Bigass RL Mecha

Drewcifer · Post by **Drewcifer** » 2003-08-10 01:01am

Check this out: the bucket from Big Muskie.

Yes, that's an entire marching band!

Dahak · Post by **Dahak** » 2003-08-10 05:19am

That's one of RWE Rheinbraun's (You can just about make "RHEINBRAUN" as the white sign on the excavator) brown cole excavators they use in the Rhein/Ruhr area.
And they *are* that huge. They are about 240 meters long and 96 high and weigh about 13,000 tons and has something around 22515 PS. They can mine about 240,000 tons of cole or excavated earth a day.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-08-10 06:26am

So can you confirm if it moves via caterpillar tracks and in fact doesn't walk as large draglines and mecha scum do?

Edit: They do in fact move via caterpillar tracks of some form. Here are some more pictures, though I think this one belongs to a different company.

http://www.eugen2002.de/hambach.htm

Dahak · Post by **Dahak** » 2003-08-10 06:32am

Sea Skimmer wrote:So can you confirm if it moves via caterpillar tracks and in fact doesn't walk as large draglines and mecha scum do?

Yes, it uses its caterpillars to move. At something like 10 meters per hour

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-08-10 06:36am

Dahak wrote:Yes, it uses its caterpillars to move. At something like 10 meters per hour

Yeah, I just found that out. This picture shows them clearly. Obviously we now need to have one fight a giant walking dragline... Anyone got a half billion or so to spare?

Shroom Man 777 · Post by **Shroom Man 777** » 2003-08-10 08:29am

I know those type of things exist... but HOLY SHIT!!! THAT THING IS A BUILDING ON TREADS!!!!

Yes, an M1 can kill it, run around it, use armor piercing shells on vital parts, cause the structure to collapse and that shit.

But just imagine that thing smash your school! FUCKING AMAZING!!!!! Imagine it move its crane thing and DESTROY a building!!!!

Beautiful....

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-08-10 09:36am

Shroom Man 777 wrote: Yes, an M1 can kill it, run around it, use armor piercing shells on vital parts, cause the structure to collapse and that shit.

But the M1 wont because its a loyal tracked comrade rather then a legged mecha.

But just imagine that thing smash your school! FUCKING AMAZING!!!!! Imagine it move its crane thing and DESTROY a building!!!!

Its generally called a boom, and cool as that would be I'd be afraid of damaging my new toy, the buckets bits probably wouldn't like the steel and reinforced concrete many schools are built from. But then you can always get replacements, so smashey smashey.

Raxmei · Post by **Raxmei** » 2003-08-10 09:54am

Sea Skimmer wrote:Obviously we now need to have one fight a giant walking dragline... Anyone got a half billion or so to spare?

My money's on the rotary excavator. Those big spinners can do a lot of damage.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-08-10 09:59am

Raxmei wrote: My money's on the rotary excavator. Those big spinners can do a lot of damage.

But a really big dragline would likely have a greater reach and faster traverse, its bucket could make a very nasty wrecking ball. Though I also favor the rotary excavator, if it makes contact with the draglines boom the boom may be snapped. Though that depends on just how strong those cutting heads are.

Crix Dorius · Post by **Crix Dorius** » 2003-08-12 12:18am

That thing looks most impressive when you stay in front of it.

I know what i say...

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-08-12 12:48am

Mommy, please make me a Counter-Strike map of that...