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THERE MUST BE SOMETHING PRIMAL about big trucks, something that draws Riley to the noise and excitement. Work trucks are big, brightly colored, loud. They are stronger than anything in his daily life, and they probably seem unpredictable in a wonderful way. They are rough, with a potential for destruction not unlike his own impulse to hit, kick, pinch, and bite when he is frustrated. He and I spend a lot of time in our car, too -- a much milder sort of machine -- so he knows all about piloting large metal vehicles down the road. If Mama seems powerful driving the car, think how omnipotent a boy must appear in his imagination, perched behind the wheel of a backhoe. In an earlier era, a toddler might have watched men with bows and arrows, or a brace of oxen, and would have been given his own, boy-size replicas to play with. But nowadays, diggers and dumpers are what introduce him to that important, yearned-for, grown-up world. When Riley first became interested in construction vehicles, I would sometimes shyly, casually approach moms of girl toddlers. "Does she ... like trucks?" I would ask, usually earning a pitying look in reply. "Oh, sure, she likes them, but she''s not crazy about them." Well, Riley is crazy. Absolutely nuts. Lately, as I try to keep him from stomping ants and bullying other kids, I''ve been wondering if maybe it really is a boy thing, as people say. Something to do with his biological makeup. "A boy''s being vibrates to the rhythm of testosterone," say Don and Jeanne Elium in their sometimes infuriating but always interesting book Raising a Son: Parents and the Making of a Healthy Man. This hormone, they say, drives boys and men through a repetitive cycle of emotional buildup and eventual, sometimes-violent release. More benignly, it makes them really like trucks, with these machines'' barely contained violence, power, glorious potency, and superior force. Trucks are, let''s face it, cool!

RILEY''S TRUCK FETISH HAS FORCED me to confront a much bigger, profoundly resonant issue. I expected to approach childrearing on an individual basis -- one mom to one boy. But the older Riley gets, the more I find that I am dealing with huge forces, maybe even genes, informing our relationship in ways I did not expect. I have a son who loves trucks, a love that seems to be a common denominator among boy toddlers; even Riley''s gentle, retiring friend Justin is wild for them. Many afternoons, when I would love to sit quietly with my little boy, reading, drawing, telling stories, listening to music, he bounces about wildly, waving dump trucks in my face, rushing after the cats, shrieking. I''ve watched first-time moms of girls look on in horror as Riley revs around the playroom at the library, wrenching books and toys from other kids, shouting, looking for reactions and connections, looking to make friends. Normal boy behavior? It pleases me that some of my antiracism work can inform my ongoing exploration of gender differences: Respecting and accommodating differences doesn''t mean we raise one gender above the other. We just accept that they are different.

Tractor has Kohler Command 20-hp. engine; 35-hp. hydrostatic transmission with foot pedal; 40-hp.-rated hydraulic motor with high-pressure shaft seals; cast-iron rear axles with positraction and output torque of 3,300 ft. lbs.; and Roll Over Protective Structure (ROPS) that meets OSHA requirements. Hydraulic valves withstand 3,500 p.s.i. and flow rates of 25 g.p.m. Front valve uses wobble stick control; rear valves feature large handles and extra-light springs to minimize operator fatigue. High-backed seat has adjustable track, 2-position swivel lock, and retractable seat belt. Caterpillar has launched its new D-Series line of backhoe loaders with improved pilot-operated hydraulic controls heading the list of improvements. The new line, which includes the 416D, 420D and the 430D machines, is designed to replace the C- Series backhoe loaders introduced several years ago. The 420D and 430D are also available in integrated tool carrier (IT) configurations.