All in a Day's Work

A couple of years ago I bought myself the Nikon D60.....a present to myself since it was a great deal. It came with two lenses and a camera bag. If I had bought all the pieces separately I would have spent upwards of $1700, instead I spent approximately $990. So on the last day of 2009 I decided I would take it out and test out some of the features I had recently learned. (I am taking a crash course on the camera and all it's functions with Nikon D60 for Dummies). Since my hubby is in construction and has been asking me to take a picture of equipment I thought the piece below would be fun to play around with.....so here goes.

I can't say I know how old this thing is, but it is old. My hubby used to run one of these on a daily basis. Now there doesn't seem to be much need for one on the construction sites. Since the economy took a dump the construction industry has slowed down tremendously. Luckily he is a go getter and seems to keep himself busy so that there is a steady stream of income.

What you see is the old style steering device. Can you imagine?

This here is one of the many components of this piece of equipment.

One of the many gears in order to make the machine do it's job.

The wheels. I can just imagine how rough it would be to run this machine on a bumpy construction site. Talk about back pain.

Manufacturer....Looks like it says Russell Barger Factory. Never heard of 'em, I'm sure Jeff has.

Couldn't tell you what this is, but I am sure it has it's importance.

That is the blade. Can you guess what this machine is? No?

It is an old time Motor Grader. Ours is not so rustic and is made by Caterpillar.