Bagger 288 facts
While investigating facts about Bagger 288, I found out little known, but curios details like:
The world's largest moving object, the Bagger 288 Superexcavator, leaves virtually no tracks, even over grass. The sheer surface area of the tracks makes its ground pressure less than a barefoot person.
The Bagger 288, a German coal mining vehicle has made appearances in The Hunger Games, Call of Duty, Ghost Rider, and even has a song named after it.
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 8 of the best facts about Bagger 288 I managed to collect.
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The longest land vehicle in the world is the Bagger 288 measuring 700ft long, 300ft high, and weighs 13,500 tons
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About the Bucket-Wheel Excavators, the Bagger 288 and Bagger 293, used in mobile strip mining, they are the heaviest land vehicles in the world.
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Bagger 288, The biggest land vehicle ever - impact seen from space - 33 year satellite timelapse
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The bagger 293 is the largest vehicle in the world except the 288 and I learned this is actually a thing.
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A 20 ton bulldozer had a run in with Bagger 288, the formerly largest and heaviest land vehicle ever. The dozer was lifted ~70ft/21m in the air by the excavation wheel and landed on the conveyor assembly.
