World's largest Trencher

A trencher is a equipment used for the construction purpose, it is used to dig trenches, typically laying pipes, cables etc. The trenches are also available in different sizes and ranges according to the need. The picture which is shown above is the largest trencher in the world. The trencher is otherwise known as Rotating shovel. This trencher is built by Krupp in Germany. Huge amount of money is spent for making this trencher. The total money spent to built this trencher is about $100 million. The machine is cheap when they are made as self propelled.

The time taken to built and manufacture this trencher is 5 years. The machine is 95 meters high and 215 meters long, this is almost equal to 2 football fields in distance. The weight of the machine is 45,500 tonnes. The maximum digging speed of this machine is 10 meters per minute. This giant machine has an ability to move 76,000 cubic meter of rock, coal and earth per day.

The are also different types of trenchers which is available are :

* Wheel trencher
* Chain trencher
* Rock wheel
* Portable trencher

The latest 300 horsepower Rock wheel trencher is the famous underground equipment which is used for construction. In this new type of rock wheel trencher, the vibrations are adjusted automatically by the trencher stabilizers. This 300 horsepower rock wheel trencher is also named as HT300. It can trench 10 feet with a width of 36 inches in places like rock laden sites. The maximum power is given to the trencher due to an effective flywheel gear box used in the HT300. The cruise control system in this machine have the tendency to increase the ground speed automatically. These are the specialties of this HT300 rock wheel machine.