Posted by Charlie_Dunver |
3/12/2008 4:09 PM | remove |
random digger thingy
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Posted by MutantMandias |
3/13/2008 3:34 AM | remove |
Exactly. What the hell do you call it? People our age want to call it a steam shovel, but obviously that name isn't really right.
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Posted by BravoOrig |
3/13/2008 9:53 AM | remove |
Shot in the dark since I don't know either. Backhoe?
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Posted by MutantMandias |
3/13/2008 4:00 PM | remove |
Yeah, I guess so. I usually think of a backhoe as an attachment to a Caterpillar tractor, but I guess this is technically a backhoe loader. Does anyone on this site even know who Mike Mulligan is?
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Posted by Samurai |
3/13/2008 8:47 PM | remove |
excavator is the proper term for the self-propelled equipment in the picture.
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Posted by SaraBellum |
3/14/2008 1:21 AM | remove |
Eli said, "I know who Mike Mulligan is! Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel, yo!"
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Posted by Kilgore Trout |
3/14/2008 1:34 AM | remove |
Fuck yeah, Mike Mulligan! The Little House was pretty goddamn dope, as well.
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Posted by BravoOrig |
3/14/2008 9:41 AM | remove |
God I loved that Mike Mulligan book. I think that books underlying theme has probably hit a chord with anyone who is on this site. They even made an animated storybook on CD-ROM for it.
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Posted by Snarg |
5/19/2008 11:45 PM | remove |
My worthless two cents: I have heard the above equipment refered to as a 'trackhoe' before. I'm sure there is a joke in there, I just can't think of it right now...
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Posted by MutantMandias |
5/20/2008 3:42 AM | remove |
Oddly enough, I did discover an actual abandoned steam shovel recently in Asheville, NC. I was thinking about adding it as a location, but it would be pretty sparse.
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Posted by Charlie_Dunver |
5/20/2008 4:33 PM | remove |
but did you go in?
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Posted by MutantMandias |
5/20/2008 6:04 PM | remove |
I did! I left an entire van full of 13 year old kids waiting while I UER'd the SHIT out of that steam shovel.
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Posted by Charlie_Dunver |
5/21/2008 4:19 AM | remove |
Good man.
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Posted by BravoOrig |
7/3/2008 9:26 AM | remove |
Is it possible to turn a steam shovel into a furnace? And wouldn't that be a sad exsistence for a steam shovel?
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