Looking back from the business end of the backhoe part of this Case 580M backhoe loader.
Doing some prep work to build a garage/workshop on our property and got a special deal on renting
this machine for three days. I am exhausted but had a total blast doing just about everything
a machine like this was built to do. The tired part came from all of the tree cutting and desert
vegetation removal. One day was spent just transplanting three relatively small (5 foot, 1.8 meter)
Saguaro cacti. I hope they do well in their new locations. This is a merge of three exposures for HDR.

Side view with the front bucket up a bit and the dipper in the "full, upright, and locked" position: