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<p>Well, the hydralics is the heart of the machine.</p><p>Ive taken a 4x4 CAT 936 front end loader and balanced it just so that it literally stands on the rear bumper when shaving the rockpile at the ready mix plant. The problem is you have to meet gravity at right angles from front to rear with no lean or pull or you will break the hydralics or flip the machine down to the side and break it (Or maybe crush you to maim or gorekill.... It takes my total concentration and I cannot be distracted while doing this back then. When you have three or four 18 wheel dump trailers bringing in rock you need to make room for them to unload.</p><p>Ive seen the Ballast Trains with the backhoe inside one of the hoppers. These are in the green hoppers on the UP out of N Little Rock. I think I see them once a week or so in the morning.</p><p>With a good strong hydralic pump and no leaks/weakness anywhere in the vehicle's systems you literally have the muscle to do things you can invent in your head with the machine simply a part of you.</p><p>Mentally you became the tractor. You think dig here and it's dug.</p>
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