# Photographs of an Excavator Climbing a Tower - Worth a look!

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**Created:** [February 24, 2009, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photographs-of-an-excavator-climbing-a-tower-worth-a-look/487216 "2009-02-24T16:47:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photographs-of-an-excavator-climbing-a-tower-worth-a-look/487216/1 "2009-02-24T16:47:04Z")

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[Photographs of an Excavator Climbing a Tower](http://www.hoax-slayer.com/excavator-climbing-tower.shtml)

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photographs-of-an-excavator-climbing-a-tower-worth-a-look/487216/2 "2009-02-24T16:54:47Z")

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Remins me of those Diatrymas (or whatever the hell they were supposed to be) climbing trees in the spectacularly bad **10,000 B.C.**.  
I’m impressed, but I note that it probanbly couldn’t climb unless the tower had those neat holds and tread-steps built in. The point is to show off the sttregnth and dexterity of the excavating arm, though.

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**Author:** ![FarmerChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@FarmerChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FarmerChick)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photographs-of-an-excavator-climbing-a-tower-worth-a-look/487216/3 "2009-02-24T17:00:11Z")

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Here’s a youtube video of one climbing it on German TV.

[Youtube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RobaJKGMMiE)

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photographs-of-an-excavator-climbing-a-tower-worth-a-look/487216/4 "2009-02-24T17:48:06Z")

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\*"Where do you want the hole, sir?’

“Eh, let’s see… how about up on top of that tower.”\*

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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photographs-of-an-excavator-climbing-a-tower-worth-a-look/487216/5 "2009-02-25T03:16:16Z")

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> [@FarmerChick](#):
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> Here’s a youtube video of one climbing it on German TV.
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> [Youtube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RobaJKGMMiE)

Thanks for video!

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**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photographs-of-an-excavator-climbing-a-tower-worth-a-look/487216/6 "2009-02-25T05:48:56Z")

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Put one on each side and race them.  
What? I just happen to belong to a generation that demands not only amazing but amazing X4 and turned into some sort of competition where speed could easily cause death.

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**Author:** ![bathsheba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@bathsheba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bathsheba)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photographs-of-an-excavator-climbing-a-tower-worth-a-look/487216/7 "2009-02-25T10:22:04Z")

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> [@clayton\_e](#):
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> Put one on each side and race them.

Then turn them into a boat!

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**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photographs-of-an-excavator-climbing-a-tower-worth-a-look/487216/8 "2009-02-26T04:47:20Z")

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“This tower was built to show off the physical power of the excavator.”

More like the balls of the operator. I wouldn’t do that.