James Bond: Cat operator

Wayne Grayson
Aug 2, 2012

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Near the end of the new “Skyfall” trailer aired during the Summer Olympics, James Bond makes, let’s call it unorthodox, use of a Caterpillar 320D excavator to board a train. Safe to say 007 probably didn’t have a ticket.

We wouldn’t recommend trying something like this on the jobsite though…

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