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Subject: [TowerTalk] Hauling concrete.
From: n4zr@contesting.com (Pete Smith)
Date: Fri, 05 Nov 1999 12:25:52 +0000
At 04:34 AM 11/5/99 -0500, Bob Langham wrote:
>
>
>> Anybody know a good way to get concrete off of the truck and into my
>> backyard?
>Clint,
>
>I rented what was called a Missouri Mule.  Its a little self-propelled
>stand-up cart with a dumping bucket on the front to haul about 3 1/2 yds
>around the house, through the fence, up a small slope to the hole.  Did the
>job real quick and was about 1/3 the cost of a bobcat.


Around here, some people also call them a "widow-maker."  It's said that
loaded, their center of gravity is high enough that slopes and sudden stops
can be very interesting.

73, Pete Smith N4ZR
n4zr@contesting.com 

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