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Construction Equipment

Volvo lets 4-year-old drive RC dump truck, absolute chaos ensues

To prove the toughness of its FMX line of vocational trucks, Volvo recently filmed an ad starring a 4-year-old girl named Sophie at the controls of a dump truck. Remote controls, that is. Things start out smooth enough for Sophie, but quickly turn chaotic as the truck veers through a water pit before careening over […]

December 8, 2015

Construction Equipment

Hillside slop sends excavator flipping into a creek

When it comes to heavy equipment and steep grades, things can go surprisingly well or horrifically wrong. The latter was true in this case. In the video below, an excavator operator is slowly making his way down a pretty steep hillside with matters complicated even further by some really sloppy conditions. With the excavator seemingly […]

November 19, 2015

Pickups

Ram 1500 EcoDiesel 2WD Video Review

On the road behind the wheel of a 2WD 2015 Ram 1500 EcoDiesel Quad Cab

August 23, 2015

Roadbuilding

Drone footage shows progress from 4 angles at $1.27B Ohio River East End Crossing project

The billion-dollar Ohio River Bridges Project is still more than a year from completion, but the team behind it sent up a drone to capture footage and give an update on the progress. The Ohio River Bridges project, which is under construction by the WVB East End Partners, will connect the east end of Louisville, Kentucky, to southern […]

August 6, 2015

Pickups

PIAA LP550 Road Review Video

We road test the PIAA LP550 LED driving lights

August 4, 2015

Pickups

Ram Rebel: The Story Behind The Grille

A truck grille sets its image and its place in history-for better or worse. The story behind the 2015 Ram Rebel’s grille design from these who created it…

July 2, 2015

Pickups

Video Road Test: 2015 Ford F-150 Super Crew EcoBoost

HWT Senior Editor Bruce Smith gives his take on the 2015 Ford F-150 Super Crew Lariat 4×4 with the 3.5L EcoBoost V-6 in this video road report.

July 1, 2015

Construction Equipment

In construction of “Spaceship” campus, Apple recycles 95% of concrete from demolition on-site

While Google is still in the early phases of design and approval with ambitious plans for upgrades to its campus, construction on Apple’s new Campus 2 is fully under way. KQED was recently granted a tour of the jobsite by Apple. There are actually two versions of the article, one published by NPR and another on the […]

March 12, 2015

Construction Equipment

Excavator punches and crushes a Kia Soul to a slow, painful death

This is an effectively therapeutic video. Now, I’m not sure what this poor Kia Soul did to incur this excavator operator’s wrath, but one thing is for sure: this is thorough destruction. After the first few punches of the machine’s bucket you think, “Well that was fun, but the car is flat so I guess he’s about […]

February 27, 2015

Pickups

Video Road Test: 2015 Toyota Tundra TRD PRO Crew Max

We put the 2015 Tundra TRD PRO Crew Max 4×4 to the test including 100 miles towing a 6,700-pound RV trailer and some off-road romps

February 17, 2015

Pickups

Air Helper Spring Installation

The system we installed on this truck has worked flawlessly in a variety of conditions and under a range of loads from completely empty to a payload of 1000 lbs while towing a trailer that weighs 7,000 lbs.

January 21, 2015

Roadbuilding

Driver avoids potentially fatal accident

You may have to watch this dash cam video (shown below) a couple of times to fully appreciate the skills of this driver, who avoided what could have been an exceptionally serious collision. This video does not say who the driver was, but, sir, we salute you!  This article was written by David Hollis, […]

December 31, 2014