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Posted: 3/19/2016 3:12:10 PM EDT
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Used to drive a Ap1-88.
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Posted: 3/19/2016 6:02:36 PM EDT
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Pfffft! The man asked for people who drive, You're just along for the ride. 
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qCTRnYZYGuw https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yGUh9ow65dM Local control.
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Pfffft! The man asked for people who drive, You're just along for the ride.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qCTRnYZYGuw https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yGUh9ow65dM Local control.
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Posted: 3/19/2016 6:10:10 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/19/2016 6:18:28 PM EDT
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Me at work a few years ago...
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Posted: 3/19/2016 6:33:18 PM EDT
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Maybe EESmith will win with the giant ships?
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Posted: 3/19/2016 6:52:10 PM EDT
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Not even close to the biggest on arfcom, but the biggest for me.
About 100,000 lbs empty, max takeoff about 205,000. 
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Posted: 3/19/2016 11:26:23 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/19/2016 11:29:42 PM EDT
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Not even close to the biggest on arfcom, but the biggest for me. About 100,000 lbs empty, max takeoff about 205,000. http://i812.photobucket.com/albums/zz41/rnewell_2009/image_20.jpeg Looked up a 747 max takeoff weight (not your bird, obviously), just shy of 1 million pounds. Jimminy Christ. Does it take more tenure or experience to fly one of those commercially? |
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Posted: 3/19/2016 11:44:58 PM EDT
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My humble contribution. About 75k lbs. with 3300 gallons of water and 500 gallons of foam.
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Posted: 3/19/2016 11:46:15 PM EDT
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Locomotives and other equipment. 992 Cat being the biggest of the others.
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Posted: 3/19/2016 11:56:33 PM EDT
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My humble contribution. About 75k lbs. with 3300 gallons of water and 500 gallons of foam. https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8287/7835266702_cb1c36fefb_b.jpg That looks so cool 
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Posted: 3/19/2016 11:59:57 PM EDT
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depends on what part you mean. sd-90's are pretty big. 6000 hp each, 415000 pounds each. i've run coal and potash trains regularly, over 21,000 tons, that are well over a mile and a half ;long. http://trn.trains.com/~/media/images/railroad-news/news-wire/2015/03/tnmr111.jpg piggybacks/double-stacks while much longer, are also much lighter. a dozen sd-40's and 45's, dp'ed for use on a single coal train, is a pretty epic adventure. i prefer tonnage to speed myself. just getting it done is a much more satisfying time, than getting there the fastest.
http://conrailphotos.thecrhs.org/files/images/UFS%20Queenssm.preview.jpg When I was working as an engineer last year. The largest train I ran was over 26,000 tons and around 10,000 feet 
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Posted: 3/20/2016 12:36:23 PM EDT
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Looked up a 747 max takeoff weight (not your bird, obviously), just shy of 1 million pounds. Jimminy Christ. Does it take more tenure or experience to fly one of those commercially? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Not even close to the biggest on arfcom, but the biggest for me. About 100,000 lbs empty, max takeoff about 205,000. http://i812.photobucket.com/albums/zz41/rnewell_2009/image_20.jpeg Looked up a 747 max takeoff weight (not your bird, obviously), just shy of 1 million pounds. Jimminy Christ. Does it take more tenure or experience to fly one of those commercially? Basically it takes getting hired by an airline that flies them, and getting enough seniority to bid on to them.
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Posted: 3/20/2016 12:57:12 PM EDT
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Not my departments, but you get the idea. |
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Posted: 3/20/2016 1:17:46 PM EDT
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I won't win this contest with it but I do race around city streets in a 105' quint.
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Posted: 3/20/2016 1:58:18 PM EDT
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I dont drive these every day but i do work on them, have rebuild most and work on just about every piece of Cat equipment.
We get a bunch of D11Rs but normally work on D8R 
The largest wheel loader i have driven is a 992 but again we normally see 988Gs. Here is a 988F i did a complete rebuild on. 
I have worked on and operated 385C excavators, 777 haul trucks and all kinds of fun equipment. 
Military 966 loader returning to the US after a hard life overseas. 
Military dozers (DEUCE) were fun to drive but a pita to work on. 
The most challenging to drive is a scraper. Due to its size, articulation steering, two engines and transmissions and its blind spots. It would be fun out in a field but at the shop its difficult and tricky. Getting it into 8th gear takes some room. 
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Posted: 3/20/2016 2:12:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryFormer 92FH7 here 
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I think boat driver is winning so far. Do we have any mega crane operators here? These things blow my mind http://fieldlens.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/crane_taisun_715.jpg We have a 900 ton Liebherr mobile crane, but I want nothing to do with it.
I drive these now. 
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Posted: 3/27/2016 11:25:58 PM EDT
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Sweet, we earned a spot on a "crazy big assed machines" list!
I know it's a click bait site, but I was just following a link off of Yahoo, and said, I wonder if I'm on there? 
We are on number 7 on the list. http://www.lifedaily.com/24-oversized-machines-that-will-make-you-proud-to-be-human/source/yahoo/#utm_medium=referral&utm_source=yahoo&utm_campaign=YH-OversizedMachine |
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Posted: 3/28/2016 12:21:30 AM EDT
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http://orion.math.iastate.edu/jdhsmith/term/C-R661.jpg 66' with the bike rack deployed. Only run about 50k lbs when filled with passengers. My wife drives those...in downtown Seattle. |
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Posted: 3/28/2016 12:28:43 AM EDT
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Meh, brag thread, screw it.
40,500 tons. |
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Posted: 3/28/2016 6:27:23 AM EDT
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Sweet, we earned a spot on a "crazy big assed machines" list!
I know it's a click bait site, but I was just following a link off of Yahoo, and said, I wonder if I'm on there?
We are on number 7 on the list. http://www.lifedaily.com/24-oversized-machines-that-will-make-you-proud-to-be-human/source/yahoo/#utm_medium=referral&utm_source=yahoo&utm_campaign=YH-OversizedMachine How many aliens can you pick up with that thing? 
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Posted: 3/28/2016 7:21:02 AM EDT
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Right now I just drive small forklifts. Somehow at this big box warehouse store we have ended up with 6 forklifts(2 small(5k) and 1 large(8k) sit down propane, and 3 electric reach trucks) and only 1 order picker
Previously 80k GVW long haul tractor/trailer and then 105.5k GVW locally for a gas tanker truck/trailer combo. I've always thought it would be interesting to work with heavy construction equipment. Every boy wants a REAL Tonka truck |
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Posted: 3/28/2016 8:01:06 AM EDT
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How many aliens can you pick up with that thing?
http://soshable.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/The-Claw.jpg Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Sweet, we earned a spot on a "crazy big assed machines" list!
I know it's a click bait site, but I was just following a link off of Yahoo, and said, I wonder if I'm on there?
We are on number 7 on the list. http://www.lifedaily.com/24-oversized-machines-that-will-make-you-proud-to-be-human/source/yahoo/#utm_medium=referral&utm_source=yahoo&utm_campaign=YH-OversizedMachine How many aliens can you pick up with that thing?
http://soshable.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/The-Claw.jpg All of them, all of the machines, as well as the factory itself that makes them.
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Posted: 3/28/2016 8:12:10 AM EDT
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I work for the Military Industrial Complex. You can't get any bigger than that.
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Posted: 3/28/2016 8:16:16 AM EDT
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All of them, all of the machines, as well as the factory itself that makes them. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Sweet, we earned a spot on a "crazy big assed machines" list!
I know it's a click bait site, but I was just following a link off of Yahoo, and said, I wonder if I'm on there?
We are on number 7 on the list. http://www.lifedaily.com/24-oversized-machines-that-will-make-you-proud-to-be-human/source/yahoo/#utm_medium=referral&utm_source=yahoo&utm_campaign=YH-OversizedMachine How many aliens can you pick up with that thing?
http://soshable.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/The-Claw.jpg All of them, all of the machines, as well as the factory itself that makes them. 
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Posted: 3/28/2016 9:45:46 AM EDT
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6000+ ft. ski lift on occasion.
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Posted: 3/28/2016 10:53:11 AM EDT
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All of them, all of the machines, as well as the factory itself that makes them. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Sweet, we earned a spot on a "crazy big assed machines" list!
I know it's a click bait site, but I was just following a link off of Yahoo, and said, I wonder if I'm on there?
We are on number 7 on the list. http://www.lifedaily.com/24-oversized-machines-that-will-make-you-proud-to-be-human/source/yahoo/#utm_medium=referral&utm_source=yahoo&utm_campaign=YH-OversizedMachine How many aliens can you pick up with that thing?
http://soshable.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/The-Claw.jpg All of them, all of the machines, as well as the factory itself that makes them. Shades of Howard Hughes. |
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Posted: 3/28/2016 11:10:03 AM EDT
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on a daily basis for 35 yrs....
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