A giant dragline excavator at C&C Metals in Conroe, Texas, dwarfs Roy Morton, owner of Conroe Welding Supply. C&C Metals and another Conroe manufacturer, Mackanan, made the device for South African equipment manufacturer VR Steel. When attached to a mining crane, the excavator will act as a giant shovel scooping up earth to uncover the coal.
Imagine a bucket that, when placed on the back of a semi-truck, sits 20 feet high, requires power lines to be lifted and traffic lights to be removed in order to move it.
You don’t have imagine it, just head to Elgin, Texas, to see it for yourself. That is where the massive...
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