largest piece of machinery youve ever operated

[jimotis4heisman]

cat d9 in college working on a highway berm. its over 50 tons.

 

[Thump]

A New Holland combine.

 

[Buckeye513]

A television, if that counts.

 

[scarletandgrey]

I've drove a Big Rig a few times. Other than that we have a 40,000lbs lift here at work that I drive regularly.

 

[FCollinsBuckeye]

Hmm - I guess one of these:

 

[DEBuckeye]

A forklift. Not very big.

 

[martinss01]

20klb load capacity. used em to load frieght into aircraft. no idea what they weigh though.

 

[sandgk]

One of those large Overhead Cranes - though really all I did was punch the start and stop buttons.

 

[Dryden]

Does my office count?

(Just kidding, I found this pic on Google ... but it's pretty close to my work environment).

 

[coastalbuck]

One of those large Overhead Cranes - though really all I did was punch the start and stop buttons.

I know how that is. It's been my experience that the bigger it is, the easier it is to operate.

 

[Buck Nasty]

 

[LoKyBuckeye]

that's what my retirement looks like... Saturday's in the fall driving to Columbus.

 

[Buck Nasty]

that's what my retirement looks like... Saturday's in the fall driving to Columbus.

It's not mine, It belongs to my buddy. That is not the exact one, but the nearly the same. I did not have a pic of his. We take it to races throughout the spring and summer. I am scared shitless to drive the thing because I am afraid I will damage it. My philosophy on road tripping in it is to stay drunk all the time so that nobody would even want me to take a turn driving.

 

[buckeyegrad]

John Deere 8960

I've driven a John Deere 9600 combine, but never actually operated it in the field.

 

[tedginn05]

My school owns one of these. This is about the biggest things I've drove.

During the football season, I drove this regularly. I couldn't play, so I was a coaches assistant. Head Coach gave me his keys everyday. Had the keys to literary every door in the school.

Its a fun little thing to drive. One day one of the coaches needed a ride to the school and I was heading up there with some trash. Drove over some parking blocks(the things infront of the parking spots in the parking lot). Took some sharp turns and put the pedal to floor.

The next day he was walking up to the school. I asked him "Need a ride?" and he was like "No, I'll walk".