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  • Spear Dane

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    Kokomo area
    I worked on a couple different construction barges in the Gulf back in the 90s. They had pretty large cranes and GINORMOUS spools they would wind 4" pipe on to go out and lay.
     

    red_zr24x4

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    Biggest drill I've been around was like this - image_939.jpg




    Average is this - D24x40-S3_action8_lr.jpg


    Ive worked around these and other construction equipment for 20 yrs. Mostly backhoes, dozers, front end loaders
     

    SnoopLoggyDog

    I'm a Citizen, not a subject
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    Feb 16, 2009
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    Warsaw
    Biggest type plane I've load planned and loaded cargo on. Until the C-5M came along, we called them FRED. Flying Ridiculous Economical Disaster.

    m-2317.jpg


    The KC-10 was much harder to load plan and all the cargo had to be loaded via K-Loader.
     

    Dead Duck

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    Biggest equipment I ever operated was my wife.
    The only I got out of 10 years of marriage was a bad back. :(
     

    Bigtanker

    Cuddles
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    Aug 21, 2012
    21,688
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    Osceola
    129,000 lbs right next to your Civic at 65 mph. This is what I drive a work most days. 9 axles total. 13,400 gallon capacity. 40,000 pounds empty.



    I run it mostly in Michigan. There are a few places between NWI and South Bend I can legally go loaded over 80,000 lbs.
     

    Mark-DuCo

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    Aug 1, 2012
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    Ferdinand
    This is the biggest equipment I program at my job now. The speed and accuracy are more impressive than it's size.

    [video=youtube;n-G1fKx-Nms]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-G1fKx-Nms[/video]
     

    igotdiesel2

    Sharpshooter
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    Jan 16, 2009
    480
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    Southport area of In
    Biggest drill I've been around was like this - View attachment 73219




    Average is this - View attachment 73220


    Ive worked around these and other construction equipment for 20 yrs. Mostly backhoes, dozers, front end loaders

    I have never understood these. How do you get them going in a horizontal direction? And how do you get them to go back up? Or even stay on course for that matter? I see them everyday working by the roads. -Jason
     

    KJQ6945

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    Texas
    I have never understood these. How do you get them going in a horizontal direction? And how do you get them to go back up? Or even stay on course for that matter? I see them everyday working by the roads. -Jason
    It has an angled head on the front end. If it is spinning, it goes straight. If it's not spinning it will go the direction the angled head is pointing. The operator has a clock face, looking gage so he can tell the orientation of the angled head. Want it to go down, orient the head, then push. There is a guy following the head with a locator, so he can tell where it's at and how deep it is.
     
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