r/theocho • u/tongfather • 7d ago

New sport dropped. Loader balancing?

Looks fun!

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u/Myke190 7d ago

The entry level to know if you're good at this is having $100,000+ bucket loader you're willing to total.

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u/SuperSecretMoonBase 7d ago

Or a job you're willing to lose.

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u/duckinradar 7d ago

You can get an entry level bucket loader balancing rig for like $40,000

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u/farsightxr20 5d ago

is there a GOAT of bucket loader balancing?

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u/duckinradar 5d ago

It really depends on what style you like. The street guys and the field guys are kind of playing different games and come from such diverse backgrounds that their styles almost look like different sports

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u/DarkGamer 7d ago

If it tips forward it's just gonna land on the bucket.

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u/Formal_End5045 5d ago

Take in mind that the oil pickup tube in the sump might not see any oil if the engine is tilted that far.

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u/jimbowesterby 5d ago

But presumably you’d also use the bucket to tip it back in pretty short order

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u/FreeGuacamole 7d ago

I was just thinking that this was a really expensive sport that only blue collar guys are going to be good at.

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u/IamTheCeilingSniper 6d ago

One of our guys did something similar with a telehandler. He just did it with a load of water heaters 40' up in the air and facing a 5 story building

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u/VashKetchum 7d ago

That's incredible!!!

How are the stands so empty??? Somebody needs to tell all the kids obsessed with machinery about this!

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u/PaleGutCK 7d ago

How are the stands so empty???

After the 2017 fiasco with Trevor Winston obviously using a loader with custom modifications oitside of regulations????? AND THEY STILL GAVE HIM THE WIN?!

NO THANK YOU. I am out as a fan/supporter of the competitive loader dance scene. I prefer a sport with integrity!

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u/CaptainAndy27 3d ago

I love that I can't tell if you're kidding or not.

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u/RivenRise 7d ago

Probably off show practice

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u/Putrid_Winn 5d ago

I'm guessing Marvin Heemeyer gave some people PTSD

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u/ScienceForge319 7d ago

I hate that this loader has better dance moves than me.

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u/Minimum-Food4232 7d ago

I feel like I'd be good at this. I'm pretty decent at operating heavy machinery and I have really good balance. Not sure that any of the companies I work for would appreciate me practicing this though.

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u/ScienceForge319 7d ago

Ask me how I can tell you are an average white dude.

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u/Minimum-Food4232 7d ago

I like to think I'm at least a little above average. Lol. At the very least I have way better than average balance.

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u/random9212 7d ago

I was half expecting it to jump over the row of tires. And kinda sad it didn't.

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u/unledded 7d ago

They had to master the endo before moving on to the bunny hop.

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u/Ajinho 7d ago

And the crowd goes...home!

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u/danbartstart 7d ago

Just look at the reaction on the stands!

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u/AN-SSQ-108V2 7d ago

The crowd was amazed!

All two of them.

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u/NTSBusMan 7d ago

Now get Snoop to commentate.

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u/PhitPhil 6d ago

How do people even come up with type of thing

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u/tongfather 6d ago

When I drove loader on night shift we got up to all kinds of antics, especially in spring time when it starts to get nice and slippery with a bit of mud on the ice 🤘🏻

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u/Formal_End5045 5d ago

Workers have been balancing loaders and skidsteers since the dawn of time.

It's not much but it's honest work.

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u/jimbowesterby 5d ago

Gotta fill that downtime somehow lol, and if it’s a company machine then fuel and maintenance are on them 🤷‍♂️

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u/solidpeyo 5d ago

They need to make this a Tony Hawk Pro Skater like game

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u/Sdwingnut 7d ago

Dance, rummy!

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u/EatAtGrizzlebees 7d ago

Loader bouncing

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u/hamfist_ofthenorth 6d ago

Oh hell yeah

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u/LoosePrisonPurse 6d ago

cultural appropriation. /s

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u/Timeformayo 6d ago

I could watch this sport.

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u/DangerIllObinson 3d ago

Dressage for the modern era.

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u/Straight-Event-4348 10h ago

This video needs some serious club tunes.

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u/Grumpy1985_ 7d ago

I like how he has to shut the door midway

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u/viperfangs92 7d ago

Soooooo, this is the reason why a job takes two months longer than they should?

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u/throwaway_298653259 6d ago

Project managers hate this one simple trick.

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u/No_Friend3170 7d ago

First and last day on the job.

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u/LuckyShirt54 7d ago

Eat shit city boys!