Backhoe Frontloader Dumptruck Steamshovel

The Monkey is in a serious infatuation with heavy construction and excavation equipment.

Just our luck, then, to have a major excavation project just around the corner at the Petworth Metro site. And numerous row houses in the neighborhood that are being converted to condos, which usually involves propping up the facade with a steel I-beam and then excavating the basement by hand or machine. Not to mention the minor thing going on in the backyard.