"1997, the Year of the Backhoe" ...Re: Fiber Cut In Sterling VA.
Perry E. Metzger
perry at piermont.com
Tue Jul 29 15:54:05 UTC 1997
Peter Galbavy writes:
> > "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...
.pm
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