Modern Marvels
Season 10, Episode 71: Extreme Trucks
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Hop into the cab for the ride of your life as we examine extreme trucks, including: a jet truck that can travel 300 mph; the Baltimore Technical Assistance Response Unit's mobile command truck; a garbage truck with an articulated arm; a concrete pumper truck with telescoping boom and pumping mechanism; and a 4-wheel-drive truck that can convert from mower to street sweeper to backhoe to snow blower in mere minutes. Learn how SWAT, bomb squad, HAZMAT, and crime scene specialty trucks are built.
All Episodes - Season 10
Episode 1
Trans-Siberian Railroad
Episode 2
Castles & Dungeons
Episode 3
Ice Road Truckers
Episode 4
Winter Warriors
Episode 5
Booby Traps
Episode 6
The Alcan Highway
Episode 7
Twin Towers of the East
Episode 8
The Mackinac Bridge
Episode 9
Bullet Trains
Episode 10
Non-Lethal Weapons
Episode 11
Space Stations
Episode 12
Army Corps of Engineers
Episode 13
Black Hawk: Night Stalker
Episode 14
Japanese Guns of WWII
Episode 15
Titanic Tech
Episode 16
Coal Mines
Episode 17
Secrets of the Acropolis
Episode 18
Machine Guns
Episode 19
Ball Turret Gunners
Episode 20
U.S. Guns of World War II
Episode 21
MiG 15
Episode 22
T-34: Russian Victory
Episode 23
Tank Crews
Episode 24
Harley-Davidson
Episode 25
Torture Devices
Episode 26
Cosmodrome
Episode 27
Exterminator
Episode 28
Million Dollar Guns
Episode 29
High Voltage
Episode 30
4x4
Episode 31
Dangerous Cargo
Episode 32
Gunslingers
Episode 33
More Engineering Disasters
Episode 34
Engineering Disasters 4
Episode 35
Nature Tech: Tsunamis
Episode 36
Logging Tech
Episode 37
Breaking the Sound Barrier
Episode 38
Car Crashes
Episode 39
Sandhogs
Episode 40
Convertibles
Episode 41
Loading Docks
Episode 42
Terror Tech: Military
Episode 43
Nature Tech: Tornadoes
Episode 44
Military Movers
Episode 45
Police Guns
Episode 46
Terror Tech: Defending the Highrise
Episode 47
Bullets
Episode 48
Aircraft Carrier
Episode 49
The Gunboats of Vietnam
Episode 50
Metal
Episode 51
Landmines
Episode 52
Space Shuttle Columbia
Episode 53
Overseas Highway
Episode 54
Terror Tech: Civilian
Episode 55
Machu Picchu
Episode 56
The PT Boats
Episode 57
The Battleships
Episode 58
Early Machine Guns
Episode 59
Smart Bombs
Episode 60
Lake Pontchartrain Causeway
Episode 61
Inviting Disaster 1: Three Mile Island
Episode 62
The Luftwaffe
Episode 63
Panzers
Episode 64
U-Boats
Episode 65
Inviting Disaster 2: The Kursk
Episode 66
FBI's Crime Lab
Episode 67
Inviting Disaster 3: Challenger and Columbia
Episode 68
Inviting Disaster 4, Building Failures
Episode 69
Shipyards
Episode 70
Guns of the Sky
Episode 71
Extreme Trucks
Episode 72
Guns of Infamy
Episode 73
ET Tech
Episode 74
Million Dollar Cars
Episode 75
The Technology of Lewis and Clark
Episode 76
B-52: Stratofortress
Episode 77
Extreme Sports Gadgets
Episode 78
Rolls Royce
Episode 79
Tailgating
Episode 80
Wheel Estate
Episode 81
Sports Cars
Episode 82
Technology of Kitty Hawk
Episode 83
Egyptian Pyramids
Episode 84
The Berlin Wall
Episode 85
Toys
Episode 86
Engineering Disasters 5