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Cranes, trains, planes and excavators and stuff like that

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LIEBHERR R 996 B

The digging and the breakout forces during backhoe operation are 1,500kN and 1,670kN respectively.

https://www.schoolofrockmining.com/single-post/2018/08/14/worlds-largest-excavators-liebherr-r-996-b

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[–] Boinkage 5 points 1 year ago

Just found this sub in all and I just want to say this is dope please keep posting big machines.

[–] bulwark 3 points 1 year ago

Nice, but it's no Bagger 288.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Huh, it's a bit bigger than my fridge, but I assume they share a lot of parts.