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Pathetic operator
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d4c24a
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Worthless
dont come to the uk agent as 99% of UK machines must be worthless two, as thumbs are as rare as rocking horse poo over here
dont come to the uk agent as 99% of UK machines must be worthless two, as thumbs are as rare as rocking horse poo over here
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[-Agent-]
COPPA
Thats gotta be the most stupid quote that I have ever heard
What if your digging and encounter a rock that you can't fit in your bucket and need a thumb?
d4c24a
Senior Member
experience
use your initiative and common sense
use your initiative and common sense
[-Agent-]
COPPA
And get a thumb?
JimBruce42
Senior Member
[-Agent-];97701 said:
Job I just came off of we are hitting nothing but boulders and mammoth rocks, not one hoe has a thumb on it, and we're doing just fine getting 7-8 foot or bigger boulders into rock trucks with a 6 foot bucket. Just ask bigcatpip, he's running the 345 ME on that job. Thumbs come in handy for demo or clearing maybe, but they aren't the end all be all:cool2
You guys seem to forget that [-Agent-] has seen it all and done it all at the wise old age of 14. If he says they are worthless without a thumb, then they must be!!:lmao
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oakland
COPPA
[-Agent-]
COPPA
I agree with your statement. I have seen it all and done it all, at the age of 14! :lmao:umno:guns
Although I have never driven a machine with out a thumb and it comes in handy for EVERYTHING. Excavators without thumbs look funny anyway.
Although I have seen cascade scraper roll around on his roller.
I bet YOU haven't done that. 
CM1995
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[-Agent-];97779 said:I agree with your statement. I have seen it all and done it all, at the age of 14! :lmao:umno:guns
Perfect example of youthful arrogance.
ointhead [-Agent-];97779 said:Although I have never driven a machine with out a thumb and it comes in handy for EVERYTHING. Excavators without thumbs look funny anyway.
Agent - I for one am tired of you coming on this board spouting drivel about the machines you have "driven". I am not even wasting forum space explaining why and when a thumb needs to be on a machine - since you have seen it all and done it all, you should know.
(Hint THEY ARE NOT GOOD FOR EVERYTHING)ointheadIt's obivious that you didn't learn anything from your last HEF sponsored vacation........
d4c24a
Senior Member
when you mature agent you may become a operator ,so the machines can be operated and not driven ,then you may gain initiative and common sense then again you may not
that will be the last correspondence you will get from me :ban
good luck with what you choose to do in life
a politician may be a good career for you
then again you may not that will be the last correspondence you will get from me :ban
good luck with what you choose to do in life
a politician may be a good career for you
landrvrnut22
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If you click on his username, there is a link on his profile page that say, "Add Agent to your ignore list"
Just a little hint.
Just a little hint.
EZ TRBO
Senior Member
I have ran an excavator since I was 15 and am now 24 and have never even been on one with a thumb and honestly never had a problem loading stumps, rocks, concrete slabs and such into the bucket. Now I will fully admit that I got my rear chewed quite hard the first time I used the track as a place to "help" the rock into the bucket with. Honestly, I've always belived the best operators are the ones that make do with what they have to work with and are able to figure out how to do things the most simple way. Now don't get started on saying well you can't load dump trucks with a dozer and so on and so forth. If you don't have it, make do without.
Trbo
Trbo
hvy 1ton
Senior Member
I've been reading this forum since i was 2004. I didn't sign up for a years b/c i didn't have anything constructive to add and knew it. I am gonna be 20 in 2 months and still don't know much compared to most of the guys on here. You notice i've never bragged about how many hours i have, or what machines i've run, or even what i own. A few users on here need to figure out they're still in school, so go learn something. :ban
Bellboy
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To be honest, what with me still in school, I have learnt a lot about equipment that is completely foreign to me, such as the thumb idea. I have never seen thumbs except for on TV, and most of our operators will curl the rock against the boom. I would say that they are useful, but a thumb doesn't make an excavator.
Although, I have to say, I got that 'add him to your ignore list' last night and I was not impressed. Add him to your ignore list if he irritates you, but I mean, come on, we all are entitled to our own opinions, and every one can be arrogant, we just have to put up with it.
Although, I have to say, I got that 'add him to your ignore list' last night and I was not impressed. Add him to your ignore list if he irritates you, but I mean, come on, we all are entitled to our own opinions, and every one can be arrogant, we just have to put up with it.
oakland
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i dont know who your talking about but im still in high school and i dont go around putting my opinions where they arent needed im just trying to learn some stuff and share my pictures
dayexco
Senior Member
well, now that agent's bloodied up and licking his wounds in the corner...altho arrogant, he sounds like a nice young man. we've all been that age, and those of us w/exposure to equipment that young...were/are cocky. he'll learn, just like we're all learning everyday. cut the kid a break
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When I was younger I thought I knew everything, and nobody was gonna tell me otherwise, that's why I dont work for my dad anymore. I wish I could go back and do things different, but it seems I usually learn by screwing up(sometimes big) and then doing it right next time. So the lesson here is, When somebody older and more experienced gives advice theres a good chance that you should take it, and take it without an attitude no matter what your age or experience level.
Deas Plant
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The AWFUL burden of youth.
Hi, Folks.
Bean thair, dunn thatt, got the experience to prove it.
One of the GREAT burdens of youth - although not ALL youth - is that many of them are "full of all the knowledge and wisdom that only the young can possess".
One of the great burdens of gaining experience and learning how little you really do know is that you tend to forget that you once knew it all.
Hi, Folks.
Bean thair, dunn thatt, got the experience to prove it.
One of the GREAT burdens of youth - although not ALL youth - is that many of them are "full of all the knowledge and wisdom that only the young can possess".
One of the great burdens of gaining experience and learning how little you really do know is that you tend to forget that you once knew it all.