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Hitachi EX8000-7B, T4F Mining Excavator (resources.mynewsdesk.com)
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Hitachi EX8000-7B, T4F Mining Excavator

Operating Weight

Shovel 1,829,837lbs

https://www.hitachicm.us/products/excavators/ex8000-7b/

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[-] Plavatos@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago

I saw that and was wondering too, my guess is they help serve as a visual cue for when the bucket is about to hit the ground. Could be way off.

[-] pixelscience@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

That's what I'm going with too... or to more easily see the angle of the boom.

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