Buckeye Trencher Turns for 1st Time

[cjmlarson]

Here's a couple of short clips that I finally got to upload. Just click on the start arrow to view. I wanted to do longer clips but our DSL would not let us. This was the Wednesday before the show, 2007. I couldn't get it all downloaded, but the very first time that Mark H. engaged the trencher, it killed the engine. Nothing more than stiff & rusty from sitting for 50+ years. In the 2nd clip, it shows the trencher doing a test dig :bannana: and we realized that we needed to move to a more neutral area due to the fact that we dug up a red warning ribbon that said 'do not dig here'. Thank goodness Louie was paying attention and saw the ribbon, since the rest of us were just estatic that it was working and were not paying attention.:hide:

http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s319/cjmlarson/?action=view&current=Trencher3.flv

[cjmlarson]

http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s319/cjmlarson/?action=view&current=Trencher4.flv

[M Kerkvliet]

Thanks for re-posting these Clayton and Jane. I think they are the only video of the trencher in action!

BTW... I like the part in the second video where the red tape shows up! "It says do not dig!" I guess that is why they make that stuff!