Remarkably Watchable Disaster: Excavator Sinking

How to unbury your excavator from quicksand clay

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In this slow-motion train wreck, 35 tons of excavator sinks in quicksand-like blue clay in Sweden while removing a temporary timber road. The thing is cab-deep. There’s a second, smaller excavator (7 tons) that got stuck trying to remove the bigger one. Misery loves company. I’m not sure there’s anything to learn here, but it’s hard not to ogle while the wheels come off the wagon.

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Mark Clement

Mark Clement is a former editor of Tools of the Trade, as well as remodeling carpenter, business owner, and flipper of a few houses. To date he remains a B+ drywall finisher and tile setter and painter. He's also a presenter at the R|D|J shows. He can set a kitchen just as well as the next guy, but decks and pergolas are where it’s at for him. Along the way he’s worked behind the scenes (and in front of them) on various television shows from Extreme Makeover: Home Edition to Spartan Race.

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