massive stuff

[PKLD]

wow - ch5 eddie stobart

watching this just now - this woodchip factory empties the 44 ton truck & trailer by tilting it up as much as 70degrees! looks amazing.

can't upload image atm but something like this:
http://www.riversteel.com/images/products/truck_du...


post any other stupidly sized mechanical things!
(keep it clean - I've got the rest of the internet for that stuff)

Edited by PKLD on Friday 8th October 20:36

because i still can't get a flicker image loaded

Edited by PKLD on Friday 8th October 22:31

[busta]

Farming can offer a few:

If you meet one of these on a narrow road I very much doubt he'll be backing up:




Likewise with this, except on much wider roads:

[PKLD]

busta said:

that is awesome. picking up a flat tyre near the cab most be annoying

[Lefty]

http://www.allseas.com/uk/19/equipment/pieter-sche...
[url]http://www.allseas.com/uk/125/pieter-schelte.html[/utl]

48000mT HLV. That's what Willis was talkin' 'bout.

[Jasandjules]

Freight trains in Canada............... Just go on forever...

[Lefty]

This little one can only lift 13,500mT... Saipem S7000. Yours for £425k/day (plus mob/demob costs).

[PKLD]

http://realitypod.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/M...

1200bhp russian missile carrier 12 double axle.

(need to get a flicker account the PH uploading ain't working!)

[Witchfinder]

100 metres long, weighing 400 tons, and can nearly make 250mph:



The Caspian Seamonster is awesome

[ewenm]

Jasandjules said:

Freight trains in Canada............... Just go on forever...

And in the USA - trains long enough to cross over themselves, for example at the Tehachapi Loop

This is all one train!

[busta]

PKLD said:

busta said:

that is awesome. picking up a flat tyre near the cab most be annoying

Yes, especially so when the tyres are water ballasted up to about 500kg each! It's a nightmare moving them by hand.

[LuS1fer]

[joebongo]

LuS1fer said:

OP wanted massive stuff not gay and distasteful Essex stuff.

[Gizmo!]

joebongo said:

LuS1fer said:

OP wanted massive stuff not gay and distasteful Essex stuff.

I parked my MX5 next to one the other day.

When I got back the gravity of the X6 had moved my poor car a foot closer.

[PabloTeK]

The stock answer but:

[RedLeicester]

Oooh ace, I like big machinery. F'narr.

S'cuse me mate, can you just move your digger over there?

Erm.... a bit quicker?

[RedLeicester]

Oh ffs. Too slow!

[Jasandjules]

PabloTeK said:

The stock answer but:

I bet that wins Robot Wars...........

[busta]

The one on the left is the real thing, the one on the right is 25% bigger, driven by a developed as a marketing tool.

[43034]

http://ronwestwater.fotopic.net/p63234138.html

http://ronwestwater.fotopic.net/p63234145.html

http://ronwestwater.fotopic.net/p63234146.html

Big!

[RedLeicester]

43034 said:

http://ronwestwater.fotopic.net/p63234138.html

http://ronwestwater.fotopic.net/p63234145.html

http://ronwestwater.fotopic.net/p63234146.html

Big!

Good god!

http://ronwestwater.fotopic.net/p63234147.html

>shudder<