BUCYRUS-ERIE BUCKET WHEEL EXCAVATORS
When we think of American manufacturer Bucyrus-Erie Co. and associated British company Ruston-Bucyrus Ltd., we think of its vast range of crawler excavators from the very smallest to the largest ever to roam the planet. Bucyrus-Erie’s main products were rope-operated and hydraulic excavators, but it also produced many other types of earthmoving machines, some of which were ‘one-offs’ and built to special order.
In this category were several Bucyrus-Erie giant bucket wheel excavators, built over a long period of time, and each
