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Construction Equipment

5 minutes of crane FAILS: toppling over hills, trains, buildings

Appropriately titled “Crane FAIL Compilation 2013,” the video below puts together a 5-minute retrospective of the worst videotaped crane failures that came to light in the last year. Most of these failures come from our friends in Russia and, thankfully, maybe only one or two come from the U.S. There’s a bit of everything. Cranes […]

December 27, 2013

Construction Equipment

Ford LTL semi truck jumps more than 100 feet through the air

Can’t help but just smile at this one. When the video starts, it doesn’t seem like driver Ash Nichols has gotten enough speed behind this Ford LTL. In the end though, he has more than enough to launch an impressive 101.9 feet through the air. The amount of ground clearance he gets is pretty amazing […]

December 23, 2013

Construction Equipment

How to dig your way down a steep, shifting slope in an excavator

Should you find yourself at the top of a steep and shifting slope in an excavator, you could simply take the risk of running down it like a mad man. Or, if you’re like this guy, you could do it safely and help out your fellow operator in the wheel loader below by throwing them […]

December 19, 2013

Construction Equipment

Stihl taught one of its chainsaws to sing “Silent Night” in a version not so tender or mild

It’s not the prettiest rendition of “Silent Night,” and you probably won’t be able to sing along to it, but Stihl’s take on the classic carol is definitely one for the ages. After the tool maker’s Virginia Beach factory has shut down for the night, one MS 291 chainsaw raises its voice from a testing […]

December 17, 2013

Construction Equipment

World of Concrete releases “Rig Racin,” a concrete-truck-flipping obstacle course game for iPhone, iPad and Android

Big news from Hanley Wood Exhibitions, the show runner for the World of Concrete trade show has released its first game for the iPhone, iPad and Android devices called “Rig Racin’.” The game puts players in control of a tricked out cement mixer truck and tasks them with navigating challenging obstacle courses with the goals of […]

December 15, 2013

Construction Equipment

Excavator operator exposes a sewer, removes manhole cover with surgical precision

Exposing a storm sewer manhole doesn’t sound like very exciting work, but when the guy in this excavator’s operator seat is doing it, it’s an art form. This crew is working on adjusting the height of the manhole for a new street. So they bring their ace operator in and he meticulously removes the fill […]

December 13, 2013

Construction Equipment

Power trowel spins out of control despite a dozen workers’ best attempts to defeat it

Our sister sites Total Landscape Care and Better Roads shared this video this week and we just couldn’t resist. These poor guys have completely lost control of a concrete buffer while another crew, of office workers, enjoys and films from the safety of their building. In the description of the video, one of the guys […]

December 6, 2013

Construction Equipment

Boy makes a working DIY excavator using syringes and a little bit of wood

We don’t know much about this kid other than what is said in the description, but judging by his creation and how well he operates it, he’s got quite the future as either an engineer or an operator. The DIY excavator was made with what looks like a wooden frame and is powered by a […]

December 3, 2013

Construction Equipment

Ford Fiesta dances around wheel loaders, cranes, wrecking balls at high speeds in the ultimate obstacle course

In order to build “the ultimate Gymkhana grid course” ever, racking master Ken Block turned to some serious heavy equipment. In the video below, you’ll see Block race at high speeds through the course he designed, dancing around wheel loaders, through shipping containers and around cranes and wrecking balls. He even managed to make moving Lamborghini […]

November 29, 2013

Business

It’s Contractors vs. Architects in this Rap Battle for the ages

“If only the architect would spec things out right.” We’ve heard variations of this thought throughout the years from contractors (insert “engineer” for “architect” and you’ve got the same basic riff from the earthmoving crowd). Window-manufacturer YKK AP America (they also make doors and curtain walls) is using the butting-heads atmosphere that can sometimes develop […]

November 21, 2013

Safety

Distracted dump truck driver finds ditch a far more costly stopping tool than brakes

It’s simple: distracted driving sucks. It doesn’t matter if it’s a phone call, a text message or email, or even a map, taking your eyes off the road is just a terrible idea. That goes doubly whenever you’re driving a dump truck with a full load. This video, taken in the Canadian city of Sant Lazare, […]

November 21, 2013

Construction Equipment

Jean-Claude Van Damme performs “Epic Split” between two trucks in reverse in viral Volvo ad

The folks at Volvo have put together some pretty audacious advertisements for their new trucks. First they let a hamster drive an FMX with a dump body up the side of a quarry. That seemed a little crazy, but was mainly just cute. Then one of their engineers buried himself up to the head and […]

November 18, 2013