Heavy Metal Task Force

The longest road-going vehicle brings electricity to an isolated region; tunneling behemoth digs a new subway system; sleek vessel fights the war on narcotics.

The world's largest wheel loader digs a copper mine; an assault transport that goes across land and into water.

A backhoe dredges New York harbor to make way for larger cargo ships; revolutionary fire truck; a mobile factory races against time to rebuild a railroad.

Dredger must cut through volcanic rock in just four hours; a rig wreaks havoc until threatened by a force stronger than itself; a chopper faces a test.

The heavy-lift ship transports one of the largest cargoes in one piece; transporter tries to deliver a 100-ton telescope.

A crane vessel pieces together an oil rig; digging a tunnel beneath a peaceful seaside village; armored haulers remove lethal slag from a smelting plant.

Helicopter overcomes mother earth when avalanches threaten the Winter Olympics; system of flood defenses to survive below sea level; specialized crane.

Super tugs prevent disasters between oil tankers and the Alaskan wilderness; a heavy-lift crane that has to build itself; shovel tough enough for the Chilean copper mine.