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Re: Big shovels (was: CAT 797 Mining Truck Pictures.)
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Sat, 23 Mar 2002 11:09:13 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Ross Crawford writes:

Well, I'm not sure about size, but it's definitely the heaviest. "The
Captain" was 15,000 tons, dwarfing the shuttle transporter at 2,721 tonnes.
Even with the orbiter aboard, it doesn't come close.

Here's some pics http://www.boringforums.com/001_CDE/001_MRN_Page101.htm

For scale, the ones near the bottom of the page show some people & other
vehicles - note particularly the loader parked between the tracks.

ROSCO



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  Re: Big shovels (was: CAT 797 Mining Truck Pictures.)
 
(...) Here's some more pics but with facts and text as-well. (URL) (23 years ago, 23-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)

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  Re: Big shovels (was: CAT 797 Mining Truck Pictures.)
 
(...) Well, I'm not sure about size, but it's definitely the heaviest. "The Captain" was 15,000 tons, dwarfing the shuttle transporter at 2,721 tonnes. Even with the orbiter aboard, it doesn't come close. Also, Paul Baulch did a shuttle transport + (...) (23 years ago, 23-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)

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