Episodes

10 episodes in this season

Super Airship

60 min

Mega Truck

60 min

Supership

60 min

Bullet Train

60 min

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800 Ton Digger

60 min

Heavyweight Helicopter

60 min

Ultimate Dragster

60 min

Aircraft Carrier

60 min

Jumbo Jet

60 min

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Ice Crawler

60 min

Rise of the Machines

TV Series

20141h7.9

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800 Ton Digger

Season 1 · Episode 5 · Apr 1, 2014

Stunning CGI animation explodes open one of the world's largest diggers–the Komatsu PC8000–to reveal the extraordinary technology that it depends on to shovel 27,000 tons of copper ore in less than four days. The pressure is on at Copper Mountain Mine, British Columbia. Every month the mine must produce $18 million of powdered copper to fill a shipment bound for Japan. The miners must continually blast the rock to undercover pockets of copper ore and scoop it up to feed the mine's mill. At the heart of this operation is the Komatsu PC8000. Its mission: scoop rock 24/7, 365 days a year using a giant bucket that could hold a Hummer. At the PC8000's controls is mining veteran, Pete Hartinger. Over his four-day shift, Pete must contend with potentially lethal boulders smashing into his Mega Digger, collisions with giant haul trucks, and lengthy delays caused by maintenance.

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Rise of the Machines

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20141h7.9

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800 Ton Digger

Season 1 · Episode 5 · Apr 1, 2014

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