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Bobcat pops a wheelie, “walks” itself into back of a dump truck
It’s not the first time we’ve seen a self-loading Bobcat, but this guy’s skill and speed add a bit of flair to the feat. He’s able to pop a wheelie without using the bucket and then waddle the machine backwards and onto the truck bed. As always, don’t try this at home. This video originates […]
September 26, 2014
The 2015 Ford F-150 can park itself, check your blind spots and give you a back massage
Once new owners of the 2015 Ford F-150 finally get their hands on the trucks in coming weeks, they might encounter a problem. They might not want to get out of the truck. Ford has put together a list of all the nifty driver-assist and comfort features the new technology-packed pickups have to offer and […]
September 25, 2014
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Time-lapse captures 2-year construction of new San Francisco 49ers football stadium in 2 minutes
The folks at EarthCam have done it again, capturing yet another huge construction project from start to finish this time with the new home of the NFL’s San Francisco 49ers. Levi’s Stadium is the first new NFL stadium to be built in California in 50 years and cost about $1.2 billion. The stadium seats about […]
September 24, 2014
Construction Equipment
Watch a Chevrolet S-10 pickup explode to 219 mph, become quickest street-legal vehicle in the world
When building the world’s quickest-accelerating street-legal vehicle, maybe one of the last bodies you’d decide to wrap that type of horsepower in would be a 1998 Chevrolet S-10. Chevy’s old midsize pickup just doesn’t scream “speed.” But that’s exactly the package Larry Larson chose and his S-10 recently accelerated to 219 miles per hour to […]
September 22, 2014
Construction Equipment
Geniuses wrap themselves in rope, let an excavator sling them through the air
Most people see construction equipment from afar. And most people, when meeting these machines in person for the first time, display a healthy amount of respect and even a bit of fear for the powerful, lumbering pieces of steel. But then there’s another group. This subset of people just get dumb ideas whenever they’re around […]
September 19, 2014
Construction Equipment
How to build a LEGO dump truck with an excavator bucket instead of your hands
We’ve seen plenty examples of equipment operators showing off their skills through interesting demonstrations, but this one from Finland might be our favorite. In the video below, the operator, whom the Daily Mail identifies as Juha-Pekka Peramaki, puts together a dump truck made of LEGOs, complete with hard-hat-wearing driver. There’s some pretty impressive precise movement involved and the […]
September 15, 2014
Safety
Guy sits on large pipe while cutting it, is bucked into the air because physics is highly unforgiving
The takeaway from the video below is pretty simple: don’t be this guy. Staring his friend the excavator bucket directly in the face, this guy was still somehow unable to foresee a future in which the strain and potential energy of this massive pipe he was seated upon would have nowhere to go but up […]
September 12, 2014
Safety
Guy attempts Ice Bucket Challenge with excavator, bucket knocks him out cold instead
No. 1 Video in 2014 « NO. 2 Editors’ Pick » When we were putting together our original roundup of Ice Bucket Challenge videos, we were surprised at just how many we were able to find with people using heavy equipment. We were also surprised that none of them included people being seriously hurt […]
September 5, 2014
Roadbuilding
Man arrested for climbing the Brooklyn Bridge
A Russian tourist had an up close tour of the Brooklyn Bridge, but then was given a personal tour of a New York City jail cell. The 24-year-old man climbed to the top of the bridge on Aug. 24 and took photos with a smartphone, but was taken into police custody, according to a New […]
September 5, 2014
Workforce
How one construction firm is using drag racing to recruit new talent
If you want to catch a fish you need bait. And if you want to catch the attention of a mechanic, a 10,000 horsepower, 300 mile-per-hour car is a good start. Mechanics and technicians, as we all know, are in short supply. To recruit them Herzog Contracting, the Association of Equipment Management Professionals and the […]
September 4, 2014
Roadbuilding
Watch time-lapse of Highway 99 construction
The Washington State Department of Transportation was kind enough to release the following time-lapse video of construction on Highway 99. The video shows crews working through the night to demolish and replace the section of SR 99 that crosses above Broad Street. “We thank commuters for their patience and their help,” said Dave Sowers, WSDOT’s […]
September 3, 2014
Construction Equipment
Get a drone’s-eye view of construction on Apple’s massive new spaceship-like campus
Back in July, we got our first look at construction of Apple’s new $5 billion campus. The new campus was one of the last projects former Apple CEO Steve Jobs worked on before he died in 2012 and involved turning a site that was mostly asphalt into one that would host 176 acres of trees, […]
September 2, 2014
Workforce
Roofer busts out gravity-defying samba breakdance; somehow doesn’t break his neck
As the video below attests, music can be a very powerful force. So powerful that despite the fact he was working atop a roof, Andrew Wilcox says on his YouTube page he couldn’t help but dance when the Enrique Iglesias song “Bailando” came on the radio. What happens next is funny, impressive in some ways […]
September 2, 2014
Roadbuilding
Country music star Kip Moore’s ballad for the construction industry
Kip Moore has penned his share of hits, most notably the platinum-selling “Somethin’ ‘Bout a Truck’ which reached number 1 on the U.S. country charts. And now the country star has dedicated a song to the men and women of the construction industry as well as Case Construction Equipment. The song is called “On the […]
September 1, 2014
Construction Equipment
Weight of crane shoves hauler into a jackknife that sends crane over a hillside
We’ve all been involved in tense situations. But few of us have ever been in this tense of situation. In the video below, we see a hauler bringing in a Link-Belt crane to a jobsite. Problem is there’s a pretty steep dirt slope between the hauler and said jobsite. As the driver starts carefully descending the […]
August 29, 2014
Business
The LA Sheriff’s Dept. melted thousands of guns to recycle them as road construction material
Thousands of handguns, rifles and other weapons have been destroyed to eventually be used in construction of roads and bridges. Nearly 5,000 weapons were melted and converted into steel rebar as part of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s 21st annual Gun Melt event. More than 178,000 weapons have been destroyed as part of the event […]
August 28, 2014
Construction Equipment
Country music star Kip Moore wrote a rocking Labor Day ballad for the construction industry
Kip Moore has penned his share of hits, most notably the platinum-selling “Somethin’ ‘Bout a Truck’ which reached number 1 on the U.S. country charts. And now the country star has dedicated a song to the men and women of the construction industry as well as Case Construction Equipment. The song is called “On the […]
August 28, 2014
Construction Equipment
This implosion’s fireworks and colorful smoke signals make for the most entertaining demolition ever
Residents of Albany, New York were already excited to see a dilapidated hotel from the 1920s make way for a new convention center. But the deal was definitely sweetened when the city was treated to a full on fireworks display as part of the 11-story building’s demolition. As you can see in the video below, […]
August 27, 2014
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