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Bagger 288 (Excavator 288), previously known as the MAN TAKRAF RB288 [2] built by the German company Krupp for the energy and mining firm Rheinbraun, is a bucket-wheel excavator or mobile strip mining machine. When its construction was completed in 1978, Bagger 288 superseded Big Muskie as the heaviest land vehicle in the world, at 13,500 tons. [3]
A bucket-wheel excavator (BWE) is a large heavy equipment machine used in surface mining. Their primary function is that of a continuous digging machine in large-scale open-pit mining operations, removing thousands of tons of overburden a day.
Bagger 293, previously known as the MAN TAKRAF RB293, is a giant bucket-wheel excavator made by the German industrial company TAKRAF, formerly an East German Kombinat. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It owns and shares some records for terrestrial vehicle size in the Guinness Book of Records .
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A unique design choice for the Type Es 3750 is the presence of two excavator's control cockpit, each spraying outwards on the left and right side of the machine. Given that it predominantly moves side-to-side with the F60, this is to be expected. [2] Likewise, it also possess a small complement of men of around 2–5. [2]
After WWI, demand for excavators increased and in 1924 they reached an agreement to build Marion draglines from 1 to 8 cubic yards capacity. In 1927, they built Type-7 1-yard and Type-460 1.5-yard models. The deal to build Marion machines ended in 1936. R&R began building their own designs with the Type-4120 followed by the 4140 of 3.5 cubic yards.
Excavator digging in Tokyo, Japan Kobelco Excavator in shovel configuration. The term "backhoe" refers to the action of the bucket, not its location on the vehicle. [2] That is, a backhoe digs by drawing earth backwards, rather than lifting it with a forward motion like a person shovelling, a steam shovel, or a bulldozer. The buckets on some ...
Marion 6360, also known as The Captain, was a giant power shovel built by the Marion Power Shovel company. Completed and commissioned on October 15 1965, [1] it was one of the largest land vehicles ever built, [2] exceeded only by some dragline and bucket-wheel excavators.