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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

Construction Equipment

Watch this Caterpillar D11T annihilate an old pickup truck because of hockey

Gotta love Canada. As you’ll see in their half-hearted play before the good stuff actually begins, this particular group of Canucks was heartbroken that the start of hockey season had been delayed. So, they decided to take their aggression out on the poor old Chevy pickup that happened to be nearest them. What did the […]

February 27, 2014

Construction Equipment

Down an excavator, dozer operator loads rock truck by driving on top of it

No. 9 Video in 2014 « NO. 10 NO. 8 »   At the beginning of the video below, we hear the guy behind the camera mention that he and his crew are already down a rock truck and an excavator. (For what it’s worth, it appears they were making repairs to the excavator’s bucket.) […]

February 21, 2014

Construction Equipment

This incredible Caterpillar D11 R/C model moving dirt will make you question what’s real

No. 2 Video in 2014 « NO. 3 NO. 1 »   The genius of this video is that when it starts out you’re thinking so what? It’s a D11 moving dirt. However, depending on what visual cue sets you off (the grass in the background in the first few minutes did it for us), […]

January 31, 2014

Construction Equipment

Ride along on a 180-foot trip to the top onboard the new Genie SX-180 telescopic boom

It had been a bad technology week. I left the office with a fully-charged new tablet that died on the plane out. Then I found my camera had a corrupted SD card. The in-flight entertainment screen on a 5-hour flight didn’t work in my seat—just my seat. And as soon as I reached the rental […]

January 19, 2014

Construction Equipment

Excavator busts massive beaver dam, artfully tiptoes away from ensuing flood

This video exemplifies the fun of watching construction equipment. In it we see a very skilled operator bust up a huge beaver dam. He lays his pallets one by one to get to the massive pile of sticks and dirt and once that dam is busted and all that water is rushing at him, he […]

January 17, 2014

Construction Equipment

Excavator mercilessly pounds a perfectly good Dodge Viper to bits

We spent a considerable amount of time with Google search trying to figure out why, in the name of all that is holy, this perfectly good Dodge Viper had to be destroyed. There’s no definitive answer, however. One commenter says it has something to do with a car accident death and Chrysler asking for it […]

January 9, 2014

Construction Equipment

Face the New Year like this nearly submerged tractor operator who claws his way out of a river

Happy New Year! Rather than making a bunch of resolutions you won’t keep in 2014, why not spend a bit of time getting a bit of inspiration for getting things done? Losing weight, eating better, exercising more or budgeting your money better are all better ideas, but having a never-give-up attitude like this guy will […]

December 31, 2013

Construction Equipment

Blazing, Breaking, Busting a move: Top 10 Construction videos of 2013

Yesterday, we ranked the top 13 construction stories of the past year, but we’d be remiss if we didn’t rank our site’s top videos of the year as well. The ranking is based on your clicks and includes videos of burning dump trucks, impressive operator skills, new trucks and dancing equipment. Click through below to […]

December 30, 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

Construction Equipment

Very stuck dump truck proves to be a challenging rescue for this excavator

We have conflicting thoughts about this video. On one hand, we couldn’t help but root for the operator of the excavator. After all, according to the video’s description, he’s the one who got this Volvo A30 stuck in the first place and apparently no one on site was willing to give him a hand getting […]

November 27, 2013

Construction Equipment

Watch an excavator demo a house in 40 seconds in this stop-motion-like time-lapse

The premise of this video is pretty simple. It shows an excavator demo a house all by its lonesome. But the way that the footage is sped up makes it look like stop motion animation. The sounds of the house cracking beneath the pressure of the excavator sound more like brittle snaps and the whole […]

October 10, 2013