Big digger.

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That thing is unbelievable! My nephew (5 years old) would be in heaven!

 

That makes my digger look small.
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Discovery Channel did an entire show about these massive bucket wheels. They are amazing machines. They said that it takes a crew of only 6 to run it, and its life span is 60 years or something. They cost 400 million to build, and are run on electricity. Generates enough power to run a small town.

 

now that is huge

 

Absolutely astonishing. Thank you for the pics.

As an aside, I'd love to take that thing to my neighbor's hedge.

 

I'm a fair bit older than your nephew and I'd be in heaven driving that sucker!

Imagine freaking your neighbors out driving that thing towards their home!

 

When you're done, I need to install a sprinkler system!!

 

What is god's name are they digging with that thing??? It's enormous. It doesn't look like they'd be mining with it... Pipeline maybe? Or a hole to China??

Rob

 

No, but she will be borrowing it soon....

 

Awesome machine indeed. Thats the Krupp Giant Bucket excavator. The largest in the world. Its around 311 feet tall and 705 feet long. It weighs 45,500 tonnes. It cost 100 million Euro to build. 5 years to design and manufacture and 5 years to assemble. It need 5 people to operate it. The bucket wheel is over 70 feet in diameter with 20 buckets, each of which can hold over 530 cubic feet of material. A 6-foot tall person can stand up inside one of the buckets. It moves on 12 crawlers (each is 12 feet wide, 8' high and 46 feet long). There are 8 crawlers in front and 4 in back. It has a maximum speed of 1 mile in 3 hours (1/3 mile/hour). The pictures posted here are of the big girl crossing a federal highway in Germany en route to its 1st destination/job (an open-pit coal mine). It was cheaper to move the machine like this,than it was to dis-assemble at the factory,transport the parts to the site,then re-assemble the excavator onsite. Would be a fun toy to play with

 

GREAT...now I'm gonna have nightmares that that thing is chasing me trying to dig out my hemorrhoids.

 

Its gunna getcha! Getcha getcha getcha!!

 

maybe its from Monster Garage......and has a pasta maker....

 

that is amazing! I would love to see it in real life. I seem to remember the show you guys were talking about on the discovery channel about all those big diggers. wasnt there one that had a bucket that could fit 6 greyhound buses in it?

 

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