Backhoe Life
We made an arrangement with Bill Adams to do our advertising. This was his first advert.
I think this was Pat Perry’s garden.
Category Archives: Backhoe
John Deere
Backhoe Life
After I quit the highways job I worked Dave Colley’s backhoe for a couple of years. Then I ran Ted Wadland’s machine for quite a while. I began advertising in the First Edition using some skills I’d learned in a former life. Anybody out there remember Letraset?
Ted and I had a good relationship. Each day after I drove into the yard finished work Jean Wadland would fix me a nice gin and Tonic. Ah, those were the days!
Chained
Backhoe Life
I took the job that George Cowie offered and soon learned to operate all kinds of equipment; dumptruck, grader, backhoe, shovel. That’s Henry Yaeger looking on. In the early years I was laid off in the winters and ran Henry’s Backhoe occasionally (the one he bought from Larry Smith-Larry gave me my first lessons on the backhoe)
I’m pretty sure this photo was taken when we were improving the parking situation in Ford Cove.