Heavy equipment stunts

[BadPigg]

I dont know if this has been posted yet but..

 

[FRJ Jc]

I dont know if this has been posted yet but..

Very very cool... All I understood out of the entire video was 3000 kg... LOL

 

[NightShine]

I dont know if this has been posted yet but..

I was gonna ask how in the world you find this stuff.

But then I remember that some parts of the country are actually experiencing winter...

 

[wheatonFJR]

I dont know if this has been posted yet but..

I heard "funfzehn thousand Kilo"...15,000 kilograms.

Yes...it is winter.

 

[Panman]

After paying those track hoe fellas a few time to do work for me, I have to say that is a good stunt. But as a tool maker, the engineering of the tower and plate on the hoe is what is really impressive.

 

[FRJ Jc]

I dont know if this has been posted yet but..

Thanks for the reminder!!

 

[slapnpop]

 

[Zorlac]

Although it's an impressive display of balance, there's little risk of death, unlike the German.

 

[fjrchooser]

I'm now convinced that heavy equipment operators charge too much. Hard to believe they'd take the risk of damaging/stressing their machinery just for ***** and giggles.

 

[ShinyPartsUp]

Cool publicity stunt. But I can't believe they let a reporter stand under it as it was dangling in air.

And anybody else notice the operator was bare-headed? Ouch.

 

[Zorlac]

Yep, I thought that was pretty stupid as well.

 

[lnewlf]

Much more risky on the FJR on the Northway at rush hour!

 

[BadPigg]

Cool publicity stunt. But I can't believe they let a reporter stand under it as it was dangling in air.
And anybody else notice the operator was bare-headed? Ouch.

I couldn't believe that he was under it .

But then thats probably a normal reaction from us in the US Because we aren't even allowed to run with scissors

..or cross the street without holding a buddies hand

...or never play with matches

... or stick forks into electrical outlets

.....or that motorcycles are dangerous.

unfortunately I have paid the price of experiencing all the above.

 

[FJRGuy]

But I bet my FJR is faster!

After paying those track hoe fellas a few time to do work for me, I have to say that is a good stunt. But as a tool maker, the engineering of the tower and plate on the hoe is what is really impressive.

+1 Good stunt but I'm guessing any operator with a few hours under their belt could do that. Hell, I bet I could do that (albeit not as fast.) Did anyone else notice the red latching device used to lock the machine in place on each step? And video camera surely used for operator verification

Kudos go to the equipment and tower designers.

I'm now convinced that heavy equipment operators charge too much. Hard to believe they'd take the risk of damaging/stressing their machinery just for ***** and giggles.

Firstly, if you had to pay for that equipment, you'd charge a friggin fortune too. It's the equipment that costs more so than the labour. Secondly, not so much ***** and giggles as Marketing!

 

[Rogue]

Yea,

AND on any German machine you would constantly be worrying about final drive failures!