Hopefully its not a repost.
the size of this giant is 705feet long, 311feet high and weighs 45500 ton
where is thisss
In Germany
Saw a program about this machine on the Discovery Channel a while back. I think it took them about 3 days to move it 8 miles (12km) to another mine. This machine lives in Germany and is used in open pit mining.
ah germans and their engineering
Whts its purpose??
@zindadilkhan you are rightIt has a maximum speed of 1mile in 3hours. It's earth moving machine used in mines.it can remove earth equal to volume of 100,000 dump drucks in a day.
hahahhhhhahaa...what the hell.........
Wat's that CUtter at it's one end used for?ANd wats the purpose of the machine???
its really huge
zubair530:
what you are referring to as a cutter is known as a bucket wheel and its used for excavating coal for generating electricity.
http://www.arbeiterfotografie.com/galerie/reportage-2001/index-2001-02-08-braunkohlenbagger.html
I cant translate it
@RedBull
unfortunately its a repost.... I posted it long time back....
THankX Memphis
REPOST !
@salarzaeI tried to find out if repost before posting it but couldn't, may be with a different topic.
Its called Earth Mover....made by German Krupp industries....
Nice info
can any body post some more pix