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Big Muskie First Person

This is a video exploration of the monument to Big Muskie from my point of view.

Big Muskie was the Second Largest piece of land moving equipment ever made.

Here are some of the Dimensions I found on the following site: http://www.worsleyschool.net/science/files/extreme/muskie.html

Weight:
12 million kilograms (12,000 tonnes)
27 million lbs. (13,500 tons)
Bucket Capacity:
165 cubic m (220 cubic yards)
295 tonnes (325 tons)
Height: 68 m (222 ft)
Length of the boom: 95 m (310 feet)
Total length with boom: 149 m (488 ft)
Width: 46 m (152 ft)
Empty bucket weight: 209 tonnes (230 tons)
Power cable diameter: 12.7 cm (5 in)
Electrically powered: 13,800 volts

Big Muskie moved, as do most large mobile drag lines, on two huge hydraulically driven walking feet.

Big Muskie First Person POV from Jeff Lovett on Vimeo.

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