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Old 19-03-2009, 03:39 PM
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Old 19-03-2009, 03:41 PM
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How the hell dose the driver get down?
Old 19-03-2009, 03:42 PM
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fuck that!....
Old 19-03-2009, 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Ed_van_dijk
How the hell dose the driver get down?
In the JCB I would imagine.
Old 19-03-2009, 03:48 PM
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Oh, he dont leave it there then

Just hope one of the hydraulic pipes dont split!
Old 19-03-2009, 03:50 PM
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whats holding it on when the bucket is not hooked over?
Old 19-03-2009, 03:52 PM
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I bet the engineer who did the design calcs was shitting himself the first time the digger went up!

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Old 19-03-2009, 03:52 PM
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Originally Posted by RWD_cossie_wil
fuck that!....

my thoughts exactly!!!
Old 19-03-2009, 03:54 PM
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That driver got balls!
Old 19-03-2009, 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Twellsie
whats holding it on when the bucket is not hooked over?

it looks like it's just the tracks on the JCB holdidng it on
Old 19-03-2009, 03:58 PM
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Originally Posted by steviecossie
it looks like it's just the tracks on the JCB holdidng it on

but it doesnt look as if the weight is forward enough
Old 19-03-2009, 04:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Twellsie
but it doesnt look as if the weight is forward enough

it looks like the top side of the track is jammed against the smaller platform on the nxt peice of the structure

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Old 19-03-2009, 04:02 PM
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and the point of that is? thought they were for digging holes
Old 19-03-2009, 04:04 PM
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Originally Posted by saphycozzie-adz
and the point of that is? thought they were for digging holes

to show off how good the hydraulics are on the JCB
Old 19-03-2009, 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by saphycozzie-adz
and the point of that is? thought they were for digging holes
The point is just to show the strength and accuracy of them.
Old 19-03-2009, 04:05 PM
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omfg...
Old 19-03-2009, 04:39 PM
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cool, thats good driving.
its not a J.C.B. anyway. it looks like liebherr colours but not in name, i cant quite read it
Old 19-03-2009, 05:05 PM
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WOW thats dodgy
Old 19-03-2009, 05:05 PM
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thats pretty impressive - there must be some video of that somewhere. That tower structure must have cost a few bob to design/build.

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Watch it in motion here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RobaJKGMMiE
Old 19-03-2009, 05:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Kieron

How the fck that thing doesnt just crash to the ground like a bag of potatoes i dont know more than half of the tracks are not even on the platform, then it holds its whole weight just by pushing a square piece of metal onto another piece of metal

Its awesome to watch anyhow
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pretty cool stuff
Old 19-03-2009, 05:59 PM
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LoL! @ The spice girls.
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Originally Posted by BM08
How the fck that thing doesnt just crash to the ground like a bag of potatoes i dont know more than half of the tracks are not even on the platform, then it holds its whole weight just by pushing a square piece of metal onto another piece of metal

Its awesome to watch anyhow
Look at 5:15 on the video.
Old 19-03-2009, 06:21 PM
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omg that is awsome he must have balls the size of foot balls
Old 19-03-2009, 06:27 PM
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the driver would need to be well paid for that , double time at least !!
Old 19-03-2009, 06:38 PM
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The drivers a bit of a numpty though. He's got a seatbelt on. What good is a seat belt when 40 tons (or whatever) of digger falls off it's stupid You Bet TV show and lands on your head
Old 19-03-2009, 07:19 PM
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I might try something like that with my forklift at work tomorrow.
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sod that
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Originally Posted by Rich_w
The drivers a bit of a numpty though. He's got a seatbelt on. What good is a seat belt when 40 tons (or whatever) of digger falls off it's stupid You Bet TV show and lands on your head
Is it not more likely cos he'd slide off the seat without one.............
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Originally Posted by .Pete.
I might try something like that with my forklift at work tomorrow.

Have you wrote out a will? might be worth drafting one up tonight.
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