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When there's a problem, there's always an ingenious way to solve said problem (usually ball bearings). Case-in-point is this Bobcat. Using maneuvers reserved for the most agile gymnasts, the Bobcat manages to balance itself on two wheels, prop itself onto the truck and use a combination of movement from the Bobcat and the flatbed truck to load itself. That's pretty spectacular, but how do you get the Bobcat off the truck? [Neatorama]
Who Needs Ramps? Bobcat Loads Itself Onto Flatbed
When there's a problem, there's always an ingenious way to solve said problem (usually ball bearings). Case-in-point is this Bobcat. Using maneuvers reserved for the most agile gymnasts, the Bobcat manages to balance itself on two wheels, prop itself onto the truck and use a combination of movement from the Bobcat and the
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2:40 PM on Thu May 22 2008
By Travis Hudson
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Greatest...
video...
ever...
There is a series of pictures out there on the web that show a combo front end loader/backhoe raising itself onto a railroad car in a similar manner……I will have to try and find them and then figure out how to post them here...
Hoonage with a purpose. Outstanding!
Dismount is simple:
1) Wheelie it
2) Floor it
3) Profit!
makes me think of the commercial I've been seeing for the articulated wheelchair that handles the beach, climbs stairs and balances on two wheels so the user can be at normal head height for important things like buying ice cream from the Good Humor man's truck.
hmmm.. if you combine one of those with a Bobcat, that would be AWESOME.
and lets see what the judges say:
Usa - 10
Japan - 10
England - 10
Canada - 10
France - 10
Russia - 4
Bobcat square dancing national champion 10yrs running.
LOL Bobcat?
FANTASTICO!
@andy_wallwhore:
a new trend - AWESOME!
thats awesome
"I can make my bobcat dance, dance, dance"
@andy_wallwhore: thank you very much for that!!
truck in neutral? or skilled assistant? or damn strong bobcat?
@om nom de plume: I'm going with your final answer. If the truck were in neutral, it would roll away when he first contacts it. The skilled assistant is a non-starter imo (no evidence on the video and I can't see them syncing that smoothly). The bobcat certainly has the torque for that maneuver. The question is, what kind of wear and tear does he put on the truck transmission to have it in (presumably) first and pull it backward like that (if the parking brake were set the trucks' rear wheels wouldn't have turned as easily). Worth it though, for the video. Sweet.
In neutral with the e-brake applied ever so slightly?
If I was a man of wealth and great means, I would own a fleet of Bobcats. They're like little tanks. Come to think of it, I bet a properly equipped Bobcat would make quite the zombie destruction mobile...hmm.
@beta.rogan: Killcat?
@andy_wallwhore: @Tomsk:
LOLkillBOBcat
Question: "That's pretty spectacular, but how do you get the Bobcat off the truck?"
Answer: "Full throttle, baby, full throttle!"
@clinto: I've seen those pictures. Equally as weird as this video and higher off the ground. There is a reason for those warning labels on the sinus meds about not using the meds and operating heavy equipment.
@NatefromOgden: I was demo'ing a steel reinforced concrete stable/garage with a bobcat and a friend of mine who lived a couple of doors down stopped by. It was the end of the day so he brought over a mix and match six pack of imported beers from trader joe's. After we finished them I still felt like doing a little work. He consulted the label and clarified; "well you're certainly not pregnant, this is neither an automobile nor heavy equipment. Hmm. Doesn't say anything about bobcats. Nope. Go for it."
Didn't King of the Hill have something like this (out of hole?) with a backhoe? Guys who sell propane can do anything!
trouble is... it just isn't big enough...
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I hope the guy who stepped in the frame got punched in the head.
@clinto: Ask, and ye shall receive.
we had a saying in the marine corps. work smarter, not harder. these are definitely definitions of that. great stuff.
@skyln95:
That wasn't the Marine Corps, that was Scrooge MacDuck, and he ripped it off from his uncle, or his father, or something.
Ducktales was a long time ago.
wow.
I've spent some time in a bobcat and can attest to the awesomeness of this feat. This guy is like the Tony Hawk of the bobcat world.
@readplays: Sir, that reinforcing steel ("Rebar!") was mostly likely cut and bent on a "Schenck" rebar machine. That's right, we invented 'em!
Not particularly new.
Back in the 80s, I worked summers installing a swimming pool. One backhoe guy figured out how to save time by self-loading his backhoe onto a low-boy trailer - on the side of the trailer, without separating it.
It involved lifting the front of the backhoe with the front shovel - and then lifting and swiveling the whole tractor, using the backhow arm. The whole process took about 3 minutes and required only one person.
Plus, it was cool to watch. Though I suspect he came close to rolling the backhoe a few times before perfecting the technique.
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My guess is that if there was no assistant in the truck, then the front wheels must have been chucked and the truck was in neutral.
curing your construction worker's boredom
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That guy is a bobcat genius--extra points for unfazed by oncoming traffic. He's got a video resume for his next job.
It would be funny to see it in reverse. Maybe that's how he downloads it.
Plus, things like this are what made me fall in love with heavy equipment as a kid. Giant mechanical monsters that are brutes but often with great delicacy.
eh...any old man getting into a bathtub does the same thing.
Wow, that's some fancy and skilled driving. It's weird how people around the world handle different tasks. When I lived in Okinawa, Japan, I remember the truck itself would lift itself up at an angle(via hydraulic jacks) and the backhoe would drive onto it. Once the backhoe was in place, the truck lowered itself.
I love it...
Balancing the fine line between total genius and complete moron!
@beta.rogan: Also invaluable for defeating giant reptiles, as seen in the fine documentary film "Carnosaur".
@DonSchenck: That very well could have been. Although the house was Federal period and built in 1841, the stable/garage structure was circa 1920's. I was clearing it to prep the site for construction of a carriage house with 4 car garage. The neighbor who brought the beers was a TV meteorologist and in addition to being heavy into science, he was a really funny guy. Good times.
@clinto:
@OG_:
That's the "Herzog Cartopper"
Jump to 0:23 and 1:27
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We all enjoy solo fun, but sometimes you need to make it a group activity
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Mind you, if you and/or your kids really dig those crazy diggers, this place is really too odd for words [www.diggerworld.com]
It only looks good when you pull it off, this probably went poorly a few times before they got good at it.
Amazing!
It's all about ball bearings now!
(BTW, there is an unbelievable amount of gook on this window)
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