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I watch Riley paging through the book Diggers, a string of drool swaying gently from his chin. Here is the Big Muskie, the biggest shovel ever made (a bus sits in the blade), the trencher, the mole that dug the Chunnel. "Mama, read it!" he commands. We start over, examining each picture in detail, and I realize again how much I am enjoying myself. would never have spontaneously decided to research construction vehicles. But here I am now, able to inform unenlightened acquaintances about the difference between backhoes and bulldozers. I perk up when I pass a construction site, even if Riley is not with me. It''s so much fun that I hope I''ll be able to let it go when he does -- when his interest turns to, say, weaponry, as everyone assures me it will. I can see myself, birthday after birthday, giving him the latest innovation in construction machinery toys, while a teenaged Riley, too shy to point out that he is now into tax law, accepts them politely and without enthusiasm.

Today, for better and for worse, our gender behaviors are knit so closely into the weave of societal expectations, our individual expectations as parents, and a child''s personal taste and biology, that none of us can pick it apart. In the 1970s, feminists were interested in giving dolls to boys in order to feed their nurturing side; as a feminist in the 1990s, I love seeing Riley nurture his front loaders -- they fall down, bump their heads, get kisses, eat, nurse, poop on the floor. I do not feel remiss for having "caved in" to the truck gene, as a friend put it the other day. Allowing Riley the room -- and the books, songs, toys, games, and encouragement -- to explore his love for construction machinery has not robbed him of the whole range of complicated emotions making up his psyche.

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.