A Video Everyone Will Enjoy

[Bush]

This has you guys written all over it

 

[ironheadtom]

That operator has steel balls!

 

[ghnl]

Hmm, from what I've seen here, this one is right up GJ's alley:

 

[selohssa]

Wow! Very impressive.

 

[UncleJoe]

Well pretty cool but at around 8 minutes in the camera shws the announcer is basically standing under the thing. I guess he has never seen a hydraulic line blow out.

 

[hilld]

Awesome, that TV show does all sorts of crazy stuff, people send in their acts and the contestants have to bet whether they can do this or not, the name of the show is Wetten Das meaning "Bet this".

 

[t100]

OHSA says the operator needs a hard hat and safety goggles.

 

[hilld]

In this case, who cases about OSHA, they are in Austria, unless we have invaded that country, they can have their own rules.

 

[Elkiebob]

You were wrong. Couldn't understand a damn word they said..

 

[BackTracker]

In this case, who cases about OSHA, they are in Austria, unless we have invaded that country, they can have their own rules.

Didn't we do that once already?

 

[hilld]

Didn't we do that once already?

But that was before OSHA

 

[Kevin54]

How does someone start out doing something like that. "Hey the boss is gone for the day, check this out".

 

[MarshallGirvin]

Yep, I'd say that takes some nuts.

 

[Teken]

That was impressive no matter where you come from that shows incredible skill, and iron balzz knowing your capability and that of the gear you're working with.

Impressive . . .

 

[TAftw]

"Hey the boss is gone for the day, check this out".

Up here it would be "hold my beer and check this out!:

 

[nolatoolguy]

Nice link, thanks.

 

[Fudge]

How does someone start out doing something like that. "Hey the boss is gone for the day, check this out".

Thats how I learned to pick a quarter up off the floor with a forklift. Its always worth a good bet with a new guy.

 

[babzog]

Gotta trust your equipment!

 

[mkdive]

Hmm, from what I've seen here, this one is right up GJ's alley:

beat me to it, I was sent that one in an email a year or so ago...this thread made me think of it again.

 

[dodgepolara500]

how the heck did he get down?

 

[Teken]

how the heck did he get down?

The same way he got up, only I am sure it was just as nerve racking as it was going up.

The part where you really have to trust the people who built that device is when at the end he spins the entire platform around over and over.

Can you say that thing is over built, and built to last . . .

 

[tatra]

anyone notice the date at the end?..............

 

[Teken]

No, what did it say?

 

[woody 73]

Way cool...I wonder if he any chance to practice?
I also liked the one ********** the women.
Thanks for the post.

 

[Teken]

Way cool...I wonder if he any chance to practice?
I also liked the one ********** the women.
Thanks for the post.

Trust me they practiced that whole display probably hundreds of times on the ground, before even attempting to go up the odd 50-75 feet he did in that video.

That is one hallmark about Germans, and similar companies such as them. They test, prove, and practice over and over till there is no margin of error or safety on the line . . .