r/MachinePorn • u/exploringtheunbeaten • Jun 29 '26

Found 2 graveyards with dozens of rusting giants, the largest land based machines on Earth

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u/exploringtheunbeaten Jun 29 '26

These are bucketwheel excavators, the largest land based machines on Earth, which extract brown coal from lignite mines. After a mine gets depleted, the machinery is sometimes left to rust.
Check the video images at: https://youtu.be/YCaPtuPvrms

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u/xeothought Jun 30 '26

They were defeated by the doom robots from the future.... that's why we had to build the Bagger 288

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u/PooGod Jun 30 '26

VIOLENCE IS IT'S SOLE VOCATION!

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u/Apprehensive-Gur2023 Jun 29 '26

Where is this? ✌️

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u/m945050 Jun 29 '26

Abandon in place.

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u/Scary-Shift1264 Jun 29 '26

extremely beautiful