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Liebherr's 800-Ton Mining Excavator Explained
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This video outlines my history with the Liebherr 9800, one of the world's largest hydraulic excavators.
We start in Colmar, France, the birthplace of each Liebherr Mining excavator. Liebherr was nice enough to have us for a tour years ago, my first glimpse at one of these monster machines.
But then, to see one at work, we had to travel down under to Australia, where nearly every 9800 made lives.
We take you through operations with Pembroke, Thiess, National Group, MacKellar, and Bravus, visiting five different 9800s working on three sites. Yes, I know I'm spoiled!!
To learn more about the machine, you can check out Liebherr's website at the link below:
www.liebherr.com/en/usa/products/mining-equipment/mining-excavators/details/r9800.html
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КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @kellymoses8566
    @kellymoses8566 6 годин тому

    All those machines making Gina Rinehart richer.

  • @floydwilliams3321
    @floydwilliams3321 6 годин тому

    Very cool ❤

  • @floydwilliams3321
    @floydwilliams3321 6 годин тому

    How often do they need to have the oil changed and I assume the air filters get blowed out every day

  • @1____-____1
    @1____-____1 7 годин тому

    Dont think I've ever seen em' without the hard hat. I think I prefer the hat if I'm honest...

  • @benjaminfitch5695
    @benjaminfitch5695 7 годин тому

    @whistlindiesel

  • @martano
    @martano 7 годин тому

    Love the channel and would you know what price of one of those diggers cost

  • @OldGuyAdventure
    @OldGuyAdventure 7 годин тому

    Have you seen anything about this trolley system that was to have been developed out of Sweden? A friend of mine is trying to get hired on with a Metallurgical Coal mine in British Columbia, and apparently, the mine has purchased a number of Trolley adapted trucks from Cat.

    • @AaronWitt
      @AaronWitt 6 годин тому

      yeah I believe it's Copper Mountain in BC. Or maybe there are multiple now. Trolley works well in the right applications. It's also the only way battery trucks can ever even be possible at scale

  • @dawolf7784
    @dawolf7784 7 годин тому

    What’s the cost for one of these machines ?

  • @everettcitty
    @everettcitty 7 годин тому

    How nevada produces heaping amounts of the most borderline useless metal that only has value because its less common and looka pretty 🤡

  • @TheKneepain
    @TheKneepain 7 годин тому

    What boots are you wearing?

  • @UnknowableAbsolute
    @UnknowableAbsolute 7 годин тому

    Thanks for this video, awesome machine, maybe in the end of the year we will see new king-Komatsu PC9000, i think this machine will be larger

    • @AaronWitt
      @AaronWitt 6 годин тому

      we're working on it now

    • @UnknowableAbsolute
      @UnknowableAbsolute 6 годин тому

      @@AaronWitt After the Caterpillar 6090 ceased production, the new Komatsu will become king, I can’t wait to see the first photos, I’m sure this machine will turn out to be very impressive

  • @Christ0o
    @Christ0o 7 годин тому

    When you get in the cab of the machine at the start at 2:40 there is just me going wait what's that playing in the background listening for another ten seconds then just knowing its Europe the final countdown.

  • @crazymaze22
    @crazymaze22 8 годин тому

    How are these things transported? Seems like even if you take it apart, there’s still some massive pieces to be transported

  • @MCFCTheMadHatter
    @MCFCTheMadHatter 8 годин тому

    Aaron - I think the some of comments weren’t just the trolls, but constructive criticism where some people see the potential for you to take the content you produce to the next level. That said, thank you for the great content on the R9800. Good quality video of them has been so hard to come by and what you’ve brought to the table is excellent. Keep up the good work! Ps. Any thoughts at looking into some of the largest crawler cranes in the world? Like the Manitowoc 3100 or Liebherr LR-13000? They too are the rare giants of the lifting world as the R9800s are in the mining world. Just a thought

  • @dgsantafedave1
    @dgsantafedave1 8 годин тому

    I wonder what the daily rental rate would be for one of these units? Plus delivery of course!

  • @ProudPapaw88
    @ProudPapaw88 8 годин тому

    Another killer video. Thank you, Aaron. I love different videos of equipment working. Thanks for the hard work you and your crew do to get us these different machinery. Thanks for sharing and have a great weekend!!

  • @martinsoos
    @martinsoos 8 годин тому

    I am interested to know why the 144 bolts were left hand thread.

  • @Harry_Gersack
    @Harry_Gersack 8 годин тому

    I really appreciate you giving us the technical data like that! Also the overall quality of this video was top notch, keep it up👌🏼

    • @AaronWitt
      @AaronWitt 6 годин тому

      thank you very much!!

  • @fredpitts9382
    @fredpitts9382 8 годин тому

    What's the price to cool thank you

  • @gregj7916
    @gregj7916 8 годин тому

    I guess the very large iron ore miners in Western Australia haven’t sent an invite to come for a visit where a lot of big excavators are working hard.

    • @AaronWitt
      @AaronWitt 6 годин тому

      we've got some WA iron ore videos coming

  • @ranjith.sranjith.s3405
    @ranjith.sranjith.s3405 8 годин тому

    Sir how much price in this machine international market

  • @CatMeow24-qr7uo
    @CatMeow24-qr7uo 8 годин тому

    This entire video is dedicated to a machine that absolutely deserves it!!!

  • @manishranamagar7073
    @manishranamagar7073 8 годин тому

    Nice video👍

  • @kurlis
    @kurlis 8 годин тому

    It seems like they're burning their profit with each bucket load

    • @AaronWitt
      @AaronWitt 6 годин тому

      mate I don't think you understand how mining works

  • @ranjith.sranjith.s3405
    @ranjith.sranjith.s3405 8 годин тому

    Sir you come in India ❤

  • @christophercale
    @christophercale 8 годин тому

    Aaron - Greetings from Texas. I love watching your videos. I appreciate all that you do to travel to all these different places and produce this stuff! As an old dude, I love seeing young dudes, like you, willing to jump in, take some risks (like not knowing all of the tech specs) and just do it! I feel like a kid when I see all of the giant machines and projects that you present in your videos. Keep 'em coming!

    • @AaronWitt
      @AaronWitt 6 годин тому

      thanks for watching!!

  • @airlogic
    @airlogic 9 годин тому

    Awesome Aaron. When you going to feature graders bro. 24 M would be cool.

  • @user-qp3jg9kl3e
    @user-qp3jg9kl3e 9 годин тому

    awesome vid.. you say they run 24 hours, would be really cool to get a vid on maintenance schedules, down time etc. this thing i think would need alot of maintenance?

    • @AaronWitt
      @AaronWitt 9 годин тому

      hopefully we'll do something like that in the future -- all of these machines are on a very tight maintenance schedule

    • @shut_your_legs
      @shut_your_legs 8 годин тому

      ​@@AaronWitt I can give you info on this, as I work on them. 250hrs (about every 10-12 days) and they get an oil change (oil only, no filters, generally done at refuelling time) then 250hrs later (so 500hr interval) is a minor service, generally down for one shift, and is oil+filter change, inspection, minor defect repair. Another 250hr service after that, and then next is the 1000hr service, down for 1.5, maybe 2 shifts, depending on what needs to be done in terms of defect repairs. Each thousand hour service gets more intense in terms of what oils get changed, what work gets done etc. The 9800 I service is pushing 80k hours, and most of the 996s are well over 100k hours and still going.

    • @AaronWitt
      @AaronWitt 6 годин тому

      you're a legend thank you

  • @samruttle6055
    @samruttle6055 9 годин тому

    Out of curiosity but how much hydronic oil do they take?

    • @jayryan1956
      @jayryan1956 7 годин тому

      Big diggers usually around 10,000L

  • @AndyFromBeaverton
    @AndyFromBeaverton 9 годин тому

    6:53 Are you using the 7 lbs weight of a chicken before or after butchering?

    • @AaronWitt
      @AaronWitt 9 годин тому

      full chicken still going cluck cluck

  • @jesseb619
    @jesseb619 9 годин тому

    Howdy from New Zealand, love your content bro! cheers!

  • @nr1schluckasx26
    @nr1schluckasx26 9 годин тому

    Awesome machin und beautiful 😍

  • @jimbeam2705
    @jimbeam2705 9 годин тому

    I'd hate to be the first one that uses the rear of the counterweight as a dozer blade. Excavator operators know what im talking about. Some companies will can you if you do. 😂 EDIT.... no matter the size of the machine.... sitting and doing nothing but loading trucks gets very boring after awhile. Especially when you do it for years. Im very impressed with mans capability to build such big machines and the power of hydraulics.

    • @Pea-bj2qv
      @Pea-bj2qv 9 годин тому

      Let alone the embarrassment from doing it.

    • @airlogic
      @airlogic 9 годин тому

      Yup. Dig with the bucket bro.😂 Seen heaps of cowboys claiming they're the best until you see the counter weight, or digging over the sprockets.😂

  • @MultiMyNickName
    @MultiMyNickName 9 годин тому

    400 years later, the 999th legislation issue and protest is still sitting in congress and the unstarted project has already costs 4000000 trillion dollars....

  • @SeanRittberg-rm5sc
    @SeanRittberg-rm5sc 9 годин тому

    Great video! I learned so much.

    • @AaronWitt
      @AaronWitt 9 годин тому

      thanks for watching

  • @pranavnair2797
    @pranavnair2797 9 годин тому

    Nice video ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @Sirclassic
    @Sirclassic 12 годин тому

    You still need a person to operate the excavator?? So where are we losing job?

  • @garygardner6536
    @garygardner6536 14 годин тому

    If that is supposed to be doing something its not.

  • @CoderMonkeyNathan
    @CoderMonkeyNathan 17 годин тому

    seems shallow, the deeper it is the slower the evaporation. Big and shallow mean bye-bye water. They could prob reduce that a little with some kinda shading.

  • @booksteer7057
    @booksteer7057 18 годин тому

    How many decades of environmental lawsuits had to be won for this project to start?

  • @gradyyokeley9930
    @gradyyokeley9930 21 годину тому

    On solid earth a wheel dozer will out push a track dozer

  • @gradyyokeley9930
    @gradyyokeley9930 22 години тому

    I really liked the program on the Toyota battery plant. I'm from Winston-Salem NC and would love to see another program on the progress that's been done up to now my

  • @ericpaulgoldie
    @ericpaulgoldie 22 години тому

    add some pumps and a dam, then you have stored power for less windy times or when the base load needs a boost, well done team

  • @abismos-lp9ht
    @abismos-lp9ht 22 години тому

    Nv33995

  • @hoolie2006
    @hoolie2006 23 години тому

    Doing nothing but burning diesel

  • @fernvalleyinn9172
    @fernvalleyinn9172 День тому

    Why don't they install solar panels around the unused land beneath the wind turbines? The grid tie is already there and the land is flat and ready to go.

    • @TheMrDove
      @TheMrDove День тому

      Because they need big equipement near for when maintenance is needed

  • @everettcitty
    @everettcitty День тому

    Imagine using heated gloves tho

  • @RedMaprangala
    @RedMaprangala День тому

    😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😅😅😅😅😅

  • @TerminusCodex
    @TerminusCodex День тому

    I am new to this channel and have only seen a few videos but the quality is top level! This is the best channel I've come acrossed that covers this sort of content, very thorough, very professional, and very enjoyable! Thanks for the work you do and for sharing it with us!

  • @PlaneManHehehe
    @PlaneManHehehe День тому

    It's like driving around in an apartment building