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Construction Equipment
Watch this excavator climb a 100-foot tower before doing a handstand
No. 8 Video in 2014 « NO. 9 NO. 7 »  This one is a classic. Some might call it “obligatory” viewing for anyone who’s watched videos on the internet, let alone those who love equipment. The stunt, supposedly occurring in 1997, appeared on the long-running German/Austrian/Swiss variety show Wetten Dass…? (Wanna Bet That…?). The Liebherr […]
March 14, 2014
Roadbuilding
A Bridge Just for Bats
Last month, I told you about a bridge that a German town created only for field mice. Now Germany continues to make animal bridges. This time, it’s a bridge just for bats. A German town council is getting flack for spending £375,000 (about $604,050) on two bridges for bats to protect them from a new […]
November 20, 2013
Roadbuilding
A Bridge for Field Mice
Now even field mice have their own bridges to cross. Talk about a bridge to nowhere! Listed as one of the top five biggest wastes of taxpayer money in Germany was a bridge reserved just for field mice. Bieberbach, Baden-Wurttemberg, spent €435,000 on building two bridges for field mice, according to the online edition of […]
October 22, 2013
Construction Equipment
Excavator demos brick chimney while hanging from a crane
We’d say we’ve seen crazier things…but nothing’s really coming to mind in light of this. Titled “Der fliegende Bagger,” or “The Flying Excavator”, this is a video of a few crazy Germans demoing what looks like a brick chimney with a mini excavator… all while hanging from a crane. If there’s a better Darwin Award […]
September 25, 2013
Roadbuilding
BOMAG to end Kewanee operations, relocate to southern U.S.
BOMAG Americas will discontinue manufacturing operations at its Kewanee, Illinois, plant by the end of 2014 and relocate to somewhere in the southern United States, according to a report from our sister site, Equipment World. The new location has not yet been determined. BOMAG’s products produced in Kewanee — single drum rollers, asphalt rollers and […]
August 29, 2013
Business
Terex sells large wheel loader line to German manufacturer Atlas Maschinen
Terex has sold all intellectual properties of its large wheel loader line to German manufacturer Atlas Maschinen, according to a report from KHL. The price of the deal was not disclosed. The deal includes the TL160, TL210, TL260 and TL310. Atlas Maschinen has said it will continue the manufacturing of the machines under both the […]
August 20, 2013
Workforce
European neighbors look to Germany’s vocational training system in order to combat high youth unemployment rates
As of late, Germany has been receiving a lot of attention and praise for its dual-education system. A system the country credits for its very low 8-percent youth unemployment rate. For comparison, as outlined in a great new article from The Economist, European counterparts Spain and Italy have youth unemployment rates of 56 percent and […]
June 4, 2013
Construction Equipment
Smooth German operator opens his beer with a compact excavator
So we’ll just get this out of the way: Anonymous German operator, we are impressed with your delicate bucket skills. We won’t give too much away, but in the short video below, a guy opens a beer with the edge of a Kubota compact excavator bucket. The only question we have is what’s holding the […]
May 7, 2013
Home
Things you probably didn’t know about driving the Autobahn
On a recent trip to Germany, our trucks editor and the executive editor of our sister site CCJ, Jack Roberts got a chance to drive on the world-famous Autobahn. Where you name the speed limit. Jack details his experience in a post over on another of our sister sites Overdrive and in it he lays […]
May 7, 2013
Business
U.S. needs to “Think Big” like Germany if it wants to escape construction, technician labor shortage
Contractors and equipment dealers struggling to find a solution to the shortage of trained technicians in the United States, need look no further than Germany for an example of how to do it right. The German Engineering Federation, VDMA, last month bussed in more than 10,000 teens to participate in Bauma 2013 and a program […]
May 3, 2013
Roadbuilding
Bauma 2013: Ritchie Bros.’ top five and other show highlights
Two editors from our sister site, Equipment World, are in Munich, Germany, attending Bauma this week, providing highlights, new products and more from the big show. To kick off this year’s show, Equipment World is featuring an introduction to Bauma on its website, including a list from Ritchie Bros. of five things to look for […]
April 15, 2013
Construction Equipment
We’ve got our walking shoes packed for Bauma: “The Biggest Show on Earth”
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers calls bauma “ a Disneyland for equipment lovers,” and we couldn’t agree more. Just watch the video below to get a taste of what’s on board in Munich, Germany, next week (barring any surprises from Iceland). It’s also a hell-on-wheels experience for the journalists covering the show. This will be my seventh […]
March 25, 2013
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