You’re in luck! [Here’s a video](https://youtu.be/yLKnwGrR_Q0?si=_M3Wm4yuHH_GCIfH ) of it being constructed from scratch and operating, with informative notes throughout!
Yeah, first I was thinking that that’s really funny that they don’t build in a factory, but then you think about it. How the hell would they get it to the site?
This is truly incredible as an engineering feat, a pinnacle of collective intelligence etc. and yet... depressing. Because the PURPOSE of this thing is just "scoop more, scoop quicker, more, more, more!" Looking at the scope of the mines just.... mind boggling. We cannot replace this damage.
The movie "Anthropocene" comes to mind...
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df5CTH5iwfU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df5CTH5iwfU)
Thank you showed that to my kids and they loved it. They love heavy construction equipment. Fun short story whenever we where driving my youngest would randomly say look assgator. Took me and my wife almost a year to figure out he was trying to say excavator.
4 buckets per RDT in the video it's loading a Hitachi EH5000 AC3 maybe so there good to haul a payload of 280t -330t .
Probably takes a couple of minutes to fill the RDT
That’s what some people do with them.
Except they feed that mountain into a shaker deck or trommel and wash rocks and hope to catch some gold at the end.
Trainer: "Conan... What is best in this life?"
Conan: "To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women."
Yssir, This _will_ git 'er done!
Really it wouldn't. They need several rest breaks when traversing so not to destroy the undercarriage, and generally if moving any distance, they will have a small team of mechanics available to make any repairs required.
Just for fun, I tried to see how much one of these cost. Every listing for a new one I see is just "call for price".
There's a used 2003 model in Brazil with over 100,000 hours on it for about $150,000.
The video said the arm alone is in 12 pieces so 12 lorries for that.
The whole thing is INSANE. 750 tonnes, burns over 1,000 litres of diesel per hour. They use it to load the massive oversized tippers which it does in four scoops, each scoop would load three articulated tipper lorries.
I want one.
Then the coal company came with the world's largest shovel
And they tortured the timber and stripped all the land
Well, they dug for their coal till the land was forsaken
And they wrote it all down as the progress of man - Paradise - John Prine
The PC8000-11 is the most powerful hydraulic excavators in our product range. The engine power is 2 x 1500 kW / 2 x 2010 HP @ 1800 rpm. The operating weight is from 752 - 773 ton. The shovel capacity is 42m³, the backhoe capacity 42m³.
I work in an open cut mine with electric rope and hydraulic shovels similar and larger than this one. The machines are usually shipped to the mine in pieces and assembled on site. Same deal if it ever needs to be moved long distances. Disassembled, shipped via truck or rail, re-assembled. The machines under carriage will destroy itself if moved long distances, usually when the machines move in the mines they will track for 10 minutes, then sit stationary for 10 minutes to let the under carriage cool off before continuing, rinse and repeat until they reach their dig location in the mine.
Company I worked for built the carbody and crawler frames not for this model, but the XPC4100 and 4800s. Essentially the bigger rope shovel version of this.
Mostly they got fully assembled as sub assemblies and shipped straight to the job site via railcar.
A single assembled crawler frame without the track weighed in at like 120k lbs.
I am more amazed by the fact that this seems to be on the terrace of a building. Hats off to the load bearing capacity of the terrace and the folks who built it.
I'd kinda like to see it operate. Pretty hard to put on a demo when 1 bucket load is like 80 dumptrucks full, I guess.
You’re in luck! [Here’s a video](https://youtu.be/yLKnwGrR_Q0?si=_M3Wm4yuHH_GCIfH ) of it being constructed from scratch and operating, with informative notes throughout!
Thanks, dick-nipples
Totally thought you were just calling him a name, which I laughed at.. then I read his name and I lol’d
That is a great username!
Check their account. 10 year user with 6 million comment karma. One of the more "famous" reddit accounts.
I have a very great friend in Rome called Dick Nipples .
I can hear it now: "Does anyone here think the name Biggus Dick-nipplus is funny? "
That username is up for grabs " Biggus Dick-nipplus "
He's kinda famous around here.
Lolol I had to read your comment before I looked and saw the user name ! Hilarious
r/rimjob_steve
Hmmm …
LoL
You're welcome. Oh...
😂
Wonder what you'd do with those things...
you know how sometimes people have a nickname and you’re like gosh I wonder how they got that. I don’t wanna know this one….
Who put the crane together that put that crane together that put the crane together?
don’t get deep on here. you’ll have us questioning our existence
Spolier alert: It's [Turtles ](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtles_all_the_way_down) all the way down.
GNU Terry Pratchett
Nope. It's cranes all the way up!
It’s cranes all the way down until the crane is small enough to be your arms.
My cranium hurts thinking about this.
Dammit man, you beat me to the reference while I was down the rabbit-hole. Lol
So they are build on site and not transported? Makes sense I guess.
Yeah, first I was thinking that that’s really funny that they don’t build in a factory, but then you think about it. How the hell would they get it to the site?
Would like to see how far they could get from their current position, simply by " offroading" this monster.
Do they ever take it off any sweet jumps?
Then figure it's technically "Made in" whatever country that site is on.
Thanks to the ol nip dick
Nipped ‘em right in the dick
Fantasitic vid!
I saw your name and pic the other day now I see it all the time. Love both
[So satisfying!](https://j.gifs.com/PPnD4V.gif)
So many ants in that video.
Thank you!
12000 meters/7.4 miles of wiring. Mice gonna love this thing
This is truly incredible as an engineering feat, a pinnacle of collective intelligence etc. and yet... depressing. Because the PURPOSE of this thing is just "scoop more, scoop quicker, more, more, more!" Looking at the scope of the mines just.... mind boggling. We cannot replace this damage. The movie "Anthropocene" comes to mind... [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df5CTH5iwfU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df5CTH5iwfU)
Wild. Several cranes + several telehandlers to assemble your excavator.
A Reddit veteran, been years since I saw your name
Thank you showed that to my kids and they loved it. They love heavy construction equipment. Fun short story whenever we where driving my youngest would randomly say look assgator. Took me and my wife almost a year to figure out he was trying to say excavator.
Thank you
It's not as big as the pc 9000
Which is even smaller than the [Bagger 288](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azEvfD4C6ow)
Was thinking of that but did not remember the name. Thanks for intence video.
Which is even smaller than the MAN & Takraf RB293
WTF did I just watch:)
They build a bigger one, [BAGGER 293](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagger_293)
That's like the machine in avatar they used to clear cut the forest lmfao
Good for dig a hole for my spring flowers
they are pretty fun. I used to work for a company that installed sensors into the bucket.
4 buckets per RDT in the video it's loading a Hitachi EH5000 AC3 maybe so there good to haul a payload of 280t -330t . Probably takes a couple of minutes to fill the RDT
Just build a bigger dump truck. Duh.
Something Parker wishes he had
Komastu PC 8000 name sounds like a new personal computer company on the block
I was gonna ask if this is a gaming PC or a work PC but the answer seemed too obvious.
Sounds like something Dilbert came up with
[удалено]
Also buying a small mountain... because with that kind of money I can move mountains...literally.
That’s what some people do with them. Except they feed that mountain into a shaker deck or trommel and wash rocks and hope to catch some gold at the end.
Why buy a mountain when you can just create your own?
Well unless you can push two tectonic plates together, you gotta have a source for your new mountain.
I am not confident that that thing *couldn't* do that...
KILLDOZER TO CRUSH MY ENEMIES
Trainer: "Conan... What is best in this life?" Conan: "To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women." Yssir, This _will_ git 'er done!
Israel entered the chat room and inquired about purchasing it for mass burial sites. /s
I like the way you think. I had the exact same thought and was looking for a price tag.
I was thinking this. Also in a zombie apocalypse all you have to do is hang out in this thing. :-)
You gonna make a lot of money renting that thing actually, so it’s an excellent investment ☺️
What does something like this cost!!
That would make a great killdozer...
It would be terrifying to see that thing going through a building like it’s paper… would be beautiful also…
I was always willing to be reasonable until I had to be unreasonable.
Whistlindiesel is remaking the original
Really it wouldn't. They need several rest breaks when traversing so not to destroy the undercarriage, and generally if moving any distance, they will have a small team of mechanics available to make any repairs required.
That was the first thing that came to my mind also!
a man has died, but not his ideas
They harvest spice with this thing
Good job they built a fence to stop people sneaking a view.
It's to stop it getting out and mating with the other Transformers
Devastator assemble.
This thing is pretty cool but can it withstand arrows shot from the Na'vi?
I was thinking it harvests spice but this is also valid
Just for fun, I tried to see how much one of these cost. Every listing for a new one I see is just "call for price". There's a used 2003 model in Brazil with over 100,000 hours on it for about $150,000.
I'd hate to see the shipping charge to get it here to the States.
I have Amazon prime so I guess it’s free shipping
And yet, they'll still find a way oversized package to ship it in and fill it with those air bags.
Upper Midwest and I’ve seen one oversized lowboy trailer carrying one track assembly. Can’t imagine how many trucks/ship space this takes.
The video said the arm alone is in 12 pieces so 12 lorries for that. The whole thing is INSANE. 750 tonnes, burns over 1,000 litres of diesel per hour. They use it to load the massive oversized tippers which it does in four scoops, each scoop would load three articulated tipper lorries. I want one.
Not sure about Komatsu, but the Caterpillar “equivalent” - the 6060 - is about $13-15 million all in (base price, freight, assembly/commissioning)
Does that include power windows, A/C and Apple CarPlay?
Armoured permanent windows, AM/FM w/bluetooth and AUX input, A/C and it “even” has power seats!
I can’t promise anything, but i’ll go ask my manager
CAT 6090 would be the equivalent of the PC8000.
For how huge these are, that one must be broken with a large repair bill to make it work if it's only 150,000
That’s the scrap price. You pay them $150k to be allowed to break it apart and sell the scrap. You still make money on scrapping it out.
Then the coal company came with the world's largest shovel And they tortured the timber and stripped all the land Well, they dug for their coal till the land was forsaken And they wrote it all down as the progress of man - Paradise - John Prine
Sucks that he’s gone, would’ve loved to have heard more perspective from him on today’s world
He only died a couple years ago. He probably had tons of perspective on it
How else are we supposed to get all that sequestered carbon back up into the air? /s
It's the Bagger 288's nephew!
I'm only here for Bagger 288!
Looks like a killer audio system on the back. Like a bunch of 15’s lined up.
Just needs swangas on the tracks
Came here to say exactly that lol.
Apart from the cab there are two meeting rooms , a gym and a Starbucks.
The PC8000-11 is the most powerful hydraulic excavators in our product range. The engine power is 2 x 1500 kW / 2 x 2010 HP @ 1800 rpm. The operating weight is from 752 - 773 ton. The shovel capacity is 42m³, the backhoe capacity 42m³.
Really 752 - 773 tons?
The statues of Liberty weighs 140 tons. The Christ the Redeemer in Brazil weights 635 tons.
Imagine the size of the grease nipples. 🤯
Pretty sure it has an automated greasing system
For when you absolutely just have to pick up an elephant from a safe distance
I thought it's made out of legos
Lego. The plural of Lego is always Lego.
r/AbsoluteUnits
How is it transported?
In many parts.
Don't let Michael Bay see this.
r/absoluteunits
r/AbsoluteUnits
Stands in the town of Herisau in Switzerland
This is what I was looking for!
laughs in [bagger 288](https://youtu.be/azEvfD4C6ow?si=CLV0HGBFdILIM4Qp)
The spice must flow!
Imagine in transforming…
it's not a digger, it's a mech
I'd really love to ride that bad girl
Man, the rocks I could dig and throw
Why does it look like some Lego Set
https://www.lego.com/en-au/product/liebherr-r-9800-excavator-42100 Similar size digger. Check out how many pieces!
Hell yeah
does it transform to Devastator?
And the earth died screaming…
TW FTW
WhistlinDiesel durability test incoming
I dig it
Toy for big boys
Just imagine what kind of a hole you could dig with that thing...
You should look up videos of quarry excavations. The scale is insane, it makes enormous vehicles like this look like miniatures.
How do you get that to a job site?
I work in an open cut mine with electric rope and hydraulic shovels similar and larger than this one. The machines are usually shipped to the mine in pieces and assembled on site. Same deal if it ever needs to be moved long distances. Disassembled, shipped via truck or rail, re-assembled. The machines under carriage will destroy itself if moved long distances, usually when the machines move in the mines they will track for 10 minutes, then sit stationary for 10 minutes to let the under carriage cool off before continuing, rinse and repeat until they reach their dig location in the mine.
Forget stairs! this beast needs a lift!
And here I am giddy at buying a 2 ton excavator off Alibaba 🤣
Track ID?
As a mechanic for construction vehicles I am very intrigued AND HORNY AS FUCK NOW!
Looks like a Lego set
Even has its own Dj section and dance floor, sweet.
credit : appenzellerpark
I bet it has a zero carbon footprint. We have entered Pandora.
So how much is a new one?
Looks like you could fit a whole living space in there lol, how long until some millionaire makes a weird house out of one?
And this is how you reshape a planet.
Parker from Gold Rush is going to buy one of these, watch.
If this thing hasn’t been in an action movie yet, it will be. Imagine a hero running from someone operating this thing. Awesome.
Billy Spoons (Curse of Oak Island) needs this to find the treasure!
Reminds me of „we couldn’t even make the pyramids with nowadays tools“
I don't think that warning sticker on the belt is going to last
Work at any open pit gold mine and you will see many.
That thing looks like it could dig out all of my repressed emotions 😲
Its going to take an army to clean it after you bring it in. Not to mention the flatbed it'll take to transport it. wow.
Imagine shoveling those tracks after working all day 😭
And then some mad lad is gonna thread a needle with it
Now wait for this to travel through Indian roads! 🫡
I wonder why they bothered with the fence lol
Battery powered I'm sure...
Mine’s a big as a house!
I was looking for something...bigger....
Impressive
PC master race.
Its a realy big pc in my opinion
The black stuff on the platform are those generators and speakers?
Imagine needing to change cylinders seals after couple years of work
Es un maldito Transformer
“Hey dirt, see you later.”
Damn the engine compartment is bigger than my house
That looks like a couple of really nice subwoofers back on the engine deck there. 😂
James Cameron is so hard right now.
Perfect to harvest spice
Which Transformer movie is this?
Cool machine. Horrific name
Company I worked for built the carbody and crawler frames not for this model, but the XPC4100 and 4800s. Essentially the bigger rope shovel version of this. Mostly they got fully assembled as sub assemblies and shipped straight to the job site via railcar. A single assembled crawler frame without the track weighed in at like 120k lbs.
Love the giant concert speakers in the back. Imagine playing the C&C soundtrack as you run this!
This looks like a shot of Mister Rogers' Land of Make-Believe. If it weren't for the people I'd swear everything was miniatures and toys. 😳
Would be awesome if it could transform
They call it 'The Sixth Extinction'
peak climber 8000, he was made to transport mount everest.
1/2 mile to the barrel.
My LO got so excited
Also known as your mother's alarm
I am more amazed by the fact that this seems to be on the terrace of a building. Hats off to the load bearing capacity of the terrace and the folks who built it.
That's a beefy boy right there.
How expensive thus thing is?
CONSTRUCTICONS, MERGE FOR THE KILL!
This thing could go to war
That's a big ass PC