What It’s Like to Drive Monster Machines – The Biggest on Earth - video Dailymotion

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Driving the biggest machines on Earth—like massive dump trucks, cranes, and bulldozers—feels a bit like being in a spaceship on wheels. These monster machines are built to handle tough jobs, like digging up giant pits or hauling tons of rock, and they can be as tall as a building! The driver’s seat is way up high, giving you an impressive view over everything, but it also takes some serious skill to control all that power. The controls inside can look like a mix between a car and a cockpit, with lots of buttons, levers, and screens to monitor. Maneuvering these machines is slow and steady, and it can take a lot of concentration to make sure everything goes smoothly and safely. For people who drive them, it’s a thrilling, one-of-a-kind experience!

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00:00Are you ready to find out what it feels like to operate the largest machines in the world?

00:05Oh, that's a once-in-a-lifetime experience, so don't miss out!

00:10The first monster you're going to control is the giant bucket-wheel excavator.

00:14It can tear the ground to shreds in no time.

00:17The excavator you're about to climb into is the Bagger 293, one of the largest machines in the world.

00:23This real titan among giants was built in Germany in 1995.

00:27Now, if you want to check it out before starting work, you have to be physically prepared since it's going to be a long walk.

00:34The excavator is almost 740 feet long.

00:38When in the cabin, you'll observe the surrounding landscape from a height of 314 feet.

00:43And don't even try to lift this ginormous machine.

00:47Just kidding.

00:48It weighs a staggering 14,000 tons.

00:51That's about as heavy as the Brooklyn Bridge.

00:53If you want to try something new, I can suggest driving the Bagger 293's not-so-little-brother, the Bagger 288.

01:01You might like it even more.

01:03Currently, an energy and mining company is using this enormous machine.

01:08Hopefully, they'll let you test this bucket-wheel excavator.

01:11It was created as a mobile strip-mining machine.

01:14It took them around 10 years to design and construct this behemoth.

01:18And it costs reach about 100 million bucks.

01:21The excavator is just a bit slimmer than its mighty brother, weighing 13,500 tons.

01:27It's half as heavy as the Statue of Liberty.

01:30Walking around the excavator or climbing inside the cabin is going to be as hard as dealing with the previous machine.

01:36Because their sizes are kind of similar.

01:38Ugh, too much exercise for one day.

01:41And look at those 12 enormous caterpillar tracks propelling the machine.

01:46They make this giant quite fast, allowing it to travel at a speed of almost 33 feet per minute.

01:52Woo, let's race!

01:54Oh, I see.

01:55You're tired of excavators and eager to try something new.

01:58Okay, let me show you the Teichen Crane.

02:01This gargantuan construction makes sense when you think that to build big machines,

02:05you need something equally big, or even bigger, to move around bits and pieces of them.

02:10The Teichen Crane might be a perfect fit for this purpose.

02:14To test it, you'll need to travel all the way to a shipyard in China.

02:18Wow, isn't it the biggest crane you've ever seen?

02:21It's also considered to be the most powerful crane in the world,

02:24boasting a payload of more than 20,000 tons.

02:28It means it could lift more than 150 blue whales at a time.

02:32And those are the biggest animals on Earth.

02:34Not that you could train them to, you know, stack up like that.

02:38How about doing something boring?

02:40Well, Big Bertha can assist you, making this activity a child's play.

02:45It's the world's largest tunnel-boring machine,

02:48dwarfing all competitors with a total length of 300 feet.

02:52So take Big Ben in London, place it on its side, that's how long Bertha is.

02:57This machine is also 5 stories high, and there's no elevator to get to the top.

03:01This 7,000-ton monster has to be shipped between work sites, and it's not an easy feat.

03:08So perhaps it's time to try something different, like a superdozer.

03:12Meet Komatsu D575A, the world's biggest and most powerful production bulldozer.

03:18They produce it in Japan, but the machine is mostly active in Australia and North America.

03:23So you can pick any of these regions to test this super machine.

03:27But you'll have to do your best to get inside its cabin, considering how high it's located.

03:32But if you'll succeed, you'll feel what 1,150 horsepower feels like.

03:37If you want something more exotic, we could go and test NASA's crawler transporter.

03:41It was built to move entire rockets.

03:44Even though it's about 50 years old, this giant machine is still impressive.

03:49The crawler is the size of a baseball infield,

03:52and its top speed is 1 mph when the machine is loaded and 2 mph when unloaded.

03:58Since it began working, the crawler has already traveled more than 2,300 miles.

04:03That's almost the length of the Mississippi River.

04:06Well, I hope you enjoyed this extraordinary experience.

04:09But now, it's time to fly.

04:11And here, the McDonnell Douglas AC-10 Extender rules the skies.

04:16This giant machine has two functions – refueling and cargo transportation.

04:21Look at this plane.

04:22Its wingspan is similar to the height of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.

04:26It'll definitely take your breath away.

04:28The length of this aircraft is even greater – over 180 feet.

04:32Once you take off, you'll feel the might of the machine.

04:35It's carrying 356,000 pounds of fuel.

04:38Ooh, let's do some math.

04:39A plane, like a Boeing 747, uses one gallon of fuel every second.

04:44During a 15-hour flight, it might burn 54,000 gallons, or about 383,000 pounds of fuel.

04:52So our McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender could supply this passenger plane with fuel for almost the entire duration of the flight.

05:00Now, I'll show you something you have never seen before.

05:04This is the overburdened conveyor bridge F-60.

05:08This colossal beast is the world's largest conveyor bridge.

05:11I bet you can't wait to operate this monster.

05:13It's almost 1,650 feet long, 660 feet wide, and towering at 260 feet high.

05:20Getting to the top is like climbing an 18-story building.

05:24The entire construction weighs a whopping 11,000 tons, almost as much as the world-famous Eiffel Tower.

05:30The conveyor bridge was built back in 1991 in East Germany.

05:35How about catching some sunlight and watching waves crash against the shore?

05:39Right, we're going to visit one of the largest ships in the world, the Prelude.

05:43This giant floating machine is a floating natural gas facility.

05:48At almost 1,600 feet long, it's so huge that if you placed it vertically next to the Empire State Building,

05:54it'd still be around 147 feet taller, and it would really block the traffic in Manhattan.

05:59You can assume that it might be tricky to control this monster.

06:03When fully loaded, it weighs an insane 600,000 tons.

06:07It's five times as heavy as the CN Tower in Toronto, Canada.

06:10Now, speaking of legendary ships, we can't but mention the famous Sea Wise Giant.

06:17It also has other names.

06:18For example, the Happy Giant, or Noc Nevis.

06:21It was built in Japan and once held the record as the world's longest ship,

06:25with a deadweight tonnage of 657,000 tons when fully loaded.

06:30The ship was so big, it couldn't even fit through major canals like the Suez and Panama canals.

06:36Unfortunately, the ship was once heavily damaged in a conflict.

06:38But later, it was saved and became a floating storage unit.

06:43Sadly, you can't visit it anymore.

06:45In 2009, the ship was finally scrapped after its final journey.

06:49Next up is a floating vacuum cleaner.

06:52I'm talking about the Queen of the Netherlands, a hopper-dredging ship built in 1998.

06:58This machine has a dead weight of 60,000 tons and is twice as long as a football field.

07:02Its job is to suck up silt and debris from the seabed.

07:06Oh, and by the way, you can even track where this massive ship is in the world right now.

07:12So, you might have noticed that we haven't traveled by train yet.

07:16Well, let's fix that.

07:17Meet the big boy.

07:19This steam locomotive is the largest one ever built.

07:22132 feet long and weighing a massive 1.2 million pounds.

07:27These machines were so powerful, they could haul entire freight trains across mountain ranges without breaking a sweat.

07:33And finally, you can visit the largest machine in the world, the Large Hadron Collider, sitting on the border between Switzerland and France.

07:43It's a 17-mile-long particle accelerator.

07:47Scientists use it to smash subatomic particles together and unlock the mysteries of the universe.

07:53So, you better stay away from that thing.

07:55Rumor has it, it can open a black hole on Earth.

07:58Eh, just kidding.

07:59And still, the LHC is the most powerful particle accelerator ever built, pushing the limits of what we know about physics.

08:08And here's a small bonus for you.

08:10I hope you like speed, because you're going to climb the world's biggest motorbike.

08:14This gigantic bike stands an incredible 16 feet tall and weighs 5.5 tons, as much as a small elephant.

08:22But the best thing?

08:23This bike has actually traveled a distance of around 300 feet.

08:26So, which of the monster machines would you drive?

08:30Give me your comments below.

08:32That's it for today.

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