I want one of these.

[DocBot]

I want it so bad...

 

[Birdy]

I want one NOW

 

[elDiablo]

Oh my word, that is AWESOME! WANT WANT WANT! >_<

Edit - After some digging (no pun intended), I found some more info on this BEAST. It is a Bucket-wheel excavator, which form some of the largest vehicles ever made. That one shown is the MAN Takraf (German company) RB293. Others include the Bagger 288.

 

[Piacular]

So that's where it went!

I couldn't believe it when someone nicked it from my garage, and the police said they couldn't find it :/. Bloody Scotland Yard.

You couldn't imagine the licences needed to drive and own one of those puppies.

 

[elDiablo]

Well, Pia, Wikipedia says (in reference to Bucket-wheel excavators):

These tremendous machines can cost over $100 million, take 5 years to assemble, require 5 people to operate, weigh more than 13,000 tons, and have a theoretical capacity of more than 12,000 m³/h. Specifically, the RB293 bucket wheel excavator manufactured by MAN Takraf is recognised by Guinness World Records as the largest land vehicle.

And at over 13,000tons, it's a bit more than a HGV

Also, the RB293 on Google Maps!

 

[waterproofbob]

i'd like to get two and train them to hate each other then set them on each other and watch the destruction.

 

[PsiSoldier]

There is a bigger one out there, very new! It 'walks' to it's next job with hydraulic rams that is also uses to stabalise itself.

 

[Gibsonfire]

lol wow, now that is an engineering feat, and yes I would love to own one (apart from to keep it in my garage I't would crush most of the rest of this town so might be a little hard to justify to the local counsel ).