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Lorax Construction

Posted by samzenpus on from the goodbye-truffula-trees dept.

You can actually hear the earth cry when this thing starts up.

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  1. Pardon my ignorance by SilverHatHacker · · Score: 2, Interesting

    What in Gore's name is that thing?

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    1. Re:Pardon my ignorance by KumquatOfSolace · · Score: 4, Informative
      It's a bucket-wheel excavator, used for strip-mining coal.

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucket-wheel_excavator

      I think they're moving it from one mine to another, as described in the above article.

    2. Re:Pardon my ignorance by jDeepbeep · · Score: 2, Informative

      What in Gore's name is that thing?

      Bagger 288

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