A telehandler and some skid-loaders were used to build an18-foot snowman with a 35-gallon drum for a hat and a traffic cone for a nose.

Raymond Rogers of Sergeant Bluff, Iowa first built a 10-foot snowman for his daughter several years ago, and has been building them a little bigger each year, Sioux City Journal reported.

For this year's snowman, friends Shannon Peschel and Bryce Lander brought skid loaders to roll the balls while Rogers rented a telehandler to lift the heavy sections into place.

The process shows that size doesn't really matter when you have the right snow conditions.

"Just like doing a small one, [the snow's] got to stick together," he says.

Click here for a picture of the snowman.