5 Biggest Vehicles in the World That Are Truly Massive

Assalamualaikum friends, most of us have seen trucks, buses and other vehicles at some point, but have you ever thought about the fact that there are some absolutely terrifying vehicles out there in the world, so massive that you'd be afraid to even get close to them? They're so huge that an entire building would look small standing next to them. And the last vehicle on this list is going to blow your mind, because to this day, no one has ever built anything bigger. So today, we're going to look at 5 vehicles that will leave you completely stunned. Make sure you watch till the very end! Number 5. BelAZ 75110 Coming in at number 5 is a truck so massive, it looks like a walking house. This truck is called the BelAZ 75110. It was built in Belarus in 2013 by the state-owned Belarusian company BelAZ. This truck is roughly several meters long, about 10 meters wide, and stands over 8 meters tall, as tall as a three-storied building. Even empty, this truck weighs around 360 tons, and this beast can haul up to 450 tons of cargo, which is roughly equal to the weight of 300 small private cars. To pull that kind of load, it's fitted with two separate diesel engines, each producing over 2,300 horsepower, combining for nearly 4,600 horsepower total, which is about six times the power of a Formula One race car. The engines generate electricity, which powers four separate electric motors that drive the wheels. But despite all that power, this truck's top speed is only about 40 miles per hour. Because it wasn't built for racing, it was built to haul mountains of rock and coal out of mines. A single one of these trucks costs somewhere between 6 and 7.5 million dollars. Big Muskie At number 4 is a machine that was once the largest single-bucket excavator ever built in human history, the Big Muskie. It was built in the United States in 1969, and used in the coal mines of the state of Ohio. This machine stood as tall as a 22-storied building. It had one massive bucket attached to the front, and that single bucket could scoop up around 220 cubic yards of earth in a single motion, the equivalent of more than 12 large pickup trucks' worth of dirt at once. The machine's main job was to clear away the layer of soil sitting on top of coal deposits so the coal underneath could be mined. Big Muskie didn't move on wheels. Instead, it walked slowly forward using massive shoe-like pads underneath its body. After roughly 27 years of operation, it was retired in 1999, and later dismantled. But to this day, it's still remembered as the largest single-bucket excavator in history. Number 3 Bagger 288 Number 3 is a massive German-built bucket-wheel excavator called the Bagger 288. It was built in 1978 by the German company Krupp. Before this machine was built, the title of the world's heaviest land vehicle belonged to an American machine called the Marion 6360. But the Bagger 288 came along and broke that record. This machine has a giant rotating wheel at the front, lined with buckets that spin around one after another, cutting through earth and sending it back through a conveyor belt. It took 5 years just to design this machine and another 5 years to assemble it, a 10-year project in total, costing around $100 million. What's astonishing is that despite its massive size, it only takes 5 people to operate it. But the story doesn't end there, because just a few years later, an even bigger machine was built, one that still dominates its category to this day. Number 2 Bagger 293 Number 2 is the machine that surpassed the Bagger 288, the Bagger 293. It was built in 1995 by the same company, Takraf. Guinness World Records has officially recognized it as the heaviest land vehicle on Earth. It stands about 300 feet tall, more than twice the height of the Statue of Liberty. It's about 230 meters long, roughly the length of two football fields placed side by side. And it weighs around 14,000 tons. Despite being this heavy, it can move across the ground without leaving much of a mark, thanks to the 12 massive tracks it stands on. The rotating wheel at the front holds 18 buckets, each one large enough for a person to comfortably stand inside. In a single day, this machine can move enough Earth to dig a hole roughly 25 meters deep across an entire football field. And yet, despite being this enormous, it still only takes 5 people to operate it. The Bagger 293 remains the reigning champion in terms of weight, but when it comes to sheer length and width, there's an even bigger machine out there. And that brings us to number one on today's list. 1. F-60 Overburden Conveyor Bridge And now we arrive at the true giant, the largest land vehicle in the world by size. It's called the F-60 Overburden Conveyor Bridge. It was also built in Germany by the company Takraf in 1991. Many people call it the Eiffel Tower lying on its side, and that nickname couldn't be more fitting. This machine is about 502 meters long, meaning if you stood it upright, it would tower 150 meters taller than the Eiffel Tower in Paris. It's about 240 meters wide and roughly 80 meters tall, weighing around 13,000 tons. This enormous structure moves slowly along rail tracks on either side, which is why it's still classified as a land vehicle. It sits on a total of 760 wheels, half of which are motor-driven. Its job is to clear away the overburden, the layer of soil sitting on top of a coal deposit, so the coal underneath can be extracted. The excavators on either side of it can cut through roughly 29,000 cubic meters of earth per hour and move it across via conveyor belt. And yet, despite its massive size, its top speed is only 13 meters per minute, less than 1 kilometer per hour. Interestingly, in terms of length, this isn't just the largest land vehicle on Earth, it's actually longer than the longest ship ever built by humans. So there you have it, friends. From an ordinary truck all the way to a rail-mounted Eiffel Tower lying on its side, human engineering has created things that put even our imagination to shame. I hope you enjoyed this video. If you want to see more mind-blowing videos like this, be sure to subscribe to our channel. And to everyone who watched the full video, thank you so much. Let us know in the comments what kind of video you'd like to see next. See you in the next amazing video. Until then, take care and stay well. Allah hafiz.