Car Crushing During BOMAG Innovation Days

The BC 773 RB-5 destroys three cars at the end of the demos in Boppard, Germany.

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Lori Ditoro
Oct 10, 2023
BOMAG Americas Inc.

During BOMAG’s Innovation Days in September 2023, Jessica Lombardo, content director, marketing services, AC Business Media, and Editor-in-Chief of Equipment Today Lori Ditoro got to see paving equipment working during live demos of several paving machines. This included a monster-truck-like crushing of three cars with the BC 773 RB-5. Check out the video for all the car carnage.

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