The biggest truck in the world! Titan 33-19. It can hold 2 buses and 2 pickups (or 2,000,000 golf balls) and is about the size of the largest of the dinosaurs, but the Titan was built to haul 350 tons of earth in mining operations. The Titan began to take shape on the drafting boards… Continue reading Largest Truck: Titan

The Siemens-built Velaro E high- speed train has debuted in Spain, carrying passengers between Madrid and Barcelona. The Velaro E is the first series-production high-speed train that can be operated at a speed of 350 km/h. It is also the first German high-speed train to operate on a railway line in Spain where the first… Continue reading Fastest High Speed Train

The world’s most expensive car is up for sale. And whether or not you think it’s worth the estimated $10 million asking price, it’s no doubt exceedingly rare, beautiful and–like many follies in automotive history–a triumph of hubris over reason. This Bugatti Type 41 Royale was the brainchild of Ettore Bugatti–and also a hugely expensive… Continue reading Most Expensive Old Fashioned Car

At 300 feet tall and 600 feet long, the largest bucket wheel excavators are the biggest land vehicles ever made. Though they only dig at a maximum of 0.37 mph, these machines move 240,000 cubic meters of material daily, about as much as a football field dug to 100 feet deep.

The world’s fastest eco-boat is going to make an attempt at breaking the round the world speed record using human fat based fuel with a zero carbon footprint. The boat is owned by Pete Bethune, who mortgaged his house and sold all he and his wife’s belongings to make it happen. The lunatic even had… Continue reading Eco Boat Powered by Human Fat

NEW YORK, NY, USA — 292 tow trucks (including flatbeds, wreckers and 50-ton rotators) rumbled through New York City, setting the world record for the Largest tow truck parade. The trucks departed from Shea Stadium in Queens and cruised down a couple of highways before finishing at an abandoned airport tarmac to spell out “New… Continue reading Largest Tow Truck Parade

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