Let it never be said that engineers do not have a sense of humor – or can’t recognize their foibles.

If you don’t laugh at this you aren’t an engineer, or someone who’s dealt in related fields, or thinks like one. Hell, just living with en engineer should get a chuckle out of you from this video.

It’s certainly the nightmare child of redneck “hey y’all, check this out” with heavy equipment.

For another guy who is possibly too smart for his own good, National Geographic makes it difficult to see the full episodes, but you can see clips of Travis Taylor, redneck rocket scientist, Baen author, and inspiration for the Looking Glass series by John Ringo, from Huntsville, his Apollo machinist dad (the one with common sense), and his friends, build crazy stuff like moonshine powered rockets, and home-made rocket-powered hovercraft.