Redneck Engineers :)

[CCC4]

Thought you guys might like to see these. Both are within 5 miles from the house. Thanks



  

 

[mesquite buckeye]

cool ;D

[Straightgrain]

Stop bragging about your neighbor's opulence......//s

;D

[LittleJohn]

If you have a welder, there is nothing that you cant do

[Raider Bill]

Where are the controls for the backhoe?

[CCC4]

I'm thinking the whole unit tilts down and you work the controls standing in the bed. I couldn't see any.

[kensfarm]

He's got a new door on that truck. 

[red]

Direct result of Beer and pizza . . well maybe just the pizza box and a sharpe and more Beer

[CCC4]

Direct result of Beer and pizza . . well maybe just the pizza box and a sharpe and more Beer

I don't think beer...went up to the house to ask permission to take the pic of the truck with backhoe...sounded like 5 minutes of stashing stuff. Finally I just yelled in and told them what I was doing...didn't want them to flush anything on my behalf! ! All I wanted was a pic!  :D

[tantoy]

The thing is you can pick up out dated fire trucks that are in near perfect condition, but what do you use them for?

[Gearbox]

Plus that fire truck has an extended cab for storing chainsaws and tools .

[red]

The Fire truck gets parked next to the school bus , right hand drive mail jeep ,pulling tractor and airstream trailer

[enigmaT120]

The thing is you can pick up out dated fire trucks that are in near perfect condition, but what do you use them for?

Use it for a fire truck so you can log later into fire season. 

[starmac]

I think that backhoe, may be a factory product. I have seen several similar animals mounted on several different type rigs. Never seen one working, just going down the road or sitting.

[sandhills]

Hi, My name is Pat and I'm a redneck.  With that being said I went to an auction a few years ago, the guy used to drive a school bus and apparently collected them as well, I forget now how many he had but I wanted one to make into a hay mover.  I didn't get one but like the fire trucks everything is kept up to code, wouldn't you know it, they started having school bus races at our county fair the next summer  :-\, that stunk!  They sold plenty cheap, I should have bought a few just for the tires, hind sights always 20/20 as they say.

[WH_Conley]

Used to have a neighbor, passed on now, that was a hog farmer. He had a school bus that he put a partition in to keep the hogs in the back. That is what he hauled them to the processor in.

[CCC4]

I had a really neat fire truck several years ago. It was a '58 Four Wheel Division with a huge inline six International motor. Biggest baddest motor they made that year...I think. It started on gas and ran on diesel. Had a wet bath carb, square axels and banjo rear ends. It was originally a tanker. I was gonna use it to haul ERC and my boss at the time laughed and hurt my feelings about it so I let it sit. 7 years later I sold it for what I had in it...no loss there, but it was a really neat rig! Oh, the 4 wheel drive engaged with an air valve on the dash! I always thought that was neat.

[CCC4]

The back hoe truck looked factory oddly enough. It appeared very heavy duty, it looked as if it was made for that truck. Very odd looking to me!!!!

[thecfarm]

I would like to see that backhoe unfolded. 

[OH logger]

I bet the hogs in the bus were louder than my kids even

[chet]

Our local National Guard Engineering Unit has a few of them truck mounted foldup hoe units. Although they do look a bit newer vintage.  ;)