A little fun, from the interwebs! :blink:

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The genuine specs are on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagger_288 

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Seeing the name Krup [a good Nazi firm] reminded me of a joke.

Was ist das unterschied zwishcen ein Krup kanonen and ein rote nase? Ein Krup kanoned ist von Essen und ein rote nase is von drinken.

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Sorry I missed that ... and in English!!

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Sorry I missed that ... and in English!!

Yes, I can speak English, but you might not get the joke, but here goes:

Vhat is the difference between Krup canon and a red nose. A Krup canon ist from Essen [a German town, but also means to eat] , A red nose ist von Drink [not sure if there is a German town called Drinken, but there could be

Not very funny in English. Must try harder.

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You are of course completely right.... I don't get it... and I work mit ze Germans! :blink:

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You are of course completely right.... I don't get it... and I work mit ze Germans! :blink:

Ah yes, much of our railways are now state-owned again, aren't they!

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Let me help you with this problem since I'm probably the only one here living near the machine as well as Essen:

Was ist der Unterschied zwischen einer Krupp Kanone und einer roten Nase?
Eine Krupp Kanone ist aus Essen und eine rote Nase ist vom Trinken.

What is the difference between a Krupp canon and a red nose.
The Krupp canon comes from Essen and the red nose from drinking.

as far as I'm aware there is no place called Trinken in German or if there is, it's too unimportant to be generally known. Trinken translates as to 'drink' and in this case probably too much German beer. Essen can be either the place or to 'eat'.

But please change the dragline to a bucketwheel excavator. A dragline is something completely different. They are just used to assist the bucketwheel excavators in difficult parts of opencasts the since they're too small and can't provide the production.

Here's some more information:

gpsinformation.info/main/Dozer.pps
or
www.joe-ks.com/MultiMedia/WheresMyBulldozer.pps