![Cool Factoid Vid of the Bagger 288, a $100 million bucket wheel excavator that digs 240,000 tons of rock a day - CraneMarket Blog Cool Factoid Vid of the Bagger 288, a $100 million bucket wheel excavator that digs 240,000 tons of rock a day - CraneMarket Blog](https://cranemarket.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Coal-Excavator-1080x675.jpg)
Cool Factoid Vid of the Bagger 288, a $100 million bucket wheel excavator that digs 240,000 tons of rock a day - CraneMarket Blog
World Mining Engineers - Bagger 288 (Excavator 288), built by the German company Krupp for the energy and mining firm Rheinbraun, is a bucket-wheel excavator or mobile strip mining machine. It was
![Bagger 288, a large bucket-wheel coal excavator working at a surface coal mine in Germany Stock Photo - Alamy Bagger 288, a large bucket-wheel coal excavator working at a surface coal mine in Germany Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/D9YR4M/bagger-288-a-large-bucket-wheel-coal-excavator-working-at-a-surface-D9YR4M.jpg)
Bagger 288, a large bucket-wheel coal excavator working at a surface coal mine in Germany Stock Photo - Alamy
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![This thing on the horizon is the Bagger 288 – a bucket-wheel excavator that stands 94,79 metres tall, is 214,88 metres long and weighs 41276,9 tonnes. Built in 1978, it's the largest This thing on the horizon is the Bagger 288 – a bucket-wheel excavator that stands 94,79 metres tall, is 214,88 metres long and weighs 41276,9 tonnes. Built in 1978, it's the largest](https://images-cdn.9gag.com/photo/aP7DqXV_700b.jpg)