I've worked around & operated heavy equipment for many years. Having to retire at 37 due to health issues ,my love for equipment still grows. I can't operate them anymore ,but I can get pictures.
Steel mills around the world have very neat machines that are specialized. Take for instanced "kress carriers", you ever heard of them ? Maybe not but I will share pictures of these and other machines used in the steel industry
Kress slab carrier,used for transporting stel slags in & around the plant.
http://i315.photobucket.com/albums/ll460/dragonriversteel/Steel mill equipment/342.jpg
Kress staddle carrier,also used for transporting steel slabs.
http://i315.photobucket.com/albums/ll460/dragonriversteel/Steel mill equipment/slabcarrier_7.jpg
Kress slagpot carrier,used for transporting hot slag to the slag pit.Slag use to and still is tranported by train in some mills.These kress carriers are more modern than the old method.
http://i315.photobucket.com/albums/ll460/dragonriversteel/Steel mill equipment/KSP204.jpg
Heres is the old method of transporting slag to the pit by rail as listed above.
http://i315.photobucket.com/albums/ll460/dragonriversteel/Steel mill equipment/trinec32g.jpg
Filling a 75 ton scrap bucket and then tranport to the electric arc furnace or EAF.
http://i315.photobucket.com/albums/ll460/dragonriversteel/Steel mill equipment/HydrCrane.jpg
Koering front shovel used as a scrap grapple {pretty old school but just as neat}.
http://i315.photobucket.com/albums/ll460/dragonriversteel/Steel mill equipment/1066fs.jpg
Kress hot metal ladle carrier.These carriers weight about 400 tons fully loaded and traveling about forty miles per hour.
http://i315.photobucket.com/albums/ll460/dragonriversteel/Steel mill equipment/KressLadleCarrier.jpg
Klien ladle carrier only two where ever built.This one still works daily at the rouge river steel plant.
http://i315.photobucket.com/albums/ll460/dragonriversteel/Steel mill equipment/side.jpg
I have quite a few pictures of mill heavy equipment and would be willing to share more if you folks would like.
Patrick
Beaufort,SC