Since the Industrial Revolution and even before, people have been creating machines to enhance our quality of life, increase productivity, and increase profits. Today, we examine several historical monsters that have been constructed!

Bucket-wheel Excavator

A bucket-wheel excavator (BWE) is a substantial piece of heavy equipment used in surface mining. BWEs act as a continuous digging device that removes hundreds of tons of overburden each day in large-scale open-pit mining operations. In contrast to other large-scale mining equipment like bucket chain excavators, BWEs use a huge wheel made up of a continuous pattern of buckets that scoop material as the wheel rotates. They are among the largest land or sea vehicles ever produced. The 14,200 ton Bagger 293 continues to hold the record for being the heaviest land-based vehicle ever built in the Guinness World Records.

Caterpillar 797 haul trucks

The US created the Caterpillar 797 family of off-road mechanical haul trucks. These trucks, which are 50 feet long, 24 feet tall (51 feet elevated), and 31 feet wide, are the biggest and most potent haul trucks made by Caterpillar. The most modern model has a 393-ton load capacity. The average Caterpillar 797 costs $5 million and has a 21-year service life, though each truck can be tailored to match the needs of each buyer.

Taisun Gantry Crane

The Taisun Gantry Crane is a stationary dual-beam gantry crane and is reputedly the biggest gantry crane in the world. Owner is Yantai Raffles Shipyard Ltd. and it can lift 20,000 metric tons. It broke the previous record by 20,133 metric tons on April 18, 2008, when it lifted a barge that had been ballasted with water. It is based in Cʜɪɴᴀ and was anticipated to remove 2 million working hours in the future.

Forage harvester

This impressive-looking machine has a single, obvious function: foraging plants to make silage. Silage is made of compressed, finely chopped ɢʀᴀss or corn that is stored in silos. After it has fermented, it is fed to the animals. These devices exist in a variety of shapes and sizes, much as in many of our previous articles, but they all eventually serve the same purpose. A forage harvester can be either self-propelled or tractor-coupled.

Let’s take a look at 20 Biggest Industrial Machines Ever Made in the video below:

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