Scrap Yard Uses an Excavator to Move Vehicles Around Like Skateboarders in a Skate Park

Lori Dorn
July 14, 2026

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Legacy Scrap in Wadsworth, Illinois, quite amusingly used their orange-peel grapple excavator to choreograph discarded vehicles of all sizes into flying maneuvers, making it look like they were skateboarders riding obstacles in a giant skate park.

Scrap Yark Skate Park

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Lori Dorn

Lori is a Laughing Squid Contributing Editor based in New York City who has been writing blog posts for over a decade. She also enjoys making jewelry, playing guitar, taking photos and mixing craft cocktails.