Its something that has always been one of those things i loved, one of those things i longed to do. Tractors, diggers, dozers and 360's as a young lad i couldnt get enough

At a track one day i met this chap called Adam who was also riding a quad, we hit it off like we had been mates all our lives, i then find out he is a machine driver for a company called X+P up north. A very good one at that, New Holland took him to compete in the European digger finals and he came 3rd!!! Not bad eh

So we were at our track which adam built using his little 1.5 tonne machine and he was like ''hey Chris, why don't you have a go'' and off course i responded with ''for sure, i'd love a go'.....

One of the hardest things i have ever done, he makes it look easy the machine and him are one. I found it hard, something like these lot have said. Some folk are just made to do it. If you are one of them it wont be a problem

All i can say is it made me realise im far better at the job i do now, as much as id love to drive a digger think id be pissing in the wind. There is also so many other people out there with the relevant tickets and experience its a hard trade to get yourself started into!!

Good luck, wish id done it when i left school and also became one with the machine!! Its an art form