Re: roll out of Discovery


"Lynndel Humphreys" <lynndel@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Not sure but I think I read somewhere it was built by a steam shovel
> company. No steam shovels left now. If you backward enguneer the crawler
> looks like a giant shovel with four tanks for propulsion. Don't know if
they
> could (re) fabricate one today.

Why not? There are companies that still make extremely large equipment that
is very similar. You wouldn't make an exact copy anyway. You'd make one to
fit the same overall envelope with the same (or larger) load carrying
capacity, but let the companies bidding decide what components to use for
the motors, hydraulics, and etc.

Jeff
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