Posted by Tug Boat Lonnie on Thursday, July 17, 2003 at 4:50PM :
In Reply to: OT - sorta -Cubic Yardage Ratings posted by Sean on Thursday, July 17, 2003 at 3:41PM :
Big Muskie's 220-cubic yard bucket can hold a 100-piece high school marching band (plus cheerleaders), as illustrated in the power company's old promotional literature
Or refer to another coal digger.
The newspapers called it a coal monster, and a monster it was. Dubbed "Big Brutus," the enormous power shovel towered 15 stories high and weighed 11 million pounds. It took a year to assemble it in Cherokee County and when completed in June 1963, Big Brutus, with it's 90-cubic yard shovel, could move 150 tons of coal in one bite, enough to fill three railroad gondolas.
Those HUGE Dumpsters the size of trucks hold only 30 yards - so imagine four of those filled.
30 Yard Open Top Container
Height - 6 ft
Width - 8 ft
Length - 22 ft
Best Wishes
Lonnie
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