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Midnight Mike
2009-08-05, 08:42 AM
Pretty cool video, but, what possessed them to do it :?: :lol:

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=489_1249330964
mirrodie
2009-08-05, 09:49 AM
(SUV) + (H20) * 9.8 m/sē(gravity) = a new convertible!


Amazing video, Mike!
PhilDernerJr
2009-08-05, 11:09 AM
wow. I didn't think it would wreck it like that.
Fighting_falcon_51
2009-08-05, 11:11 AM
Now that car applies for Cash for Clunkers.
T-Bird76
2009-08-05, 11:58 PM
wow that's astonishing...wow
Matt Molnar
2009-08-06, 12:00 AM
I was hoping the excavator would over the car after they realized it was smashed.
cancidas
2009-08-06, 01:56 AM
i really want to know how much water it took to fill that excavator blade....
Big Tim #70
2009-08-06, 08:24 AM
From the looks of it, they have a 30 cubic yard bucket on it. A cubic yard is equilivent to aprox 202 gallons.

30 X 202 = ~6060 gallons.

Give or take a few...
moose135
2009-08-06, 08:37 AM
From the looks of it, they have a 30 cubic yard bucket on it. A cubic yard is equilivent to aprox 202 gallons.

30 X 202 = ~6060 gallons.

Give or take a few...
If so, that's about 50,000 pounds of water - no wonder it had that effect on the car!
mirrodie
2009-08-06, 11:25 AM
wow. I didn't think it would wreck it like that.


See my physics equation above. ;)
PhilDernerJr
2009-08-06, 11:27 AM
You guys are geeks. :wink:
moose135
2009-08-06, 11:56 AM
You guys are geeks. :wink:
Thank you!
mirrodie
2009-08-06, 01:27 PM
Just remember, geeks run the world....

they build planes

they create the internet

etc, etc ;)
emshighway
2009-08-06, 07:03 PM
48480 lbs to be exact. A gallon of water weighs 8 lbs.
PhilDernerJr
2009-08-06, 07:20 PM
Oh man I smell a geek fight.
emshighway
2009-08-06, 07:44 PM
Sorry, I rounded off. It actually weighs 8.35 lbs to the exact weight is 50601 lbs.
GrummanFan
2009-08-06, 08:06 PM
After some research, that excavator is a Liebher R9800, with a shovel capacity of about 42 cubic meters.

http://www.liebherr.com/me/en/products_mc.asp?menuID=106220!11929-0

(earlier error corrected)
1 cubic meter = 1.308 cubic yards
(42 cu. m)(1.308) = 54.936 cu yds
(202 gal/cu yd)(54.936 cu yds) = 11,097.072 gal
(8.35 lbs/gal)(11,097.072) = 92,660.551

:D
PhilDernerJr
2009-08-06, 08:21 PM
Your math is wrong because you said 47x1.308, but you earlier quoted the Liebher as holding 42 cubic meters. Where'd the 47 come from?

103,000 lbs sounds a bit high though.

The numbers seem astronomical to me, but if it is indeed 42 cubic meters, I come up with 92,075 lbs of water.
PhilDernerJr
2009-08-06, 08:28 PM
An average household pool that's 24x16x4 holds about 11,500 gallons of water, and size-wise, that scoop looks about right. So maybe the numbers work.

Keep in mind, the Evergreen Supertanker can carry 20,000 gallons, at a liquid paylod of 167,000 lbs.
mirrodie
2009-08-06, 11:19 PM
Oh snap, Phil has got his geek-on.
GrummanFan
2009-08-07, 01:04 AM
.....when I wrote it out on scratch paper, my two looked like a seven....grr...you're right...
cancidas
2009-08-07, 01:05 AM
what have i done? speaking of geek, who know how to convert fuel from pounds to gallons and vice versa, without calculators?


.....when I wrote it out on scratch paper, my two looked like a seven....grr...you're right...
always cross out sevens and zeros...
Midnight Mike
2009-08-07, 08:04 AM
Oh snap, Phil has got his geek-on.

Don't let Phil fool you, he was a loadmaster & is a Dispatcher, he speaks geek, fluently :wink:
Big Tim #70
2009-08-07, 10:02 AM
what have i done? speaking of geek, who know how to convert fuel from pounds to gallons and vice versa, without calculators?


.....when I wrote it out on scratch paper, my two looked like a seven....grr...you're right...
always cross out sevens and zeros...


LOL! Some of us used to work for FBO's that were too cheap to give us calculators :mrgreen: