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Roadbuilding
Watch Caltrans use explosives to move a 20-ton boulder
A 20-ton boulder blocking a rural road might seem like an pretty difficult thing to move, but not when you have explosives. After the massive boulder fell onto U.S. Highway 50 about 80 miles north of Sacramento, the California Department of Transportation cleared the area and brought in the big guns â well, big explosives. In [âŚ]
January 21, 2016
Construction Equipment
How the building blocks for autonomous vehicles are being used to assist steering, handling in todayâs pickup trucks
Autonomous vehicles arenât going to happen all at once, but a lot of companies are making small but significant steps toward this goal. One such company, Nexteer, is developing steering and driveline technologies that not only improve the ride and handling of todayâs trucks but also give some indication of how autonomous vehicle technology will [âŚ]
January 20, 2016
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Construction Equipment
Built atop loader tracks, the Mk. II is a giant, 6-ton robot made to battle Japan
Though not in widespread use quite yet, both remote controlled and autonomous construction equipment are not exactly novel ideas any more. But itâs not likely anyone has seen a pair of Caterpillar compact loader tracks be put to use in this way before. A company called MegaBots, with the help of nearly 8,000 backers on [âŚ]
January 19, 2016
Construction Equipment
3 jacked up pickups in tug of war with Volvo A25G artic would be cute if it werenât so sad
They seemingly had all the straps, shackles, lift kits and giant tires in the world. And yet⌠As the emcee says at the beginning of this video âThis really could be badass, or it could be boring.â Weâd content that itâs boring but still definitely badass. Look, there are three very lifted pickups and an artic [âŚ]
January 14, 2016
Roadbuilding
Bertha breaks through repair wall and begins tunneling soil once more
Itâs taken two years in repairs and delays, but Bertha has broken through her concrete repair pit. The Washington State Department of Transportation said in a press release last week that the worldâs largest tunnel-boring machine had broken through the pit and mined 73 feet in a little more than three weeks. The Seattle Tunnel Partners were [âŚ]
January 13, 2016
Construction Equipment
In refreshing ad for Titan XD, Nissan thanks Ford, Chevy and Dodge for âpaving the wayâ
âWe have all had a giantâŚ.Who showed us how to be. What we could become.â So begins a powerful new commercial for the 2016 Nissan Titan XD which does something very different from most truck commercials: it thanks its competition rather than attacking them. With the launch of its new pickup, Nissan has a lot of ground to make [âŚ]
January 12, 2016
Roadbuilding
Watch Caltrans install new, safer retro-reflective signs
The California Department of Transportation is installing new retro-reflective signs to replace older road signage. According to CalTrans, the orange retro-reflective signs are more fully illuminated by vehicle headlights in order to be more visible at night. The signs donât require electricity to be illuminated, so this saves money for the department while increasing safety. Caltrans District [âŚ]
January 8, 2016
Construction Equipment
Excavator operators sled sideways down snowy hills like theyâre in the digger luge
Just a few days ago we showed you some amazing snow racing by the 900-horsepower super trucks in Red Bullâs annual Frozen Rush. And while those trucks are heading around snowy bends at breakneck speeds, these excavator operators manage to match the cool factor at a crawl. Itâs unclear whether or not excavator sledding is [âŚ]
January 7, 2016
Construction Equipment
REVIEW: 2016 Nissan Titan XDâs 5.0L Cummins puts this truck in a class of its own
During Nissanâs recent presentation of its 2016 Titan XD, an engineer revealed a chart that was pretty telling: truck sales for the automaker are lowâvery low compared to industry stalwarts like Chevy, Ford and Ram. In fact, Nissan was at the bottom of the list, below Toyota. To get a bigger piece of the market, [âŚ]
January 6, 2016
Construction Equipment
900-hp, 4Ă4 pickup snow racing makes the Winter Olympics look lame
This gives a whole new meaning to the term âsnowdrift.â Billed as âthe worldâs only head-to-head on-snow truck race,â Red Bullâs Frozen Rush will feature 900-horsepower Pro 4 trucks flying through the air and flinging plenty of snow next week at the Sunday River Ski Resort near Newry, Maine. RELATED >> Donât miss our Pickup [âŚ]
January 5, 2016
Roadbuilding
Truck driver causes century-old iron bridge to collapse in Indiana
A truck driver tried to cross the historic Paoli bridge in Indiana, but the weight of her vehicle was just too much for the 135-year-old bridge. WDRB in Louisville, Kentucky, reported that the bridge collapsed under the weight of Mary Lambrightâs semi truck on Christmas Day. âThere have been a few accidents on that bridge [âŚ]
January 5, 2016
Roadbuilding
Contractor cited for violations that led to partial Pennsylvania bridge collapse
A contractor in Clarion, Pennsylvania, is being held accountable for the partial collapse of a bridge earlier this year that injured two workers. According to Penn Live, Francis J. Palo Inc. has been cited for serious violations in the form of a flawed engineering process that didnât make sure the bridge could withstand the heavy [âŚ]
January 5, 2016
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TEST DRIVE > Isuzu expands agile NPR work truck lineup; we take the NPR XD for a spin
Isuzu has added Class 4 brawn and performance to its popular medium-duty cabover truck stable at Class 3 pricing and operating costs. The new truck is a base model NPR cabover, able to accommodate a 20-foot body and weighing in at 13,000 GVW. According to Mike Kennedy, Isuzuâs national sales training manager, the NPR, like [âŚ]
January 1, 2016
Roadbuilding
Oklahoma DOT blows up a bridge as part of expansion project
The Oklahoma Department of Transportation needed a bridge out of the way for a new highway expansion project. So what better way to get rid of it than with some explosives? ODOT blew up a portion of the bridge on US 169 near Owasso, and luckily, the department set up a camera to get the [âŚ]
December 30, 2015
Construction Equipment
Bertha, worldâs largest tunneler, resumes digging below Seattle after 2-year delay
Though the contractor behind the Washington state Highway 99 project said it might give crews a holiday break before resuming the dig, Bertha, the worldâs largest tunnel-boring machine, made its first progress in two years deep below Seattle last week. According to an announcement from the Washington State Department of Transportation, Bertha moved forward 1.5 feet Dec. 22, giving [âŚ]
December 28, 2015
Roadbuilding
Watch 2+ years of construction on Louisvilleâs new Abraham Lincoln bridge in this time-lapse
The centerpiece of the $2.3 billion Ohio River Bridges Project has been three years, and two names, in the making. A new video lets you watch the 2.5 years of hard work in just over a minute. The Courier-Journal has released a time lapse video that shows the construction of the newly renamed Abraham Lincoln Bridge. [âŚ]
December 28, 2015
Construction Equipment
Flipping loader an example of how not to chop down a Christmas tree
We canât confirm if the guy with the chainsawâs last name is Griswold or not, but in the very least this guy has to be a distant relative. On the bright side, the family in the red house has one extra tree for the holidays in the event a fried cat leads to a tree [âŚ]
December 24, 2015
Construction Equipment
Googleâs robot âreindeerâ make for one creepy sleighride
Google-owned robotics company Boston Dynamics has created quite the Christmas card, starring its (in)famous robot dog, known as Spot. In fact, there are three Spots in this short holiday greeting, dressed up as reindeer with Santaâs sleigh in tow. As have been most videos starring this creation, the latest one is slightly terrifying. As we reported back [âŚ]
December 23, 2015
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