Our time is the era of machines. A person does not have enough muscular strength to move heavy objects, raise stone blocks, remove tons of rock from the ground. But we have the mind and long ago began to use for the hard work of assistants or various adaptations.
In ancient times it was a variety of pets and simple devices: levers, blocks, winches. As time went by, progress did not stand still. The restless human mind has managed to "tame" such forces of nature as water, steam and electricity. People have learned to create huge mechanisms that perform the most difficult and dangerous work for us. The sizes of some of them, really, impress. We have prepared a list for you, which included the largest machines in the world .
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Mountain Harvester Bagger 288
The dimensions of this car are really impressive: its length is 240 meters, height - 96 meters, and width - 40. It can be said that this combine occupies the area of two football fields. However, this machine can move independently along the roads: the combine has twelve caterpillars with which it can drive independently. Of course, not very fast( 0.5 km / h).
In general, it should be noted that machines that are designed for mining or construction work, often have huge dimensions. The reason for this is the large amount of work that they must perform. Bagger 288 is no exception.
It is used for laying pipelines or trenches for various communications. The productivity of the machine is very high. To work the combine requires a huge amount of energy, it consumes about the same as a small city. Manage this giant can only four people.
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Dump truck Liebherr T282B
To remove soil that is taken out of the ground by mining machines of similar size, an appropriate dumper is needed. And he, of course, is. It can be added that all trucks used in mining work are huge in size.
One of the biggest is the Liebherr T282B. Its length is 14.5 meters, height - 7.4 meters, and width - 9 meters. This monster weighs 232 tons, and it can transport 363 tons of cargo at a time. The engine's power of this giant is 3650 horsepower.
Striking the wheels of this car - they are just huge. It is worth noting that the wheels are always in short supply - they just do not have time to make.
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Caterpillar 797B
Another giant dump truck that is used for quarrying. It is considered the second in the world in terms of its carrying capacity. At one time this giant can transfer 345 tons of cargo. These machines are used on iron, coal, copper and gold quarries. Their owners have long considered that it is much more profitable to have one bigger machine than a few small ones.
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Terex 33-19 "Titan"
Another dump truck that was built to work in mines and quarries. It was manufactured in a single copy at the General Motors company in 1973, and at one time it was the largest truck on the planet .This machine can transport up to 350 tons of cargo at a time. Now this giant is already retired and is a landmark of one of the museums.
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BelAZ 75600
Another giant machine that works in quarries and coal mines. The height of this truck exceeds the height of the three-story house. At one time it can carry 320 tons of cargo. The noise of the dump truck's engine is so strong that people work in it only in special headphones. The volume of the fuel tank is more than 4300 liters.
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Bugatti Type 41 "La Royale"
The largest passenger car in the world ( rather, the longest) is the Bugatti Type 41 La Royale, which was released in the distant 1927.This machine was produced serially, its length is 6.7 meters.
This car can be attributed to exclusive cars, it was produced under the order and usually its customers became very rich people. First, the company that produced these machines, everything was very good, the moneybags lined up, but then the Great Depression came and demand fell sharply. Today in good condition there are six cars, some of them are represented in various museums.
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Maybach
This is the longest of the modern cars. Its length is 6.16 meters. This car is a representative class, its price starts from 430 thousand euros. On the basis of this car, the Maybach Landaulet was created, which is considered one of the most expensive cars in the world, its price is 900 thousand euros. Such machines can even be equipped with armored protection, if the customer so wishes.
This car provides all the amenities you can imagine: great climate control, luxurious interior trim, refrigerator, excellent audio system.
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Mobile crane Mammoth LTM
Cranes on the basis of cars are very convenient. They are mobile, they can be delivered anywhere in a very short period of time. They have one drawback - their rather small carrying capacity. German engineers decided to correct this situation and created a real monster: Mammoth LTM mobile crane.
This is the biggest crane on the wheeled chassis in the world. This car has nine pairs of wheels. It is capable of raising 1,200 tons to a height of 180 meters. The car has hydraulic supports on which it rests during its operation. Preparation for use takes eight hours.
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Bulldozer D575A-3 sd
This is the world's largest bulldozer, which is capable of moving ground volume several times larger than a conventional bulldozer. This car is designed and manufactured in Japan. It has very impressive parameters. The height of the bulldozer is 4.9 meters, length - 12.5 meters, and width - 7.5.The machine weighs 152.6 tons, that is, as much as three modern tanks weigh.
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Excavator Goliath
It is considered the largest machine in the world .It was created in a single copy and is currently working in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. This machine is used for coal mining to provide one of the cities with electricity.
Coal is mined in a quarry, and the coal seam is at a depth of more than thirty meters. The task of Goliath is to get to the coal and get it. The height of the excavator is 65 meters, its boom is 122 meters long, and the bucket weighs 250 tons. At the same time the excavator is able to move independently, however, not very fast. He moves with the help of special skis, which he rearranges one after another. The speed of this movement is 320 meters per hour. Operate the car only two people, but to maintain it requires a whole team of mechanics.
For one shift this excavator can remove 48 thousand tons of soil out of the ground.
