Pony ride?

Continuing our series "Unusual Construction Equipment Observed on Morning Walks," please consider this entry from CenterPoint Energy. Looking somewhat like a kiddie ride at the Scott County Fair, this ditch digging Kubota backhoe was mounted by a worker covering a utility line along Wood Duck Trail. Skillfully operating the joys sticks and foot controls, when the cute little machine didn't go exactly where he wanted it, the driver just shifted his weight, controlling it with some clever butt moves. Sort of like a jockey moves a horse.
"It's a bit undersized," the shovel-leaner on the left admitted, "but as soon as you get a bigger one, you'll get into a tight spot and wish you had a smaller one."