With 2017 drawing to a close, it’s time to take a look back at all the great videos we’ve come across in the last year. Refreshingly, this year’s Top 10 is light on the fail videos and heavy with cool machines going about their work.
These are ranked in order based on the number of clicks you, our dear readers (and watchers), provided. So join us as we take a look back by scrolling through the videos below.
What do you get when you throw some armor on a D5 and make it capable of speeds up to 30 miles per hour? You get a DEUCE.
The M105 Deployable Universal Combat Earthmover (DEUCE) was first produced by Caterpillar in 1999 under contract with the U.S. Army, according to a page at Military-Today.com. A total of 227 DEUCEs were made and the high-speed combat dozer was a purpose-built machine created to replace the use of Cat’s D5 in military service.
Cat powered the DEUCE with a 7.2-liter Cat 3126 engine delivering 185 horsepower in earthmover mode and 265 hp in traveling mode. The machine can be airlifted by the C-130 Hercules and upon being airdropped can be re-assembled for work in less than 30 minutes.
