The world's largest land vehicle is a colossal excavator that stands taller than the Statue of Liberty and weighs more than the Eiffel Tower. The Bagger 288, constructed by German company Krupp ...
Bagger 288, built by the German company Krupp for the energy and mining firm Rheinbraun, is a bucket-wheel excavator or mobile strip mining machine. When its construction was completed in 1978 ...
Bucket wheel excavators. The most famous of which being the Bagger 288, bucket wheel excavators make shorter work of mines than typical drill and blast mining. The machine eats away at the rock ...