Monday, September 8, 2014

  Largest shovel: Garden-Ville breaks Guinness World Records' record (VIDEO)

SAN ANTONIO, TX, USA -- The world's largest shovel was unveiled by a San Antonio company, Garden-Ville, which specializes in recycled gardening products; the world's largest shovel, made from recycled materials, stands 40 feet high and weighs 5,000 pounds, setting the world record for the Largest shovel, according to the World Record Academy: www.worldrecordacademy.com/ .

  Photo: The World's Largeest Shovel, built by Garden-Ville, is 40 feet tall, weighs more than 5,000 pounds and is made entirely of recycled wood and metal. ( enlarge photo )

 The Guinness World Records' record for the Fastest coal shovelling by a team is 14.8 seconds, by Brian Coghlan and Piet Groot (both New Zealand) at the opening of the Brunner Bridge, South Island, New Zealand. They flled508 kg (0.5 ton) hopper with coal using a banjo shovel by a team of two.

  Guinness World Records also recognized the world record for the largest chocolate bar; it weighed 5,792.50 kg (12,770 lb 4.48 oz) and was created by Thorntons plc (UK) in Alfreton, Derbyshire, UK.

The World's Largest Shovel is made from recycled materials. It stands 40 feet high and weighs 5,000 pounds.

   The massive gardening-tool was built by the company's resident artist Chris Anderson in Austin from recycled scrap metal and telephone poles diverted from the Texas Disposal Systems landfill, My San Antonio reported.

  Garden-Ville specializes in recycled gardening products and hopes the shovel will remind everyone how much can be done with re-used materials.

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