Backhoe life
I carried a simple point and shoot camera in the cab. Actually I went through quite a few. You can imagine the abuse one of these cameras would take. After the grease, oil and dust made a camera inoperable I would buy another one from Goodwill.
Backhoe Days
We would take out half and full pages in the First Edition. Soon, the competition, Dave Colley, began matching us cartoon for cartoon. Dave had David Work and I used Bill Adams. The power of advertising; after we began the competition both Dave and I gained more work than ever before.
Bill Adams said the Backhoe reminded him of a dinosaur and so began a number of very entertaining ads.
Backhoe Life
We made an arrangement with Bill Adams to do our advertising. This was his first advert.
I think this was Pat Perry’s garden.