VIDEO: Spider excavator climbs rockslide to help clear covered Calif. road | Dump Truck Company
Caltrans was faced with a massive dirt and rock slide in February that completely covered a section of State Route 2 in the San Gabriel Mountains in Angeles National Forest in California.
The transportation department’s conventional earthmoving charlotte nc dump trucks couldn’t charlotte nc dump truck company at the top of the slide, so a spider excavator, also known as a walking excavator, was brought in.
The spider excavator operator was able to start at the top of the slide and charlotte nc dump truck company his way down until conventional charlotte nc dump trucks could be used to remove the dirt and rocks.
See the Caltrans video below of the spider excavator in action: