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Dope Dutch Ditch Machine

By Rain Noe - January 27, 2015

in Object Culture

In my high school days, the threat of moving earth for a living was meant to keep us in line. "If you don't hit the books, you'll be digging ditches," the teachers warned.

Digging ditches might suck, but what they didn't tell us was that mowing ditches would be awesome. Because then you'd get to work machines like this beastly Claas Xerion 3300 VC Octopus Ditch Bank Mower.

"How ya like me now, Mr. Peterson?"

"How ya like me now, Mr. Peterson?"

Operated by Holland-based agricultural contracting firm Hack Harvest, this Dutch ditch monster boasts four mowing booms built from machinery firm Herder's Grenadier tool-carrying arms. And judging by the video, this thing's no cinch to drive, as the operator must set up all four booms independently:

Maybe that's why they call it the "Octopus"—while the machine's only got four limbs, the driver's got four of his own, and he's got to use all of them to get the thing going.

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Tom Mc

9 years ago

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I have seen a single boom mower in use in rural Wisconsin; makes a lot more sense to use a single boom each on two tractors so the lateral load isn't so much the tractor is operating with a severe lean (look at the tires on that Dutch tractor). Easier to control and faster. Both tractors and their mowers will fit on a single semi-trailer. What's the point of 4 booms unless your ditches are unbelievably straight and consistent?
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Recently panned in the UK for devastating wild animals and their habitats
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