I knew a guy that worked in a dump in Alaska. He was new, and one day they sent him out to “shoo away the polar bears.” How, he asked, does one do that? They put him in the bulldozer, and told him to lift the bucket up off the ground and just advance slowly toward the bear. Well...easy enough. When he got close, the bear stood up, made eye contact, and dropped its front feet down, hard, on the bucket. Here endeth the lesson.
“When he got close, the bear stood up, made eye contact, and dropped its front feet down, hard, on the bucket. Here endeth the lesson.”
I’ve driven two different front-end loaders - I get the ‘word picture’ you painted better than most will.
Wow!