Needs more beep, beep, beep when it backs up, though.

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One day I go to a timber and garden supplies store just north of Sydney to replace the tyres on a Bobcat. The guy who worked there saw me having problems with a faulty traction lock button; I couldn't get the bloody thing to turn, it just gave a horrible graunching noise. He decided to help by coming up from behind with a large fork lift (without me knowing) and drove the tynes straight under the arse of the bobcat and up I go...

...In a panic I push the drive leavers forward thinking I've somehow done a wheel-stand and need to slow it down some. The right-side wheels catches the tyne of the forklift and over I go slamming the cat onto it's left side from an approx 2-3 foot drop smacking my head into the roll bar.

Half a dozen employees and a boss come straight over and helped me out. I had cuts on my leg and concussion from a padded roll bar and in a complete daze wondering how the hell the Bobcat launched itself in the air. A witness filled me in on what happened and ol' mate on the fork was given the ominous 'come see me in my office' adage and I never saw him again.

I was there a year later to see a new Bobcat and a guy who could REALLY drive it. Apart from the regular wheelies and doughnuts, he demonstrated to my utter amazement; a pirouette on one wheel!

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Torque is a mutha! 15 tons adjusted for weight balancing with the appearance of lifting the ends of a level... NO PROBLEM!

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