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Construction Equipment

Weight of crane shoves hauler into a jackknife that sends crane over a hillside

We’ve all been involved in tense situations. But few of us have ever been in this tense of situation. In the video below, we see a hauler bringing in a Link-Belt crane to a jobsite. Problem is there’s a pretty steep dirt slope between the hauler and said jobsite. As the driver starts carefully descending the […]

August 29, 2014

Construction Equipment

Semi hauling an excavator plows through a guardhouse while pulling onto college campus

At Bellhaven University they’re referring to it as “the Guardhouse Incident.” With construction having begun on a new on-campus apartment complex, a lot of big construction equipment is making its way onto Bellhaven’s small campus in Jackson, Mississippi. And, as you can see in the video below, a particular guardhouse at an entrance to the […]

August 22, 2014

Construction Equipment

How to haul a bulldozer with a mining truck and make an awful noise in the process

We’ve seen plenty of backhoes hop up into the beds of dump trucks before. But this is entirely different. In the video below, we see a mining truck hauling a large bulldozer onto a jobsite. And then, with a cringeworthy screech, just dump it out to the ground like it’s no big deal at all. […]

August 1, 2014

Construction Equipment

Massive steel beam falls off trailer, snatches semi truck onto its side

No. 6 Video in 2014 « NO. 7 NO. 5 »   It’s a very fortunate thing that the closest third party to this accident was the guy who filmed the whole thing and that he was behind the trailer rather than next to it. There’s no indication where this took place, but a semi […]

July 18, 2014

Construction Equipment

Excavator uprights artic truck that managed to flip and fold itself in half

The first time you see the predicament this Volvo articulated truck is in, you can’t help but wonder how on earth a truck could become so contorted. But, as do most accidents on the jobsite, it has a pretty logical explanation. According to YouTube uploader doidriveyoucrazy, the artic’s cab was lifted off the ground and […]

July 11, 2014

Construction Equipment

Concrete truck vaporized when barrel full of dynamite explodes

If you recognize the clip below, that’s because it might be one of the greatest things to ever happen on TV. And if not, we’re pleased to introduce it to you. Once you hear the sound this truck makes shortly before turning into dust, you might never forget it. The story behind this massive explosion? […]

June 27, 2014

Construction Equipment

Lightning strikes Chevrolet Silverado in fiery direct impact that caused 2 craters

While driving along Highway 14 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada last month, Al and Betty Perry say all of a sudden they felt their Chevrolet Silverado shudder and heard something that sounded “like a sonic boom.” The couple’s truck had been hit directly by a strike of lightning. The strike was captured by a security camera […]

June 17, 2014

Construction Equipment

Mining excavator flattens pickup truck with one smash of the bucket

The ease with which this mining excavator is able to completely smash this pickup into the ground is nothing short of amazing. It’s the Hulk Smash of heavy equipment and the ultimate display of breakout force. But what’s best about this video is that the operator isn’t quite happy with the first pass and decides […]

June 13, 2014

Construction Equipment

Backhoe rescues truck driver dangling over tunnel after semi rolled down a mountainside

In Israel recently, firefighters and rescue personnel had to get creative when it came to rescuing a truck driver in a very precarious situation. After apparently losing control of his rig on a mountainside highway, the truck barreled down the slope until coming to rest, wedged between the hillside and a nook created by a […]

June 11, 2014

Construction Equipment

Watch a Cat 797B mining truck pancake a Land Cruser without even stopping

Short and sweet, the outcome of this video isn’t surprising. It’s the middle part that’s amazing. The Cat is moving at a pretty good click but to flatten this Land Cruiser without even so much as a twitch or pause from the Cat is just a testament to how large and powerful these trucks are. […]

May 9, 2014

Construction Equipment

Ford reveals 10 torture tests for 2015 F-150 including shrapnel, acid bath, frame twisting (GIFs, VIDEO)

When the 2015 F-150 was announced in January a lot of people wondered just how durable a pickup with an aluminum body could be. Wonder no more. Today, Ford let us in on their torture-testing process for the 2015 F-150 with video of all 10 steps. Some of these steps are so grueling that just […]

April 9, 2014

Construction Equipment

Watch the 1,000-person process of building a Ford F-150

Considering the fact that a Ford F-Series pickup is sold every 38 seconds in the U.S., Ford has to churn them out pretty quickly. Recently, Bloomberg TV visited Ford’s Dearborn Truck Plant in Dearborn, Michigan to see how the automaker is able to meet that demand. Each week about 7,000 F-Series trucks roll off the […]

April 3, 2014