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A helicopter bucket or helibucket is a specialized bucket suspended on a cable carried by a helicopter to deliver water for aerial firefighting. The design of the buckets allows the helicopter to hover over a water source—such as a lake , river , pond , or tank —and lower the bucket into the water to refill it.
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Subsets of the excavator bucket are: the ditching bucket, trenching bucket, A ditching bucket is a wider bucket with no teeth, 5–6 feet (1.52–1.83 m) used for excavating larger excavations and grading stone. A trenching excavator bucket is normally 6 to 24 in (152 to 610 mm) wide and with protruding teeth.
The bucket-wheel itself is over 21.3 metres (70 feet) in diameter with 18 buckets, each of which can hold over 15 cubic metres (530 cubic feet) of material. It can move 240,000 m 3 (8,500,000 cu ft) [ 6 ] or [ clarification needed ] 218,880 tonnes of soil per day (the same as Bagger 288).
Bill Clinton is one proud grandpa!. On Monday, Nov. 25, the former President of the United States, 78, appeared on an episode of Live with Kelly and Mark and spoke about how he and the former ...
Emigh-Winchell Hardware Company: 1920s. Santa Claus is front and center in this display within a window display circa 1920s that's all about toy trucks, cars and bikes.
The dual-flush toilet typically uses less water, resulting in lower running costs and less environmental impact. It was promoted by the Australian Government under its "Target 155" campaign . [ 11 ] The first dual-flush toilets had a 4.5 litre (half) and 9 litre (full) flush, but innovations by Caroma brought that down to 3 litres and 4.5 ...
In Morris Township, a $1.25 million sale for a home shattered all expectations. This unassuming New Jersey home sold for $255K over ask — here’s why every house in the area will likely face ...