Dark Roasted Blend: Heavy Machinery Acrobatics!

"QUANTUM SHOT" #51
Link - by A. Abrams

Sometimes machines may need a little extra... exercise.

(... and saying "Oops!" just doesn't cut it any more)

(image credit: SwapMeetDave)

A very special kind of billboard - "Oklahoma Truck Supply":

(image via Hitchhikers Guide to America)

(image credit: Vincent Lowe)

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Some tractors are simply amazing! -

Trains can also play these games:

(image credit: StrangeCosmos)

...while smaller machinery can explore lofty heights:

or enjoy the company of each other :)

In many cases humans are to blame, with their excessive inventiveness...
when they're trying to fit things inside -

Load things -

or fix things:

or when they do not know when to stop:

Sometimes the machines fight back. Especially the bigger ones:
crushing...

and intimidating:

Humans are no match against them:

- but in the end justice prevails:

...begging for mercy

Some "battle droids" find peaceful retirement:

and some remain a mystery to the very end, like today's "Mystery Photo":

Sources : SwapMeetDave, Exler, Ezprezzo, Karaul.
For the uncredited images, please help us to find out the sources

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7 Comments:

Tom Bailey said...: I was going to post about how awesome the pics were but there were tons of them I had to scroll though. Very nice.; ___
coconutshell said...: My uncle works with trucks and rigs....he knows anything and everything to do with them. He'll have such a laugh seeing these.; ___
valaraukar said...: looks more like the drivers are in deep trouble...; ___
Opinionator said...: You've put together one of the most fun, and interesting sites I've seen, not just this section, but the whole ball of wax! Thank you!

I'll be enjoying this for quite some time...

Opinionator; ___
Areia e Sal said...: The Picture that has a bus in a hole in the ground with a stone bridge behind ( Aqueduto ), is very real, is in Campolide , Lisbon, Portugal, my hometwon.
Great collection of pictures, very nice.; ___
Anonymous said...: hopefully noone was hurt in any of these accidents, but you have to wonder "what were they thinking?" Like the truck with it's bucket up hitting the freeway overpass..You didn't notice it was up? You would have heard the wind traveling through and the resistance. Newer bucket trucks are now equipped with safety features that TELL you when your truck is not properly lowered to prevent accidents like this. but I would think it would be common sense.; ___
Anonymous said...: The red tractor/backhoe "transformer" is actually computer generated. It's from a video.; ___

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