your Cat excavator needs the stick cylinder overhauled/

 

[JD4020]

That aint the only Cat that needs help, heres the backhoe.

 

[Dozerboy]

Should of stuck with JD lol

 

[Dirtman2007]

That aint the only Cat that needs help, heres the backhoe.

you played with it too much

 

[dayexco]

i gotta ask....you guys REALLY play w/toys like this? my 5 yr old grandson is parking his toys...and wants to run the big stuff...these pics must all be in fun?

 

[RollOver Pete]

i gotta ask....you guys REALLY play w/toys like this? my 5 yr old grandson is parking his toys...and wants to run the big stuff...these pics must all be in fun?

Hey now.....
Back in my younger days (1968-1974) I had a huge Tonka dirt spread.
In fact, thats how I got my feet wet in the dirt business.
The little tricks and secrets that I often use today were learned and perfected right in my back yard.
Things like slot dozing and production loading were way more important than worrying about girls and the cooties that they often spread.
At the tender age of 8 I knew that anything more than 1.5 tire revolutions was not efficient or productive loading.
I could care less what the green M n M's were for.
I just knew that if they were mixed into my fills, the soils man would make me remove them.
Keeping unwanted girls off of my dirt spread always made for a more productive day.

My advise to your grandson...
What he and most of you see as toys are actually valuable learning tools.
Use them!
Those of us who attended the backyard apprenticeship training sites often become some of the industries "Top Hands".
Those who didn't develop that special bubble in their rear from not using their (toys)tools of a higher learning are easy to spot on any construction site.
So sure, the pics can be fun.
It's the learning that's serious business.

 

[JD4020]

Well, if I didnt live in the city with people watching me, I would be playing. But right now its practice, what he said.

 

[Dirtman2007]

Hey now.....
Back in my younger days (1968-1974) I had a huge Tonka dirt spread.
In fact, thats how I got my feet wet in the dirt business.
The little tricks and secrets that I often use today were learned and perfected right in my back yard.
Things like slot dozing and production loading were way more important than worrying about girls and the cooties that they often spread.
At the tender age of 8 I knew that anything more than 1.5 tire revolutions was not efficient or productive loading.
I could care less what the green M n M's were for.
I just knew that if they were mixed into my fills, the soils man would make me remove them.
Keeping unwanted girls off of my dirt spread always made for a more productive day.

My advise to your grandson...
What he and most of you see as toys are actually valuable learning tools.
Use them!
Those of us who attended the backyard apprenticeship training sites often become some of the industries "Top Hands".
Those who didn't develop that special bubble in their rear from not using their (toys)tools of a higher learning are easy to spot on any construction site.
So sure, the pics can be fun.
It's the learning that's serious business.

Your right about the practice you can learn from those little toys when your young. I spent many, many hours moving dirt around in the backyard. I wore many pair of pants out on my knees in the dirt. At one time my site had grown to about 400 sq feet! I had a pure town onetime, cutting roads, moving dirt here and there. Ahh so much fun.

Hey I'm still doing those things just with bigger toys!

 

[dayexco]

Hey now.....
Back in my younger days (1968-1974) I had a huge Tonka dirt spread.
In fact, thats how I got my feet wet in the dirt business.
The little tricks and secrets that I often use today were learned and perfected right in my back yard.
Things like slot dozing and production loading were way more important than worrying about girls and the cooties that they often spread.
At the tender age of 8 I knew that anything more than 1.5 tire revolutions was not efficient or productive loading.
I could care less what the green M n M's were for.
I just knew that if they were mixed into my fills, the soils man would make me remove them.
Keeping unwanted girls off of my dirt spread always made for a more productive day.

My advise to your grandson...
What he and most of you see as toys are actually valuable learning tools.
Use them!
Those of us who attended the backyard apprenticeship training sites often become some of the industries "Top Hands".
Those who didn't develop that special bubble in their rear from not using their (toys)tools of a higher learning are easy to spot on any construction site.
So sure, the pics can be fun.
It's the learning that's serious business.

there's a method to everybody's madness....mine doesn't quite mesh with people over 8-9 yrs old...playing in sandboxes...if that trips your/their trigger....have at it!!!!!:drinkup:drinkup:drinkup

anyway...i learned from one of the best, my father died when he was 65 yrs old...and it wasn't in a sandbox...my son learned from me...and hopefully....his sons will learn from him. all in a structured/controlled setting, not within the confines of some 2 x 6's or 20.5-25 filled with sand and tonka toys...if it worked for you and yours...good deal, dude!

 

[stretch]

...all in a structured/controlled setting, not within the confines of some 2 x 6's or 20.5-25 filled with sand and tonka toys...if it worked for you and yours...good deal, dude!

Unfortunately...that's all I had for a looong time, even with my small fleet of Tonka's. They're out in the pasture but we start them up occasionally to let the little kids run them. :drinkup

JD4020, you only showed us one pic of the HO fleet with the Deere backhoe and the 160M...can we see a few more?

And tell them to keep playing, I second what they've said...it really is a good way to learn about this stuff. RollOverPete, I still have the Tonka dozer I used to push slots with.

 

[euclid]

Did you make motor noises while digging in the dirt? Nice pictures you took and it looked very realistic!