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Heaviest land vehicle ever built
14,200 t
15,653 tons
- Record holder
- Bagger 293
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What to remember
In the brown coal mine near Hambach, Germany, Bagger 293 weighs 14,200 t, making it the heaviest land vehicle ever built. The bucket-wheel excavator is 225 m long, 96 m tall and 46 m wide, and a crew of just five is enough to run it.
It was made by TAKRAF, formerly an East German Kombinat, and introduced in 1995. It belongs to a family of similar-sized siblings: Bagger 281 (1958), Bagger 285 (1975), Bagger 287 (1976), Bagger 288 (1978) and Bagger 291 (1993). Like Bagger 288, it cost around 100 million US dollars when it was built.
It was previously known as the MAN TAKRAF RB293. Its owner, RWE Power AG, the second-largest energy producer in Germany, gave it the name Bagger 293.
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Sources and licences
- Value, holder and date: Wikipedia article “List of largest machines” (revision used 1375840589). Data from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Photo: Stefan Fussan, Photo licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons).
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