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[Rani Zemirah]

It's a Swiss Army Crane!

Thank you Dustin, for identifying that for us... ! I LOL'd right out loud!!!

[Dustin]

I've seen this captioned with "I had friends on that Death Star."

[Sir William Marcus]

[Captain Jack Wolfe]

[Raibeart OShea]

[Elennare]

It's a Swiss Army Crane!

Assuming it's not photoshopped, I'd guess it's some sort of strip-mining equipment.

[Sir William Marcus]

It's a Swiss Army Crane!

Assuming it's not photoshopped, I'd guess it's some sort of strip-mining equipment.

It's real..





Largest Surface Mining/Earth Mover in the World

Built by the German company, Krupp.  The picture shows the one, being moved away from it's mining location in Germany.

It is cheaper to build it so it's self-maneuvering, than to construct or reassemble onsite.

Specifications:
~ The mover stands 311 feet tall and 705 feet long.
~ It weighs over 45,500 tons
~ Cost $100 million to build
~ Took 5 years to design and manufacture
~ 5 years to assemble.
~ Requires 5 people to operate it.
~ The Bucket Wheel is over 70 feet in diameter with 20 buckets,each of which can hold over 530 cubic feet of material.
~ A 6-foot man can stand up inside one of the buckets.
~ It moves on 12 crawlers (each is 12 feet wide, 8' high and 46 feet long).There are 8 crawlers in front and 4 in back.
It has a maximum speed of 1 mile in 3 hours (1/3 mile/hour).
~ It can remove over 76,455 cubic meters each day.(100,000 large dump trucks at 40yds. each)

[LadyElizabeth]

You know my first thought when seeing that thing is that some kind of metal monster alien has now invaded our planet!!!  And then it's slightly terrifying to imagine if it got out of control.... that saw thing could take apart a huge stone building in one chop!

[Richard de Graeme]

It is out of control.

[Sir William Marcus]

[Anna Iram]

[Rani Zemirah]

Once again... right out loud!!!  ROFL  Thanks, Anna, I needed a laugh today!

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