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    Hydraulic Excavator Used to Climb Column Leaves Us Completely Baffled
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    Image of mricyfire mricyfire
    11/13/08

    In reply to Hydraulic Excavator Used to Climb Column Leaves Us Completely Baffled
    I dont care if it is photoshop or not, but how does it get down?
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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    11/13/08

    @mricyfire: Seeing as that's a tower of power, I'd say they get down with...


    Tower of Power!

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    Image of ajh0914 ajh0914
    11/13/08

    In reply to Hydraulic Excavator Used to Climb Column Leaves Us Completely Baffled
    if it is real that drivers got balls of f-ing titanium... what's the sign up for that look like- "wanted somebody to make an excavator climb up tower... risks -if the claw breaks you're screwed, if the tower breaks you're screwed- Disclaimer: We [insert company name] take no responsibility if anything fails and you get crushed in a falling excavator" hmm let me think... sign me up sounds like a great deal... NOT
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    11/14/08

    @ajh0914: It wasn't performed in New York. We have a lovely little law known as Labor Law 240(1) which attaches strict liability to owners and GCs for elevation-related risks. There's no way this stunt would get insured and if it did, the policy cost a bundle.


    Of course, I'm all in favor of construction accidents. More work for me.

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    Image of takemetoyourtoaster takemetoyourtoaster
    11/13/08

    In reply to Hydraulic Excavator Used to Climb Column Leaves Us Completely Baffled
    anybody else think that this was a demo of a tower that could lift stuff, not thing that climbs tower, i thought it would be some werid no way to lift things using a tower
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    11/13/08

    @takemetoyourtoaster: LMAO. Fave comment of the day.
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    Image of qbrad qbrad
    11/14/08

    @Substance_D: Agreed, hysterical. :)
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    Image of RevolutionMaster RevolutionMaster
    11/13/08

    In reply to Hydraulic Excavator Used to Climb Column Leaves Us Completely Baffled
    PHOTOSHOP! Seriously, the concrete looks a bit... flimsy/weak/thin.
    also. FIRST (obligatory with my REAL POST)
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    Image of Gann Gann
    11/14/08

    @RevolutionMaster: Congrats on being the first douche of the day. Also It's steel, not concrete.
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