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World’s Biggest Machines 2

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World’s Biggest Motorcycle People who see Greg Dunham’s motorcycle sometimes think they’ve suddenly shrunk. What they’re actually looking at, however, is the world’s biggest motorcycle, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. Dunham built the 15-foot high, 25-foot-long monster bike in over three years. It weighs about 6,500 pounds and cost $300,000. Dunham steers it from a cage below the handlebars. The beauty shop owner said he created the monster bike because his friends said it couldn’t be done and he wanted to prove it could. The reaction he gets from people who see it is icing on the cake. The Guinness Book of World Records describes the bike as the world’s tallest rideable motorcycle. Liebherr T 282B – World’s Biggest Truck This monster machine Liebherr T 282B is a large earth-hauling dump truck designed in 2004 by a German manufacturer and became the largest earth-hauling truck in the world. It can carry about 360 tonnes (400 tons) at 64 km/h. Designer Francis Bartley ...

World’s Biggest Machines

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1. Antonov An-225 – World’s largest and heaviest aircraft When it comes to bulldozing, bigger really is better. The bigger the dozer the more efficiently they work and the more aggregate they can shove. The World’s biggest and most powerful (production) Bulldozer is the D575A-3SD built by Komatsu in Ishikawa, Japan. Standing 16 feet tall, 41 feet long and 24 feet wide the D575A-3SD is the king of power when it comes to shifting aggregate. When the need arises to clear aw ay large amounts of rubble, rock or earth then the D575A-3SD is the machine of choice. 2. D575A-3SD – World’s Biggest (production) Bulldozer When it comes to bulldozing, bigger really is better. The bigger the dozer the more efficiently they work and the more aggregate they can shove. The World’s biggest and most powerful (production) Bulldozer is the D575A-3SD built by Komatsu in Ishikawa, Japan. Standing 16 feet tall, 41 feet long and 24 feet wide the D575A-3SD is the king of power when it comes to shifting aggreg...
Google is holding an event this morning in San Francisco to make some special announcements about the long-awaited Chrome OS. We’ll be live-blogging the event here and will update this post every couple minutes with new facts about Chrome OS, insights from Google executives and our own experiences hands-on with the OS. What we have at the outset is a rather limited set of information. Chrome OS has been in the works for quite some time; the company first announced it in June 2009. One of the more recent insights we’ve been given is that Google’s operating system differs from Android in that it’s intended for traditional, PC-type devices, including netbooks. Android will continue to be Google’s OS for mobile phones and tablets. Stay tuned for more. All times are in Pacific Standard Time. 10:30 a.m. Sundar Pichai is Google’s VP, Product Management. A year ago, Google announced the open-source Chrome project. The company was focused on speed, simplicity and security. Now, Chrome has 120...