Massive Earthmoving Machines Part 2: Black thunder and Garzweiler

DVD PAL

This DVD features ‘Ursa major’, a Bucyrus-Erie 2570-WS walking dragline, the largest working in North America. Keith haddock guides us through the engineering and operation of the giant working at the Black Thunder mine in Wyoming. Other outstanding machines shown there include the Bucyrus 495HR electric shovel and the Cat 657E scraper, both the world’s largest of their kind.

At Garzweiler in Germany, the programme takes a close look at the Bucketwheel 288, the world’s largest terrestrial moving machine.

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• Running time 70 mins.approx.
• DVD PAL