Some people just love their construction equipment so much that they have to sing about it. Either that or they get hired by a major equipment manufacturer to create a viral marketing video. No matter what the reason to sing about it, it’s still pretty entertaining.
“Dozer Pride” is the official theme song for CAT’s D6N, which has more net horsepower, more efficiency and allows you to be more productive than the previous D6 Dozer, according to the company. It’s no secret that CAT has been struggling recently, having laid off thousands of employees, so creating a catchy song about their product will at least get people to talk about their company. I have to admit, it’s been stuck in my head ever since I heard it.
See also: CAT Builds the World’s First Moving Golf Course on the Backs of their Dump Trucks
It’s surprisingly not a bad rap…is that how you would say that? Are the kids going to think I’m cool when they read this? Anyway, I was expecting some terrible lyrics and even worse delivery, but it’s enjoyable. You can even download the song as a ringtone from CAT’s website for free by clicking here. Get that Dozer Pride right on your phone, son. Oh boy, it’s already catching on.
There’s a possible pick up line in the song for all you smooth guys out there:
“Do you know what you mean to me
You’re more than machinery”
Also, some sage advice for those of you constantly in trouble:
“Ride in my dozer,
Take pride in my dozer,
When my wife is mad I go and hide in my dozer”
Construction Junkie may have also found our new tagline:
“Yeah, don’t be one of those non-factor contractors, you know what I’m saying.”
Crowds typically swarm to the site of a building implosion; it can be more exciting than a firework show. Sometimes, though, spectators get the thrill of seeing the process not go quite as planned. Dallas residents got tat thrill over the weekend, when an implosion of a high-rise building in Uptown Dallas refused to come all the way down.
It’s a tale (tail) as old as time: a horse walks into a construction trench, gets stuck, has to be lifted out of it by a helicopter. The trench didn’t appear to be that deep, so I don’t think OSHA is going to need to get involved with this one.
Demolitions by implosion seems like the easiest way to knock down a structure, but there is so much preparation that goes into it that even the slightest mistake can have a huge impact. When smokestacks are demolished correctly, it can be a thing of beauty, like when these two silos in Scotland hit each other midair or when this asbestos filled stack was precisely demolished to fall into a pool of water. Things didn’t go so smoothly for demolition crews in Denmark last week, however.
Sometimes irony just makes a story too hard not to share.
Getting the perfect view of a major building demolition can get you millions of hits, or even better, shared by us right here on Construction Junkie. Have your video get epic-ly photobombed and you’ll get even more views and definitely shared by us.
If you’ve ever wondered what the worst way to get rid of a puddle is, you’re about to find out.
Tool box safety talks are super important, but sometimes they can be pretty dry. In order to keep people engaged and committed to jobsite safety, sometimes you have to mix it up a little bit. A construction company in New Zealand has an aspiring rapper on their team and they decided to enlist his help for a safety talk and it’s pretty entertaining. This company isn’t the first company to use rap music to send a message, as Caterpillar also released a rap about their bulldozers.
A couple of weeks ago, we followed the very amusing story of the Leaning Tower of Dallas. For those unfamiliar, it all started as an innocent attempt at a building implosion, but ended up becoming an internet meme, a tourism landmark, and the subject of a petition to turn it into a monument. Well, the big joke is over, as what remained of the tower has finally fallen.