What's The Biggest Thing You Ever Saw?

[TxDieselKid]

Re: The Silver Spade is Big

Originally posted by HEMI®Dart

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That thing is HUGE!!!!! I looked at the website you gave for it, and man alive, as tall as the Astrodome?!?!?! I live near the Astrodome, and that is hard to believe!!! It's almost as big as... ... well, never mind, I don't want to get banned!!!



Andrew

 

[me4osu]

Here's one powered by a Cummins

LeTourneau L2350. 53 yd3 bucket and powered by a 2300hp Cummins QSK60.



BTW, Designed and Manufatured in Longview, Texas.





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[TxDieselKid]

Re: Here's one powered by a Cummins

Originally posted by me4osu

LeTourneau L2350. 53 yd3 bucket and powered by a 2300hp Cummins QSK60.



BTW, Designed and Manufatured in Longview, Texas.





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Do you know if they give tours?



Andrew

 

[lizzyhermit]

hey Doc, does the first smile on my first grandchild count as man made ?

 

[WOWZY]

My ex girlfriend, after 10 years and too many gravy biscuits.

 

[ToolManTimTaylor]

Originally posted by WOWZY

My ex girlfriend, after 10 years and too many gravy biscuits.

P... ... Ptht... ... pflt... ... ... . Bwahhhhhhaaahaaaaaa... ha ..... ha wahooo haaaa :{ :-laf

 

[fritzbo29]

When they are moving the space shuttle and the tower all together out to the launch pad, that thing is HUGE, especially in person.



Hope this link works



Fritz

 

[Un-Hemi]

WOWZY wins!

 

[LAnthony]

this is big

3500 horses, 10,000 plus in the torque dept.











http://www.cummins.com/na/pages/en/products/mining/engines/qsk78/index.cfm

 

[JFitzgerald]

Originally posted by Doc Tinker

Man made thing that is. .



Doc

I don't know, I just want to drive that big Cat dump truck. Oo. Oo.

 

[HEMI®Dart]

More Silver Spade pics

See more pics of the Silver Spade and other Draglines here. Someone posted this link a while back. I thought it was a great website. Very Interesting.



http://www.stripmine.org/

 

[PHaller]

I was involved with testing some ICBMs some years ago. They are big but it is the awsome power at take off that stuck in my mind.

-Paul R. Haller-

 

[Mitch Rockwell]

The biggest thing I ever saw would have to be Mount Rushmore. The story behind it is just as impressive as the work.

 

[Proram]

Biggest thing i ever saw.

NYC the Twin towers!!! God rest there soul's!!

I Will never forget them!!







Proram

 

[Cummnzpowr]

lol

Gene Mahoney's Cranium

 

[Jeff H]

Thats a dump truck.

Any body ever see the Terrox titon? I seen video. If I remember It takes an 8 lane hwy for a 90 degree turn.

 

[JohnMcIntyre]

Originally posted by fritzbo29

When they are moving the space shuttle and the tower all together out to the launch pad, that thing is HUGE, especially in person.



Hope this link works



Fritz

What about the building where they Prep the shuttles in? The shuttle and it's rolling platform fit INSIDE the building and must be a contender... .

 

[LarryB]

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Petronis towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Them babies are big!

 

[lschultz]

Is that Doc up there at the top? :{

 

[QRTRHRS]

Being a family website, I don't think I better post "her" picture.