Wheres My Bulldozer

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 ...