journey to the big bucket wheel excavator (uncut) - part II: alarm

[starman400020012]

Whooa ! , Germany has approx. 100 of those ? ... i had read somewheres that just one Wheel Excavator takes 2 years to build and costs alittle over $100 Million dollars each !!! ... and Germany has 100 of em ? ... Arrgg !, that adds up to more than ONE BILLION DOLLARS ... i can only imagine what the up-keep and repair costs must be.

[harperadam]

How much gas does it use in a run of a day?

[goober239]

@harperadam not that much. about 700-1000 gallons

[JURADOSCORP]

shit! a very very lot of steel

[Ashtree81]

love that squeekie twisting metal noise at the beginning!

[TheFreshAfro]

Its like a giant chainsaw lol

[nickfortube]

Perchè è suonato l'allarme???

[newcome880]

I suppose that's italian and means, ''why is the alarm played ?''

you can see a worker in the video who operates a ramp. From this ramp there are falling big rocks towards the ground. Because they are falling from about 20 meters hight or so they have to play the alarm so that everyone who might be in the danger zone is warned.

[IwAtChViDeOz44]

@newcome880 How many bucket excavators exist aty the moment?

[newcome880]

@IwAtChViDeOz44

I don't know. Perhaps there's a complete list somewhere ? I would think in Germany perhaps around a hundred or so

[IwAtChViDeOz44]

@newcome880 wow just in Germany?! That a lot of monbey,years, and steel