Amphibious excavator poling itself downriver - GIF

**Jon** · Dec 1, 2018, 10:12 AM

Amphibious excavator poling itself downriver.

Previously:

Excavator rock transfer dumper fail - GIF
Excavator collapses hillside - GIF
Wheel crawler excavator - GIF
Excavator packs up its own attachments - GIF
Excavator installs its own ripper
Excavator repairs itself - GIF
Skid steer stuntman
Self-loading Bobcat GIF
Excavator slicing tree GIF
Swinging around on excavator bucket
excavator prepares and serves hot dog
Self-loading excavator GIF
Excavator playing goalie in giant soccer game GIF
Excavator travels downhill
Walking spider excavator - GIF, video, photos

**nova_robotics** · Dec 1, 2018, 07:59 PM

That's pretty cool. I've actually seen something similar in person before. It was an excavator on a barge. He was dredging a river that fed into Lake Huron. I watched him for days. That guy was a master at paddling the excavator back and forth, but also walking the excavator just the right amount on the barge. Interesting stuff.

**PJs** · Dec 2, 2018, 01:51 PM

Impressive skills. Brings a whole new meaning to the Breast Stroke or Butterfly.

**Jon** · Dec 10, 2018, 09:58 PM

Same concept, but with regular excavator on raft.

**ranald** · Dec 28, 2018, 02:25 AM

Wouldn't want to be much deeper or loose control due to the reach. Nice to watch.

before I had my ticket , about 22 years ago, I employed a chap to dig a trench with a 4x4 back hoe then had him go down to my creek (I already had a wide path for access done by a drott previously) . The small job at the creek involved moving a large eucalyptus log left by floodwaters preventing the almost pristene area from easy maintenance. Well, he ignored my advice and got bogged: so had to drag the back hoe through the beautiful creek as the being bogged became worse in trying to go back to start where I originally advised. The mess was incredible.& he had the hide to ask for extra cash for time spent retrieving his machine & minor damage to his prosthetic leg.
HAND REPAIR WITH A POST HOLE SHOVEL.
THE LOG IS STILL WHERE IT WAS, despite the numerous floods since then over more than 20 years.

**Jon** · Apr 1, 2019, 02:48 PM

**ranald** · Apr 1, 2019, 04:12 PM

Good thing his steering is set up correctly on optimistic Prime.
My friend was alone in back areas & went to retrieve a stuck D9 when gravel road gave way within a slip. He did the same thing with excavator on low loader.