 | | Re: Big shovels (was: CAT 797 Mining Truck Pictures.) —Thomas Avery
| | | | (...) on land) are the bucket wheel excavators (BWE) used in Germany. The biggest one is the Orenstein & Koppel 292, which weighs in at 14,877 tons (short tons- 2000 lb). Holger Matthes modelled one of these things recently for the ISCC: (URL) you (...) (23 years ago, 23-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)
| | | | | | | | | | Re: Big shovels (was: CAT 797 Mining Truck Pictures.) —Ross Crawford
| | | | | (...) In fact, a Bucyrus Erie 5872-WX cross-pit bucket excavator (the largest at the time) worked in the same pit as the "Captain". (...) It's operating weight was around 15,000 tons. Some other factoids: It was the only shovel to have 2 doors on (...) (23 years ago, 24-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)
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