Why the World's Largest Land Vehicle Exists

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[@Legomaster-jv8ll]

You know, I was really having a hard time understanding it’s scale, but seeing it’s 0.00152% the length of the Pacific Ocean cleared it right up.

[@cyberpunk.386]

I’ve seen an actual one. Was part of every class’s school program: visiting the open cut lignite mining area. Sometimes when we heard the mining company was moving them we’d drive there to see the spectacle.

[@bobgarske9579]

I really enjoyed your added bits of humor😂

[@jameshockings1407]

Hopefully 31 million pounds being 31 million 1 pound weights helps clear this up

[@TremereTT]

It does, 657 of those bridge the length of the Pacific. Bagger 255 to Bagger 293 are currently in operation in Germany. They also star in guest roles in: -2012 Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance. -The Hunger Games: Catching Fire in the Backgroud of District 12. -TV-Show Westworld (S1, E5: „Contrapasso“). used in terraforming of parcs -2019 Chinese Blockbuster "The Wandering Earth" -In the novel: After The Revolution of Robert Evans a postapokalyptic society repurposed it into a city... -In video Game: Modern Warfare 3 "Down the rabbit hole" -In video Game: Call of Duty - Black Ops 2

[@subpewds-ni3kl]

*31M lbs = 31M x 1 pound* Very informative, so interesting

[@FirstPassOfficial]

Tbf, It was only half as interesting as the 14,000 Tons

[@levako05d]

I died at 0.00152% of the length of the Pacific Ocean.

[@catboy9066]

@@kwanmona7986 what?

[@Demxnofdeath]

@@levako05d agreed lol puts it into some perspective though

[@martin3288]

Wow that is almost as heavy as your mom

[@ClonedGamer001]

Honestly I think the most impressive and/or terrifying thing about this is that it's run by just five people.

[@jordanrichards3585]

I grew up near some of these behemoths. It's unimaginable how big these appear to be in person, inside the humongous hole they have dug themselves into.

[@EdKolis]

There's more of them?!

[@Icetea-2000]

@@EdKolis Yeah they’re bucket wheel excavators, "Schaufelradbagger" in german. I grew up not too far from such a mine too and they always felt quite common to me growing up. Like the most natural thing "so this is how you excavate on the surface" I thought. Never did I think they’re anything special about Germany in particular

[@rjtimmerman2861]

​@@Icetea-2000I think Germany in particular likes burning a lot of bad coal, compared to other European nations

[@Icetea-2000]

@@rjtimmerman2861 We don’t like to burn "bad" coal, coal is coal, there’s no such thing as particularly "bad" coal, coal in general is just not very environmentally friendly. The reason germany burns so much coal is because there simply is a lot of coal. There have always been large deposits of coal within Germany, which helped it immensely during initial industrialization. The insanest thing though was the green party in the 80s somehow deciding that nuclear power is the worst thing for the environment and not coal. So we went on a path of shutting down all nuclear reactors which we just did in 2022, what these green politicians don’t get is that this energy still needs to come from somewhere else instead, which means more coal energy in the short term. It’s crazy, we could have sustainable energy for centuries on end with nuclear energy but green politicians believe it to be ticking nuclear bombs which is totally disingenuous.

[@rjtimmerman2861]

@Icetea-2000 well there is like black and brown coal and I believe one is environmentally even worse than the other and Germany chose to open those power plants up again because of their aversion to nuclear (I agree completely with what you said, and with "bad" I just meant very bad for environment and the workers mining it)

[@EconomicsExplained]

Sam really is just testing the limits of what he can get away with saying these days.

[@EconomicsExplained]

But like, in the best way possible.

[@nomad7369]

an economics explained comment? with no likes? 10 minutes ago? i have found a gem

[@yamal2068]

I find it annoying as fuck, wish he dropped all the transparent over acting.

[@battleshiparmorlord]

economies of scale!

[@FirstNameLastName-tg3rc]

(0:10) That's an LHD (Landing Helicopter Dock), not an aircraft carrier

[@pizzacuthd7559]

"Let's search up some German words and make a video about mining with them - Ah yes, Schaufelradbagger"

[@markberry3496]

When Germans need a new word to describe something, they just string together a bunch of old words.

[@pizzacuthd7559]

@@markberry3496 As a German, I can confirm this is true

[@part-timebrock1126]

I'm sure it took you some time to write that spelling correct ...

[@Jehty21]

@@part-timebrock1126 why would it? It's just three simple words.

[@part-timebrock1126]

@@Jehty21 that's right. Everything is easy for keyboard warriors like you...

[@xenon8927]

as someone who drives past a quarry pretty often, there's a fine line between mining equipment and decepticon weaponry.

[@mioszwojtyga5100]

Fun fact: Since the invention of the first automobile, there has always been a largest vehicle at a time in history since.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

If you expand vehicle to include anything manufactured for conveyance of people or material, then a "largest" predates the car by a LOT.

[@dcarbs2979]

@@MonkeyJedi99 That'll be trains, ships, chariots - loads of things that go back millenia.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

@@dcarbs2979 Pretty much what I said, but with specific examples.

[@dunyacaliskan7495]

...who doesn't know that?

[@bmad1386]

@@dcarbs2979 IIRC,biggest vehicle ever built is Pioneering Spirit,a ship with a lifting capacity of around twice the weight of the bagger,oh and it's max weight is 800k to 1 million tons

[@Steamrick]

The video doesn't mention it, but the thing was built in 1995. It's already more than a quarter of a century old.

[@tz8785]

And this is more or less the newest one.

[@bobo-_-]

so what if it was built in 1995, the first kalashnikov style weapon was built in 1947 and aks built on the same principle are still recognized as the most reliable weapons

[@jamescarter317]

Is it still in operation ?

[@Steamrick]

@@jamescarter317 Yes. Some of the Baggers have even been moved from place to place when they mined everything in the local area.

[@CraigChrist8239]

@@bobo-_- LOL! Only ppl who have never shot another gun would describe an AK as reliable They're popular cause they're simple and cheap. Yes, _relatively durable_ due to the simplicity, but do a mud test and nearly any modern weapon will prevail Overall there are much better choices for reliability, but not if you also consider cost and soldier training time

[@ole0510]

The video doesn't give justice to how big this thing really is. Also the hole it dug out is enormous. Its really mind blowing if you stand at the edge.

[@tapferer1kater34]

I was there once and the bus I was in did get stuck. I LOVE IT

[@lonestarr1490]

And the amount of land this giant hole simply eradicated forever.

[@lonestarr1490]

@@suzygirl1843 The constant noise will drive you mad in about a day or two.

[@nitehawk86]

@@lonestarr1490 What if I am already mad?

[@lonestarr1490]

@@nitehawk86 Then it will just drive you. Like the Toyota Corolla you secretly are.

[@doughboywhine]

They have one of these in Fallout 76 and it is absolutely massive. Trying to defend it from enemies is almost a three man job because of how much space you have to cover

[@2dwatermelon302]

I'm glad they started using both of the measurement systems. It makes it a lot easier!

[@Rapidashisaunicorn]

“It turns the ground into not ground, a process some experts refer to as ‘digging’” that cracked me up omg

[@eltontv6002]

That's hilarious

[@blendyboi5023]

1:16

[@zzzzzzzzzzmz]

I can't wait for the day i get to say this to someone

[@carter2671]

Same

[@bencushwa8902]

I'm a little disappointed that this feat of engineering wasn't the result of some law somewhere that said, "Thou shalt only have one bucket wheel extractor" and some coal exec saying, "Hold my beer...."

[@EinWenigRebellion]

That would have been the story had that thing been build in the US

[@hausaffe100]

the company owning this monster also owns the nrw goverment

[@obelic71]

@@hausaffe100 the company RWE owns also a big part of the Netherlands and Belgium goverments.

[@biaxolotl5171]

Thou shalt hold my beverage

[@Smittel]

noone in germany has ever said "hold my beer" mostly because they speak german, but also because giving away your beer is considered treason and punishable by death in germany

[@Yourmomshouse69in]

I love how you compare everything really puts it into perspective

[@PapaOystein]

One of the greatest shows on earth is when Bagger 293 (or one of his peers), along with a support crew of several almost equally huge devices, is moved from one strip mine (that perhaps is spent) to another, and on the way has to cross, say, an Autobahn (the German equivalent to an Interstate Highway): Because Bagger 293 is so heavy, you need to cover the highway in lots of gravel to protect it, and because Bagger 293 is a) so slow and b) so long, it takes it (and its supporting crew) hours to cross the street. So there is a spectacular choreography of Bagger 293 (and support crew) inching ever closer to the Autobahn, then police rushes in to close the highway to miniature vehicle travel, immediately followed by a swarm of caterpillars shoving huge mounds of gravel in different size fractions as protective layers onto the road while workers frantically remove guard railing and other obstacles. Then (it happens at night, of course), Bagger 293, illuminated by thousands of spotlights, spookily creeps across (along with its support crew). Once all the crew has crossed the street, the frantic workers and the swarm of caterpillars return to undo their previous deeds, and police unblocks the Autobahn. Any motorists caught by the road block, perhaps unaware of the ballet that was to unfold, got rewarded to a spectacle truly reminiscent of some "War of the Worlds" dystopia. Now, you need to understand that Bagger 293 does not merely turn ground into not ground, does not merely remove coal or overburden. No. From time to time, it turns a village into a non-village, and removes villages at a pace of 1500 gallons per bucket. Needless to say, the villagers have been kicked out before Bagger 293 arrives, and that typically takes decades (Bagger 293 creeps reeeaaalll slow!), but the outrage is real and heart-felt: Churches and trees and farm houses hundreds of years old; communities grown over generations where each knows each other: they disappear, fall apart, are bought off - just to pump ever more CO2 into the atmosphere. The good news is that all over the place, strip mining fields are cut down in scope, villages previously marked for extinction are saved from Vogonic planners, and lignite ("brown") coal is replaced by regenerative energy sources.

[@gehteuchnixan69]

A massive steel leviathan with blades covered in gore. Beelzebub himself will fear the bagger 288

[@martinum4]

BAGGER 288! BAGGER 288! BAGGER BAGGER

[@marvintpandroid2213]

Prepare to be de-meated

[@Rockethead293]

@OwO fake OwO

[@steven95N]

BAGGER, BAGGER! BAGGER 288! BAGGER 288!

[@Random3716]

psst, you wanna know what?

[@minecrafter0505]

4:16 Actually, since it is in Germany the Operator team of the mine is probably unionized.

[@the_retag]

Thats why its so popular in germany

[@jeffbenton6183]

but, of course, the machine itself is not

[@leftaroundabout]

@@jeffbenton6183 irrelevant, the union puts enough pressure on the government to ensure coal power is never phased out, so the five people operating the bagger won't lose their jobs.

[@RoScFan]

@@leftaroundabout Ok, then dig it up but never burn it. Use it to make small coal sculptures or something idk...

[@gearandalthefirst7027]

@@RoScFan Ah, the Dwarf Fortress method

[@TheCommissarIsDead]

I was a trains,panes and automabiles kid and I remember the vhs tape about construction equipment and I remember seeing something like this growing up with the backhoe that destroys the bridges and roads,so this videos felt right at home

[@FireBoss08]

This was the funniest one yet. I was late from getting home from grocery shopping…I couldn’t stop listening and laughing in the isles ha

[@yannisconstantinides7767]

You started at 3 when numbering the buckets just to bug us, didn't you.

[@insectbite1714]

Germany needs to stop killing their own citizens with 5 G.

[@VerticalCalzone]

Oh god I didn't notice at first and now this is infuriating me.

[@sirapple589]

Why would you curse us with this knowledge?

[@Mr-Money01]

@@insectbite1714 Whats the G stand for? Grams? Gigatons?

[@syrialak101]

@@Mr-Money01 Gio Mama

[@xBlueWolf]

Imagine driving this to school/work. You'd be the coolest person in the room, always.

[@brainthesizeofplanet]

And always late...

[@nitehawk86]

Probably be the only person in the room since everyone else ran away when they saw what looks like the robot uprising pulling up to the school.

[@bartholomewdan]

@@nitehawk86 Trick question. There would be no room left after you're done with it.

[@petrichor3797]

Worse if you're stuck in traffic because that thing has to cross a road. That isn't a joke that happens at least every 5 years for one of these behemoths and after... well, the road is basically destroyed.

[@cirodeandrade]

@@petrichor3797 really, every five years? But like... Why?

[@CharChar2121]

Pounds are a very difficult concept to grasp at higher numbers, so I found it easier to convert it to one pound weights, fire hydrants, or 3-story scaffoldings.

[@malign3158]

This video has given me more questions about lore not related to Bagger 293 than it has given me answers to stuff about Bagger 293

[@Fuchswinter]

I live basically In spitting distance of these things, and it does not get any less wild seeing these things up close. It’s insane. Standing on the edge of The Hole(tm) you either get really impressed or really sad - there’s still people in villages several kilometres away fighting to preserve their homes against the threat of them just being evicted to expand the mining operation. If you’re ever in the area, check it out.

[@knecht6974]

Nature and homes are being destoryed to fuel the greed of the few that benefit. What we are doing right now at The Hole(™️) will be looked down upon for generations to come.

[@Fuchswinter]

@@knecht6974 couldn't agree more. The destruction of cultural heritage (Immerather Dom) is a stain in our society

[@SkullCandy5671]

@@knecht6974 Everyone on the planet benefits from having cheap, reliable electricity. The needs of the many outweigh your opinions.

[@NightPaddle]

in spitting distance, heh? So one day Bagger 288 will come for you... ]:->

[@Fuchswinter]

@@NightPaddle as creepy as that thought is, many towns that were supposed to be...removed (dug up) are as good as saved. We're working on it but according to the current expert reports, as well as environmental factors, the Hole will likely shut down sooner rather than later.

[@Oltoir]

"Sure this script is snarky, but I think it needs to be like 100x more snarky." -the editor of this video

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

"We need, like, twenty more seconds... let's open up the snark reserves."

[@topostornottopost3371]

I like that you use the metric system amongst your other measuring methods. Thank you

[@JoJoGaminG36]

I remember Visiting this thing back then in Highschool, its impressively huge and will definitivly blow your mind when you see it in real. :D

[@CaptainHoratioPugwash]

Those of us old and cultured enough know that the Bagger 288 is a monstrous and murderous machine that can not be defeated.

[@Bacopa68]

Leaders of the German Nation understand deterrence.

[@orca1296]

nier ost intensifies

[@rbifa45]

You can just hack it using the hacking device and will stop digging through the door

[@masterxak]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6uop5l6aahppdk

[@firn6795]

@@masterxak ive been looking for this video for forever. Thank you so much for bringing a piece of my childhood back 😂

[@WineZ22]

Half Bezos. 😂 Yeah thats a good measurement for money.

[@reismehl63]

It´s actually more a quarter bezos though

[@willitburn902]

This video is by far one of the funniest HAI vids both visually and verbally

[@SpectreNight]

Thank you for the translation of Bucket Wheel Excavator to English, I had no idea what Bucket Wheel Excavator prior to your translation. Very helpful.

[@Pilot_Pirx]

Sorry, Bagger 288 is the only one that matters.

[@Dotfo15]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6uop5l6aahppdk

[@Photo650D]

Definitiv! Must watch!

[@keksentdecker]

wow, i haven't heard that song in years

[@cashkromsupernerd1193]

@@Dotfo15 Thanks, I've never heard that one! I was just thinking of an old Guy Collins video kzbin.info/www/bejne/rmWqpapmnr6Eoac

[@rafox19]

I am all for decarbonization but "checkmate Greta" killed me, that came unexpected😂

[@steve1978ger]

It's also a labor issue, any politician from that region who tries to kill coal can clean out his desk right away.

[@Tuulos]

The Green party in Germany isn't though, that's why they got rid of nuclear power and replaced it with coal.

[@SkullCandy5671]

@@Tuulos Actually they are de-nuclearizing for the same reason France is. People complaining and protesting that nuclear power isn’t safe.

[@josipj705]

@@SkullCandy5671 even though it is safe, at least way more than coal power plants

[@faloo0]

They would rather start a nuclear war before really doing anything about decarbonisation.

[@SLiQ.]

this is so hilarious yet informing at the same time, perfect for that one guy that did that thing at the place where the person was that one time

[@thisisweirderthanyou9855]

my uncle operated one of these, he was a great guy, he died only a couple months ago. R.I.P Chris.

[@rbesfe]

Only real ones will know the true purpose of these machines is to fight Godzillas and doom robots from the future

[@Bacopa68]

That's why you never here about Godzillas or Doom Robots attacking Germany. They understood their weakness and built a powerful deterrent.

[@sirBrouwer]

@@Bacopa68 the real reason is that they will first need to fight the real monster that is the windmill powered megs of the Netherlands.

[@Random3716]

A machine that's totally great

[@Sedna063]

@@sirBrouwer we can totally dig them away

[@sirBrouwer]

@@Sedna063 what? our windmill powered megs? you can dig what you want we will just fill the hole with tulips. we might even use our ice skates on the megs.

[@tkoll01]

1:42 The bucket wheel is actually 21.3m in diameter, not 22m. I know, I know, but this is the german precision speaking out of me (Perhaps one for a mistake-episode?)

[@Dr_Doctor_Lee]

that makes me smile. for real.

[@SabertoothSeal]

No need to drive it, by the time you walked from one end of the bagger to the other you'd already BE at school

[@Brrrrdmn]

Let us demand a mistake episode considering german standards

[@tkoll01]

@@Brrrrdmn Oh boy we would be here for a looong time :D Lets demand brick videos instead!!

[@chrismitchell2643]

If you look there is certainly more than one mistake, 31M lbs converts to 15.5k imperial tons, you can convert it to 14k metric tons, but you should probably point out the change of units, also charcoal briquettes are definitely not coal, so two more things so far and I haven't even finished the video yet

[@TheRealAmek]

Never seen this channel before but when I clicked on this video I did not expect the humor. This is the only thing that made me laugh through my depressive episode today 🤣

[@facelessdepression5402]

3:40… coal bad but if we don’t use it how are we suppose to get more

[@facelessdepression5402]

I never laugh so hard

[@BrilliantDesignOnline]

My grandfather built one of the first of these bucket wheels in the world: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_von_Delius in Plessa, Germany. 2:58 however, some technological development time was required to perfect the cha-cha slide at a later date. We were very proud.

[@misterhuman895]

congratulations, you should be proud

[@beccylikesmonkeys3270]

I am German and actually seen those machines in person last year. You just can not describe how massive they are and how large the hole they dig is. There are entire villages being relocated just for coal extraction. Not that I am saying that I support any of this.

[@elmaui2798]

Wo warste ?

[@beccylikesmonkeys3270]

@@elmaui2798 Garzweiler

[@elmaui2798]

@@beccylikesmonkeys3270 Wild haha wohne direkt neben dem Hambacher Tagebau 😂

[@LineOfThy]

yeah but big cool robot :(

[@MinusMOD98]

You tell of entire villages being relocated just for coal extraction, but I can give you one better. Have you heard about the Swedish city of Kiruna? For the last 30 years, they have been planning and relocating their downtown because of mine expansion underground. Yes, the city is built on top of a mine - or rather, the mine has encroached upon the city with time and as new bodies of ore have been discovered. There's also a copper mine southeast of the city as well as an abandoned mine in the suburb/outer district of Tuolluvaara. Also, two suburbs of Gällivare have recently been evacuated due to underground mining below. Near Gällivare is also the Aitik open-pit copper mine operated by Boliden, but I don't think they use bucket wheels because sulfur stuff.

[@JohnnySins-bp5wh]

1:51 "Rocket doctor"

[@Prosper_NA]

When your vehicle needs civil engineers to consult the structure, you know it's not gonna fly down the freeway on an oversize truck.

[@michaelgusovsky]

"For modern mines, it’s more efficient to remove the ground than to tunnel under it" This is incorrect! It depends on the mine, the material being mined, and the geology. Sometimes tunneling is more efficient, sometimes open-pit mining, sometimes ISR (in-situ recovery) is most efficient.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

Yep! It depends on the depth and deposition of the material being sought, what material is being sought, and the scale of the deposits. This works for coal in mines where it is used because the deposition is relatively level and widespread. Other mines are tunnels or open pits or "hill topping" because that is the most economical and technically feasible way to get that material from where it is.

[@AdamSmith-vj5uk]

A video on block caving - an underground mining method - would be pretty awesome

[@zzzetsulive]

The comedy of this video is off the charts to what I was expecting

[@hotarou6466]

"Checkmate Gretta!" Lmao Im subscribing 😂

[@Ginkoman2]

The leaders of the world sat down around a secret table There was a threat to human kind they must defend against To fight against Godzillas they just simply were not able Doom robots from the future could be met with no defense The leader of the Germans stood with a triumphant roar "I've got it! We will build a machine that's totally great!" "A massive steel leviathan with blades covered in gore" Beelzebub himself will fear the Bagger 288! Bagger 288, Bagger 288, Bagger Bagger Bagger 288, Bagger 288, Bagger Bagger Bagger 288, Bagger 288, Bagger Bagger Bagger Bagger Bagger Bagger Bagger Bagger Bagger Bagger Ahh! The Bagger 288 is there to safeguard all mankind The Bagger 288 wreaks total utter devastation The Bagger 288 contains an artificial mind This mind is full of hatred, violence is its sole vocation This monstrous murderous machine can never be defeated Its seething wrath and urge for blood are fueled by searing hate Any person who gets in its way is soon to be de-meated Beelzebub himself now fears the Bagger 288! Bagger 288, Bagger 288, Bagger Bagger Bagger 288, Bagger 288, Bagger Bagger Bagger 288, Bagger 288, Bagger Bagger Bagger Bagger Bagger Bagger Bagger Bagger Bagger Bagger Psst, wanna know what? Bagger 288, Bagger 288, Bagger Bagger Bagger 288, Bagger 288, Bagger Bagger Bagger 288, Bagger 288, Bagger Bagger Bagger Bagger Bagger Bagger Bagger Bagger Bagger Bagger Ahh!

[@SuperSMT]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6uop5l6aahppdk

[@airworks7809]

Thats lol great

[@Bigfoot_With_Internet_Access]

Finally, a vehicle large enough for us bigfoots

[@f1shyspace]

Not funny. Didn’t laugh.

[@imveryangryitsnotbutter]

*Bigsfeet

[@arc8218]

*Biglegs

[@Pakistani890]

lol XD

[@SuperSMT]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6uop5l6aahppdk

[@Anonymus-ih7yb]

They use surface mining because the Braunkohle isn’t deep enough to be mined underground. And they look really tiny when you look down into the massive mining site.

[@cuddles2634]

I used to work on those. As a security guard I had to climb to the top platform & use a night vision to look out for trespassers wanting to lock onto conveyor belts. Fun stuff. However the ones I worked on were slightly smaller & on set rails.

[@inventor1214]

Holy crap the amount of snark in this episode is reaching god-like levels.

[@Cryseris]

“It weighs 31 million pounds, approximately 31 million one pound weights.” Oh damn, I didn’t know 1 pound is approximately a 1 pound weight

[@thomasjohannesen1003]

The whole time I was skeptical of how cost effective it would be but the fact that it 'only' cost $100m makes it kind of a no brainer.

[@0-0-0-2]

The way you explained this video sarcastically was hilariousssss 😭😂😂

[@petersmythe6462]

"It doesn't know what unionizing is." And lord have mercy on us if it ever figures out.

[@Bird_Dog00]

It would be glorious! Immagine the sight of this monster, all decked in red banners, barreling down on the nearest government buliding, demanding CLA...

[@yaltschuler]

@@Bird_Dog00 Barrelling, by which you of course mean slowly approaching at half a mile an hour.

[@Bird_Dog00]

@@yaltschuler I seem to remember that this thing can go up to 3 km/h...

[@knecht6974]

@@yaltschuler I mean thats pretty fast for a thing with a 7 story tall rotating killer wheel.

[@p3chv0gel22]

Its German. I'm pretty sure it already knows, and the only thing holding it back from creating an own union is the metric ton of burocracy

[@Zestieee]

"It turns ground into not ground, a process that some experts refer to as 'digging'."

[@sanctus864]

I remember finding one of these in stalker and being blown away by the sheer size of it.

[@Azrazel_qwp]

I once took a tour into the „Garzweiler-Tagebau“ or the Garzweiler-surface mine. There we drove by i think 5 of those and where only about 100 meters away, and when I tell you they are bigger than you think

[@jonas1015119]

theres some great videos of these in action, and the truly absurd holes they create (including devouring entire literal villages)

[@igeljaeger]

nice pfp

[@luhvhue4591]

I can't believe they made Marx from Nier into a real thing.

[@centauria9122]

*Alarm goes off multiple times* "Warning, massive decompression in tunnel 6."

[@osow5081]

The explanation is so precise and so good like how would u explain 1 feet means 1 feet?

[@ToastGhost]

Having a Bionicle in it automatically makes this the best Half as Interesting video

[@isaacgraham3684]

Pohatu DIG

[@Vinzmannn]

You forgot to mention that those surface mines are a huge controversy in Germany

[@UwePieper]

And that it only makes sense for brown coal as other coal is usually not below dirt but below rocks. And deeper underground.

[@Vinzmannn]

@@UwePieper Also true. And these other coal mines are not easy on their surroundings either. Think of sinking ground and therefor deteriorating houses abover these mines.

[@21pandas71]

I appreciate your good writing

[@whatshisname4678]

This is probably my favorite explanation of this machine

[@CJCWIS]

I remember using this thing in Rust (the game). I had no idea it was real, so this video was actually pretty informative! Thanks!

[@imagiraffe8729]

And he mentions oil rigs too

[@jkz35]

flop | bobo? get rekt -- dz RUST!

[@stevegruber4724]

0:12 technically that's a landing helicopter dock (LHD) not an aircraft carrier, but i'll give it a pass since helicopters are "aircraft" and it does (did) carry them. also, that ship was destroyed in a fire last summer and was decommissioned in april also, also, I served on that ship from 2000 to 2004 lastly, that video is of rudder swing checks (i can tell from the wake) where we would turn the rudder from one extreme to the other about 5 times while going at full speed to make sure it didn't fall off and stuff.

[@panicc580]

some grass could do you well

[@tomx641]

Good to see I'm not the only one who spotted this :) It carries Harriers and F35s too which are real aircraft, but as you say it's more about helicopters for the assault ship role.

[@da_BemBem]

@@panicc580 He's clearly a squid, you mean "some seafoam could do him well"

[@bricksmashtv3]

I was stationed in San Diego the day the Bonhomme caught fire. You could see the huge plume of smoke for days.

[@noahbehnke]

The amount of sass and sarcasm in this video though. 🤣

[@redumptious2544]

I love that you always use metric and imperial. That's nice and convenient.

[@aaronho1914]

Idk why it bothers me, but when he says "size of an aircraft carrier" he shows a helicopter carrier and it's now just bothering me for the rest of the day.

[@stevegruber4724]

helicopters are technically aircraft. that's how I got it to stop bugging me. some say fight fire with fire, i fight pedantry with pedantry.

[@mpf1947]

Rotary-wing aircraft carrier.

[@Chrischi4598]

As someone who grew up in another coal region in Germany I was a little confused at the beginning that this things seams to be super special. I mean yeah I know it’s big in all, but don’t all open cast pit mines use these things?

[@jtorola]

There's some in northern Minnesota in the open pit Iron mines. I'm sure there's some elsewhere like coal mines in west Virginia and what not

[@ronaldoSf]

O think most people never went to a mine

[@MrAlexs888]

Think most use explosives? prob depends on soil type

[@sirBrouwer]

@@MrAlexs888 even with explosives they could use systems like this to dig the blown up rock.

[@userequaltoNull]

@@sirBrouwer usually explosive mines use big bucket excavarors. Like the back of a Back-hoe, but massive.

[@wes186]

The relief I felt when I learned about the bucket wheel and that it's not a giant saw.

[@harrystruman4945]

Thank you for explaining digging to me, I had no clue what it was before

[@rhythmisataenzler]

2:27 You forgot to mention that it get´s significantly faster once the Ghost Rider has taken posession of it.

[@incogniftoar3943]

Holy crap that would be a fun comic idea lol

[@rhythmisataenzler]

@@incogniftoar3943 not just comic, they did this in the movie!

[@EebstertheGreat]

It always blows my mind how companies trust tiny crews with enormous value, like a five man crew operating a $100 million digger or a crew of 25 operating a container ship with $1 billion of cargo. I know that's part of what keeps costs low, but the proportions still seem crazy.

[@lonestarr1490]

The 5 man crew is just for the operation of it. If you take repairs and such into account, the number of people involved quickly rises to over 100.

[@Kraken9911]

Those five guys are definitely not minimum wage.

[@matthewo7791]

This video: My brain: "Warning Excavator Pi will cause decompression of Tunnel 6 in 60 seconds."

[@Wonglharke]

Am I the only one who thinks this Machine would be an awesome decepticon from Transformers?

[@sirapple589]

This channel has d/evolved into informative jokes/shitposts. I am 100% okay with this.

[@legalwaterdrinker3286]

Unlike that lame Wendover Production guy

[@shiiiiiion]

@@legalwaterdrinker3286 Nah, Wendover's videos are much more detailed and informative than this channel's. The constant joking and extreme simplicity of these videos end up leaving a lot of details out of what's being shown, making this video more entertainement than educative in nature.

[@kirkc9643]

I really appreciated the fact that despite the wokeness in some of his recent videos, in this one he had a dig (no pun intended) at that excruciatingly annoying puppet Greta annnnd, unless I missed it, he did not make a single reference to how bad coal is for all of us (which we all know it is already).

[@ValiantValium]

@@kirkc9643 any examples of him going "woke"?

[@MrTomyCJ]

@@ValiantValium I wouldn't say woke, but definitely kinda biased against capitalism. In principle there's nothing wrong with jokingly making fun of it, but I'm worried that it ends up misinforming people about what capitalism really means and implies. People may end up actually believing some dumb things said about it. There are lots of people like that in social media, but I don't know if they're representative of a majority.

[@calebo7223]

I love you can tell how old some parts of the script is when it refers 50B to being 1/2 Bezos and not 1/4 as it is today.

[@SuperSMT]

Or 1/6 Musk

[@NathanShantz]

This is an amazing video!! Thank you Sir!

[@ropeburn6684]

I'd never have guessed that 31 million pounds is "approximately" the weight of 31 million one-pound weights.

[@pierrevillemaire-brooks4247]

The only missing bit of information in this short documentary is 'How is the coal separated from the soil it's being dug out with ?'

[@kylestanley7843]

I was wondering that...

[@jbgerik6584]

The coal itself comprises a layer, which is mostly separated from the sorrounding soil layers. And depending on the kind of material that is being excavated, the destination of the belt conveyer is switched (one goes to the processing plant, while the other one is dumped on the other side of the mine). In different mines excavators like the one in the video are only used to remove top soil or overburden. The coal (lignite) is then excavated by smaller bucket wheel excavators.

[@ghost307]

The coal and dirt aren't mixed together. It looks more like a pan of lasagna than a pile of gumballs.

[@Astrofrank]

@@ghost307 Cool comparison!

[@bensmith3890]

In just cause 3 there's a half dozen of these things and you get to blow them all up! Those are easily the most fun parts of the entire game!

[@Ob_Bashar]

In combination with the jetpack expansion it was super fun to fuck up the whole mine 🤌

[@ClokworkGremlin]

Given what Just Cause is, "most fun parts of the entire game" is quite a statement.

[@BuckNuttage]

This video reminds me of an out of touch high energy substitute teacher trying to gas the class up.

[@ilarilapikisto3250]

The machine is called "pyörökauhakaivinkone" in Finnish. We were also able to fit it into one word. English is the clumsiest language.

[@desmond-hawkins]

3:01 Ah yes the discharge BOOM, also what I call my bathroom break after eating Taco Bell.

[@AtharvaVaidya]

This is hilariously knowledgeable

[@AFacemarkedbyFea]

Every German knows this thing. It's like a part of our life. There are regular tv spots where "the thing is moving". I couldn't imagine a world without it and j regularly think about this thing xD

[@UNDONE-916]

I remember buying a Lego set from this machine and it took me 2 days to complete, good old days

[@lordcola-3324]

The way he pronounced "Bagger" physically hurt me every time.

[@naysaykiller928]

How are you supposed to say it?

[@gslidevideotester8592]

Bagger off.

[@sushiboxchris]

@@naysaykiller928 like "bagger"

[@nimbusshadow-wings]

@@sushiboxchris thats not helpfull

[@MarcusH...]

just call it a badger, it's basically the same thing

[@Doombacon]

I can't believe half as interesting made a video about the arm of the first boss in nier automata

[@pieceless224]

This comment took way too long to find.

[@dominickdavis2265]

When he said "bagger is 31 million pounds, or 31 million, 1 pounds wheights" it gave me flashbacks to the "this is a birch tree, its made of birch wood" meme 😂

[@Jack-hd6vh]

Loved the video! Though I must say, I didn’t really like the funnyish meaurement units because those are really big numbers, and hard to comprehend without proper comparision.

[@EarnestBunbury]

Watch bagger 288 by rathergood to watch a musical glorification of this kind of machines!

[@Niko0902]

The leaders of the world sat down around a secret table There was a threat to humankind they must defend against

[@gchris1642]

All the play on words in this video is phenomenal

[@FJT_GOOF]

Oh man you give good morning laughs…and your pretty informative and funny at it to boot! Keep ‘em coming thank you

[@FJT_GOOF]

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