Tony B Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 OK. so this is very impressive enginering, very skilled operating, but WHY? http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=RobaJKGMMiE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 "Hello, Leibherr Service. Erm - we need a No. 2 hydraulic pump drive coupling changed. Oh, and you'd best bring a long ladder....." I was wetting myself until 1/2 way up when I noticed the machine had a couple of locking claws on the front of the undercarriage :shocked: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosie Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 OH MYYY GOD!!!!!!!! Thats amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 :nono: not wearing a safety helmet :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
private mw Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 i used to do that in my spare time at work :shocked: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike65 Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 :nono: not wearing a safety helmet :-D No hi-vis vest either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martylee Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 OK. so this is very impressive enginering, very skilled operating, but WHY?http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=RobaJKGMMiE I don't care! I just know I'm buying Leibherr next time I'm in the market for a digger. :-) Marty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike65 Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 I don't care! I just know I'm buying Leibherr next time I'm in the market for a digger. :-) Marty What you mean they actually dig as well, I thought it was just for people who don't like ladders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spood Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 Rather him than me :eek: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 So is the answer to WHY? that it is a show stand accessory to sell a few more machines? Good value piece of fabrication I'd say!! Here is the 1955 sales stand equivalent - a 3 axle Euclid dumptruck full of bathing beauties :-) http://www.sirensofchrome.com/sirens/?p=407 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 OK. so this is very impressive enginering, very skilled operating, but WHY?http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=RobaJKGMMiE Its from a TV show which involved people claiming they can do remarkable things. In German is says "wetten das" which translates to "I bet..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 The chap standing underneath it didnt have a hard hat on either. if it had fallen off and landed on him he could suffer a serious concussion. Actually i was disappointed. I thought he was going to go over the top and down the other side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 On the youtube clip its titled Liebherr Excavator climbing tower In the comments section are these comments ChappyBT While FoxRacing63086 may sound arrogant, he is right...any good operator should be able to pull it off with practice. You'll notice the bucket arm has a special attachment built specifically to lock into the tower, and there are hooks on the front of the track body that catch rails on the tower when the machine is on it's tracks. It's simply showing the strength of the machine's construction and the power of the hydraulics on it. Duiss the point was to win a bet. it's from a german live tv show called "wetten dass?" (Wanna Bet..?). Individuals try to fulfill their bet in a given amount of time, which is set by the tv show. they also compete for the votes of the viewers who decide which of the individual different bets wins the show and takes home the prize money. the show easily attracts 50% and more of all German speaking viewers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fesm_ndt Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 I saw something similar years ago where they were demolishing a building and jumbing from pylon to pylon uising the buckets, so it was real stuff. Mental... and I say mental as I used to do a lot of crack testing on excavators :nut: Biggest problem was the truck drivers change the trailer tyres with them, ie swing the arm around, push down, dont need a jack, but used to do a lot of damage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoggyDriver Posted April 17, 2010 Share Posted April 17, 2010 So what's with the Spice Girls on that show then? This must have been in the days before Health and safety and if it wasn't how is the Germans can do it and we can't??? The guy standing underneath would have been locked up in this country if he did that! I would have laughed if he blew a Hydraulic hose or seal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desperatedes Posted April 17, 2010 Share Posted April 17, 2010 seconds later he ran out of diesel bollocks or verdampft i think he said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arm carp Posted April 17, 2010 Share Posted April 17, 2010 easy peasy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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