Category: Fun Stuff

Big Becky, as they call her, truly lives up to her name.  Many onlookers  (for most it was their first time) were able to gaze upon her tremendous body during the exclusive “by invitiation only” inaugural celebration in Niagara Falls on August 8, 2006.  Amid tight security, 500 guests witnessed the christening and launch of… Continue reading Largest Hard Rock Mining Bore

From May 28th to 30th Guinness World Records adjudicator Kristian Teufel was in Nardo, Italy to verify the record for the most fuel efficient truck. The attempt was organized by the Daimler AG Truck division from Germany and took place at the Nardo Technical Centre, a testing facility for prototype cars with a 12 km… Continue reading Most Fuel Efficient Truck

Phoenix supplies the longest conveyor belt on earth for the transport of crushed limestone from India to Bangladesh PHOENIX Conveyor Belt Systems GmbH of Hamburg, Germany and PHOENIX Yule Limited of Kalyani, India have been awarded a multi million dollar contract for the supply of 35km of Phoenocord steel cord conveyor belts for the Lafarge… Continue reading Longest Conveyor Belt

I’m sure we all remember playing with R/C cars as we were growing up. Hey, it was a drivers license when we were 5. So it’s only fitting that when we get older, we get better R/C cars, right? How does a full scale Hummer H3 sound? Dr. James Brighton, an Engineer from Cranfield University,… Continue reading Largest Remote Control Toy: Hummer

The Midnight Rider is the world’s largest and grandest limousine. In fact, she is a traveling luxury ground vehicle, cruising Southern California and Las Vegas with an 1,800 watt Sony surround sound system in each of her three lounges, large screen televisions, a full bar, two bartenders… and yes, a bathroom! Representative of the luxury… Continue reading Most Luxurious Limo

This piece of equipment is the biggest and most powerful piece of equipment used today to move anything. It moves the space shuttle to the launch platform and weighs in at over 8 Million pounds unloaded and just over 11 Million pounds with the shuttle on its back. It moves at a staggering speed of… Continue reading Mobile Launch Platform – World’s Biggest Mover

This is the Tata Nano, a 4 passenger car produced in India. It sells for around $2,000 NEW. It is considered the world’s cheapest new production vehicle. It is primarily made for city driving in India. Here are the specs: Tata Nano Manufacturer Tata Motors Parent company Tata Sons Also called The People’s Car Production… Continue reading World’s Cheapest Production Car

This is the largest digging machine (or trencher or rotating shovel) in the world. It was built by Krupp and is shown here crossing a road in Germany on the way to its destination, an open air coal mine. Although at the mine the treads are unnecessary, it was cheaper to make the machine self-propelled… Continue reading World’s Largest Trencher

The UNIC mini Crawler crane is the first mini crawler available in Europe narrow enough to allow access through a standard doorframe, but with almost 3 tonnes of lifting power. It leads the way technically with an array of safety features including a computer-controlled, intelligent voice warning system. Other safety devices include: automatic boom speed… Continue reading World’s Smallest Mini Crawler Crane

The Burj Khalifa No great surprises here. The Burj Khalifa burst on to the international scene earlier this year with a massive fanfare, fireworks and festivities at the dawn of the new decade after a much anticipated build. The fanfare wasn’t without merit: the building smashing almost every record in the books – and by… Continue reading World’s Tallest Building