The BIGGEST Vehicle on Earth

[Red_Bull]

Hopefully its not a repost.

the size of this giant is 705feet long, 311feet high and weighs 45500 ton

[hafzaal]

where is thisss

[Red_Bull]

In Germany

[ZindaDilKhan]

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.

[hafzaal]

ah germans and their engineering

[Porsche_Maker]

Whts its purpose??

[Red_Bull]

@zindadilkhan
you are right
It 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.

[asd123]

hahahhhhhahaa...what the hell.........

[Zubair530]

Wat's that CUtter at it's one end used for?
ANd wats the purpose of the machine???

[system]

its really huge

[memphis]

zubair530:

what you are referring to as a cutter is known as a bucket wheel and its used for excavating coal for generating electricity.

[a_k]

http://www.arbeiterfotografie.com/galerie/reportage-2001/index-2001-02-08-braunkohlenbagger.html

I cant translate it

[Salarzae]

@RedBull

unfortunately its a repost.... I posted it long time back....

[Zubair530]

THankX Memphis

[JumboJet]

REPOST !

[amg]

[Red_Bull]

@salarzae
I tried to find out if repost before posting it but couldn't, may be with a different topic.

[Fuhrer_Hurricane]

Its called Earth Mover....made by German Krupp industries....

[imranbhatti]

Nice info

[rajafahadk]

can any body post some more pix