Biggest excavator of the world! Open-cast mining Garzweiler (Tagebau) in Germany

[Joakimholmstrom]

looks like something you could get born in grove old and work on and then get older and die of old age in and still have a happy face on

[fox4pb]

Fuck, and im using a shovel why???

[qwertyuiop7280]

@fox4pb cause your boss is a cheap, sick prick!!

[DickHBox]

Too many flashy edits, not enough of the subject.

[ToyotaFan321]

what is this song called?? I mus know!

[joshiw94]

@ToyotaFan321 song called "vergangenheit" by Schiller

[MVDK1010]

Youtube is intended to use as a movie thing. This creation is not a movie. It's a sort of chain of pictures. May we see the rest of the movie ?

[ToyotaFan321]

@MVDK1010 stop complaining. videos pics it doesnt matter

[jeepers2655]

just think if they would do that in the US?.......it is eating up towns in Germany.......just for the coal!

[jeepers2655]

@jeepers2655 ....not sure about what they are mining......

[GeneralG1810]

It looks like something Jawas would drive :D

[PALECification]

SchRs-4600/50 1977 RFN  ?????

[trevornorris2007]

How do they make these things?

[rlewis1946]

Very informative video! Does the Federal Government require a land reclamation program for the land this machine "disturbs". I'm trying to find this geographic area, Garzweiler, Germany in Google Earth. RL Atlanta, Georgia, USA

[valentinian2003]

@rlewis1946 Yes, they do. The company is required to follow pre-approved rehabilitation plans leading to the creation of forests, agricultural areas, lakes etc. Operation is essentially similar to the one at Luminant's Monticello plant in Texas where Lignite mining also takes place. Burning-up the Tertiary Swamp Cypress remains creates 1/10 of Germany's electricity.

[valentinian2003]

@rlewis1946 Cordinates are: 51°3'28"N 6°30'33"E. I actually grew-up and lived for 21 years in the next village to the north. Pretty drastic measure to eridicate truly ancient landscape from the face of the Earth.

[wizz7king]

It drive with 2/km and a hour =)

[xanto360]

schönes video

[redbrackets]

I would like to know how often this is serviced and how long it takes ???

Anybody know?