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A former backhoe loader operator in Wales received the sort of funeral he would perhaps have appreciated. The man died aged 83, having driven a backhoe loader for 40 years of his working life. And when his coffin was transported to the crematorium for the funeral service, it was carried in the bucket of a backhoe loader that had been cleaned and polished specially for the trip.
January 21, 2014 Read time: 1 min
A former backhoe loader operator in Wales received the sort of funeral he would perhaps have appreciated. The man died aged 83, having driven a backhoe loader for 40 years of his working life. And when his coffin was transported to the crematorium for the funeral service, it was carried in the bucket of a backhoe loader that had been cleaned and polished specially for the trip.

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