On Jul 29, 11:54am, Perry E. Metzger wrote:

Subject: Re: "1997, the Year of the Backhoe" ...Re: Fiber Cut In Sterling

Peter Galbavy writes:

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"1997, the Year of the Backhoe"

For those of us who have not grown up with the (what sounds like) delightful vagaries of US road management - what is a backhoe ?

A type of "steam" shovel -- i.e. a particular kind of the class of mechanical devices with a large articulated arm with a big scoop at the end used for digging trenches and such. The details of what distinguishes a backhoe from other members of the class aren't important for your purposes...

So, what's a backhoe anyway? And do you think you can find a picture of one anywhere on the net...say, at http://www.cat.com/products/equip/bhl/bhl.htm, perhaps?