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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
Construction Equipment
Ditch Witch’s 850-hp Super Witch pops wheelies as well as it trenches
As it has done since 1978, Ditch Witch drew in the crowds at the ICUEE show in Louisville this year with its super-loud Franken-trencher known as Super Witch. Now on its fifth iteration of the hot rod trencher, Ditch Witch has modified its RT5 trencher with a 502-cubic-inch, 850 horsepower Chevrolet engine. As you’ll see […]
October 8, 2013
Construction Equipment
Slow motion implosion of Houston department store
Built in 1945, the life of the downtown Houston Macy’s department store came to an explosive end on Monday. According to KHOU 11, the implosion had been planned for nine months with nearby buildings taking safety precautions and rail service to the area suspended since Friday last week. Judging by some of the photos and […]
September 24, 2013
Construction Equipment
Volvo equipment demo/dance showcases nimble giants
It takes a lot of skill to run construction machines. Being able to run them in a choreographed sequence at high speed in a crowded field–that’s taking it to the next level. As part of its Innovation Days festivities in Eskilstuna, Sweden last week, Volvo Construction Equipment treated the press to this high octane equipment […]
September 2, 2013
Construction Equipment
Guided artillery shells obliterate helicopters, a forklift and several cars
Log this one away in the “Friday Fun File,” because there’s no other reason to be posting this other than it’s just plain awesome. Via Jalopnik, he video below shows the Raytheon company’s extremely accurate Excalibur Ib artillery shell turning lots of different vehicles and equipment into dust. The Excalibur is GPS-guided, giving it deadly […]
August 2, 2013
Construction Equipment
Ford Raptor flies 180 feet over sand dune
In West Michigan, overlooking the shore of Lake Michigan are the Silver Lake Sand Dunes. For decades, gearheads and truck lovers have flocked to this state park which is one of the few remaining places in the U.S. that you can freely drive on sand dunes. One thing the guys who frequent Silver Lake love […]
June 14, 2013
Construction Equipment
TR-150 construction drill vs. an Oldsmobile (the drill wins)
To show off how powerful its TR-150 drill is, Bay Shore Systems mounted one to a John Deere 470G excavator and decided to completely and utterly destroy an Oldsmobile with it and film the resulting carnage. As the video begins, the force of the excavator and weight of the drill alone crush the car nearly […]
June 12, 2013
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