Call before you dig!Operating a power auger chipper calls for eye and hearing protection, as well as gloves and sturdy boots. But the biggest hazard by far is posed by underground power and gas lines. To prevent that danger as well as the nuisance shredder of severed television cable engine and telephone chipper lines, simply call the utility companies to have underground lines marked before you dig. They''ll come out, usually within 24 hours, to mark underground utility lines (Photo 1) so you can safely miss them.

A good friend called to let me know that there was an error in my thinking concerning aerial shredder work platforms. engine I said "there is an aerial work platform in the field population in North America for every chipper 1200 people, give or shredder take a few." I should have said there''s an aerial work platform in the field population for every 950 people. That will decline this year to one machine engine for every 850 people, give or chipper take a few. That''s still a lot of work platforms, no matter how you cut it! The 951 backhoe attachment from Great Bend Manufacturing mounts on skid steers from 40 to 100 hp and 55 to shredder 100 hp tractors with Cat. II 3 point and I hitch. The 951 offers 9.7 ft. of digging depth with 4575 lb. of digging force. A tapered console and walk-through engine deck provide comfort and visibility to chipper the operator and two double-action hydraulic cylinders replace chain links to ensure smooth swing operation, the company said. Attach hydraulic Ho-Pac Model 500 vibratory compactor/driver to mini-excavator, backhoe, or trencher to compact or drive soil in narrow trenches. Base plate shredder measures 12 ins. wide and 27 ins. long. Boasts engine impulse force of 3,940 lbs. at 2,000 cycles per min. with minimum of 9 to 18 g.p.m. from carrier. Optional swivel-top mounting bracket permits precise positioning without moving carrier. My 22-month-old son is mad for trucks. And not just any trucks -- construction vehicles. Out of the vast variety of images he''s exposed to daily, he has honed in on dump trucks and cranes. How did this happen? My partner, Laura, and I are still trying to figure it out. Neither of us drives a big rig. Riley doesn''t watch TV. He has dolls. He loves flowers and animals. But boy, does he love backhoes.

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