What is the world's most expensive heavy equipment?

komatpillar · May 27, 2009

Have you heard about the Midnight Rider? It's the "world’s largest and grandest limousine", uh well, classified as a Tractor-Trailer Limousine.:wink2

Just wondering, how about the most expensive heavy equipment / construction equipment / earth movers?

Any idea?:cool2

P.S.
Just got the picture from the web. It's interesting,

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Cat287B · May 27, 2009

Most expensive? One that stays broke down or you can't get parts for.

Hendrik · May 27, 2009

Guess it would be the that German rotary coal shovel that likes to eat Dozers for breakfast?

scholzee · May 27, 2009

Space shuttle is pretty exspensive !!!! It does have a crane on it LOL

special tool · May 27, 2009

I am also interested to hear what is the cheapest heavy equipment, while we are at it..

willie59 · May 27, 2009

special tool said:
I am also interested to hear what is the cheapest heavy equipment, while we are at it..

You'd have to ask the guys who borrow your machine over the weekend, do a project with it, and bring it back empty fuel tank!

Jeff S · May 27, 2009

This!!!!!

Chris91786 · May 28, 2009

scholzee said:
Space shuttle is pretty exspensive !!!! It does have a crane on it LOL

Winner!

Chris91786 · May 28, 2009

Jeff S said:
This!!!!!

CAT will not say that that machine caught on fire, (because that would mean a design flaw), they will say that a "Thermal Event" occured.

special tool · May 28, 2009

Chris91786 said:
CAT will not say that that machine caught on fire, (because that would mean a design flaw), they will say that a "Thermal Event" occured.

Well...
can't say that I blame them.
Odds are that this was operator/maint. error.
Someone got in there and re-routed wires, an oil leak, leaves, etc - you know how these things go.
Who is the more likely culprit?
A 100 year old company with a fantastik international reputation for quality, or joe-blow oiler who works for a big company and doesn't really care.

mudmaker · May 28, 2009

special tool said:
I am also interested to hear what is the cheapest heavy equipment, while we are at it..

Cheap to buy, just finding a good operator is next to impossible!LOL!

special tool · May 28, 2009

mudmaker said:
Cheap to buy, just finding a good operator is next to impossible!LOL!

Hey, wait a minute...
Is that made in China??:drinkup

stumpjumper83 · May 28, 2009

you know I'm going to say the the most expensive piece of equipment is the one you use the least. Which will varry for everyone.

For instance if you gave $20 for a hand shovel and never use it, just let it ride around in the truck, then replace it cause its rusty, was that not a waste of $20.

Now If you bought a brand new cat d-11, but run it 20 - 24 hrs a day, 365 a year, and get paid for every hour, while it took alot of capital to aquire it, it pays for itself because its busy, unlike the rusty shovel.

Jeff S · May 28, 2009

mudmaker said:
Cheap to buy, just finding a good operator is next to impossible!LOL!

Does that come with a operator's manual?

mudmaker · May 28, 2009

Jeff S said:
Does that come with a operator's manual?

I am not that old, but my dad taught me how to use a shovel. It is just amazing how many times I have been working with guys in their early 20's that I have to stop and show them how to use the stupid thing.

ointhead

komatpillar · May 28, 2009

stumpjumper83 said:
you know I'm going to say the the most expensive piece of equipment is the one you use the least. Which will varry for everyone.

For instance if you gave $20 for a hand shovel and never use it, just let it ride around in the truck, then replace it cause its rusty, was that not a waste of $20.

Now If you bought a brand new cat d-11, but run it 20 - 24 hrs a day, 365 a year, and get paid for every hour, while it took alot of capital to aquire it, it pays for itself because its busy, unlike the rusty shovel.

yeah, I think you're right!:woohoo

Because even if the equipment is expensive, but by using it, we get money that through time had paid our capital, then it's still worth it.

To spend for something that we think we'll not use frequently, I think it's better to rent for it...:beerchug

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Equipment-list · Apr 14, 2014

komatpillar said:
Just wondering, how about the most expensive heavy equipment / construction equipment / earth movers?

I don't know about prices but I think this list of construction and ag equipment classifications should help. It's from the Con Ag show in vegas:
http://sparkah.com/guerrilla-marketing-strategies/construction-and-agriculture-equipment-list/

JGibson · Apr 14, 2014

A perkins engine in any machine

kshansen · Apr 14, 2014

special tool said:
Who is the more likely culprit?
A 100 year old company with a fantastik international reputation for quality, or joe-blow oiler who works for a big company and doesn't really care.

I know who will get the blame, the mechanic who put that leak on the winter work list for the last five years and also told them that the belly pans should be droped and cleaned at least once a year if they keep running in the crap they are running in. Yes big machines will get dirty but that's no reason they have to stay that way year after year!

truecountry · Apr 18, 2014

kshansen said:
I know who will get the blame, the mechanic who put that leak on the winter work list for the last five years and also told them that the belly pans should be droped and cleaned at least once a year if they keep running in the crap they are running in. Yes big machines will get dirty but that's no reason they have to stay that way year after year!

Now don't put that on us Mechanics we try ....who knows owner said we will fix it after next job is done 2 years later so that's 7 years now ...lol

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