The Real Transformers: Massive Mining Machines

• BIGGEST DRAGLINE : Bucyrus 8750                           

•   This massive drag line can clear football pitch-sized spaces right before your eyes

The Statistics                  

•  Bucyrus 8750
• Built by: Bucyrus
• Overall length: 140m
•  Width: 39m
•  Overall height: 80m

• BIGGEST  HAUL TRUCK: Liebherr T282C

• This supertruck is the biggest of its kind in the world – a monster mining truck no mine can defeat
• The T282C has a payload  of up to 400 tons

The Statistics

• Liebherr T282C
• Built by: Liebherr
• Length: 15.7m
• Width: 8.7m
• Height: 8.3m
• Weight: 266 tons
• Total vehicle weight:
• 666 tons (fully loaded)

• BIGGEST WHEEL LOADER : LeTourneau L-2350

 

•   These ‘worker ants’ are often seen on building sites

The Statistics

• LeTourneau L-2350
• Built by: LeTourneau
• Length: 20.9m
• Width: 7.6m
• Height: 6.4m cabin height,
• bucket max lift 13.9m

• BIGGEST HYDRAULIC LOADERS :Terex (now Bucyrus) RH400

• Everything about the Bucyrus hydraulic excavator is huge – 
• as you’d imagine of something that weighs nearly 1,000 tons!
• Low speed,
• high power
• The maximum speed of the RH400 is 2.2km/h (1.37mph); it can, however, generate a maximum tractive force of 4,140kN…

The Statistics

• Terex RH400
• Built by: Bucyrus
• Length: 10.98m
• Width: 8.6m
• Height: 9.99m