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

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