Sunday, July 27, 2008

Day 06 - Giant Yellow Machines

July 26th - Edwards, Illinois Caterpiller Proving Grounds. (Remember, you can click on any photo to make it bigger).
We have anticipated this event for months... this is the first time that CAT has put on one of these demonstrations in Edwards for 20 years. They pulled out the stops and demonstrated every style of equipment that they manufacture!!
The boys had a great time and so did we! The photos tell the story...












(Que the Jurassic Park music)




These bad boys are huge!







This 787C is a monster! However, you can completely hide this truck in the bed of a 797B ! Unfortunately, they could not bring one the 797's to the show... they must be built on-site due to their size and they cost $3.5 million.



The wheel of the 785 C...

The underbelly of the beast!
The family on the bridge...



This puppy even makes me look small!


The blade of the D11 Dozer











Some real demolition experts!

The road sign at the end of the proving ground road!
This was a great day!








2 comments:

heidizinha said...

looks like a blast! we had a great time at the demolition derby!

Anonymous said...

It never ceases to amaze me what engineers and manufacturer's can create! The grandkids are sure growing up. Thanks for posting your blog.