Heavy Metal Task Force
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200960 minTerminata

Heavy Metal Task Force

Rete:Science

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S02E08 - "Nanuq, GTK1100, Bucyrus 495HR"

Andato in onda il Mar 2, 2012, 1:00 AM

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What happens when an offshore wind turbine needs to be transported across thousands of miles or raging fires threaten to consume your town? Instead of dialing your emergency local emergency hotline, you might want to try calling on the Heavy Metal Task Force.Digging, mining, drilling and soaring - heavy and unique machinery have a field day as these amazing machines and their elite crews take on some of the planet's most incredible and dangerous engineering challenges.From rescuing a passenger ship in frozen Arctic waters to transporting a fully assembled Airbus A320 wings, each episode features three different missions for our mechanical superheros to tackle. When millions of dollars, hundreds of lives and even entire cities are on the line, you want the best of the best. You want the Heavy Metal Task Force.

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Stato
Terminata
Lingua
English
Durata
60 min
Prima TV
October 2, 2009
Terminata
March 1, 2012
Programmazione
Thursday alle 20:00

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Episodi (2 Stagioni · 16 Episodi)

Roadtrain, Tuberine, Legend

The longest road-going vehicle in the world heads into dangerous territory to bring electricity to an isolated region, a tunneling behemoth dares to dig a new subway system under a bustling historic city and a sleek new vessel fights the war on narcotics.

Jan 5, 2012

60 min

Le Toureau 2350, F60 Conveyor, Viking

The world's biggest wheeled loader digs a copper mine out of peril, an assault transport carries troops across any terrain and when it runs out of land it goes straight into the water, and the largest mining machine keeps a country running.

Jan 12, 2012

60 min

The New York Dredge, Striker, RU800S

The world's most powerful backhoe dredger digs up New York Harbor to clear the way for bigger cargo ships, a revolutionary new firetruck protects an international airport, and a mobile factory rushes against the clock to rebuild a railroad.

Jan 19, 2012

60 min

D'Artagnan, THUD60, Sea King

A world-class dredger has 4-hours to cut through hard volcanic rock to avoid a multi-million dollar traffic jam, a demolition rig wreaks destruction until threatened by a force stronger than itself, and a battle-proven chopper is put to the test.

Feb 2, 2012

60 min

Jumbo Javelin, Colossus, Menzi Muck

The premier heavy-lift ship transports one of the largest cargoes ever moved in one piece, custom-built transporters fight earth's driest desert to deliver a 100-ton telescope, and an army of walking diggers repairs massive damage before winter's snow.

Feb 9, 2012

60 min

Hercules, MT720 Roadheader, SLV100 Slag Hauler

A powerful crane vessel pieces together an oil rig in the world's busiest harbor, digging a tunnel linking two countries requires chewing through rock beneath a peaceful seaside village, and armored heavy haulers remove lethal slag from a smelting plant.

Feb 16, 2012

60 min

Kamov Ka32, Shoreway Dredger, CLD006 Cantilever Lift

Avalanches threaten the Winter Olympics but a helicopter provides the power to overcome mother earth, a country builds an amibious system of flood defenses in a fight to survive beneath sea level, and a specialized crane is key to reuniting two countries.

Feb 23, 2012

60 min

Nanuq, GTK1100, Bucyrus 495HR

Super-tugs are the sole vessels preventing disaster between massive oil tankers and unspoiled Alaskan wilderness, a heavy-lift crane has to build itself before getting to work, and only one shovel is tough enough to dig in a Chilean copper mine.

Mar 1, 2012

60 min

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