the largest earth mover

kallil · 21st June 2005, 15:08

this is not just another earthmover.check these links out

some facts

The mover stands* 311 feet tall and 705 feet long. It weighs over 45,500 tons. Cost $100 million to build. Took 5 years to design and manufacture . 5 years to assemble.* Requires 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 man can stand up inside one of the buckets.* It moves on 12 crawlers 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). It can remove over 76,455 cubic meters each day.

manticore · 21st June 2005, 16:14

Didnt they show it on Discovery or Nat Geo (always confused between the two)couple of weeks back? Was on the channel that "Massive Engines". Pretty huge thing!

Manti.

deepakhon · 21st June 2005, 16:20

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Originally Posted by manticore

Didnt they show it on Discovery or Nat Geo (always confused between the two)couple of weeks back? Was on the channel that "Massive Engines". Pretty huge thing!

Manti.

I also remember seeing this in one of the channels.

cheatingdeath · 21st June 2005, 17:07

yess i guess it was discovery have seen it

Azzkikr · 21st June 2005, 17:20

Hey ! thats one huge machine...talk about massive engines...and a massive machine....I saw it on T.V too...they gotta start showin more stuff like this....

satish_appasani · 21st June 2005, 17:33

Yes, it was shown on Massive Engines two weeks back. They started with the eighteenth century earth mover powered by steam and ended with this one. This is powered by electricity.

Stratos · 21st June 2005, 21:56

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kallil · 21st June 2005, 23:30

got these as e mail forwards

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kallil BHPian Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Chennai Posts: 35 Thanked: 2 Times	the largest earth mover this is not just another earthmover.check these links out some facts The mover stands* 311 feet tall and 705 feet long. It weighs over 45,500 tons. Cost $100 million to build. Took 5 years to design and manufacture . 5 years to assemble.* Requires 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 man can stand up inside one of the buckets.* It moves on 12 crawlers 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). It can remove over 76,455 cubic meters each day.
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manticore BHPian Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Cochin/New Delhi Posts: 298 Thanked: 8 Times	Didnt they show it on Discovery or Nat Geo (always confused between the two)couple of weeks back? Was on the channel that "Massive Engines". Pretty huge thing! Manti.
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Azzkikr BHPian Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Bangalore Posts: 61 Thanked: 0 Times	Humongous Machine !! Hey ! thats one huge machine...talk about massive engines...and a massive machine....I saw it on T.V too...they gotta start showin more stuff like this....
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satish_appasani Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 1,112 Thanked: 104 Times View My Garage	Yes, it was shown on Massive Engines two weeks back. They started with the eighteenth century earth mover powered by steam and ended with this one. This is powered by electricity.
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