Jan 2008 - So technically this isn’t my excavator being used, and technically it wasn’t successful but it sure was fun to watch them try. :)

Morrison Gravel came out to spread several trucks of 3/4”- basalt on the driveway to firm it up. One of the drivers “sneezed” and drove off the road and was perched precariously in the pond just shy of tipping over. One thing led to another and pretty soon a low-boy showed up with their biggest excavator to try to extricate the truck.

First they used it to unload the gravel very carefully to avoid bending the rails in the bed of the truck that allow it to carry the trailer bed for dumping. After that was done, they chained the front off to another truck and tried to lift/drag it out. No luck. After 4-5 hours of messing with it they gave up for the night and called in two tow trucks including a Class-A wrecker. They made short work of getting the truck back out but destroyed that side of the driveway. Since they had their excavator there already, they brought in a couple more loads of gravel and did their best to repair it. It hasn’t been the same since.