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Videos: Page 51
Head-mounted cereal excavator with milk-powered hydraulics makes Stephen Colbert look like an expert operator
If you ever wondered whether or not Late Show host Stephen Colbert might have the chops to become an excavator operator should this new gig not work out, just check out the video below and decide for yourself. Colbert recently had inventor/sculptor/”inventurer” Dominic Wilcox on the show to show off some of his unique creations. Among […]
October 7, 2015
2 excavators, dozer no help at all for excavator stuck in very deep hole
This one’s a bit hard to watch. After a ledge gave way an sent this machine into a hole being dug for a pumping station, this excavator operator is assisted by co-workers with little to no result. Two excavators and a dozer aren’t able to tow the machine out, largely because it was the wrong […]
October 2, 2015
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Minnesota DOT installing Rural Intersection Conflict Warning Systems at 54 intersections
The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) is updating 54 rural intersections with intelligent transportation systems to improve intersection safety. MnDOT is adding Rural Intersection Conflict Warning Systems (RICWS) at locations identified as high risk using variables including visibility, nearby commercial development, nearby railroad tracks, traffic volume, crash history and distance from a previous stop sign. […]
September 30, 2015
Roadbuilding
Music to your gears: Artist uses New York traffic to create musical notes
An artist from Brazil has turned cars driving down a New York highway into a musical notes to compose a song that follows the flow of traffic. For his latest musical arrangement, titled “Cars on the Lanes,” Jarbas Agnelli used a video of one section of a New York City freeway, and assigned musical notes to cars […]
September 29, 2015
Roadbuilding
Plane makes emergency landing on Miami Interstate
Some drivers making their morning commute Thursday along Miami’s Interstate 595 were joined on the road by a plane in an emergency landing. According to CBS Miami, the pilot of a small plane had been rerouted from the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, and was on his way back above Miami at around 9 a.m. when the plane ran out […]
September 28, 2015
Construction Equipment
Caterpillar D10T takes on The Mountain from ‘Game of Thrones’ in a heartwarming tug of war
Ever wonder just how strong the guy who plays The Mountain in the HBO series Game of Thrones is? Apparently strong enough to stop the giant Cat D10T in its tracks. Now, while this latest installment in Cat’s Built For It trials is certainly more storybook than field test, we do see strongman Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson’s […]
September 25, 2015
Construction Equipment
I learned how to operate Freightliner’s autonomous truck. It’s a strange, yet comforting, experience
In May, when Freightliner pulled the curtain back on its new Inspiration autonomous truck model, the company promised CDL-holding journalists the opportunity to get a Nevada autonomous truck endorsement in the fall. This week, I found myself once again at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway—just north of Sin City—where I was able to climb behind Inspiration’s wheel […]
September 22, 2015
Construction Equipment
2017 F-150 Raptor prototype braves soft terrain, logs and water in Ford trail testing
After unveiling the new aluminum design of the 2017 F-150 Raptor in January, Ford engineers have been hard at work testing the new truck’s capabilities through trail trials in Northern Michigan. In the footage below released by Ford, we get a taste of what to expect from the new truck, with Ford saying the 2017 Raptor […]
September 21, 2015
Construction Equipment
Excavator rescues overturned dump truck from steep mining road grade
Just another few feet of error and this dump truck very likely would have been at the bottom of this steep grade rather than clinging to the side. Thankfully, mining operations have massive excavators like the Liebherr 974 seen here around to counteract the treacherous grades dumpers encounter. In the rescue video below, skip ahead to […]
September 18, 2015
Roadbuilding
Virginia DOT I-66 improvement plan adds express lanes, expanded median for future transit
The Virginia Department of Transportation’s (VDOT) design concept for updates to a 25 mile stretch of Interstate 66 from Interstate 495 in Fairfax County to Route 15 in Haymarket would add two express lanes in each direction and expand median space to accommodate potential future transit. The plans, dubbed Transforming I-66 Outside the Beltway, also […]
September 18, 2015
Roadbuilding
LBJ Express highway in Dallas, largest Texas P3, opens to public 3 months ahead of schedule
The largest public-private partnership (P3) in Texas, the approximately $2.6 billion LBJ Express highway reconstruction project, has opened to the public three months ahead of schedule. The project began in 2011 and involved reconstruction off all the main and expanded frontage lanes of Interstate 635 in the north Dallas region, stretching from Luna Road to […]
September 14, 2015
Roadbuilding
One year without crashes at dangerous Missouri intersection after DOT installed J-Turns
The intersection of Routes 50 and 58 in Centerview was the regular site of crashes near a local high school until the Missouri Department of Transportation decided to try something somewhat new. The intersection has yet to see a crash since the new J-turns were installed, MoDOT announced in a press release. The Centerview residents were […]
September 14, 2015
Construction Equipment
How to get an excavator stuck in a tree and how to get it back down
What to do after your excavator becomes firmly lodged in a group of trees? Pull. Really hard. How did it get there in the first place you ask? YouTube uploader grizzlybob660 says he and his co-workers from Hulcher Services were called in to rescue this stuck Cat after it had tumbled about 300 feet down a […]
September 11, 2015
Construction Equipment
Komatsu to begin training operators, techs with video-game-like 3D simulations
Komatsu will soon begin training operators and equipment technicians using a suite of applications developed by a company specializing in 3D virtual simulations. Developer Heartwood says its 3D training apps allow operators and techs to learn about Komatsu machines in a hands-on way thanks to its use of immersive and interactive visuals similar to those […]
September 11, 2015
Roadbuilding
3D Paver using Lidar, asphalt modeling to create adaptive surfaces, turns to Kickstarter for funding
The University of California Pavement Research Center (UCPRC) and Advanced Paving Technologies are teaming up to launch a Kickstarter campaign Oct. 15 to raise $60,000 in research funds for developing a 3D asphalt paver. The research would begin as early as next spring at UCPRC. According to Advanced Paving, Lidar is used to scan the surface to […]
September 10, 2015
Workforce
Steam explosion blasts worker from manhole on San Jose construction site
Santa Clara County officials have released footage of a terrifying steam explosion that occurred one year ago, citing the video as evidence of San Jose contractor Turner Construction’s breach of contract on the construction of an earthquake retrofit at Valley Medical Center. The accident, seen in full in the video below, involved a pipefitter launched from a manhole following […]
September 8, 2015
Roadbuilding
Caltrans offers $25,000 for innovative transportation idea as part of “Find a New Way” campaign
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is offering $25,000 to the resident with the best idea for improving transportation in the state. The contest is part of the “$25K Find a New Way” program signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown late last year. The state’s Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control and Department of General […]
September 8, 2015
Construction Equipment
Ford treats construction workers to a back massage in the new F-150 for Labor Day
Ford introduced back-massaging seats with its 2015 F-150, but it’s a feature that many still don’t know about. In celebration of Labor Day, Ford decided to head out to an active construction site in Dearborn, Michigan, and ask several workers to have a seat in the new F-150. As you can see in the video […]
September 7, 2015
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