Cybermonkey
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Registered: 22nd Sep 02
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Krupp Bagger 288, worlds largest moving land vehicle. 45,500 tonnes
can shift 250,000 tonnes of coal daily, same as a football field dug to 30 metres deep

Used by NASA to move the Apollo rockets and Space Shuttle 
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Ally
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Registered: 2nd Jul 03
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wouldnt want to get stuck behind that on the m4 
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Tom
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
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I have seen that one massive machines or whatever on discovery channel beast
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Cybermonkey
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Registered: 22nd Sep 02
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pmsl ally
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Cybermonkey
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quote: Originally posted by Tom
I have seen that one massive machines or whatever on discovery channel beast
so did i
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
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Can it do wheelies?
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Kathryn W
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Registered: 12th Oct 03
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Omg!
That is massive, it sort of looks like a harvester..
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mwg
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quote: Originally posted by Kathryn W
Omg!
That is massive, it sort of looks like a harvester..
that would be cos its effectively harvesting coal
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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needs speedlines IMHO
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Butler
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Registered: 2nd Jun 05
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remind me of that thing off thunderbirds
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Edd
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Krupp Bagger 288
wtf he is 288 years old??
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Cybermonkey
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Edd WTF
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Robin
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quote: Originally posted by Butler
remind me of that thing off thunderbirds
Parker?
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Cybermonkey
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Registered: 22nd Sep 02
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quote: Originally posted by Kathryn W
Omg!
That is massive, it sort of looks like a harvester..
i want to harvest your anus for nuggets
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CorsAsh
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Registered: 19th Apr 02
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That pic was taken when they moved it to a new site, had to basically cut a new road through the contry for it
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mwg
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quote: Originally posted by CorsAsh
That pic was taken when they moved it to a new site, had to basically cut a new road through the contry for it
why didn't they just put it on the back of a low loader?
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CorsAsh
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quote: Originally posted by Edd
Krupp Bagger 288
wtf he is 288 years old??
Krupp Bagger is the name of the machine, not the one guy who operates it
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Cybermonkey
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Registered: 22nd Sep 02
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yes ash, cost something like 15million DM just to move it
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Cybermonkey
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quote: Originally posted by Matty G
quote: Originally posted by CorsAsh
That pic was taken when they moved it to a new site, had to basically cut a new road through the contry for it
why didn't they just put it on the back of a low loader?
because it has a Flycatcher front bumper, it would scrape and ruin it.
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CorsAsh
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now if they'd had a few of them in WW2 it coulda been a different story... crush, kill destroy
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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could lee mitchell fit an XE to that
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Cybermonkey
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yes the buckets at the front could scoop up dead allied soldiers and machines, and melt them down into a putty form, and make squishy VW Beetles out of it
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Edd
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quote: Originally posted by CorsAsh
quote: Originally posted by Edd
Krupp Bagger 288
wtf he is 288 years old??
Krupp Bagger is the name of the machine, not the one guy who operates it
pmsl i thought that was the guys name  
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Butler
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quote: Originally posted by robmarriott
quote: Originally posted by Butler
remind me of that thing off thunderbirds
Parker?

That long thing that goes through that forst, that or the sidewinder
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3CorsaMeal
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quote: Originally posted by Cybermonkey
quote: Originally posted by Tom
I have seen that one massive machines or whatever on discovery channel beast
so did i
and me
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