Does anyone know the name of this beast machine?

Ricochet J · 14 Feb 2006 at 22:22

I've seen a picture of it but can't seem to find it.
But it's a VERY HUGE MACHINE. MAKE NO MISTAKE IT IS HUGE!
It's like a huge, humungus circular saw and I believe its used to take away huge chunks out of mountains.
Its got a round blade with teeth the size of a house.
Its on tracks. The kind army tanks use.
Various cables coming out if it like a crane.

Many thanks

PardonTheWait · 14 Feb 2006 at 22:25

ooooo oooo it's the great big digging thing... hang on.

*runs off to search*

powned · 14 Feb 2006 at 22:26

i take it this thing is quite big then?

Ricochet J · 14 Feb 2006 at 22:26

Good luck Mohinder. I've Googled and Googled and no results

Ricochet J · 14 Feb 2006 at 22:27

powned said:
i take it this thing is quite big then?

"Quite Big" doesn't describe how big the thing really is! :eek:

Duke · 14 Feb 2006 at 22:28

Is this the one?

PardonTheWait · 14 Feb 2006 at 22:28

AH HAH!

'Giant Bucket Wheel Excavator from ThyssenKrupp Fördertechnik'

http://www.landliving.com/articles/0000000894.aspx

Win0r

Cueball · 14 Feb 2006 at 22:29

PardonTheWait · 14 Feb 2006 at 22:29

I think it's called a Bagger?

Edit:

winor again!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagger_288

http://www.oih.rwth-aachen.de/~hendrik/bagger.html

Ricochet J · 14 Feb 2006 at 22:30

Thanks guys that's the one

Am I the only one thinking this machine would make a very good Haloween Prank?

PardonTheWait · 14 Feb 2006 at 22:31

It would be a little excessive, possibly.

But more importantly, you now must surely know and respect the power of my google-fu :cool:

Ricochet J · 14 Feb 2006 at 22:32

Mohinder said:
It would be a little excessive, possibly.

But more importantly, you now must surely know and respect the power of my google-fu

I bow to you oh wise Sensey

Glaucus · 14 Feb 2006 at 22:32

This is the largest digging machine (or trencher or rotating shovel) in the world. It was built by Krupp and is shown here crossing a road in Germany on the way to its destination, an open air coal mine. Although at the mine the treads are unnecessary, it was cheaper to make the machine self-propelled than to try and move it with conventional hauling equipment. Some factoids:

* The machine is 95 meters high and 215 meters long (almost 2.5 football fields in length)
* Weight is 45,500 tons (that's equivalent to a bumper to bumper line of jeeps 80 miles long)
* It took 5 years to design and manufacture at a cost of $100 million
* Maximum digging speed is 10 meters per minute
* Can move more than 76,000 cubic meters of coal, rock, and earth per day

Ricochet J · 14 Feb 2006 at 22:32

PardonTheWait · 14 Feb 2006 at 22:34

I'd love to drive around in that thing.

'Awright gels, fancy a ride tally ho pip pip'

brocksta · 14 Feb 2006 at 22:35

thats like the coolest thing ive ever seen, thats on my list for when i win the lottery! 15 million deutchmarks aint bad tbh!

powned · 14 Feb 2006 at 22:39

Duke said:
Is this the one?

rofl

i see how my description of 'quite big' was totally inadequate.. that thing is monstrously gargantuan, in an epic way. looks like ive found my next car

Sleepy · 14 Feb 2006 at 22:40

eXSBass said:

Can I enter it in robowars?

Ricochet J · 14 Feb 2006 at 22:45

powned said:
rofl

i see how my description of 'quite big' was totally inadequate.. that thing is monstrously gargantuan, in an epic way. looks like ive found my next car

Didn't believe me did ya'?

Royality · 14 Feb 2006 at 22:46

Sleepy said:
Can I enter it in robowars?

ROFL! Would teach those professional robots a thing or two! (I forget their name).

I'd like one, imagine driving that down the motorway - see how many cars give you grief with that thing! Lol.