Huge excavator!!!

[JiF]Beezer · Post by **[JiF]Beezer** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 3:30 am

Good lord im not even sure how to aproach this. Its just enormus

The Largest Bucket Wheel Excavator in the world.Built by Krupp,seen here crossing a federal highway in Germany en route to its destination
(an open-pit coal mine). It is cheaper to move it this way, than to construct or re-assemble it on-site.

[JiF]Bier · Post by **[JiF]Bier** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 4:04 am

say Beezer , the pic didn't show up on your post

[JiF]Beezer · Post by **[JiF]Beezer** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 4:08 am

http://photos1.blogger.com/img/220/1287/1024/stuff.jpg

Well here is the link its just as good

[JiF]Bier · Post by **[JiF]Bier** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 4:14 am

Doh , clicked on the link & got this " ERROR
The requested URL could not be retrieved "

[JiF]Beezer · Post by **[JiF]Beezer** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 4:40 am

well this is my last try

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl= ... f%26sa%3DN

[JiF]Timmay! · Post by **[JiF]Timmay!** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 5:29 am

I thought that must be a fake picture but it's real. It's a Krupp bucket wheel excavator and used for open-air coal mines. The Krupps also made several of the Paris guns, BTW, so they've been doing the "bigger is better" thing for a while...

http://www.swapmeetdave.com/Humor/Workshop/Trencher.htm

edit: D'oh! Didn't see your text under the pic on the 1st post.. All that googling for nothing.

[JiF]Bier · Post by **[JiF]Bier** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 5:33 am

WoW

that Wheel Excavator is the largest one i've ever seen, & i've seen quite a few that i thought were huge until i saw this one .

[JiF]Stepovich · Post by **[JiF]Stepovich** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 3:04 pm

It's certainly real.
I saw a special on the History Channel- forget what
it was called, but part of the show was devoted to
this extraordinary piece of equipment.

Really amazing.

[JiF]Lonewolf · Post by **[JiF]Lonewolf** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 8:57 pm

I'm not sure what the show name was either Step but I also seen it on Discovery here about a month ago on a show called Mega Movers. Its about moving the biggest equipment or houses and what ever else. It is usually on during the week early evenings. I thin the History channel has aired the shows also once in a while.

That thing is real and I would love to see it in person.

[JiF]Mike · Post by **[JiF]Mike** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 12:45 pm

I'd like to setup a sniper position somewhere up on top, could probably cover every flag.

[JiF]Stepovich · Post by **[JiF]Stepovich** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 2:06 pm

LOL
It does sort of remind one of that dam map on BF2...

[JiF][AARP]Tissueman · Mon Aug 28, 2006 2:42 pm

[JiF]Stepovich wrote:LOL
It does sort of remind one of that dam map on BF2...

Please don't swear. Refer to it as a 'darn map'. Thank you.

(OK, I'm trying to avoid work by posting here)

[JiF]Stepovich · Post by **[JiF]Stepovich** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 6:33 pm

Damn! I knew that was going to happen!