Driving Heavy Machinery for Fun

Kean Wong:
A German company is renting out digging machines on its property to people who have always dreamed of operating heavy machinery. Here's more on the story.

'Baggerland,' or digger country, is a place full of dirt piles and wooded areas. The company rents out its digging machines to people who usually don't have anything to do with heavy equipment in their everyday lives.

[Christine Schulz, of "Baggerland']: Female
"Men (come here) and also, more and more women, people who are
into technology and who want to drive something big, heavy and loud."

One of Schulz' customers who paid almost 100 euros to play around in the dirt for one hour, could hardly disguise his joy.

[Harld Zuhl, Customer]: Male
"You feel the power of this machine, the power of the hydraulic system and how the entire equipment is yanked about. It's great and a lot of fun."

Another visitor expressed admiration for professional digger drivers.

[Stefan Bernemann, Customer]: Male
"It's relatively difficult the first time. You must be able to
co-ordinate a lot of different functions simultaneously. It takes getting used
to and you always have to use your brain. Nothing works automatically. The
bigger diggers yank a lot, the smaller ones operate more smoothly and you
shouldn't be scared. It's a great feeling being able to move such huge amounts
of dirt. It's fun -- even though it yanks. That's a part of it."

Christine Schulz of 'Baggerland' says that the services her company offers "makes a childhood dream come true...
We all know the feeling: you dream about becoming a policeman, a fire-fighter -- or a digger driver."

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[chevyken86]

ha ha. i get paid to do it. not pay to do it. i.u.o.e.103

[usecori]

We rented a small bucket loader to do some major landscaping.  It's serious fun. Or, it was until I almost tipped it over!

[Pornomogul]

Wow, how stupid is this?!

I'd never pay to do it, cuz if I wanted to do it so much, I'd get a job as an operater of such a machine!!!

[AntoModded]

thats mad money,

[mard420]

for that much you can rent one for a weekend in Canada