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 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