Comrade Howlâs Moving Castle
Comrade Howlâs Moving Castle
OUR moving castle, comrade.
That's the state's castle, Comrade.
This better get the most upvotes.
Nyet. This implies property rights! Moving castle belongs to all glorious proletariat
Moving Gulag*
Exactly my thought!
Comrade Howlojev's Moving Castle
Im seeing a lot of studio ghibli in the comments and that makes me so so so very happy. Myuzaki is my absolute idol. (7)
I appreciate this comment so much. I've been trying to remeber that movie
I feel the Soviets wouldn't romanticize disobeying the government like that.
Is that a kitchen in there?
Yep, and calcifer.
Howl all over this thread I love it
Awoooooooooo. You're welcome
Hahahahaaha well done
Be wary of the jawas selling sketchy droids.
Hey, that 80's printer looked clean, right ?
/r/the_pack ?
Completely lost.
That's Miyazaki's Howl though, right? I saw the movie first, and was a bit perplexed that there was just a floating castle on the cover.
I like your spark!
^^She ^likes my SPARK!
Nice reference!
Perhaps it's the equivalent of decking out an old school bus into a motor home?
Wow i wasnt the only one who thought of it
Yea so what master howl redecorated, it was Sofie's idea!!
Iâm glad you people exist, you make my day with your comments.
This is a really little dragline, the big ones do have kitchens in them.
What is the advantage of this over a giant wheeled machine? I skimmed the wikipedia entry but I don't get it.
wheels don't do great in sand, those large pads would work awesome in sand because of their surface area. - just a guess.
Yes and no, it's mostly because of the weight of the machines. Not exactly sure why they don't use tracks though, maybe something about the way the machine spins on an axis.
Tracks wear out and need replacing. Replacing these humongous and heavy tracks is not that easy. They need to be absolutely enormous for the weight they carry. With these pads, just lift a pad and unscrew, place a new one. Cheaper and easier than track.
That was what was said to me at least.
I'd imagine it's not as efficient as tracks though. So probably more ideal for a rough environment situation like this one where track maintenance would be more costly than a smooth, flat environment.
This is true but these machines donât move much and this is a simpler system that iv relatively low cost to build and maintain.
Me : But yuri it breaks. Yuri: Yes but see is easy to fix and cheap.
All jokes aside I bet this is stupid simple and if most of the wearing parts are in sight then this would probably be one of my favorite machines to maintain.
It sort of reminds me of that thing where they didn't cap the end of the pins that held the treads on the T-34 and they would work themselves loose during operation so they just started including a little wedge/ramp in the design that drove the pins back in as the treads passed the body of the tank.
Fucking brilliant
Thankfully it seems that these machines are so large they can move large amounts of material reasonable distances without really needing to reposition themselves at all.
I've refurbished excavator tracks. It is very hard work you're right.
So AT-ATâs might make sense after all
Ok. That makes sense.
These machines don't move all that much and this arrangement is more stable when they are digging. Also cheap.
Im in production not maintenance but as far as i understand it you use a pad mainly to deal with the moment force of carrying ~100t of dirt, >100m from your centre point. This puts an enormous moment force on the boom of the drag line.
The tub as its called (the drag line sits on) is good because it provides a large stable base that the slew gear (the gear that turns the entire body) can turn off. It also spreads the ground pressure of the machine which is enormous.
Bench stability is the biggest enemy for these machines. When you set them up you need to make sure they are extremely flat, no big rocks, less than 2% cross grade or they will slide.
It is also common practice to move them into position, do an empty swing (empty bucket) to test ground stability. Then you do a 50% full bucket swing before finally doing a full bucket swing.
If the ground sinks, you walk off, rebuild the pad with competent rock and start again.
It's incredible to read 2%grade and sliding.
So basically they built it within the bare minimum of its weight distribution capabilities. Couldve at least made the feet wider i guess.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbUsKWbOqUU
This is a different reason. More for load distribution. Since these machines are massive the mass is as well. If it's uneven by to much the machine will actually be strained and cause damages without even moving an inch. The train will spin it's wheels but this monster will develop cracks in it's structure.
Just to clarify, the 2% isnât due to sliding so much, but load distribution. If the grade is uneven or higher than 2%, the machine will be loading up areas above their design capacity (itâs amazing how much these things move as they work). There is also a requirement not only for cross grade but also for the grade the shoe walks across, again for load distribution.
I imagine for working grade this would be for tipping, not sliding.
There are also some pictures around the web of draglines where the bench has collapsed, pretty wild stuff.
It gets disassembled to move large distances, over short distances (relatively speaking), it's effective.
Though to be fair these machines are not moved on a whim. If your packing this machine you fully exhausted all material to profit from in quite an area.
its perhaps cheaper than hydraulics.
Basically, the machine used a walking gear, due to it having to lug a giant âtubâ around underneath it as a base. The tub has a swing rack (think rack and pinion) for swinging side to side. The reason for using a tub is to spread ground pressure and to provide stability - the major difference between a dragline and excavator is in how it operates, an excavator (with tracks and car body), has a much smaller reach and moves more often, however this isnât an issue as it is filing a truck. A dragline however, has a 100m boom, with a bucket with significantly larger volume. Instead of filling a truck, draglines cast the material to build a mountain essentially.
As a result of the boom length, imagine the potential for tipping in comparison to an excavator. I suppose it is possible you could fit tracks to a dragline but i imagine the larger size would result in increased maintenance cost as a trade off.
We all know itâs because it looks amazing
A galley, of sorts
You know what would spruce this baby up? Drapes!
Sheâs built like a steakhouse but flys like a bistro
I'm a simple man.
There does appear to be washing drying in the cabin...
fancy rugs on walls would be standard comrade?
Soviet AT-AT
I mean, not anymore
Found on a walking dragline. There are other Videos
Thank you. Why are you all the way down here though?
The reddit system of showing popular firsts doesnât account for actual relevance to the topic.
Ugh.
It would be nearly impossible to program a system that sorts by relevance to the topic today
Maybe with an extra option ? Up, down , relevant ? And then you could filter by relevant ?
No, he's saying computers have no idea what counts as 'relevant' and thus can't sort by it
Rather than one vote based on popularity, have two votes, one for popularity and another for relevance.
Some people will choose to vote relevant/irrelevant, others will choose to vote based on popularity.
Edit: Current Reddit voting is a mashup of three components, popularity, agreement, and relevance. Officially weâre supposed to vote only based on relevance, but most people vote based on agreement. But regardless of all that, the bulk of the votes go towards popularity, since we mostly only see popular posts/comments.
Exactly
Right, thatâs why people would vote âif relevantâ or just âitâs coolâ
But looking at this... why?
Like, why is this better than a tread? Surely not a shorter MTBF... the stress point on the axel would be insane... it isn't like it's more maneuverable -- treads can pivot....
I just really don't get it.
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Tread can't handle the weight. And it also needs to be able to "swing". Some of these things are 3-5000 tons.
Tread can't handle the weight.
Nonsense. The NASA crawler-transporter and the Baggers are tracked, and the heaviest self-propelled and non-self-propelled vehicles in history respectively.
You can build it sure, but did they have NASA money?
True, but to my knowledge the nsas crawler doesn't have to swing side to side for 12 hours a night with 4000ton hang off it
Bucket excavators work around the clock with >10000 tons on the threads. Threads don't mind weight.
Hmm. Good point. Maybe it's just purely a keep it simple thing.
Yea, but look at how huge the tracks on both of those are. They are massive relative to the size of the main structure. This is probably much less complex and smaller, for the size of this unit.
It's actually a dragline. It's also walking backwards. You can see the cab on the left and you get a peek of the boom. Source: me, having done a shutdown for servicing on a Super Marion 8750
Alberta?
These are blowing my mind. Thank youuu
How do I call stabbot?
Dragline
You are right. Edited.
The curtains are the icing on the cake
It's the little touches that make life worth living
I agree with my husband
Wow, that spread fast.
Someone /r/outoftheloop me
Someone posted this, 4 hours later it became a meme.
It really ties the room together
It makes a Moving Excavator a home
These camper builds are getting out of hand.
But does its carpet match?
Russian moms put curtains on everything.
Source: I'm russian
Kind of ironic, if you ask me.
It's like raaiiiiiiiiiiiiinn
Looks like there is dick and balls graffiti on the right side. On the rusty red panel.
He who controls the spice controls the universe.
The spice must flow...
Bi lal kaifa.
MUA DIIB!
implying this thing moving wouldn't cause rhythmic vibrations
You want to summon Shai Hulud? Because that's how you summon Shai Hulud...
Maybe this IS Shai Hulud
Narrator-it was not Shai Hulud
Didn't the crawlers get attacked by worms because of this? Had to have a fancy escape plan at all times.
Just a carryall on standby to lift it off at the first wormsign
Yeah, spice harvester cause vibrations in canon
I should continue reading dune
Mau dib!
Sergei's Moving Castle
Would think nothing of it if I had seen it in a Star Wars movie.
These blast points are too accurate for Sand People.
That's racist, Ben. They prefer to be called Tusken Raiders.
I hate sand
I mean weren't the raiders just the warriors? It's like the Viking misnomer, not all Scandinavians were Vikings, as Vikings, specifically, were "raiders". Like that was your job title, not your nationality.
Never heard this about the Vikings before. Big if true. So "Viking warrior" would be redundant.
See this: https://youtu.be/S8kRmidhlTE
Thanks, very interesting
I think they were called Tusken raiders because they raided a settlement called fort Tusken.
That business in Tusken Raidabia doesn't... doesn't count.
Reminds me of the old ATTE walker in Rebels that some "retired" clone troopers are living on.
That was neat
Came here to say this.
Came here to say âcame here to say thisâ
Thank you for your contribution
I was looking for a pic to comment this
Exactly what I was thinking of
Why does it behave like a living being? So weird
Because that's basically what they used for the Jawas, an old mining dragline.
Mutini!
https://shop.lego.com/en-US/Captain-Rex-s-AT-TE-75157
I didn't even know they ever made this until just now, but it's going to be the primary reason I build a time machine.
Its actually on sale on Amazon right now. If you look around you can probably get it pretty easily forvabout $90.
Early Christmas present, here I come!
This is the most steampunk thing I've ever seen. Somebody call China Mieville.
I have never felt so sad for a piece of mining equipment as when he was chased out of the city :(
Let this warm your soul https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azEvfD4C6ow
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I got so invested in it then at the end I was upset because it shouldâve shown those pieces of shit rebuilding him into something smaller.
Well said. I'm glad I didn't close the tab too soon.
this is the one i was looking for
Nostalgia! not seen that in a long time
Show me the alter for this great and terrible god and I shall pray. đ
rathergood.com that's a blast from the past
Viking Cats singing Led Zeppelin's Immigrant Song anyone?
We like the moon and little fishy were always my faves. They were like the gateway to the internet for me.
Tales of the blode and some of the queen stuff was funny too, and Mr. Stabby.
There it is.
Came to post this, but I see someone has already done the lordâs work.
so uh. does that thing take regular gas?
diesel most likely
edit: NVM, looks like this stuff is powered by and external electrical source
It's actually electric. Direct line to the power plant it is supplying with coal.
So it's only purpose is to fuel itself?
one might say "isn't that all humans do?"
And you'd have a point, but you'd be wrong. We feed ourselves to give ourselves a chance at survival so we can successfully mate.
You don't want to be alive when Bagger 288's mating season begins.
The mining takes a fraction of the electricty produced by the power plant.
Yeah, see my edit, decided to look it up after and edited that in :P
How did it move locations without a direct line?
Not sure I understand the question. It is always connected, or it won't do anything. It doesn't cover long distances, it is mining one specfic (but big) site/mine, that is close to the power plant it is supplying (or rather, the power plant was built close to this coal deposit as was the Bagger 288, built on site).
In the video posted, it specifically states that it once drove 14 miles. But it took 3 weeks.
That isn't a long distance, and yes, it was connected to the power grid during that drive. Most of the time, it is connected to the plant by an entire conveyor belt system (for the coal). The power line connection is easy to manage, in comparison.
I'm having a hard time believing that:
A. There is a conveyor belt feeding directly to a power plant miles away.
B. That it was directly "plugged in" to a power source well over 14 miles away while it was moving.
Well considering there is a 60 mile conveyor belt in the desert from a phosphate mine to the sea for shipping in Africa. Either in or controlled by Morrocco It can be seen from space. Morocco controls 85% of the known phosphate reserves. It's used in a lot of things, especially fertilizer. Soil can only absorb so much and something like 60 to 80 percent is washed away with rain water. It becomes very difficult from what I understand to reclaim this after it's entered the rivers and eventually oceans. Anyway a 14 mile conveyor belt is not too long at all.
I definitely didn't know that! Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying things like miles long conveyors don't exist, obviously you proved that. But it sounds like the 288 isn't the reason for a conveyor. In the end....I guess it really doesn't make the 288 any less impressive. The thing is awesome.
You can look at it yourself. You can follow the coal line from the excavators (there are more than just Bagger 288) to the power plant. I measured it in Google Earth and it is "only" 7.35 miles (11.8 km) away.
I'm on mobile :-( but I believe you. I have seen stuff like that before, I just didn't think it would go for miles.
It is an expensive operation and mining a lot of coal (2400 coal waggons per day!). It uses 16MW of power, which is a proverbial fuckton.
Is it a big effort? Yes. Is it a three man job? No. Is it fairly expensive to maintain? Within reason, yes. But it pays for itself.
As a starter: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagger_288
You can find entire documentaries if you look for them.
No, I understand all of that. (I'm not being a dick hole here) there is nothing that says anything about a direct conveyor belt to the plant. Not to mention, it sounds like the 288 is for removing overburden, not coal itself. So a conveyor wouldn't really be for the 288 anyways since it's just stripping the nonsense away to get to the goods.
And I didn't see anything about moving a bagger 14 miles while still directly connected to something 14 miles away. External power source, yea, it's not like an extension cord is leading from the bagger to an outlet at the plant.
I thought I'd read somewhere in the thread that they once moved it and that it had a really low top speed.
Correct, it does move (reasonably slowly). Not just once, but continuously repositioning itself while mining (one drive was just notably long to a new site). And it always has to be 'plugged in' to be able to do so. The power connection isn't that difficult to manage at those speeds.
That is nuts.
Electric.
Is that the Decepticon with the giant testicles in the second Transformers movie?
It could also be the thing in Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance.
Actually, two or three of them glued together.
whats the music in the beginning called? reminds me of the burned mansion music on cinnabar
Pretty sure I fought that thing in Nier:Automata
Isn't this just the Iron Giant?
Ok yeah but that's not even close to the same aesthetic
California needs to add that music to their list of shit that causes cancer.
Dieselpunk*
If you like a the look of this you should check out diesel punk style. Itâs full of massive-engined, oil guzzling, industrial revolution-era monster vehicles and powered suits.
Except there is nothing steampunk about this. Dieselpunk or maybe Desertpunk would be a more fitting description.
More diesel punk.
The whole Soviet Union was very steampunk because it followed alternate technological paths, mostly in isolation.
DieselPunk; steampunk is all finely crafted and ornately decorated, all about artisanship, early industrial. Late industrial, is diesel punk. There's also a Japanese name that eludes me, it refers to stuff like Howl's castle etc. Calling it steam punk would get you laughed out of your first film studies class ;)
I got to learn something about a genre here and was greatful, until the last sentence where you showed your ass.
I DID NOT POST PICTURES OF MY ASS!!! Why you hack my computer!!!?????
/r/gatekeeping
This is also the most inefficient way possible to move any piece of machinery. Have these people never heard of wheels??
Its the curtains, the curtains really make it.
Tbf it's more dieselpunk
Somebody call China Mieville.
Holy shit, someone outside of smogbend or dog fen knows about my #1 author?
Gearbox if you're reading this, put this thing in Borderland 3!!!
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Yeah that too
oh yeah - good call
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Talked to a friend of mine that works at Valve a few weeks ago. He confirmed HL3 is still the running inside joke there too.
HL3 comes out when every person has a copy of 1 and 2
Talked to a friend of mine that works at Valve a few weeks ago. He confirmed HL3
Now that's a joke I've not heard in a looong time...
...a loooong time...
Obi-wan Kenobi.. I wonder if he means HAPPY CAKE DAY KENOBI!
Finally, I've been holding my breath for a while. Hey, wanna meet my friend Casper!?
What the fuck do they even do there?
Count.
My friend is working on VR stuff, their first generation became the HTC Vive.
Bet your dad works at Nintendo, too, right?
No? I really do have a friend that works as a hardware designer at Valve.
Nuh-uh! It's impossible for someone on reddit to know anyone that works anywhere, ever!
Even if they didn't know someone there... it would probably be safe to say there would be jokes about that topic.
But especially at Valve
Making too much money selling hats.
That's why I only ever buy their beanies, I don't want to support corporate fat-hats.
Pretty sure its the main thing they're working on.
I'm convinced that it's pretty much done already and they're just putting polish on it rn and maybe even starting on dlc.
I dunno, they're being so hush hush about it. If it was going to come out in the next year I'd think they'd have presented something at E3.
Yeah and so we can get TFTBL 2 from Telltale
Gearbox if youâre reading this, put a super high level cap and super in depth skill trees
How about going back to weapon scaling that means the most awesome purples arn't outclassed by common weapons after a few levels to reduce the loot treadmill and increase time playing the game than pissing about with inventory management and slot machines.
But mah premium currency!
The only thing that didn't do that is bl2. Bltps and bl1 both did it great
Make sniping great again!
and a good gunslinger class would be great.
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Hollow Knight? God of War? Hyper Light Drifter? Path of Exile? Dark Souls?
Path of Exile is way better than a free-to-play game has any right to be.
All games that are advertised as hard specifically because the gaming industry is for the casual gamer. We have to have separate games for people that donât want their hand held
That goes against every meta in game making right now.
Fuck the meta.
Nowadays people are focused on making games that are easy as fuck and have little to no skill levels.
Shit people have been saying since the SNES era.
I think people my age (30ish) just think NES and SNES games were super difficult because we were kids when we played them and kids are fucking stupid.
No, a lot of those games were legit hard because many of them were arcade ports. Designed to suck quarters out of you. We're seeing a similar thing with fee-to-pay games, now.
Depends on the game. Ghouls and goblins is still pretty damn hard.
And been wrong about.
Still waiting for a Homeworld update, itâs been many moons since I saw one
I was thinking the mad Max series is slowing down with movie #4
Badass Saturn?
Gearbox if you're reading this, your games suck and you should stop making tehm
That'll show em, nice! Sick burn!
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Came here to find a Jawa comment, you delivered!
Ooootiiiiniiiiiii
Over here! We're over heeeeeeerrreee!
Metal Gear?
A HIND D!?
THAT'S METAL GEAR?! IT'S ALREADY ACTIVE
P S Y C H O M A N T I S ?
Snake? Snake! SNAAAAAAAAAKE!!!
You're that ninja
No! A weapon to surpass Metal Gear!
That's the thing they made me build...THE SHAGOHOD (c)
pre-Shagohod
War has changed.
REVOLVER OCELOT??
A NUCLEAR EQUIPPED WALKING BATTLE TANK.
Hrhnh...Metal Gear....
Shagohod!
I came here only to find this comment
I wonder how many miles per year this thing goes.
She'll go 300 hectares on a single tank of kerosine.
Put it in H!
Uh.. What country is this "walking excavator" from?
Ehh, it no longer exists.
POOT IT IN H
It's hours per mile
.000000000000000000000001
Looks like it moves about 1 metre (3 feet) every 12 seconds. Assuming it can run without stopping, that's the same as:
0.3 km/h (0.2 mph)
2600 km/year (1600 mi/year)
As opposed to something that can travel at 100 km/h (62 mi/h), or 876,000 km/year (544,321 mi/year) if it were to maintain that without stopping. (My math may be off, it's a very quick calculation)
2
Slaps the roof of the walking excavator,..
Ave Omnissiah!
loud binharic chanting
Praise the machine spirits!
Deus ex Machina
Deus EST Machina, you filthy heretic!
Damn cell phone. I guess its machine spirit is corrupted.
Report for purging and lobotomization. You will continue to serve the omnissiah as a servitor. Praise be
You know, there are few things in 40k that REALLY make my skin crawl. But that's one of them.
reminded me of Will Smith in Wild Wild West...
Is that Sisqo from Dru Hill? That dude sings straight through his nose.
Let me see that that thoooooOOOOOoooOOOOOooonnnggg!
Who's that girl so scandalous?
The music video is so much better than the actual movie.
I'm actually sad that Will Smith doesn't rap anymore.
Fuck you for reminding everyone else about Wild Wild West. Some things are meant to be permanently forgotten.
Will Smith turned down the role of Neo in the Matrix to make that movie.
Thank god. I don't want to see Will Smith as Neo.
That was my knee jerk thought, but now I'm thinking it might have actually been awesome.
I think it would have been good because how would we have known anything else? It would have been different but still good. In a parallel universe I could see people saying the same thing about Keanu.
The complaint would be that Will played it too animated when they should have picked someone more like a plank of wood.
Agreed, it wasnât an established story before the movie. How would we even know if he was proper for it or not? Kind of a paradox almost, I think.
The movie soundtrack of the Matrix, produced for and by Will Smith. What's that universe like?
I watched original TV series when I could and still liked the movie. To me it was just good campy fun movie.
Woo, uh
(The Wild, Wild West) Ha ha ha ha
(The Wild, Wild West) Uh Dru, Dru
(The Wild, Wild West) I done done it again y'all done done it again
(The Wild, Wild West) Ha ha ha ha
Still a better love story than gucci gang
Wiki wiki wiki
The fuck ever. Wild Wild West was fun.
Ey fuck you that shit was fucking tight!
i loved that film and memorised the rap. i still have it memorised in fact. i'm not saying you're wrong.
Wicky wild wild
Wicky wild wild west
Jim west: Desperado
Ruff rida
no you don't want nada
None of this
Six gunnin this
Brotha runnin this
Buffalo soldia
Look it's like I told ya
???
Any damsel that's in distress
Be out of that dress
When you meet Jim West.
Rough neck, so go ????
Watch your step, don't flex, get ahold of your side
Swallow your pride
Don't let your lip react
You don't wanna see my hand where my hip be at
???
We're going straight (straight) to (to) the Wild Wild West
We're going straight (straight) to (to) the Wild Wild (the Wild Wild) [The Wild Wild West]
That's as much as I remember
This... is actually great point. That was a terrible movie.
I think it came out in the perfect time in my childhood because I adore that movie
You and me both friend.
Yarp
Cisqo on the soundtrack..
/r/Grimdank
yo wtf is this
Warhammer memes
cocks bolt pistol
Ahem, ~~heretics~~ fellow humans, what do you have there?
Bruh how could you expose Howl like this, leave him and his bird-ass alone!
My Mortal Engine can beat yours
National Geographic (c.40,368)
A recently fabricated Ork Stompa lumbers across the battlefield towards its target.
OI HUMIEZ! PAINTZ IT RED, THATS MAKES IT GOO FASTAH!!
.... this looks like an old Dragline...?? I could take a video at work and make u all go ooo ahhh. Lol
You could! Do it, we'll give internet points.
Not a very large dragline either.
Lol no its not
I was thinking dragline as well. Modern excavators have all but replaced them, there are a few bucyrus giants around though.
Ya. Ours is a BE 1570. Not the biggest in the area by any means
So why this method of locomotion? and
Wtf is a dragline?
Theyre very large. Must maintain a good cog.
Theyre enormous crane/excavators. They remove overburden/relocate dirt; from atop coal deposits (in my profession). To better access the coal for mining.
It's probably easier to build a walking mechanism and a turning base than an entire giant tank tread.
You should! I donât see any downfall to that idea.
great idea. Would love to see the interior.
I was thinking dragline as well. Modern excavators have all but replaced them, there are a few bucyrus giants around though.
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I might suspect the weight distribution? This is perhaps more efficient than enormous tires, and probably don't sink into the ground as much, and if a foot does, it lifts right out.
That makes sense.
This machine looks like a work station with living quarters, where itâs parked for days at a time on muddy soil. If youâve ever parked your car on your lawn for a few days youâll know that the tires sink into the ground. Now imagine parking a building in muddy soil for a few weeks. If it had tires or tracks, it would need a motor with a massive amount of torque to pull itself out. Probably easier to just lift itself out and âwalkâ to a new location.
Aye, but you'd think the stress on the body from "walking" would be a major detractor, a tracked system like a jawa sandcrawler would be a more suitable system. Interesting to see though.
Iâm thinking it is to do with pressure under each foot, and having large robust feet is easier than tracks? might be less slippage on uneven terrain?
Might just be for purposes of badassery ;)
It's for minimizing soil or ground damage. MONSTER surface area touching the ground at all times.
Itâs like a Miyazaki movie
esp the victorian turret windows, with curtains
Zoom out zoom out zoom outtttttt.
Crazy Thing, a Mad Max House :)
Mechanical diplodocus
you know its russian cuz it has fucking curtains
probably a carpet in there too
What an excavator...
WHAT A LOVELY EXCAVATOR!
What an absolute unit
The slowest, least combat effective Transformer ever.
The fact that it's still alive leads me to believe the thing is powerful enough to not give a fuck about speed.
Or it's just always late to the fights.
Stalin's Moving Castle
Replace excavator arm with gun platform >> Stalin's mobile opression fortress
Love the babushka curtains in the cab...."Sergei you must have good day working on demon walking house of rust. Here, take curtain for window"
This is some Howl's Moving Castle shit
You said it first. I still said it but you said it but you said it first.
who do i have to suck to get a full view of this thing?
I'll take a free one. Or you can Google what a dragline is.
In Soviet Russia, Castleâs moving Howl
I really love soviet industrial design.
There's something about it which seems wildly implausable, yet somehow is still extremely functional.
Bagger 288's long lost Russian Great Uncle
Oh, thatâs just Howlâs Castle no biggie
One step closer to howl's moving castle.
Howls moving castle!
Some straight up Howls Castle up in here.
Pretty sure it's a dragline. They're at coal mines all throughout Queensland Australia. They basically use big steel ropes to pull a massive bucket which drags off the top soil, then swings around and dumps it away behind it. Basically you get a big hole in the ground that's closer to the coal beneath. They even have lunch rooms inside them so you can relax on your break.
Shadow of the Colossus meets Fallout?
Leninâs walking castle
Man, the Russians did not give a fuck about health and safety back then. Or now, come to think of it.
I don't see what makes you say that. Heavy machinery like this is always handled with a lot of care, and this sort of machine is actually made to lower the pressure put on the soil, i.e. for safety.
Not to mention that the biggest walking excavator is an American one, Big Muskie.
Big Muskie
Isn't he the inventor of Paypal and Tesla?
But this one is used for mining asbestos
Which is used for various products, but there are strict regulations regarding its use for housing. Russia is a world leader in asbestos production, accounting for half of the world's production, letting it all go to waste isn't quite as practical, but I'm certain that will change in the future.
But this asbestos is used to make baby formula
That's one way to curb climate change
And overpopulation
Chinese like their babies flame retardant.
Well, eating it is perfectly safe, as long as you don't cough any up into your nasal cavaties.
Babies don't do that, right?
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But its bucket is still sitting in the middle of butt fuck nowhere Ohio and you can go up to walk around inside of it! It's pretty absurd just how massive those things are
Yeah but then you have to go to the middle of fucking Ohio.
Oh I know, I didn't suggest it. I just said you can go see it
TouchĂŠ
At least thereâs pretty lace curtains
Health and safety are ~~rights~~ luxuries.
I don't remember ever hearing if someone getting crushed under one of these things... Just saying shrug
Never have, never will. Bury the mistakes in Siberia, thereâs room up there you see!
Genuinely laughed out loud at this one.
Anyone got a source or more info on this beast?
It's called a Dragline. They're used in mining with large strip ratios to cheaply move dirt. This is a really small one.
I found this
https://youtu.be/Y4quSym2wbk
r/absoluteunits
...A weapon to surpass Metal Gear~~!
Behold, the Shagohod.
Kuwabara kuwabara
Metal Gear!?
You know, with the drapes in the window, the rain, the totally rusted-out look... this shit looks like it should be in a post-apocalyptic anime or something, and it just crawls across the toxic wasteland until it finds a place with clean water or something.
Anyone see the curtains in the back window, like itâs an old timey living room in there with a fireplace that powers the thing lol. Steampunk kind of
This is some real grimdark level of engineering. By the way love the curtains in the back windows.
Looks like something straight out of a Studio Ghibli movie.
I wouldn't mind for a wider perspective.
Like Howl's moving junk pile
I was expecting to see a scarecrow hopping by.
Got a Howls Moving Castle vibe.
Howl's Moving Excavator.
I like the curtains
The curtains are a nice touch. They soften the edges.
Does anyone know what purpose the chains attaching the left and right side of the "foot" serve?
I mean, the thing's already attached by a giant arm.
The arm can pivot. The chain prevents the pivot from becoming too extreme and keeps the foot from flipping
Excellent! That's exactly what I needed to know. Thanks!
I remember having a book of construction equipment as a kid that mentioned walking excavators but didnât show any detail to how they worked.
tl;dr Iâve been waiting a few decades to see this I guess
I've heard the term "walking excavator" before but I never imagined this is what it would look like.
Where are the Jawas?
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That was the first thing I noticed too. The tiny home movement has gone Global and it's getting weird.
theses excavators are common in northerm Minnesota in the iron range, the most common type is a dragline excavators, they are massive
And it's rocking some sweet curtains too
Holy fuck I canât believe this is real. The way thereâs like a room with curtains in the back reminds me of an old pirate ship. Big metallic steam punky pirate ship.
A weapon to surpass metal gear
Leaked footage of Pacific Rim 3
One of these bad boys, SUNDEW, took nine weeks to walk 13 miles. Speedy boi
Early Mechanicus Titan [M2]
The curtains are a nice touch.
Get a load of all that Soviet Rust.
Glory to mankind
I didn't know the Soviet Union had Jawas
Rusty old thing. Ours was bigger. Grew up in oil sands territory, Fort Mcmurray, Alberta. We had several of these. I did oil changes and pulley greasing on it in its last year of operation
Big Muskie : The largest walking drag line ever built.
https://youtu.be/jcmGKsHZXZ8 (1:30)
Russian cousin of Bagger 288
Soviet heavy metal... love it
Hereâs a similar video of the Bucyrus dragline that CAT bought. These things do have living quarters they are so big.
https://youtu.be/4-Oc1BPcwNQ
Someone should sculpt this in a 3D program and render it in some cool cyberpunk setting/look.
/u/itsadndmonsternow
A titan iron golem
so much rust and yet it lives
FAR: lone sails
Bagger 288
That tasteful window treatment, tho!
I was thinking that too. Curtains in the window tells me someone is probably living in there.
The Adeptus Mechanicus is very interested in this STC, any information pertaining to the reclaimation of this STC will result in immediate doubling of all wages, increase in food allotments and you will be moved to an upper Hab Stack. Thank you. Praise the Omnissiah.
I expect jawas to come out anytime
Baba yaga's place.
ctrl-f baba yaga
no results
No baba yaga references? It's literally an old Russian walker!
Probably a million pounds or more, still walks more gently than my roommate in the morning.
What was this even made for? Did it have an actual use?
One of the sickest things ive ever seen. Too interesting !
That thing better have some old droids to sell
Sneak peak at the new Star Wars Film! JJ youâre to good to us.
Anybody know how many yards the bucket on this bad boy fits?
This makes me want to play Ring of Red on PS2
Nice work
1st thought: fucking Jawa Sandcrawler for real
I too sometimes go for a stroll, or a Soviet âwalkingâ excavator.
Stalin knew AT-ATs were efficient in the snow, I just thought he'd be closer to a viable prototype after all those years in cryosleep.
I should be amazed by the giant walking thing, but, I am having a hard time getting past the curtains on the front window. What a delightful little abode.
Pioneers used to ride these bitches for miles
Russian fal'cie
Hiyoa miyazaki?
Howl's Moving Castle.
Howl's moving castle.
Nice try Jawa's, you're not getting my droids
It has fucking curtains.
I suddenly feel the urge to buy a couple good service droids for the farm...
This some star wars or mad max shit
This looks like a Sandcrawler from Star Wars.
Looks like it could have come off Tatooine.
Hmmm, I see a kithen, are you sure that's not Howl's moving castle?
Studio Ghibli nostalgia feels hitting hard rn
Grade A star wars shit right there.
Mortal Engines IRL
Metal... Gear...
Star wars
Pretty sure that's Howl's castle
reminds me on howls moving castle
In Soviet Union factory comes to you!
R-Type Delta Stage 3. I have fond memories of this guy.
Metal Gear...
Does anyone else hear the Battle of Hoth music in their head as this clip plays?
Pew pew
Behold! The land whale!
if you get a translator make sure it speaks bocce
Any info about the official name?
I'm disappointed no one has posted Bagger 288! Defender of humankind. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azEvfD4C6ow
"A massive steel leviathan with blades covered in gore" is one of the most poetic lines ever.
The two machines need to fight. Or form an invincible alliance that will defend mankind for eternity!
That was worth the watch whether it was perfectly relevant or not
Upvote for Rocky & Bullwinkle title
As Impractical as it might be, I want to live in it so bad.
That is the most Soviet thing Iâve seen today.
This is the most Russian thing Iâve seen since the 2016 election
The early prototype Imperial Ancient Titan Ancient Titan (AT-AT).
You could probably trade with these guys for some droids.
Gurren lagaaan anyone?
Itâs an ATski-ATski.
It looks like a chameleon!
You spelt 'limp' wrong, that thing Is fubared!
Letâs see your giant mech-tractor do better.
HMFB I'll be back...
Godspeed and make me look like an asshole, please. Because the end result could be awesome, and Iâm cool with that.
Metal Gear!
Oh c'mon that is so fuckin cool!
A weapon to surpass Metal Gear.
The A-Frame at the front of the foot looks like a man that is chained to the ankle.
anyone have more info / better video / more pictures of this thing?
Scythe
Finally, a weapon so surpass metal gear
that is fucking amazing
That's a mech.
Anyone know the official name for this thing?
It's called a Dragline. This one is super old and shitty, and really small. Larger draglines can carry up over 100 tonnes in the bucket, they're huge.
Yeah but whatâs the name or specific model of this particular one ?
Double dragon II flashback anyone?
Sand crawler
r/titanfall
I wanna know how much power and gas it takes for that thing to operator.
For some reason i just picture a guy with a tiny joystick, holding it as far as he can, impatiently hoping it will go faster
That thing is Star Wars as fuck :0
This should have been in Star Wars
Looking in through the windows, I can only imagine the interior looks like one of those shitty house boats.
Holy incredible
Ok this is one of the coolest things I've learned about through Reddit
Is that a house inside it?
Looks like something from Star Wars
100% chance that this thing is operated by Jawas.
thatâs a slow imperial walker
Ancient Jawa tech
where's 2b?
Too friggin awesome. This looks like it should be a boss of some jrpg
When do the Jawas hop out?
Can someone explain what this behemoth can do?
This be like some Mad Max shit...
Metal Gear!
Sometimes getting there is half the fun!
I see curtains. Someone must be inside there for long periods of time.
Okay so we're on the road to having an AT-AT but there's A LOT of traffic
Is this the thing that sold C-3PO and R2?
Reminds me of Destiny 1 Wrath of The Machine raid
Thatâs a sandcrawler and there are Jawas nearby for sure
There is a house courtain on the back!
What the hell is that?
How is that in anyway better than treads/tracks?
Reminds me of Nier
That is some borderlands shit right there!
This is super cool!!!
I like the curtains in the window, really brings the room together
Zoom out
I want one.
r/nier
Must make Lego version.
More more show me more..
Immortal engines
I like the curtain, great taste.
Anyone else remember the episode of Junkyard wars that had a very similar design of a wheel-less car?
Dear Wube
We need this in Factorio
First of all, awesome. Second, why?
Where are the Jawas....I need a used droid
In Mother Russia, Excavator walks YOU!
You know at some point someone drove that thing totally bombed. And that must have been AWESOME
Mph? Kph??
HpK.
This is how the War against the Machines begins
Pretty sure there is are two guys drinking tea from saucers behind that curtain.
A Mortal Engines
Optimus Prone
/r/machineporn
Really reminds me of something from star wars ngl
I like how the back has my grandmas kitchen in it
Lovely curtains.
how incredibly inefficient.
You know.... Jules Verne and shit...
It looks like something out of a Miyazaki film.
Looks like it could be some kind of transportation thing in a Mad Max movie.
What year was this built exactly?
Is that a seagull sitting on top of there? :O
"A weapon to surpass metal gear..."
This would be an amazing prop in some mad max style film.
You can build this kind of tech but you can't throw some paint on it? This thing is like from some post apocalyptic world
Howl?
That thing is full of Jawas!
My favorite part about old machines and property like this one is that it has curtains.
Someone cared for this machine very much, went to the store, and purchased the curtains that they thought would look the best in their machine.
I like how they have the leg chained to the body of it so no one steals it.
So...how much would one of these bad boys run?
This is the most Mad Max IRL thing ever
I am disappointed. No Jawas.
A transport! Iâm saved!!! Over here! Help! Please help!!!
That's gotta be somebody's idea of Fallout 4 life cosplay.
So...how much would one of these bad boys run?
Looks like straight out of Borderlands
This seems faster than modern diggers? It is this sped up?
Wow, they really did try everything
Reminds me of something out of the fifth element
Metal gear !!! Itâs already active !!!
Sick curtains
METAL GEAR?!?
Why does it walk vs have wheels or treads?
Must be a tremendous amount of stress for those joints
That's more or less how I go to get coffee in the morning
That's a vintage Mech!
r/machineporn
Jaws sandcrawler
Howlâs Moving Castle, anyone?
The blue paint, rust and curtains are really doing it for me.
Metal Slugs: The Movie
Jawa sand crawler.
It looks like some Jawas might be holding the droids you're looking for inside.
Howls moving castle prototype.
This sort of looks like that scene in Blade Runner 2049, with the kids picking apart scrapped tech gear.
Did no one else see these guys steal R2D2?!
Came for the source video because I want to hear this fucker, Iâm disappointed in you Reddit.
Can someone explain what's powering it?
Everyone upset about Trump being so friendly with Russia. All the man wants is to improve relations so that Russia will finally give us access to these. If you would all sit down, shut up, and let him work his magic, by this time next year you'll have one of these babies in your backyard.
This needs a zoom out. What is this thing?
Are those curtains?
Coming 2020. Tame Max
Shagohod?
This is actually that star wars vehicle used on Tatooine
Poor guy is obviously a slave, they've got him in fucking shackles.
This could be the worst example of aerodynamics Iâve ever seen. No wonder itâs so slow.
You know, me and my buddies just rigged it up for the burn.
s'Gotta bunch of LEDs and a faaaat sound system all over it... nothing too crazy. It's gonna be sssick.
Stand clear brah.
Autobots, ROLL OUT!!
That leg tho.
Reminds me of the giant APC's from Halo
Look at those sweet firanki.
early AT-AT
what the hell I want one
Four bar linkages were about the coolest thing I learned in engineering school.
Did I just get transported to a steam punk dimension?
There is a dude riding it on the foot! Badass steed.
Was someone living in there with those curtains?
Are those Blaze canisters?
What are itâs weaknesses?
This is beautiful
Calcifer, I see you're still burning strong.
Because fuck wheels or tracks?
This is literally the coolest thing I have ever seen. can we please attach a big gun and some arms to this!?!??
It has curtains!
If someone made a real life howls moving castle I swear i will shit my pants. And then Ill eat my shit.
Kronos? Dat u?
I like the addition of the curtains in what I'm guessing is the control room or office.
Prepare for Titanfall!
That's fucking cool. Looks like something out of a Neill Blomkamp movie.
This is some star wars shit right here
Friggin' Russians
I want moar!
Is here a sub for gigantic machines like this??
That thing is searching for droids on Tatooine.
I bet you Tony Beets is inside of that thing.
That's a little bitty dragline. They get LOTS bigger than that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcmGKsHZXZ8
Reminds me of a sand crawler.
Mortal engines
Can I put guns on it like rn?
Needs more Dakka.
Optimus is in a bad shape.
Live action howls moving castle nice.
That is super fucking cool. Serious question - what takes up all the space inside such a huge machine? Has it just got a massive engine? Is there work space inside?
That just about a mansion on legs.
thought this was posted on r/awww and thought it was really fitting
This looks to be a smallish dragline. West Virginia has several of these and I got the opportunity to go in a much larger one than this as part of my job. The inside was enormous and multi storied with lots of blade runner looking command stations. It was inactive at the time so it had a real out-of-time feel to it. It was so huge that even though I knew the thing could âwalkâ it was still hard to wrap your head around.
My favourite thing about Reddit is definitely seeing something interesting and unique like this that I would love to learn about and then going to the comments and seeing nothing but joke threads and pop culture references
I dont know, might be blind, but do I see a fish stuck at the top with a seagull waiting above it?
Is that a divine beast?
So what did it excavate?
That is one old school dragline
Does someone live in that thing?
What if AIâs ended up controlling all the machines but then humanity kills the internet to save itself and all the machine develop unique personalities depending on what type of machine they are and can only communicate using the parts on the machine can you imagine a coffee machine communicating
All hail the omnissiah
I need banana for scale
Thatâs some Survival Research Laboratory shit right there.
Viktor's Moving Castle.
Pretty sure this is the first piece of heavy equipment I've ever seen that has frilly curtains.
Banana for scale please.
This is steampunk af.
Looks like itâs straight out of Horizon Zero Dawn
Something out of Borderlands 2 lol
r/bossfight
"What is my purpose?"
How old is it?
r/interestingasfuck
Love that itâs got curtains
I imagined those thundering metal-ly screeches you hear in all the Michael Bay movies.
This is the most dieselpunk things I have ever seen.
Howl is that you?
Is that thing gonna transform or what?
This look like it came straight out of a post apocalyptic video game.
Volskaya industries?
Thats one helluva Miyazaki move there.
Looks to me like what the Jawas live in on Star Wars!
Lol same
This thing looks like it came out of a Metal Slug game
Where are the Jawas?
Even has window furnishings. I think Iâve found my dream machine
Damn GONK let himself go....
What the fuck am I looking at
I wonder how much force is needed by them joints to lift this bad boy jeez
That effing machine has curtains and a living room
How did the Transformer movies manage to be so bad?
Looks like a Jawa Sandcrawler
That torque, though!
Star wars shit
Give it a badass name and put it on r/bossfights
Love the pop of color with the curtains swaying in the window. Really completes the space...
No this is a prototype version of Sahelanthropus from Metal Gear
That's pretty sweet, but it's no bagger 288.
Straight out of Scythe
Midget AT-AT
Nothing special, I saw this in Star Wars
God this is so awesome, anyone have more videos or info on them?
Oh!! Jawajawa
So, basically a sand crawler
I love how the crane has curtains and prolly some sick rugs on the wall.
ORKZ! ORKZ! ORKZ!!
So inefficient. Way to go Russia!
Dinosaur ATAT
FUCKING JAWAS!!!!
Reminds me of Nier Automata
This is so cool but seems really inefficient. Why not use tank treads?
Your answer is the first four words of your question.
Is this Burning Man?
Not quite what I had in mind playing Scythe
Whoa!!!!!
Juggernaut from FF13?
Not what I envisioned metal gear to look like.
I want one
Its happening.. Big Boss, where are you?!
My fathet in law is a member of a steam engine club. They have one of these. It still runs. Each year they have a rally and show all of the engines operating. This thing is called the reaper. It is the main attraction.
Half of howls moving castle!
I'm thinking Star Wars sand crawler
Being the driver of that thing must be the best job ever.
Howls moving castle IRL.
Shadow of the Horizon: Colossus Dawn.
Welcome, Brigador.
Gonk. Gonk.
This is the most fucking awesome thing I've ever seen, but how does this not have wheels xD
He amount of force required to get that thing to move like that.. Jesus Christ
Would have made a great Star Wars practical effect on Tatooine or Jakku.
Hydraulics...gets shit done.
By the Omnissiah....
I want one. I'll live inside of it and trek across the desert
+BLYAT WALKS+
T H I S C A N N O T C O N T I N U E
I feel like I'm watching a Hayao Miyazaki film in real life
Why not wheels?
Howitzer's Moving Castle
Is this on Tatooine?
Guys, it's a Nier Automata boss
I like how humanlike it lowers itself down...like itâs got hemorrhoids or a broken coccyx
they need to make one with 8 more legs so we can have one that fully walks.
That's my rusty boi.
Mobile Fortress Destroyer?
Why not use tank treads?
"Become as gods"
Pretty sure I fought one of these things in final fantasy.
Oh those RussiansâŚ
I can't tell you how bad that freaks me out. My skin is crawling.
FULLY AUTOMATED MECHS
The curtain in the window is the cherry on top.
What a post apocalyptic battle wagon.
That's some "Empire Strikes Back" type shit right there.
Use your harpoons and tow cables!
Look up a walking drilling rig. Worked on them here in Alberta. Pretty neat stuff!
The curtains are a nice touch.
Japanese anime irl whoa
Am I weird that the thing that I think makes it cool is that it has curtains? Itâs like you could imagine someone lives in there.
KILL. ME.
Is it possible that someone use this as house? Ask because of the windows.... would be great.
That's some pretty incredible engineering.
EVERY MOMENT I LIVE IS TORTURE.
Ootini!
Are there any jawas inside?
nier automata ost intensifies
Straight out of star wars. Original ones of course
Nier Automata was a great game
I fucking love this
I have an.iphone 8 and its battery last about 8 hours on idle
something something when the Fire Nation attacked
WHAT?!
Wow
Quite similar to Drag Lines at work in the tar sands.
I see Putin is activating the Divine Beasts.
If tony beats sees this he will likely buy it.
Looks like something out of a video game
I have a feeling I'll be walking like that when I'm 90
When do the jawas come out?
Nearly ready for AT-AT
Man, those early Thunderjaw models were slow as hell.
So youâre telling me walking tanks are real???
This is fuckin awesome!
r/gifsthatendtoosoon
I love the lil cozy curtains
You know itâs Soviet because of all the rust!
Current day drag lines move the same way. I believe it is 0.8 mph. https://youtu.be/TtvM-2HFrFQ
First company I worked at out of college was called Bucyrus. They make these and it's called a walking dragline. This is a TINY one. Look up walking dragline vids on YouTube and you can see the real size of these monsters. The bucket alone could hold two coach tour buses in it!
You guys built the Big Muskie.
Yeah we did! But that was wayyy before my time!
It was an amazing thing to watch, believe me. My brother got to sit in the control cabin once. He said it was spectacular.
This thing is really neat
In awe at the side of this lad. Absolute unit
Sometimes I cant believe stuff like this exists, and then I remember "Stuff like this exists strictly because of Russia"
Is there a benefit to this system over just putting that thing on tracks?
Goliath class
Is that what a marriage looks like in HD?
That is some steampunk shit right there
Why donât we add more animal style legs to machines that are big?
Now that is COOL
Thunder thighs!
Looks kinda like a Jawa sandcrawler
Howlâs castle???
Legendary beast Vaametanus
Howlâs Moving Castle?
Have mercy titan san!
Why is no one mentioning that Star Wars Walker thing from Lukeâs home planet?
How tf does it when work
That excavator has a blessing and a curse. Most other excavators cannot walk, but most of them cant step on legos or stub their toe.
I love how every part is a different color. Very Russian.
The drapes are a nice touch.
Looks like something that could be made by beeple_crap on Instagram
The curtains add a nice cozy homemade feel
What upsides does this have over regular wheels or tracks?
I dont think this thing ever needs to move much. It looks like it rotates on that base. Perhaps a full set of wheels/tracks are either unnecesary or unfeasible because of the enormous weight. Just speculating.
Oh man those Jawas are getting serious now
The pioneers used to ride these babies for miles
It's creepy and fascinating all at once
That is bad ass.
Ivan's Moving Castle
Edit : Dammit.. of course someone already made this reference.
/r/bossfight
Jawas?
This is something right out of star wars
I wonder what kind of droids they have for sale
Metal..Gear!?
Jawas irl?
AT-AT walking sounds
1 mile to your destination, folks, well be arriving in 43 hours.
Came for a Metal Gear reference, was disappointed. Someone help me out.
So they hang curtains but won't paint?
I wanna see one step on a car
Ok. These guys are holding out on on cool ass Soviet shit. Im thinkin MGS!
Thatâs an oldddd transformer
Imagine retrofitting one of those into a house! That would be awesome!
Where are the Jawas?
Me on C25K W1D1
Oh I've seen one of these before. This scene is from Star Wars IV
Utinni!!!!
Do you want sandworms? Because this is how you get sandworms. Where is your Carryall!?!
neon genesis evangelion theme starts playing
That looks like something from an anime
Meanwhile, I picked up 2 droids on the planet Tatooine......
Ugh it's so steampunk and Star Warsy, I love it.
I've always wanted to see something this large and derilect start to move again. Genuine dream come true.
Looks like fallout 5 concept art
reminds me of tony beets!
First thing I thought was Howls moving castle
r/bossfight
I see blaster marks from sand people.
So thatâs how the earth rotates.
Where's Howl at?
Pacific Rim the prequel.
Something something Jawas something something.
Did they make 125 more of these?
He looks tired
Imperial AT-AT walkers!! Use your harpoons and tow-cables
A bipedal excavation platform... It can't be!
r/totallynotrobots going for a stroll fellow humans
I need to see the whole thing
Look at the size of that thing - red squadron
Russians were the first ever Jawas
Can anyone explain why this would be used vs one with wheels?
Itâs like a small version of Big Muskie!
https://youtu.be/jcmGKsHZXZ8
That looks like the machine in the middle of Tattooine in KoToR.
The Big Muskie I pretty much grew up in the shadow of this machine.
Someone add Jawas!
The curtains really set it off.
Metal gear..!
some mad max/tatooine shit going on here
The shagohod
Divine Beast!!
I'm thinking Gurren Legann
Can't believe kamina died for this junk
No thatâs a disguised AT-AT
Howls moving castle!
I guess this machine was invented before the wheel.
They do this because it provides more area to reduce the pressure under the pad. If they used a wheel t would have to be massive and would still probably sink into the ground.
Halâs moving castle?
I want one for the apocalypse
we need androids to blow that shit up
Is this a new divine beast in botw?
It's Hal's new castle.
I want to live in one now
Source, explaination?
Soviet AT-AT
r/gifsthatendtoosoon
Is that Howlâs moving castle?
Warning, all YorHa units in the area be advised of Goliath class enemy on the move.
âThose blast marks..too accurate for Sand People....â
Cue howls moving castle
Reminds me of the old Walk-Smash-Walk video from Newgrounds
r/absoluteunit
Utini!
Itâs like Captain Rexâa AT-TE from Rebels!
r/bossfights
Howl's Moving Castle prototype?
Uutini !!!
Yeah, it looks like someone is living there
I would totally live in one of these no matter how unpractical it is.
There's very little for scale here but these things are fucking massive, there's a reason they have to walk. This one doesn't even look like the biggest ones. I believe usually they mine coal.
Is there a sub specifically for stuff like this because I love this
Looks like something you would find in Borderlands, and have to kill the guy operating it to get a piece of the vault key.....
Howlâs Moving Excavator
Seriously thatâs Miyazaki right there
r/anormaldayinrussia
It's a divine beast from Breath of the Wild
I see
Is this shadow of the colassus, Godzilla or Transformers level machine
Boss stage
Reminds me of the elephant from Halo 3
It's like a Star Wars thing
This use to be my nightmares as a child
Isnt that what is used in tatooine by miners in star wars kotor
Burning Man art is extreme.
r/40kOrkScience
This reminds me of Final Fantasy more than anything
God damn metal-slug-looking thing sheeyit
I thought things like this only existed in Gibli movies... This is incredible
Wow the new Mad Max looks great!
Can we get a link to more info on this subject?
Bullshit that's a Jawa sand crawler
Woooow! This is pure steam punk mad max machinery going on here!đŽ
Wild, Wild West II confirmed
Where's Turnip Head?
Ivanâs moving castle
If you look closely thereâs a zombie hand wiggling on top of it.
Howls moving castle, I believe.
This is some Orguss 02 shit right here.
Man, Devestator's hit some hard times...
What were it's advantages over treads/wheels? Isn't this a little overengineered (although really cool)
This is on a Halo map, right?
Straight out of Borderlands
"Hey, we need a way of moving this vehicle that's the size of a house. What do you say, treads?"
"Nah, just stick some fucking feet on it."
I love engineers.
I want one.
It reminds me of a Sandcrawler in Star Wars A New Hope.
This looks like it could be out of an anime.
Woah...
I like the Soviets for their inventions.
Wait, do the legs give this any utility over having wheels or is it just to be different?
He who controls the spice controls the universe.
This reminded me of Howlâs Moving castle, 10/10 would live in there.
Looks like an AT-AT from Star Wars or something similar.
Or a Jawa Sandcrawler
I saw this before in starwars
Those goddamn Jawas are at it again
Reminds me of a tortoise walking
r/engineeringporn
This looks more like something youâd find in the Juntland Wastes.
Wow, thanks capt, i dont even know if that machine is exist.
Because wheels or treads would be too easy
i feel like im watching Mad Max
Ohh that wheel spinning at the back is bring this thing to life
My friend's father used to design these machines.
Where my Star Wars fans at
Commenting to save
Ahh yess... The 5th divine beast.
Someone call James West and U.S. Marshal Artemus Gordon to arrest Loveless!
In an alternate universe where Tatooine is ruled over by the Soviets
Where are the Jawas?
Jesus, that thing is practically Terminator-level creepy
If anyone thinks this is really neat, search âbig muskieâ. The largest one of these to ever exist and the story of how it was scrapped is actually quite sad if youâre a lover of mechanical beasts
I've seen bigger in the buffet line.
Yooo its Gurren Lagann!
This is what most modern draglines do and they are significantly larger than this beast. Look up a Marion 8750 for example.
Only 3 more to go and youâre ready to fight Calamity Ganon
I can't believe there are no Nier references in the comments.
They are slow, but they do move around. When I was young I used to go on the road with my dad in his truck. We had to wait while one crossed the highway. Took about 45 mins to cross a two lane, not including the time they spent putting dirt on the road to pad it so it wouldn't get destroyed by the weight of the machine. Also, this is a very old, very small dragline compared to ones in use nowadays.
A weapon to surpass metal gear!
The first time I watched this I legitimately thought that it had sound and I was listening to it. Perfect for r/NoisyGifs
This looks like something off Mad Max
Jawas are real and they are Russian.
Super tiny compared to the walking draglines in the US. "TOM" is around 300ft tall and the main walking housing is gigantic. Many stories tall and as large as an apartment building. It also has a break room, bedrooms, full kitchen, tool room, machine shop, etc INSIDE the building sitting on the walking structure.
I could watch this all day
Looks like a big boss from Nier:Automata
How hard would it be for someone who is good at welding and has a scrapyard full of iron to turn this into a really badass walking home?
Damn Howl and his castle.
Looks like Howlâs moving castle!
Kind of reminds me of the Elephant from Halo 3
The new Shadow of the Colossus looks like it's going to be bananas!
Reminds me of something out of Philip Reeves Mortal Engines
YEW SEE DAT BOYZ?! WE'Z GONNA KRUMP DA HUMIES WIF DAT!! WAAAAGH!!
Metal Gear?
Divine Beast Vah Russia
This is like Mad Max s**t right there.
I need one of these for the impending Zombie Apocalypse....
Fit some Solar panels on the tob, small turbine and run it all from renewable energy, Zombie Squishing here I come....
Someone free c3po and r2d2, theyâre clearly in there with the hooded space gremlins
This pleases the Omnissiah.
What are the benefits of having these instead of wheels ?
/r/mechanicalgifs
Ork Gargant Type Classification 112.55.XFP.44290021194.YYZ Advancing on Imperial lines M.39 colorised
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Wonder technology
This reminds me of the Peacewalker from MGS:PW.
Why
How many torques does that require?
So many hamsters...
We need more walking machinery, tracks or wheels aren't gonna cut it
Pioneers used to ride these beasts for miles..
This is as Russian as it gets: Weird ass machine. Check Rusty and decrepit. Check Curtains badly hanging in windows. Check Rain/sleet/snow. Check
They scare easily, but....
Jawa sand crawler.
Looks like the huge ground vehicle in Killzone. You got inside it and fought to get control. Can't remember whether it was in Killzone 2 or 3...
Mind immediately went to Horizon: Zero Dawn. Once you hit it with freezebombs and then tearblast arrows to the legs, bringing it down is a piece of cake.
See if they have any droids or moisture evaporators.
Thats a good piece of engineering right there. ...
its like a boat on land what the fuck
126!
Looks like it should be on Tatooine with the sand men. very cool, and weird.
Can we get a shot of the whole thing?
Basically the new half life game lol
This is from half life 3, right?
Yuri's slave miner
Putinâs moving castle
I thought it was a video game.
Real life Howl Moving Castle
That leg thing looks like Admiral Ackbar's face
Looks useless as shit. Anyone can explain this from engineering point?
Looks like that thing from star wars.
How is this not used in a StarWars move!??
steampunk in real life!
Is no one going to mention that this thing has curtains
Is this the new peter Jackson movie?
It reminds me of Howl's Moving Castle.
Life before the invention of the wheel
We tatooine now bois
It's Metal Gear!
When you tell granny we're going to the beach
Gran: OH BOI HERE WE GO
Ork 100%
Thatâs no excavator, thats a Jawa vessel.
I look at this and all I can see is howls moving castle!!!!!
Metal Gear?! Could it be?
Nice curtains
Why the fuck did they chain that thing's let to it's butt? We're they afraid it was gonna get up and run?
Similar, larger excavator in Ohio.
Star Wars
This is some commie transformers miyazaki type shit right here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5GWXL-gt8A
A full youtube video showing the walk cycle and a little more footage.
This needs to be a perfect loop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVF4a3dbUMo
Is this the Shagohod?
Thicc
We used to be a people of learning, trying and enginuity. A world power. Under Putin, it's a land of broken people trying to leave, get drunk or steal anything and everything. This is what a criminal dictator and an oligarchy does to countries.
Pretty sure theres Jawas in there
Cue the bagger 228
Putin's moving castle*
u/savevideo
thats sick awesome
Can't believe I've never seen this, and simultaneously can not believe what I'm seeing. That's fricken sick!
I agree, it's like something you would see in a steampunk movie or something.
I thought Howl's Moving Castle immediately.
Edit: how's -> Howl's
Why's Mobile Chateaux
Whenâs Non-stationary Fortress
Where's Nomadic Citadel
Who's Galavanting Acropolis
Whichâs Traversing Stronghold
What's Traveling Keep
Whitherâs Peripatetic Fasthold
Whence's Dynamic Donjon
Whomst's fastidious domicile
Scream's walking Battlement
Thence's Meandering Rampart
Who is mobile?
Sisterhoodâs Traveling Pants
Whatâs Wandering Stronghold
Whoâs Roving Lair
Who's on first?
Whatâs on second?
I don't know
He's on third!
He is on third
The five housemen and of the huh-pockalypse.
Who's my dad ?
Which uncle is mom's favourite?
The mailman, we've been over this already.
Thatâs maildad to you, son.
Whoâs Perambulating Stronghold
Who's Migratory Stronghold
Whose Roaming Palace
What castle are you talking about?
Whatâs Taters Precious
Niet, is clearly Mikhail's Moving Castle.
Um...âIn Soviet Russia, castle moves you.â?
Was waiting for this đ
moves you to tears of joy.
too bourgeois
it clearly should be: Mikhail's Moving People's Central Hall
Nooo, beat me to it!
How is the castle moving?
(Howl's Moving Castle lol)
Good catch!!
Me too!
My first thought was also that it reminded me of howls moving castle.
Wonder where Calcifer is?
I love âHowâs more bing castleâ :3 but really studio Ghibli movies are awesome.
Winner. Winner.
Mad Max's Moving Fortress
Came here to say this
Why is Gamora?
Howl's Moving Castle, guy.
Ditto. That movie is incredible.
Why male models?
Honestly, my first thought was Star Wars, mainly because of stuff from the episode four on Tatooine.
Except no Calcifer
Can you please correct yourself so i can upvote you.
Edit: thank you
Howl's Moving Excavator
I'm getting major Tri-Gun vibes from it. I want to live in that thing and adventure across vast deserts and wastelands so fucking bad!
If you like adventuring in a steampunk car-house across wasteland, you should check out FAR: Lone Sails on steam if you havent. Great little game.
God that game was amazing, so much more powerful than I expected. Not to spoil anything, but the last ten minutes made me feel more emotions than most two-hour movies.
Isn't the game kind of short and without much replay value?
sure, but of course it's priced accordingly at 15 bucks full ticket, and most indie games like this are frequently discounted by upwards of 50%.
ya
Ive played it 3 times. Once for the gameplay, once for the scenery, and once for the speedrun achievement
Never heard of it. I'm just commenting to find this later.
Same. Sounds like a fun game.
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Wrong, theyâre paying me 40 robux to reply to this one guyâs comment.
it's the colors.
3 feet at a time.
Only take 20 seconds to move 5 meters
Not crossing vast anything in this, it was carried by train and only moved .5 mile/hour.
Give it a couple years and itll be fighting T H I C C androids.
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>measures 1.68 with heels
>weighs 148.8kg
if that aint thicc then i don't know what is
>Android
>Metallic components
>Density: Android > human (probably)
Heavy != Thicc
What
ass so fat you can see it from the front
thick =/= nice ass
what
2B is a skinny bitch, she has a nice bum, but she's not thick.
fat != thick. Lmao. Its literally about the thighs and ass.
Thick!=fat
Or Kaiju.
Wait is this what the movie Mortal Engines is based off of?
This pile of junk?
If so, Iâm IMAXing that shit.
Also is this machine actually automated or is someone controlling that from the inside?
This reminds of Will Smithâs Wild Wild West Spider machine đˇ
Mortal Engines is based off a novel quartet.
I'm really hoping the movie does the books justice, but if it doesn't at least there'll be enormous cities eating each other.
I fucking love the books, Iâm really hoping the film is at least half as good. Problem is thereâs a large propensity to fuck it up :(
For sure. I've just had to give up watching film adaptations of my favorite books. It seems like a near impossible task to translate material in a way that will leave a meaningful feeling in the audience at all.
Tbh Larklight, the series by the same author, Philip Reeve, is probably much easier to adapt to film in a successful way.
Huh. I should read that. I never thought to look at his other books.
All that pops into my head when people discuss the Moral Engines film is Brighton from Internal Devices and when Hester and Tom find that theater production featuring themselves. Seemed like Reeve touched on the idea of characters seeing their own films.
If you're going to branch into his other books, Railhead is the best place to start IMO.
I think i read the books but I've completely forgotten them so it will be interesting if anything in the movie seems familiar
My family is pretty close with Philip and his son has said that while theyâve had to make compromises for the sake of the film adaptation (Hester is no longer as grizzled and scarred as in the books for example) the LOTR team are doing a good job of capturing the adventure tone of the book, I only hope the film is more like LOTR and not the hobbit...
Damn I wish I was close to Mr Reeve, his books had a huge effect on me growing up.
I am wondering how they will do the bionic revenant.
The movie is based on the first book in a quadrilogy of the same name.
As it turns out, the real world is pretty fucking steampunk at times.
Yeah. Enough so that we desperately need directors to quit throwing tens of millions of dollars at atrociously awful films. Holy shit, leave steampunk to authors and imaginations
If "Waterworld" was "Sandworld" the Smokers would live on one of these.
Reminds me of the giant drill in avatar
The make shift curtains are a nice touch
Or Wild Wild West...Jim West
https://youtu.be/IRsFc2gguEg
Just leave this here.
Good call, I thought Wolfenstein boss fight myself.
Makes me think of Mortal Engine
All the sudden AT-ATâs donât seem so dumb.
Star wars came to mind because of the ewok run huge machines
Straight outta Wild Wild West
Nier automata
One of the trademarks of steampunk is that it's technology that wouldn't exist in its current form because logic would state that either the world would be different or it would just be designed differently.
This fits - because the device makes no sense. Why would you ever make something this large walk when it can roll on treads or wheels?
They got drapes on those windows lol
Neill Blomkamp would like to know your location
I wouldnât call that steampunk. I would call it dystopian.
The make shift curtains are a nice touch
Waterworld or a Jawa machine.
An inefficient but awesome ride
Reminded me vaguely of Star Wars style walkers
Looks like some Star Wars shit. But even the sandcrawlers had treads.
Especially the curtains in the cab.
It reminds of the Sandcrawler in Star Wars A New Hope
Wild Wild East
Or something you would see in a really slow Mad max movie
Would be a sick place to live in and travel with.
Here's a video of one of these working.
Is it just me or does that gigantic machine seem... inefficient?
They are actually one of the cheapest methods ($/banked cubic metre) of moving dirt. Mainly because you don't require trucks to transport the material. Draglines typically side cast to final position (there is more complexity in their mining method but the most simple is just a side cast)
The only thing cheaper is cast blasting material to final position or potentially a dozer push operation
What's cast blasting material or a dozer push operation?
Draglines usually operate in what is called an open cast mine. These mines are typically long rectangular slots cut into the ground. The ultimate intent is to dig a slot (Kms long) maybe 150m wide. Take the coal. Then when you start you next slot, cast the material into the previous void so you dont need to handle it again. This video isnt a bad example showing some of their complexities https://vimeo.com/85416530
edit: apparently the video of the dragline video died. Heres one from Ensham in north queensland Australia. I actually did a small stint working here but this is not my video! (its a pretty big nono to film video and post to public places in mining) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmcOvNVHWu4
Cast blasting is a shot firing technique where you aim to throw material into an area where you are finished mining.
Draglines cycle through as standard mining cycle which goes: 1. Clear and strip topsoil (usually with excavators and trucks) 2. Free dig soft material until you hit hard (again with exacavators and trucks) 3. Drill hard material in a rectangular pattern (usually very large) in regularly spaced distances (think a grid pattern). The drill holes are typically around 310mm in Australia's hunter valley. May be different around the world. 4. Load holes with explosive (ammonium nitrate/diesel blend) 5. Sequence your loaded holes to detonate in such a fashion as to push the material towards a void you have finished mining in.
Its cheap because relative to the material you can move, the cost of the explosives is cheap. So if you can throw it into its final resting spot you dont need to mine it at all. here is an awesome video of a cast blast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nh01gBodg18
Dozer push is identical but instead of throwing it with explosives, you are pushing it with a bulldozer. Again cheap because you dont actually need to pick it up, load it into trucks and then move it.
Ultimate point is trucks are expensive. The typical cost for a 300t haul truck, including labour is around $400 AUD per hour. A large 800t excavator moving ~2400 cubic metres of dirt per hour would use 5-10 trucks depending on haul distance.
This guy mines.
I do love my mining :) been lucky enough to work in both the mining and processing side of black coal in Australia. Extremely rewarding career with great people
It'd absolutely be a rewarding career if you got in on it at the right time!
Then do I have a game for you my friend.
Once you get used to the controls your methodology and experience would probably net you a lot of cred in the forums.
I'm already a fan ;) put plenty of hours into DF. All glory to armok
On ya mate. Thanks for your service!
Is any of this applicable to quarrying?
It really depends, quarrying is typically and order of magnitude smaller in pure volume compared to coal mining. I have a few mates who work in the quarrys around southern NSW and the main thing we noticed is the revenue difference just doesn't support the scale of gear coal mines operate.
Also quarries are so commonly located amongst or close to private residence which create a whole world of additional complexities around community engagement.
The pure mining aspect is similar and both industries can learn from each other.
The farther I read, the more I expected the last sentence to be, "I just made all that up, btw, have a nice weekend!"
Thanks for the detailed explanation!
The cast holes are only 310 mm deep but it seems like the "wall" that is getting blasted is a lot taller than that. How does it blow out the bottom instead of just the top 310mm of material?
Apologies that may have been confusingly written. The hole diameter is 310mm. The hole depth varies depending on what horizon you are blasting to. A common shot to coal would drill to a set distance from the coal seam. This is to ensure the explosives dont damage the coal. This distance is referred to as the "stand-off" and ranges from 0.5-1.5m depending on overburden thickness.
Ah I see. So where approximately would the coal seal be in that gif of the cast blasting?
It would be the thick black band at the very bottom of the wall. There is a thin rider band above that you can see as well, i explained in a different comment that it likely is too thin to economically chase so they waste it. Likely <300mm thick
Ah interesting thanks
And a mine is a terrible thing to waste.
I have learned... so much I don't think I will ever need to use today. Thank you.
Pleasure mate
wow you can see that video without volume and hear the blast anyway
Thanks for your post but the link to the first video is dead and I really wanted to see it.
Not sure, it works for me, i edited the main comment with a video of a dragline working which gives an idea of a scale of the big ones
Thanks!
Great info, I work in mining(Tar sand mostly) and on and off shovels and trucks constantly, while they are the most expensive method; it generally depends on the mine, and material start and stop depth.
Most mines that have used bucket wheel/drag lines in Alberta stopped because while each pair produced far more than an individual shovel could with say 10 trucks; the shovels vastly out competed the dragline/bucket wheel combo for many reasons.
Benches, re positioning and moving drag lines down, massive set up and downtime for both bucket wheels and drag lines. Especially in Tar Sand, it starts 20m down, and goes down another 100-200m.
Production outages. A large site may have 4 drag lines, if one goes down, 25% of production is gone, until it's fixed. With regular maintenance and mining being mining shit breaks. While if a shovel goes down, and you have 12 shovels, you lose 8%, if a truck goes down you lose a percent, and realistically they normally have 1-2 more shovels then required, and 5-10 more trucks then required to cover during regular maintenance.
Versatility. Shovel/truck combo just win hands down, and shovel/truck/dozer combos tend to outperform all other methods especially in a multibench scenario if material will allow for it. Not only that, but when sections of plants go down for shutdown, trucks can be easily swapped to overburden, moving a shovel is relatively easy, and generally shovels aren't operating at max capacity. I.e. a shovel may be able to handle 10 trucks dedicated, but usually from a cost perspective they tend to operate with 7-8 trucks per shovel.
So that means if you have 4 overburden shovels, 4 tar sand shovels , and 1 mix shovel, 1 random either in for maintenance or picking up for tar or overburden depending on mine planning, you could have 90-100 trucks operating, but you might operate 60-80 trucks because at a certain saturation point you hit a point of diminishing returns. That said, when sections of tar, or sections of overburden due to road conditions, shovel failure, etc cause production loss, say you lost a shovel and now have 8 trucks parked, well you still have 3 overburden shovels operating with only 8 trucks when they can handle 10, send 2 each to them, 2 to a tar truck, or vice versa.
Essentially the point being made is versatility costs a lot of money, but if you want rock solid production rates where even major failures can impact them, shovels and trucks are normally the way to go.
Allows for infrastructure to be more stationary. Normally this only applies in a mine/plant configuration, but bucket wheels need to get that material to the plant, having to constantly move, set up conveyors, or even move crushers constantly can add huge expenses outside just the costs of moving drag line and bucket wheels.
Trucks tend to be able to do many jobs. From rejects, to sanding, to moving material to places the cheapest; provided you already spent the huge costs of buying the trucks. I.e. you don't need to set up special equipment for large dumps to move earth to it, and constantly move it, such as a conveyor, need stuff in that dump? Drive it there. Oh a sand truck broke down? Use a 793 that's in overburden to go to sand pit. It largely allows infrastructure to never change, where equipment doesn't need to be put into place to transport to infrastructure, trucks bring it to crushers, no matter when they are digging, and digging can happen anywhere at any time in the mine plane, without the expense of labour, time, etc for again setting up, moving conveyors, etc etc etc.
Of course i'm rambling, I love the industry and of course every mine is different, what works some places just won't work other places; and when people talk about how X and Y is better then A and B, that really only applies in the same use case. I.e. coal mining is not tar mining, nor is it copper, or iron mining etc etc etc. Different equipment would do the job better depending on many factors.
You are 100% right and I agree with everything you said. Coal is the same, truck shovel is taking over due purely to the versatility and increasingly larger hydraulic excavators that are being built. On a pure $/bcm comparison draglines are the cheapest but they require huge capital investment and are the lifeblood of the pit. This risk is weighed up against costs for any new mines financial analysis.
Shovels are similar, requiring babying to ensure the digs are corect, floor is competent, caprock is minimised and cable is managed correctly for the larger electrics. If you get this right they are a thing of beauty and can move a monstrous amount of dirt.
We see a trend towards large hydraulic excavators now a days driven mainly by the versatility they provide. At my pit we converted a shovel to an excavator and saw a 300 M3/hr improvement in efficiency. This greatly outweighs an additional dozer needed to cap heave and cleanup.
I note that tar sands sounds like your horizons are a bit more consistent then coal which would leverage the benefits of shovels considerably. If you are ever in the Hunter valley Australia pm me and I'd be happy to take you for a look around
Why's that if you don't mind my asking
When you have incidents (think collisions etc) you are required to report them to a government body. We have had a big issue in the industry where photos of incidents are on Facebook before management or even family members know about it. Makes for some issues as you can imagine
Cast blasting is the use of explosives to move material to a desired place, and dozer push op is literally bulldozers pushing
Numetal band names?
Cast Blasting I'm assuming is using an explosive shaped charge cast in a way which the force of explosion carries the dirt away from the area being excavated and to its (somewhat) proper location.
Dozer Push, again I'm assuming, is using Bulldozers to push the shit up out the way.
How many dump trucksâ worth of dirt is each scoop?
Dragline buckets are around the 90-110m3 mark depending on size. Heres the CAT guideline on a marion 8750 dragline http://s7d2.scene7.com/is/content/Caterpillar/C765021.
A 300t haul truck will carry ~110 bank m3 of dirt. You have to be careful as bank dirt means dirt that is unblasted. Once you blast it fills with air and swells ~30% in volume.
So a dragline can pick up ~110m3 of swollen dirt, which is roughly equivalent to 77m3 bank dirt. So ~70% of a 300t haul truck.
For comparison, a P&H 4100 rope shovel (one of the largest shovels) has an ~75m3 bucket. The largest hydraulic excavators (hitachi EX8000 or Liebherr 9800) have buckets around the 45m3 mark.
There is alot of science in bucket design, dimensions etc & a lot of debate in the industry as to what is optimal.
What are they digging up/looking for?
I'm only familiar with coal mining. The cast blast video above looks like a coal mine. You can see what looks like a thin black band near the bottom of the wall. This is likely a rider band, which is a denotion given to coal seams that are too thin to economically mine with whatever gear is being used at the mine. Considering its a dragline pit, it could be a half metre thick seam. The mines ive worked at dont chase anything smaller then 300mm
Yeah what he said "What's cast blasting material or a dozer push operation?"
Let's be nice.. not everyone is a mining genius:
Cast blasting: Explosives are detonated (blown up) and it casts (throws) the material to it's final destination
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nh01gBodg18
Dozer push operation: A bull-dozer pushes material to it's final destination.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJE8Fe7oGk0
You know the upvote button is for, right?
Itâs probably moving way more dirt than you realize. You could probably fit like 6-10 school buses in that bucket
slaps roof of excavator this baby can lift like, so many school buses worth of dirt.
Are there children in the busses?
Idk. I would believe a dump truck as another suggested or slightly bigger even. Not as big as a house or 6 buses. I can see normal doors on the cab in the video. I guess I need more reference material.
Have you seen how large dump trucks can get???
Also, this isnât loading trucks. They could use it to move material to where a loader could get to it to load the trucks possibly. All Iâm saying is they wouldnât build it if it wasnât efficient for their needs
Well those loads ARE close to dump truck sized, similar to the ones I bust in your mother on the weekends.
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Whoa, how is it possible that I forgot about treated? Is that still a thing???
#right
fair play.
Mr. Terrific?
goddammm
Jeez you buried that motherfucker
oof
Ouch.
http://imgur.com/lseE9
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Why does it seem inefficient to you? One man can level a circle of land that looks to be about 150 meters in diameter, by just operating one oversized machine.
Yeah man. I got this million dollar idea. Maybe we should put a few of those round things under it. Make it "roll" or something. Faster and easier.
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I recommend everyone read the 3rd paragraph of the "Operations" section
Dude, that's awesome.
This paragraph should be the new lorem ipsum, except it actually means something but none of us could understand
Ah, yes, now it all makes perfect sense.
Seriously? Because I have no idea what I just read, then again I'm not an engineer
Draglines have different cutting sequences. The first is the side cast method using offset benches; this involves throwing the overburden sideways onto blasted material to make a bench. The second is a key pass. This pass cuts a key at the toe of the new highwall and also shifts the bench further towards the low-wall. This may also require a chop pass if the wall is blocky. A chop pass involves the bucket being dropped down onto an angled highwall to scale the surface. The next sequence is the slowest operation, the blocks pass. However, this pass moves most of the material. It involves using the key to access to bottom of the material to lift it up to spoil or to an elevated bench level. The final cut if required is a pull back, pulling material back further to the low-wall side
I read it in the voice of the guy who narrates those "How it's made" videos. Really enthusiastic, but utterly lacking in understanding of what he's saying.
Took way too long to find an explanation for this ridiculous contraption. Thanks.
In addition to greater overall simplicity, excavator undercarriage maintenance is totally eliminated with walkers.
round things need bearings to bear the weight so they can roll freely. I think you'd need some hefty bearings and lots of lube to withstand the weight of this thing
Hey man, he's trying his best. We can't all be BAGGER 288.
Excavators always look kind of slow and overly big but that's not really the case.
That may not look like it, but it is a lot of dirt. It's very heavy and the arm lifting it is very long. You need a big vehicle to both serve as counterweight as well as fit the level of power required for that.
I mean, whats it even doing? Moving dirt from the right to the left? And then what?
You mean like everything soviet?
It seems really stupid to me. Finally found someone in the thread who gets it.
Soviet era machinery...
Looks the guy doesn't load the bucket all the way.
Depends on the size of the bucket.
Only if you aren't properly grasping the scale if this. Each one of those "buckets" it picks up is larger than your house. And the "hole" the excavator is in is actually a large valley and the "hills" it's lifting things over are small mountains. It's way more efficient than driving small trucks all over the place
It's a soviet machine designed to demolish acres of land in open top mines, not sure it's efficiency rating was a big concern in the design.
THE SPICE MUST FLOW!!
Thank you! Was wondering if anyone else thought of spice crawlers.
Meanwhile, in Germany
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azEvfD4C6ow
Magical
That thing could be straight out of Mad Max. Rad
The zoom and clarity on whatever camera is being used is really impressive too.
Fuck yeah, large scale open pit mining, THA BEST!
This was the biggest of that style of machine ever built:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcmGKsHZXZ8
Sadly the only thing left is the bucket. AEP has turned the whole are into the AEP ReCreation Area. 60,000 acres reclaimed and open to the public for fishing, camping, hunting, horseback riding.
That sucks! Even mining equipment should be preserved when its something one of a kind that will never be seen again.
I agree with you. There were just too many hurdles to cross to save it. Lack of funding was the biggest one.
That's a damn shame but it seems to be the problem with a lot of things that should be preserved.
Aww, it's so little and cute.
Draglines are awesome pieces of equipment. I am a mine electrician. We trouble shoot, repair, and PM these and mining shovels. When these machines are operating smoothly they are highly efficient. There is a shit ton to them though and an incredible amount of electrical issues as well as mechanical issues can take the machine down.
Nikolai's moving castle
Collecting droids
Search for "The Big Musky." It was probably like 3x bigger than that one.
Thats some Star Wars shit right there.
Edit:: peeps already said this
Yeah I feel like I've been bamboozled my whole life. Surely I MUST have heard a clue of something like this in the past, unless it's a stagepiece...
There is this giant moving structure in Germany you should check out
One day we will have Gundams.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5gTw5-KjSk
I read this in Jake Peralta's voice
My dad used to work on a strip mine in WV with the biggest walking excavator in the Eastern hemisphere I think. Was neat.
I want to know so many things.
How long has it been operational?
How far has it traveled in that time?
What is the cubic meters of earth it has excavated in that time?
What is its overall weight?
What is the power source?
Like some mad Max shit
I found a video of a similar one.
What the hell is the point of this? The only thing I can't believe is why it is designed this way. If something needs to move that is this big, you give it treads or wheels. This just seems silly.
May I introduce you to the Bagger 288?
https://youtu.be/azEvfD4C6ow
The largest one ever built was in Ohio. The bucket is all that is left now.
https://youtu.be/jcmGKsHZXZ8
nothing a large bore supercharged diesel engine can't achieve.