The Caterpillar 797F mining truck is the world’s largest dump truck with a Gross Machine Operating Weight of 1.37 MILLION pounds. The behemoth of a machine measures 51 ft high, 50 ft long, and 32 feet wide and its largest area. It can also reach an impressive top speed of 42 miles per hour with a 1000 gallon fuel tank and can haul approximately 400 tons of material.

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July 10, 2015

7 of the World's Greatest and Weirdest Construction Records

July 10, 2015

It’s an incredible machine and Caterpillar has created a time lapse video of how it’s built, which you can watch below. The pieces of equipment and robotics that it takes to build the truck might be just as impressive as the actual truck.

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November 23, 2015

Freeway Overpass Removed and Replaced in 43 Hours

November 23, 2015

As we have highlighted before on Construction Junkie, China has shown us what a model for efficiency is when it comes to large infrastructure projects. That being said, they seem to be creating a lot of one-off, gargantuan pieces of equipment to do so. In the video below, we see the Sanyuan Bridge in Beijing get entirely removed and replaced with a new bridge in 43 hours.

November 23, 2015

October 27, 2015

Don’t Try This at Home: Bobcat Skid Steer Loads Itself onto Trailer

October 27, 2015

The most terrifying thing on a job site is when workers get creative with heavy machinery. Sometimes it works out and nobody thinks anything of it, but, if they’re not extremely careful, chaos can’t break loose.

October 27, 2015

October 23, 2015

[VIDEO] Demolition Nightmare: Hundreds of Rats Found Living Under Concrete in Brazil

October 23, 2015

Just in time for Halloween, here’s a video of a bunch of dirty rats living below a concrete slab in Brazil that a group of lucky contractors had the pleasure of uncovering. As the crew broke up piece after piece of concrete, more and more rats scurried out in a hurry, much like that scene in the movie Ratatouille, when hundreds of rats fell out of the ceiling. At least those were animated.

October 23, 2015

October 20, 2015

Massive 580 Ton Chinese Girder Erection Machine Drops Girders Into Place From Above

October 20, 2015

A bridge needs to be built, so time to bust out the cranes, right? Not so fast, a Chinese company has built a machine that has a creative way of setting girders into place.

October 20, 2015

October 13, 2015

Video: Construction Worker Gets Catapulted Off of Boom Lift, Learns Valuable Lesson About Wearing a Harness

October 13, 2015

Lifts may seem relatively safe, because they move fairly slow, but, believe it or not, there are actually very good reasons that OSHA safety procedures exist, especially wearing a harness on a lift.

October 13, 2015

September 30, 2015

Watch Two Power Station Chimneys Crash Into Each Other in an Incredibly Controlled Demolition

September 30, 2015

Building implosions are always fun to watch, although sometimes they just don't go quite right. So when companies can accurately control a demolition and have two structures hit in mid-air, it's a thing of beauty! The Cockenzie power station in Scotland has two 487 foot tall chimneys and when it came time to demolish them, there was no better way then to have them strike mid-collapse.

September 30, 2015

September 29, 2015

CAT Builds the World’s First Moving Golf Course on the Backs of their Dump Trucks

September 29, 2015

"Our customers work hard, but they also play hard,” said Archie Lyons, Creative Director of Global Brand Marketing for Caterpillar Inc. to explain the crazy site of watching a golf course move around on the backs of several of CAT’s heavy machines. After watching the video below, it seems like the perfect encapsulation of that phrase and a whole lot of fun to try out.

September 29, 2015

September 22, 2015

[VIDEO] Two Turner Construction Workers Help Boston PD Catch Crime Suspect

September 22, 2015

As a crime suspect tried to flee from a veteran Boston police officer, two Turner Construction workers stepped in to help the officer arrest the man.

September 22, 2015

September 15, 2015

Watch this High Rise Building Be Demolished with Absolutely No Regard for Human Life or Safety

September 15, 2015

This will probably make you pretty upset and we can’t blame you. According to GlobalLeaks News, who posted the video, this approximately 12 story high building was located in India. In the video, you see the building implode successfully into a cloud of smoke. The only problem is, there were still several cars driving on the nearby street!

September 15, 2015

September 1, 2015

This Timelapse Video of a 10 Hour Highway Overpass Demolition is Poetry in Motion

September 1, 2015

There’s no better way to make hundreds of thousands of people angry than top shut down a highly traveled road on a work day. Because of that, the pressure is on for many companies to demolish overpasses in less than a day and open the road back up in time for morning traffic.

September 1, 2015