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An excavator climbs onto a rail car to unload crushed rock

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Can excavators climb? This video proves that they can. Watch a 19,480 kg (4,2946 lb) Caterpillar 319D LN hydraulic excavator climb onto a train rail car to unload crushed rock. It may be hard to picture until you see it happen, yet the vehicle operator makes it look pretty simple.

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Thanks, Tim Dierks.

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