The backhoe has a powder-coat finish in bright red and yellow. Features include: heavy-duty, self-contained frame, standard 9 HP Briggs industrial motor, balloon tires, highway-rated tires, support legs, boom arms, specially shaped bucket for increased digging, replaceable teeth, four-spool control valve, and special hydraulic cylinders. Four models are available, two of which can be towed, and two can be attached to three point hitches. Options include a choice of 9 or 12 ft. reach from boom pivot and buckets in a choice of 12 in. width for digging or an 8 in. width for trenching. Model BL70 backhoe, with 90-hp. engine, digs to depths of 14 1/2 ft. and lifts 7,619 lbs. Loader bucket holds 1.3 cu. yds. Cab boasts 360 [degrees] visibility. Choose from 2 backhoe control lever configurations. Spring-applied, pressure-released lock secures boom. Store tools, grease guns, and chains in tool box integrated in left steps. Heavy-duty, single-piece chassis tapers at front for 55 [degrees] steering angle. Integral bucket-mounted flipover pallet forks, which measure 42 ins.

1. Mechanical properties of the base material. Tensile strength and yield strength of the weld metal should equal or exceed that of the base material. Ductility and toughness at low temperatures may also be important. High-temperature service requires resistance to creep. Shock loading requires impact resistance. In general, weld metal should match base-material properties.2. Composition of the base material.For stainless steels, low alloy steels, nickel and copper alloys, and materials that serve in corrosive atmospheres, chemical composition is important. Consider the possibility of electrochemical corrosion between base and weld metal of different compositions.

At the Kiawah Island Golf Resort in South Carolina, a pool of 85 caddies is available for groups playing the Ocean Course. The cost also is built into the greens fee."We offer this program to encourage walking," said Josh Zollweg, the resort''s director of golf sales. "This is golf in its finest and first form'' Kiawah can accompany a 120-person tournament with caddies.Groups of 60 or fewer can travel to the Bandon Dunes Golf Resort in Bandon, Ore., where both the Bandon Dunes and Pacific Dunes courses were designed for walking. There are no cart paths, and motorized carts are available only for disabled golfers; even then, caddies do the driving. The $35 fee is separate from the greens fee, and Bandon Dunes has a pool of more than 300 caddies. Peachtree City, Ga., with its lush green spaces, inviting boutiques and white picket fences, could fit the description of dozens of U.S. towns. But where it takes a radical departure from Main Street U.S.A. is in its preferred form of transportation--there are an estimated 9,000 golf carts used in a city with a population of 34,000. At McIntosh High, nearly 170 golf carts are usually parked outside, causing some unique traffic problems when the final bell rings.

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