Tag: Extreme Sandbox

Roadbuilding

Komatsu, NCDOT team up to give students first-hand look at construction jobs at Extreme Sandbox

Thanks to a grant from the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) Fund, 40 Warren County High School students from Warrenton (16 girls and 24 boys) took a 20-hour bus ride to the Extreme Sandbox in Hastings, Minn., to learn about construction industry jobs and learn to operate heavy equipment. The students were able to hop […]

May 1, 2017

Construction Equipment

Diggerland USA to open grown-ups only heavy equipment playground April 2

Though the grownups have always been more than welcome to hop on a machine at New Jersey’s Diggerland USA, the heavy equipment theme park’s many attractions are mostly comprised of compact equipment and aimed at children. But that’s all about to change with the launch of what the country’s only construction theme park is calling Diggerland […]

April 1, 2016

Business

Komatsu becomes sole provider to Extreme Sandbox as equipment playground begins nationwide expansion

Komatsu has inked a deal with Minnesota-based heavy equipment playground Extreme Sandbox to become that company’s exclusive sponsor and equipment provider. Komatsu sees the growing company, which allows patrons to operate excavators, dozers, loaders and much more in a 10-acre sandbox, as an opportunity not only to expose more Americans to the Komatsu brand but […]

March 31, 2016

Construction Equipment

Extreme Sandboxes: Could these 3 heavy equipment attractions spread a nationwide craze to get behind the joysticks?

All over the country people are laying down cash to do what contractors do everyday: operate equipment. There are currently three construction equipment experience venues, and if some venue operators realize their plans, several others may open in the next few years. The granddaddy of these venues, Dig This, has been located in Las Vegas […]

April 30, 2014

Construction Equipment

Minnesota’s Extreme Sandbox gives the public a chance to operate construction equipment

An awesome, young company in Hastings, Minnesota is bringing the thrill of operating heavy machinery to the masses. Anyone who has ever driven a bulldozer, or an excavator, or even a skid-steer knows it’s a singular experience. It combines a feeling of power with one of nostalgia, of playing in the dirt as a kid. […]

August 20, 2013