Videos

XCMG will buy German-based Schwing.  Shantui is looking for a competitive advantage.  INTERMAT Exhibition Manager provides show overview and previews INTERMAT Middle East in Abu Dhabi.  Haulotte’s COO predicts growth trend for industry’s future.

Sandvik Construction’s Thomas Schulz discusses re-introduction of the Rammer brand, Caterpillar’s asphalt grading systems, Gomaco’s Rory Keogh on traffic barriers & safety and World Highways Editor Mike Woof’s closing commentary on INTERMAT 2012.

Liugong launches 22tonne excavator and Sany claims leadership in Chinese market: Interviews with Lei Li from Sany and Tao Deng from LiuGong. Cummins’ Hugh Foden launches QSF 2.8 engine, and Trimble’s Roz Buick explains GCS Flex.

It’s that time of year again – at least in the furthest reaches of the northern hemisphere – when winter grips everything, especially roads.

Slipping and sliding is a hazard that most drivers will have occasion to fear. Sometimes it is a very slight feeling of the car shifting in a sideways direction and then quickly righting itself, with no help from the driver.

Other times, as in this video, the driver becomes a helpless passenger. No amount of sawing at the steering wheel or pumping the brakes will alter the forward movement of the vehicle.

Will the paraglider, being towed by the truck, make it under the flyover? Will sales rise of 2394 Volvo trucks equipped with the latest I-Shift Dual Clutch?

Thankfully the paraglider makes it. Who knows if Volvo sales will surge. But the video of a man paragliding off the back of a lorry on a sunny day is worth watching. Beautiful Croatian mountain scenery is part of this “Flying Passenger’ video made for Volvo Trucks. The challenge was shot in the Dinaric Alps in Croatia on closed-off roads and under strict safety supervision.