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Excavator rescues stuck excavator that was trying to rescue stuck dozer

After getting a dozer stuck in the mud, an excavator is brought in to rescue it; however, when it gets stuck, a CAT excavator is brought in to save the day.

August 9, 2018

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Here is a small child with more excavator skills than most adults

Check out the video here on Equipment World of a small child showing off his skills and swinging a digger as well as an adult. Watch it on Equipment World.

August 2, 2018

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Excavator plunges from trailer after operator goes with the ‘ol back up maneuver

Check out video footage of how a large excavator ends up on its side after the heavy equipment operator tries to back the excavator onto the trailer.

July 26, 2018

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The tale of ‘Moby Dig,’ or ‘What happens when your elevated excavator sinks into the ocean floor’

While working off the coast of Sussex, England the excavator became stuck, sinking into a soft patch of seabed. Check out the video here on Equipment World.

July 19, 2018

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Excavators play goalie in a soccer match/demolition derby mashup

The Fastracs Auto Soccer Game in Red Hook, New York, is a mash-up of a soccer game and a demolition derby where they use excavators as goalies. Watch here.

June 14, 2018

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Excavator sculpting a pond makes for mesmerizing piece of art

Thank goodness there are operators out there confident enough in their skills to film what on the surface sounds like a mundane construction task. Otherwise we wouldn’t be able to watch true skill on display like you see in the video below. The video offers a first person view of an excavator meticulously sculpting a […]

May 3, 2018

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Excavator’s ramp of logs fails miserably

After what must have been a fairly long and tedious setup of creating a DIY ramp out of a series of large logs, this entire maneuver goes wrong with the snap of a finger. As you can see in the video below, there’s nothing rushed about this operation. But not long after the excavator starts […]

March 22, 2018

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100+ excavators team up to demo overpass overnight

We finally have an answer to the age-old question “How many operators does it take to dismantle an overpass overnight?” For the Chinese city of Nanchang, the answer was 116. According to the description of the video below, posted to YouTube by China’s state-run news outlet CCTV, the gang of excavators got started on demolishing […]

March 8, 2018

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Operator rights drowning excavator, averts disaster

Unlike most excavator videos floating around the internet, this one starts with an overturned machine in the water rather than ending with one. We’re not provided with much context on how this operator ended up in this precarious spot. But what we find out is that he’s not one for giving up. As his machine […]

February 22, 2018

Construction Equipment

Attempt to load excavator onto truck goes horribly wrong

Though we’ve seen a fair share of loading mishaps occur even when a ramp is present, this operator’s attempt to side saddle his excavator underscores the world of pain you can avoid by simply loading a machine properly. Beyond the absence of a ramp, it’s doubtful this excavator even completely fits on to the bed […]

February 1, 2018

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Excavator claws through raging floodwaters to rescue two dump truck drivers

According to the YouTube description of the video below these two dump truck drivers became trapped by floodwaters while driving along a mountain road. As the video begins, both drivers are stranded in their trucks as the high waters threaten to wash them away. Thankfully, a nearby excavator operator jumps into action, braving the torrent […]

January 4, 2018

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The Top 10 Construction Equipment Videos of 2017

With 2017 drawing to a close, it’s time to take a look back at all the great videos we’ve come across in the last year. Refreshingly, this year’s Top 10 is light on the fail videos and heavy with cool machines going about their work. These are ranked in order based on the number of […]

December 28, 2017