[geeks] Why?

[Tim H.]

On Tue, 30 Jul 2002 07:31:05 -0700
"Fogg, James" <JFogg at vicinity.com> wrote:

> Of course, wait until you see a walking dragline. 500K-tons of walking
> earth moving beastie. I watched one for a few days in Pennsylvania at
> a coal strip-mine.
> _

Watched it walking, or working?  Those things move what, 5 or 6 steps an
hour?  I read about one that they had to walk across a road, they
actually put a 12 foot thick temporary dirt crosswalk across the road,
and it still cracked the pavement.  They really stretch the definition
of mobile.

Tim