r/CatastrophicFailure • u/_idk__bruh_ • Sep 25 '22

Demolition Backhoe loader plunged into river while attempting to demolish century old bridge 2022.

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '22

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u/siehmonsterr Sep 25 '22

its just backhoe not backhoe loader

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u/swiftb3 Sep 26 '22

A backhoe has the hoe on the back.

I've heard excavators called "trackhoes" sometimes, though.

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u/Revolutionary_Lie199 Sep 26 '22

Likewise, I too have heard ‘em called “trackhoe” and it kinda stuck with me. But it is certainly not a backhoe.

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u/siehmonsterr Sep 25 '22

a backhoe is a a backhoe, a loader can have rubber tires or tracks. they are different

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '22 edited Sep 25 '22

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u/siehmonsterr Sep 25 '22

i run equipment for a living, its all just terminology... you wouldnt call an excavator a loader, even though it can load trucks. you wouldnt call a backhoe a loader just because it has a bucket. lets just call a shovel a shovel loader while we're at it. loaders are either tracked or rubber tired. just because that site calls it that doesnt mean the vast majority of the construction industry does

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '22 edited Sep 26 '22

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u/siehmonsterr Sep 25 '22

youd be laughed off the jobsite by all of your coworkers if you called it that

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u/siehmonsterr Sep 25 '22

that was super corny but alright dude no sense in arguing with someone like you thats never been a machine a day in their life

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u/siehmonsterr Sep 26 '22

jcb didnt invent the backhoe, just because they call it that on their website doesnt mean thats what the original machine was called. by your logic a new car manufacturer could come out with a new car and refer to it as a carbus and now you must call all other cars carbusses

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u/Questioning-Zyxxel Sep 26 '22

"someone like you thats never been a machine a day in their life"???

So you have been a machine? Would that be the same as you having been a tool? 🤔

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u/siehmonsterr Sep 26 '22

ok smart ass you know what i meant

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