It's official; diggers are cool...

[hidetheelephants]

...and possibly the most fun you can have with your pants on without attracting the attention of law guardians. I have just obtained a Benford ME130 and I'm having difficulty resisting the temptation to go outside right now and dig holes. I'm just glad there are no gas or leccy cables in the garden for me to kill myself with. I will post some piccys when the excitement subsides.

[y2blade]

hours of fun to be had

[GTIR]

Oh.

It's a bit, well, pathetic really....

I thought it was going to be a proper digger, like a JCB or sumink. You can't even drive it.


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[The Hypno-Toad]

I need new glasses. I'm sure that thread title had o instead of an i in it and therefore was expecting a whole other type of thread.

[y2blade]

GTIR said:

Oh.

It's a bit, well, pathetic really....

I thought it was going to be a proper digger, like a JCB or sumink. You can't even drive it.


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...lol you said what I thought...But I didn't have the heart to piss on his chips

[AndyFoo]

I spent a week a couple of summers ago getting paid to put a foot wide by a metre deep trench across a field, was the best money I ever earnt! Depending on where you are though, watch out for what is buried! I had fun removing some seriously large lumps of flint (Chiltern hill ftw!) and nearly tipping the thing over!

[central]

Used to own a Smalley very similar to this -



Great piece of kit

"walking" speed of around 300 yards per hour.

[Motorrad]

GTIR said:

Oh.

It's a bit, well, pathetic really....

I thought it was going to be a proper digger, like a JCB or sumink. You can't even drive it.


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I read 'It's official doggers are cool'

Imagine my disappointment.

[mnkiboy]

hidetheelephants said:

I will post some piccys when the excitement subsides.

Or your house does.

[HellDiver]

http://www.mcconnel.com/Products/excavation/ditchk...



Used to have many hours of fun with one of those, only problem was we were running it off a Ford 4000 which was maybe 40hp on a good day, to you ended up digging through a cloud of black diesel smoke as the poor 4000 was at full throttle trying to keep up with the demand from the hydraulic pump.

[hidetheelephants]

y2blade said:

GTIR said:

Oh.

It's a bit, well, pathetic really....

I thought it was going to be a proper digger, like a JCB or sumink. You can't even drive it.

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...lol you said what I thought...But I didn't have the heart to piss on his chips

Bah! Naysayers will pay. You do know these things were originally developed for gravedigging...

[pilchardthecat]