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Where’s My Bulldozer ?Or BEWARE when you park
you vehicle!
Caterpillar D8R
Weight 32 tonnes
Have you heard of …..
The Ultimate Earth Mover ?The Ultimate Earth Mover ?
… built by Krupp, a German company,
on its way to an open coal mine.
Specifications:
~ H = 95m, L = 215m (2.5 football field)~ 45,500 tons~ 100 millions $ ~ 5 years to design ~ 5 years to assemble ~ a crew of 5 to operate ~ the bucket wheel diameter = 21m with 20 buckets of15m³ ca ~ A 6ft (1m83) man could stand up in one of the bucket ~ 12 crawlers for moving the whole thing, 8 in front & 4 aft (each 3.6m wide, 2.4m high & 14m long) ~ Max speed : ~ 0.6 km/h (10 m/min.)~ Can move over 76500m³ overburden / day
OK, now ... where’s my bulldozer?
Aaah … Here it is !
High up there ...
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