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August
02-13-12, 11:32 PM
http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/02/canadian-digs-out-basement-using-only.html

Canadian Digs Out Basement Using Only Radio Controlled Scale Tractors and Trucks...Since 1997!

Excavating a basement using professional machinery is nothing new but doing it with radio controlled (RC) scaled models is something unheard of. Welcome to the little big world of Joe, from Saskatchewan, Canada. For the past 15 years (!), Joe has been digging out his basement at an average annual rate of 8 to 9 cubic feet using nothing more than RC tractors and trucks!


This is why I like Canadians.
GoldenRivet
02-14-12, 01:29 AM
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Pisces
02-14-12, 05:10 PM
9 cubic feet per year?

I pitty his wife .... that is, if he has one. ;)
mookiemookie
02-14-12, 05:20 PM
From the "whatever makes you happy" files....
flatsixes
02-14-12, 05:25 PM
What a waste. I mean, where this guy finds the time to play sims?
Betonov
02-14-12, 05:33 PM
9 cubic feet per year?

I pitty his wife .... that is, if he has one. ;)

Still has more life than me :haha: oh wait... :wah:
August
02-14-12, 05:35 PM
9 cubic feet per year?

I pitty his wife .... that is, if he has one. ;)

Well i'd bet that most wives would prefer their husbands to spend their time playing with toys in the basement instead of down at the pub carousing with floozies.
AVGWarhawk
02-14-12, 05:48 PM
Some people have a bucket list. Some have bucket truck.
Takeda Shingen
02-14-12, 05:50 PM
Why worry about insignificant things like progress and results when you can have cool toys, right? His wife must have the patience of a saint.
Ducimus
02-14-12, 06:29 PM
http://www.youtube.com/user/LilGiantsConstrCo?feature=watch


Wow.. just wow.

Jesus man, just grab a shovel already! :har:
nikimcbee
02-15-12, 12:27 AM
Some people have a bucket list. Some have bucket truck.

Some bucket list analysis:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC21-NJ7cdw&feature=fvst
Jimbuna
02-15-12, 08:01 AM
I wonder how much it has cost in electricity/batteries? :o
Tribesman
02-15-12, 11:15 AM
I wonder how much it has cost in electricity/batteries?
you now have a comeback if the wife says anything about your models.
TLAM Strike
02-15-12, 01:46 PM
He could get a job digging holes on Mars for NASA... :hmmm:
nikimcbee
02-15-12, 01:56 PM
He could get a job digging holes on Mars for NASA... :hmmm:

:hmmm: That'd look pretty cool on the resume.
Jimbuna
02-15-12, 04:27 PM
you now have a comeback if the wife says anything about your models.

I now have them delivered to my office :03:
MH
02-15-12, 05:29 PM
More practical to start digging own grave.....something to live for.:yawn:
RickC Sniper
02-15-12, 07:41 PM
Correction. He's been doing this for 6 years but then he is far from done.

Crazy still comes to mind.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmcC2bzJjME&feature=plcp&context=C3e1cde8UDOEgsToPDskIc944XJ1YEx21zFNncohRO
August
02-15-12, 07:50 PM
Correction. He's been doing this for 6 years but then he is far from done.

Crazy still comes to mind.

Yeah he needs to run a g-scale rail spur down in there and use a string of hoppers to haul his dirt. Relying on dump trucks alone is insane! :D
steve_the_slim
02-15-12, 07:59 PM
Yeah he needs to run a g-scale rail spur down in there and use a string of hoppers to haul his dirt. Relying on dump trucks alone is insane! :D

Heck yes. Plus grading the roadbed and laying ballast give him more stuff to do with all those construction vehicles.

Also the trains should all be live steam, just to make it that much more insane.
u crank
02-15-12, 08:17 PM
My guess is digging out the basement is not the goal of this guy. In fact I would say that when he's done he'll use the same cool toys to fill it back in. He's doing what most of us do...playing.

Maybe this keeps him from anti-social behavior or maybe his wife's a nag. :O:


If he was in a hurry he'd get building a model of this!

http://c3.yousaytoo.com/rss_temp_image/pics/5/66/22/6387205/remote_image20111101-27634-18njpr9-0.jpg