http://yorkstone.org/ Quarrying massive stone blocks with excavator, the blocks are 6-9 meters long and weigh up to 50 tons. Watch the excavator struggle to move the blocks because they are so big.
FYI I have zero experience with this work, but here goes ;) This must be a valuble rock for all of this discomfort and risk to expensive machinery. The excavator seems so small compared to the rock which is being moved great distances very quickly by the Op. Look how the rock smokes when a tooth digs in. I wonder what kind of rock it is?
Tracked/Crawler excavators will only lift about 20% of their own weight clean of the ground. I operated 30 tonne Daewoo and it struggled to lift 6 tonne concrete pipes.
@CHRISPATCH69 plus there is the fact the machine is never at any point lifting it, lifting one end of it, would be approximately... 25 tons... is that within your 30/35 number?
@yumyumsashimi So what you were going to go look at them in the ground or what?
1973RoadRunner440 7 months ago
@badback22 looks like slate. it is very clearly sedimentary at least, if not slate.
phantomsandman 9 months ago
FYI I have zero experience with this work, but here goes ;) This must be a valuble rock for all of this discomfort and risk to expensive machinery. The excavator seems so small compared to the rock which is being moved great distances very quickly by the Op. Look how the rock smokes when a tooth digs in. I wonder what kind of rock it is?
badback22 10 months ago
what a shame millions of years to form and then distroyed forever in minutes...
yumyumsashimi 11 months ago
Tracked/Crawler excavators will only lift about 20% of their own weight clean of the ground. I operated 30 tonne Daewoo and it struggled to lift 6 tonne concrete pipes.
xkav8r 11 months ago
Shame there was no Audio here!
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mrbluenun 1 year ago
no Audio
RascalCoyote 1 year ago
a very strong machine
kissfanbilly 1 year ago
@annihilus2 to be honest mate a 30/35 ton machine will lift 25 tons no better then 50 tons. it simply can not do it
CHRISPATCH69 1 year ago
@CHRISPATCH69 plus there is the fact the machine is never at any point lifting it, lifting one end of it, would be approximately... 25 tons... is that within your 30/35 number?
annihilus2 1 year ago