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100+ excavators team up to demo overpass overnight
We finally have an answer to the age-old question “How many operators does it take to dismantle an overpass overnight?” For the Chinese city of Nanchang, the answer was 116. According to the description of the video below, posted to YouTube by China’s state-run news outlet CCTV, the gang of excavators got started on demolishing […]
March 8, 2018
Cranes lift girders into place on Penn.’s Central Susquehanna Valley Thruway bridge
The video below was taken on February 20 and captures the placement of the first steel girders on the bridge piers of the Central Susquehanna Valley Thruway project (CSVT) bridge. PennLive reports that the 4,500-foot-long bridge will carry traffic over the West Branch of the Susquehanna River in Union Township, Union County, Pa. The Pennsylvania Department […]
March 8, 2018
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How to adjust CTL track tension
It’s one of the simpler maintenance chores you can do, but adjusting the tension on the tracks of your compact track loader is critically important. If your tracks get too loose, they may spool off the undercarriage and put you in a bind – replacing tracks in the field takes at least two people and often […]
March 1, 2018
Roadbuilding
A 3D virtual reality view of the future I-74 Mississippi River Bridge
Though the I-74 Mississippi River Bridge between Iowa and Illinois is still three years from completion, people can now see what it will be like to actually drive across the future span. The Iowa Department of Transportation and Iowa State University have collaborated to create a virtual reality video that not only shows what it […]
March 1, 2018
Roadbuilding
The story of America’s first concrete street and the man who built it
The Columbus Neighborhoods video below tells the story of the first concrete street in America, which was built in Bellefontaine, Ohio, by George Wells Bartholomew Jr. in 1891. Susan B. Manecke, Bartholomew’s great-granddaughter, says, “I think that he had a big vision in terms of commerce in the United States, in the whole country, and if […]
February 28, 2018
Construction Equipment
Operator rights drowning excavator, averts disaster
Unlike most excavator videos floating around the internet, this one starts with an overturned machine in the water rather than ending with one. We’re not provided with much context on how this operator ended up in this precarious spot. But what we find out is that he’s not one for giving up. As his machine […]
February 22, 2018
Roadbuilding
Time-lapse captures Montroyal Bridge girder installation
The time-lapse video below shows construction on the Montroyal Bridge over Mosquito Creek in the District of North Vancouver on Jan. 23, 2018. Crews used a crane to hoist six 131-foot-long bridge girders weighing 119,000 pounds each into place. The $8.5 million project, which is paid for through the district’s asset management program, includes two […]
February 7, 2018
Construction Equipment
Attempt to load excavator onto truck goes horribly wrong
Though we’ve seen a fair share of loading mishaps occur even when a ramp is present, this operator’s attempt to side saddle his excavator underscores the world of pain you can avoid by simply loading a machine properly. Beyond the absence of a ramp, it’s doubtful this excavator even completely fits on to the bed […]
February 1, 2018
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Tesla Semi whirs along in some of the first footage of the electric truck driving
While you may not see a Tesla Semi anytime soon in your neighborhood, there was one caught on video recently traveling along a street next to a UPS customer center in Sunnyvale, Calif. Though Brandon Camargo has only one uploaded video to his name, his 8-second Tesla Semi clip has gone viral with roughly 676,500 […]
January 31, 2018
Roadbuilding
Okla. DOT completes its largest bridge move ever
The Oklahoma Department of Transportation successfully completed the largest ever bridge move and installation in the state’s history. American Bridge Company was in charge of the project to move the 45-foot-tall BNSF railroad bridge structures from their construction site a quarter mile away and install them. The interstate was closed between I-44 and North 36th […]
January 30, 2018
Construction Equipment
24-foot Liebherr LR 11000 the most amazing LEGO creation we’ve ever seen
When my wife an I finished putting together Volvo and LEGO’s EW160E wheeled excavator set, I couldn’t stop looking at the thing. First of all, I’ve never put together a LEGO set with so many tiny pieces. Second, the thing was just so wonderfully detailed. And then I saw the monster in the video below. […]
January 25, 2018
Roadbuilding
Okla. prepares for its largest ever bridge move, installation
Calling it a “spectacular feat of engineering,” the Oklahoma Department of Transportation is nearing the day for moving and installing a 4-million-pound steel railroad bridge over Interstate 235 in Oklahoma City. “Due to their size and weight, it will be a slow and steady operation to move the two bridge spans into place, taking up […]
January 25, 2018
Construction Equipment
Vacuworx’s new key fob-sized remote enables lifting operation outside the machine with quicker setup
Vacuworx used World of Concrete to introduce a new wireless remote option on two of the company’s vacuum system attachments, the SL 2 and CM 3. The wireless remote eliminates the need to route hoses and a controller to the cab of the host machine. Vacuworx says this gives these systems a greater range of […]
January 24, 2018
Construction Equipment
Crane collapse during lift of concrete wall sends workers scrambling
Workers in Austin, Texas, last week were forced to run for their lives as a crane collapsed during the lift of a concrete wall. Video of the incident, seen below, was first posted to Reddit. According to a report from KSAT TV, “nearly a dozen workers” were in the vicinity of the collapse, which occurred […]
January 18, 2018
Class 7-8
This 1948 Peterbilt doesn’t plan on retiring anytime soon
Check out Iron Horse Trucking’s 1948 Pete in the video below looking strong and sounding off with its Jake brake in Washington State where it’s hauling logs down a dirt road. “Now I want to restore one just like it!” writes YouTube viewer Jim Walkable. “Sweet rig. Old Pete’s never die! They just get better!” […]
January 18, 2018
Roadbuilding
Conveyor bridge transporting materials over roadway on Cal. Route 180 project
In the video below, Sam Yniguez, a public information officer with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), highlights a conveyor system bridge that will be used on the Kings Canyon Road (State Route 180) project in eastern Fresno County. The system will improve safety, reduce vehicle emissions, and relieve traffic congestion by transporting an estimated […]
January 17, 2018
Roadbuilding
Remnants of old Tenn. iron bridge imploded
The video below shows the implosion of the remaining iron spans of the Hoskins-Jarnagin Bridge in Dandridge, Tenn. on December 21, 2017. The Standard Banner reports that the old, narrow bridge, which was completed in 1944, was removed to make way for a new $29 million concrete bridge. The center span of the bridge had […]
January 16, 2018
Construction Equipment
Excavator claws through raging floodwaters to rescue two dump truck drivers
According to the YouTube description of the video below these two dump truck drivers became trapped by floodwaters while driving along a mountain road. As the video begins, both drivers are stranded in their trucks as the high waters threaten to wash them away. Thankfully, a nearby excavator operator jumps into action, braving the torrent […]
January 4, 2018
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