Largest Abandoned Machine in the World! - Dangerous Exploration

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In this episode we explore the largest abandoned machine in the world, the Bagger 258. This machine was built in 1964 and left abandoned since 2002.
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  • @jonvincentmusic
    @jonvincentmusic5 жыл бұрын

    Strange to think that one day in the past the engine was turned off for the very last time, and that's right where it's stayed. Forever.

  • @hamish2202

    @hamish2202

    5 жыл бұрын

    Farmers do this allot with tractors I used to think they were parked cause they were broken but they normally all work they just had a little problem and they get new ones

  • @ranekeisenkralle8265

    @ranekeisenkralle8265

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@hamish2202 These behemoths aren't your average tractor though. The primary reason for this thing being abandoned and not replaced were the high operation and maintenance costs. Since they were (and some still are) electrically powered, you basically needed a small power plant to run one of these things. Besides that, when the place where it used to dig up coal was largely depleted, it was deemed too expensive to move it (they are even slower than a person on foot by quite some margin, making in the ballpark of 0.5 kilometers per hour at top speed (a walking person easily makes five times that speed). And disassembling and reassembling was deemed too expensive as well, so they let it sit there. @The Proper People, you guys were lucky that this thing sits so far out in hte countryside and has been abandoned for almost 20 years. Police therefore was unlikely to show up. Security from those solar-parks nearby might have though.

  • @mentallyilldarkjeroid5378

    @mentallyilldarkjeroid5378

    5 жыл бұрын

    Actually a much better reminder is a Call of Duty Ghosts DLC map called Behemoth based on this machine. It would be droll if someone was trapped in one of the buckets on the wheel as it rotated around to scoop up the earth and of course the earth crushed the person trapped inside. Or someone was trapped on the wheel when it began to rotate. Or if someone was run over by the treads. It would be droll to dig a hole to sit in that's narrower than the treads and have the treads pass over you. It's always the top part of the tread that moves, but the ground touching portion always stands still, whether you are talking a tank or a tractor. So many people probably never realized that. People need to buy up my "Dance of Death" a James Grider novel on Etsy under the jamesgriderbooks shop so I can accumulate money to afford to move out of the desert into a forested area like in the video.

  • @BeingMe23

    @BeingMe23

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@hamish2202 Your partly right. The farmer only parked the old perfectly running tractor as a backup for the newer tractor when it breaks. Plus everything we do as a child has a lifelong emotional impression. That we often enjoy reliving.

  • @Raczoon

    @Raczoon

    5 жыл бұрын

    @. Scout Says the drama queen.

  • @jjpark98
    @jjpark985 жыл бұрын

    The fact that you guys can make a full 15 minute exploration video on just ONE abandoned machine is a good testament as to how absolutely massive that thing is

  • @ranekeisenkralle8265

    @ranekeisenkralle8265

    5 жыл бұрын

    Agreed. In case you wondered, this thing weighed in at around 3850 tons - which is several parking lots' worth of cars - in one vehicle. And it wasn't exactly fast either.

  • @Tahydrahel

    @Tahydrahel

    5 жыл бұрын

    And thats a small one. The biggest we have are over 13000 tons. 90m high. :)

  • @ranekeisenkralle8265

    @ranekeisenkralle8265

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Tahydrahel actually over 14.00 tons, but yes, you are correct.

  • @danielauen7790

    @danielauen7790

    5 жыл бұрын

    And it seems they cut a fair bit out too.

  • @gxlorp

    @gxlorp

    5 жыл бұрын

    The fact that you can take the time to type this out for just ONE comment is a good testament as to how absolutely massively idiotic you are.

  • @robinkonig5828
    @robinkonig5828 Жыл бұрын

    This is not the bagger 258 its the Bagger 1473 The excavator was used at the Tagebau Meuro mine from 1965 to 2002. After it was withdrawn from service, the municipalities Senftenberg, Großräschen, and Schipkau decided on a joint action to preserve the opencast mining machine. Between 29 August to 15 September 2003, Bagger 1473 was moved approximately 8.5 kilometres (5.3 mi) from the Meuro mine to near the EuroSpeedway Lausitz, where it would serve as a monument to the area's former lignite mining. The machine was moved across industrial roads and railways owned by the LMBV but public traffic was not affected.[2] When Bagger 1473 became popular with the urban explorers, it was misidentified as Bagger 258 because of markings found on its information plate.

  • @McLaren570sLover

    @McLaren570sLover

    3 ай бұрын

    This was DEFINITELY off Wikipedia 🗣️🔥‼️🔊

  • @porsche1178
    @porsche11785 жыл бұрын

    Imagine the skeleton of the last operator sitting in the control room chair...

  • @TheCarnivalguy

    @TheCarnivalguy

    4 жыл бұрын

    Your comment reminded me of the scene in "Alien" when Dallas, Kane, and Lambert first come across the fossilized remains of the space jockey (Engineer) 😁

  • @mikeoxlong9522

    @mikeoxlong9522

    4 жыл бұрын

    Have you seen ghost rider 2 were ghost rider aka a skeleton is in the driver Seat of one of these machines

  • @jeffumbach

    @jeffumbach

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@mikeoxlong9522 and the whole thing catches on fire like his motorcycle.

  • @robertaviles8451

    @robertaviles8451

    2 жыл бұрын

    Must... buy... Halloween... skeleton... now! ⛑️💀

  • @fiazshah3838
    @fiazshah38385 жыл бұрын

    Imagine pressing a button and the whole thing rumbles to life.

  • @BeingMe23

    @BeingMe23

    5 жыл бұрын

    🤔👉🔴🔊😳

  • @3DRiley_

    @3DRiley_

    5 жыл бұрын

    Would be the scariest shit, if you don't know how to operate it. But I can assure you, vehicles with such big engines need quite some work to start. Pressurizers to create the inital pressure needed for combustion, pump to move grease and oil around to ensure complete lubrication, initial fuel pumps, a electric motor to get the engine into motion (one piston alone can weigh more than a normal car) and finally the ignition switch. There might be more actions needed to start such a beast, depending on the type etc.

  • @jesses.7107

    @jesses.7107

    5 жыл бұрын

    hell of a cold start, lol

  • @djteako

    @djteako

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@3DRiley_ These machines are all electric, no gas , no deisel , just one heck of a huge extension cord and 13000 volts of electricity!

  • @HarrisPropertyMaintenance

    @HarrisPropertyMaintenance

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@3DRiley_ actually the whole thing is electric so one button would fire one part of the machine up

  • @KRISOrginal
    @KRISOrginal5 жыл бұрын

    I was born in this City Lauchhammer! I see this big excavator so many times! My grandpa worked there! Haha

  • @BRuX6969

    @BRuX6969

    4 жыл бұрын

    Gibt es in Lauchhammer nicht noch einen viel größeren Schaufelradbagger der nicht mehr in Betrieb ist, oder irre ich mich da? Wir waren mal auf einen, aber das war nicht der gleiche wie in diesem Video.

  • @Mogamishu

    @Mogamishu

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@BRuX6969 warum haben deutsche Frauen immer Socken an beim Sex? Besonders schwarze Socken sollen beim Sex sehr beliebt sein

  • @befuddled2010
    @befuddled20104 жыл бұрын

    @7:25 Bryan starts ripping through the gears as a joke, but then the whole contraption lurches into action. Next scene they're at the laundromat washing their shorts.

  • @jessicathomas73

    @jessicathomas73

    3 жыл бұрын

    I was thinking imagine if something started to move...

  • @MrPsychopathYT
    @MrPsychopathYT5 жыл бұрын

    2:11 damn guys, no high fiving in the area

  • @Lhitt
    @Lhitt5 жыл бұрын

    2:10. Pack it up boys exploration is over.

  • @TOKEREAPER454

    @TOKEREAPER454

    5 жыл бұрын

    4nth0ny6 hahahaha

  • @HoneyBee-lx2zu

    @HoneyBee-lx2zu

    5 жыл бұрын

    **proceeds to step over it**

  • @rampagerslife

    @rampagerslife

    5 жыл бұрын

    it was a good run

  • @RavTokomi
    @RavTokomi5 жыл бұрын

    Interesting contrast of the rusted old coal mining machine and the new solar and wind farms surrounding it.

  • @silasmcgee3647

    @silasmcgee3647

    5 жыл бұрын

    RavTokomi Just a reminder of times past

  • @jj7958

    @jj7958

    5 жыл бұрын

    haha yea. I though the same

  • @RobertMorgan

    @RobertMorgan

    5 жыл бұрын

    Even more interesting when you consider coal is NEWER technology than wind or solar. Everything non-nuclear is a step into the past.

  • @MrTheMiguelox

    @MrTheMiguelox

    5 жыл бұрын

    Germany still uses a lot of coal fired power plants

  • @Xezlec

    @Xezlec

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@RobertMorgan Photovoltaic is newer than coal.

  • @Mediamarked
    @Mediamarked5 жыл бұрын

    I went there with my mom while on vacation, shortly after it was decommisioned. Very impressive, thankfull to my mom for taking me there. Sign was there on the stairs, didn't go up there myself. Guess it worked back then.. Awesome footage as always.

  • @alishafi2880

    @alishafi2880

    Жыл бұрын

    can you please tell me the location in Germany?

  • @michealarburn9861
    @michealarburn9861 Жыл бұрын

    It's so serene to see these places that were once bustling with people and activity empty and only hearing the wind in the trees in the background.

  • @SinkyYT
    @SinkyYT5 жыл бұрын

    Do you guys not use the drone anymore? an orbital shot of that thing would have been amazing!

  • @TheProperPeople

    @TheProperPeople

    5 жыл бұрын

    The drone broke in the first few days of our trip :(

  • @SinkyYT

    @SinkyYT

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@TheProperPeople That's not good :(

  • @engihere5434

    @engihere5434

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@TheProperPeople fuck

  • @lnmatters-ncsmusicproducer1673

    @lnmatters-ncsmusicproducer1673

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Nathan Kosky they had one broken before i believe

  • @brapamaldi7666

    @brapamaldi7666

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Nathan Kosky buy them one then, lol

  • @mackenzie9642
    @mackenzie96425 жыл бұрын

    Started watching you guys in high school, was always so impressed and blown away at how professional and educational your videos are. Hands down the best urbex exploration channel there is. Leave only footsteps ♥️

  • @jonvincentmusic

    @jonvincentmusic

    5 жыл бұрын

    ...and take only pictures

  • @EnzoBergstrom

    @EnzoBergstrom

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Hello I kinda feel the same they aren't too careful :/

  • @alinamhensley

    @alinamhensley

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Hello My thoughts exactly. Not a strong sense of self preservation in these kids. And it's evident just by the running dialogue in every vid that they frequently have no idea what they're looking at, which is so dangerous.

  • @dadadadankable

    @dadadadankable

    5 жыл бұрын

    Idk, RNK All Day is pretty badass.

  • @glennennekens1235

    @glennennekens1235

    5 жыл бұрын

    Very professional, especially when they were playing with that "shifter"... like seriously....

  • @fischkopp1234
    @fischkopp12345 жыл бұрын

    I know this may look big and impressive, but many of these Baggers are used in Germany and this is actually one of the smallest and oldest ones, which is another reason why it's abandoned. Bagger 287 is almost 4 times heavier and much larger and so are many others.

  • @subcloud6319
    @subcloud63195 жыл бұрын

    10:00 so no one gonna question the noose?

  • @fantasitretas

    @fantasitretas

    5 жыл бұрын

    Someone was going to commit suicide by hanging, but just fell over the edge while setting the noose in place, and died of massive trauma instead.

  • @broncogray1483

    @broncogray1483

    4 жыл бұрын

    fantasitretas actually?

  • @Kian00

    @Kian00

    4 жыл бұрын

    I was going to ask..

  • @mikeoxlong9522

    @mikeoxlong9522

    4 жыл бұрын

    Its just wire

  • @Generalbluethunder

    @Generalbluethunder

    4 жыл бұрын

    *insert laughing face*

  • @WawkaNaPisjune
    @WawkaNaPisjune5 жыл бұрын

    The inside of that thiang reminds me of Rivet City from Fallout 3.

  • @cgunnr8251

    @cgunnr8251

    5 жыл бұрын

    A. G. The whole thing looks like that thing in the ash heap from Fallout 76

  • @AlcoholAndLAG

    @AlcoholAndLAG

    5 жыл бұрын

    hahaha its probably the same kind of machine tbh

  • @silasmcgee3647

    @silasmcgee3647

    5 жыл бұрын

    AlcoholAndLAG This thing has been abandoned for as long as I’ve been living

  • @halfpipefreak

    @halfpipefreak

    5 жыл бұрын

    Go play the series of S.T.A.L.K.E.R if you want a real (Post) apocalyptic game instead of shitty ass Fallout which is better named as Sellout.

  • @mentallyilldarkjeroid5378

    @mentallyilldarkjeroid5378

    5 жыл бұрын

    Actually a much better reminder is a Call of Duty Ghosts DLC map called Behemoth based on this machine. It would be droll if someone was trapped in one of the buckets on the wheel as it rotated around to scoop up the earth and of course the earth crushed the person trapped inside. Or someone was trapped on the wheel when it began to rotate. People need to buy up my "Dance of Death" a James Grider novel on Etsy under the jamesgriderbooks shop so I can accumulate money to afford to move out of the desert into a forested area like in the video.

  • @jessereedpaintingsvmatador7009
    @jessereedpaintingsvmatador70095 жыл бұрын

    You guys should bring a couple safety harnesses , small price for a little safety wouldn't be a bad idea.. Cheers , great video !

  • @epistte

    @epistte

    5 жыл бұрын

    Decent steel toes shoes and gloves would be a good idea. I hope they have a recent tetanus shot, given all of that rust.

  • @EpicTomasHawk

    @EpicTomasHawk

    5 жыл бұрын

    Especially for using while climbing ladders, gotta be careful on rusty ladders..

  • @MrShobar

    @MrShobar

    4 жыл бұрын

    They're one accident away from becoming the "Deformed People", or worse yet, "The Dead People".

  • @pixel6173

    @pixel6173

    4 жыл бұрын

    but they're super careful actually.. idk if you've seen how most urban explorers go around but lemme tell you: theyre not as careful with their movement. these guys are doing things very slowly and securely if anything. atleast compared to me that is..

  • @JetsGlide73
    @JetsGlide735 жыл бұрын

    Rust new update looks amazing, graphics looking fire!

  • @mephInc

    @mephInc

    5 жыл бұрын

    There better be nodes all over the place by that thing.

  • @lopezfamily2089

    @lopezfamily2089

    4 жыл бұрын

    Rtx ray tracing has been turned on

  • @ChaseeCS

    @ChaseeCS

    4 жыл бұрын

    It’s being taken by a Zerg rn tryna mine some sulf

  • @Ayrnalin

    @Ayrnalin

    4 жыл бұрын

    This is not rust, this is rust v2

  • @JuliaCV9

    @JuliaCV9

    3 жыл бұрын

    what if I told you this is the latest update to The Last Of Us?

  • @ThatOneTruckGuy
    @ThatOneTruckGuy5 жыл бұрын

    1:57 anyone notice the little fan still running? lol Edit: Prob because of the wind.

  • @jennig3057
    @jennig30575 жыл бұрын

    This in an absolutely amazing piece of human engineering!! Never seen a piece of machinary this big

  • @ranekeisenkralle8265

    @ranekeisenkralle8265

    5 жыл бұрын

    Quite frankly, this is one of the smaller ones. its bigger counterparts range up to beyond 14.000 tons, which makes this thing puny with its mere 3850 tons.

  • @Zoli1972s

    @Zoli1972s

    5 жыл бұрын

    Then watch their video from the steel factory - that's even 100 times more massive.

  • @epistte

    @epistte

    5 жыл бұрын

    I've been up close to TheSilver Spade and Big Muskie. This machine is small by comparison.

  • @puest-uo4lr

    @puest-uo4lr

    10 ай бұрын

    @@ranekeisenkralle8265What are the names of those machines

  • @ranekeisenkralle8265

    @ranekeisenkralle8265

    10 ай бұрын

    @@puest-uo4lr They are called "Schaufelradbagger" - which translates into English as "bucket-wheel excavator" i believe. To say they are enormous would be an understatement. Funnily enough, most of the time you only see part of them if you drive past, because they tend to sit at the bottom of pit mines, with only the upper masts sticking out. But on a very few occasions some of these metal leviathans have been moved from one pit mine to another, which let spectators see them in all their immense bulk. It boggles the mind to think these things are actually mobile - albeit at an incredibly slow pace, below even walking speed. But then, we are talking literally a ship's worth of metal moving across land, so moving that sort of mass has to take some serious power - and it does. Electrical power to be exact. From what i remember these things have a sort-of umbillical-cord to plug into a power supply. Simply because that is more economical than putting a combustion engine plus massive fuel tanks into one of these things on top of all the bulk they already have.

  • @rowdyryan9988
    @rowdyryan99885 жыл бұрын

    Did you see that noose at 10:00 ?

  • @justinnatasmai4503

    @justinnatasmai4503

    5 жыл бұрын

    I was going to say something, that's creepy as hell

  • @Flavusgirl13

    @Flavusgirl13

    5 жыл бұрын

    Oh damn... well i do not see a body though so the one who made it either thought trough what he were doing or someone saw the body and removed it.

  • @woowooNeedsFaith

    @woowooNeedsFaith

    5 жыл бұрын

    I did, but I didn't pay attention to it. To me it looked like just a loop of wire. I was more scared of heights while they were climbing...

  • @oyah999

    @oyah999

    5 жыл бұрын

    could just be a loop to carry wires through

  • @codyherd4764

    @codyherd4764

    5 жыл бұрын

    I noticed that too. I hope nobody committed suicide

  • @yukelss
    @yukelss4 жыл бұрын

    Funny to see this after being there myself. I can totally rememer the smell inside those rooms and how sketchy the floor panels were. Even the solid steel floors were so rusty you'd have to watch your step not to break through. Not to mention wind and rain when I was there. It wasn't just crumbly but also slippery in between the crumbly bits :D

  • @dinkelbroetchenlover
    @dinkelbroetchenlover5 жыл бұрын

    I knew my country was capable of doing cool stuff but THIS is SERIOUSLY amazing

  • @kaubate9436

    @kaubate9436

    4 жыл бұрын

    Eigentlich wurde es ja in der DDR gebaut, sogesehen nicht in "deinem Land", der Bundesrepublik Deutschland.

  • @SuperCheater7

    @SuperCheater7

    Жыл бұрын

    @@kaubate9436 die DDR war trotzdem noch deutschland, also doch. "Seinem Land"

  • @tmtm3810
    @tmtm38105 жыл бұрын

    I'm really surprised how nicely kept a lot of these German relics have been.

  • @rustylord_met2132

    @rustylord_met2132

    5 жыл бұрын

    Germany in general is awesome at maintaining intrinsically valuable sites.

  • @Capitanvolume

    @Capitanvolume

    5 жыл бұрын

    This machine was working until 2002

  • @nesqulck6985

    @nesqulck6985

    5 жыл бұрын

    bigboy bromo you go to America it becomes a bum city

  • @linwizz2126

    @linwizz2126

    4 жыл бұрын

    We took 3 huge floating cranes from germany after the war, 2 of them are still being used today. 1 is in Panama and the other in showed up in Russia a few years ago(we thought it was lost)

  • @SaltySeaSunbeam

    @SaltySeaSunbeam

    4 жыл бұрын

    I guess u could say us German people are really ocd at times

  • @prismstudios001
    @prismstudios0015 жыл бұрын

    The thought "Are you out of your freaking minds?" Went through my mind many, many times......Those heights........

  • @Kay_213_

    @Kay_213_

    4 жыл бұрын

    Some people simply don’t give a fuck. I respect that in a way, but it doesn’t cease to frighten me sometimes

  • @pixel6173

    @pixel6173

    4 жыл бұрын

    this is actually one of the lowest structures i've seen people climb on here. rather peaceful, actually.

  • @Xs2...
    @Xs2...Ай бұрын

    The way it sits there on 0:45 just massive/jaw dropping A lot of respect for you climbing all the way to the top.

  • @rayanderson5797
    @rayanderson57975 жыл бұрын

    This thing is so cool. I love big machines. It's amazing to think something this enormous can actually move on land.

  • @joachimpeiper8418
    @joachimpeiper84185 жыл бұрын

    "Oh no there's a chain" instantly bypasses it with no hesitation

  • @compulsivedisease1640

    @compulsivedisease1640

    5 жыл бұрын

    jochaim peiper that’s the joke 🤦‍♀️

  • @kysZoie

    @kysZoie

    5 жыл бұрын

    Nate Parks r/wooosh

  • @TheParkerizing

    @TheParkerizing

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thou shall not pass, or pass I'm a chain not a cop.

  • @zem6300

    @zem6300

    4 жыл бұрын

    ZoieTorres my dude, he was pointing out the joke he clearly got it.

  • @SteveRonin
    @SteveRonin5 жыл бұрын

    Damn so sick!

  • @RangerRickTV

    @RangerRickTV

    5 жыл бұрын

    Big Steve on the scene! Playa playa.

  • @ogmoustachemalefacialcompa3907

    @ogmoustachemalefacialcompa3907

    5 жыл бұрын

    Go to the doctors

  • @nitinkumar7329
    @nitinkumar73294 жыл бұрын

    Germans love their machines. That's why grass is mowed and it's still not broken apart for steel.

  • @tankman-ku5zc
    @tankman-ku5zc5 жыл бұрын

    Very cool. So interesting to me that such huge machines are just abandoned and left to rot. Love seeing you guys explore all of the abandoned machines and infrastructure. So much history.

  • @teclinsoro4523
    @teclinsoro45235 жыл бұрын

    I’m getting some NieR Automata vibes!

  • @steedblackman1615

    @steedblackman1615

    5 жыл бұрын

    Glory to my ever growing "Boner" for my beloved 2b.

  • @ellieAOD

    @ellieAOD

    5 жыл бұрын

    Especially that grinder...it looks like Engel's arms

  • @thatrandomperson8585

    @thatrandomperson8585

    5 жыл бұрын

    Glad I'm not the only one who thought of Engels when I saw it

  • @tamarrajames3590
    @tamarrajames35905 жыл бұрын

    I am always fascinated by the different views my favourite urbexers have of the same subject. I first saw this machine through the lens of Broken Window Theory, and am delighted to see your take on it. You always frame dramatic shots well, and your pans are smooth and slow enough to allow the eye to take in and appreciate where you are and what you are looking at. I love that none of you can resist that really high spot...it gives a pretty amazing view. Well done, as always...and please stay safe out there.🖤🇨🇦

  • @thelongboarddude95

    @thelongboarddude95

    5 жыл бұрын

    True! But Broken Window Theory is much better at capturing the story of the places

  • @tamarrajames3590

    @tamarrajames3590

    5 жыл бұрын

    thelongboarddude95 agreed, fortunately there is room for numerous creative approaches, and we benefit from that.🖤🇨🇦

  • @tysopiccaso8711
    @tysopiccaso87115 жыл бұрын

    I'm in awe of the size of this lad, absolute unit

  • @nyctin9761
    @nyctin97615 жыл бұрын

    8:04 nature always finds away i think the synthesizer in the background accommodates this feeling

  • @mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm2
    @mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm25 жыл бұрын

    10:00 at the end of each ride a free tetanus shot

  • @sheamusbelvin9240

    @sheamusbelvin9240

    4 жыл бұрын

    Did you see the nooes?

  • @punchline43

    @punchline43

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@sheamusbelvin9240 Yse!

  • @TheRaginCajun6
    @TheRaginCajun65 жыл бұрын

    Its a good day when the proper people upload a video.

  • @adinicic4259
    @adinicic42595 жыл бұрын

    It's a Transformer. Obviously it needs more energon dude.

  • @michaelaluna7684

    @michaelaluna7684

    4 жыл бұрын

    Devastator!

  • @financialproblems9308

    @financialproblems9308

    4 жыл бұрын

    It’s metropolex from transformers cybertron

  • @northflower423
    @northflower4235 жыл бұрын

    I want to go there and work on it... fix it up and drive it around as my daily!

  • @mrnoname9086

    @mrnoname9086

    4 жыл бұрын

    Does some doughnuts

  • @FAWX

    @FAWX

    4 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic gas mileage I'd imagine.

  • @filipvanek6272

    @filipvanek6272

    4 жыл бұрын

    Do the LS swap

  • @robertfinch6602

    @robertfinch6602

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@filipvanek6272 Whats that?

  • @skellexis404
    @skellexis4045 жыл бұрын

    "Howl's Moving Castle" comes to mind.

  • @heathermsmarvel8750
    @heathermsmarvel87505 жыл бұрын

    Whew, those camera shots downward really trigger my fear of heights, while I'm just sitting at my PC, lol. Awesome exploration, that machine just kept going and going, enormous!

  • @danielhorne6042

    @danielhorne6042

    4 жыл бұрын

    that makes my gut turn as im watching it on a 24" screen lol

  • @Skrenja
    @Skrenja5 жыл бұрын

    We have an even bigger one in Canada. They stopped using them because several smaller ones could do the job more effectively then a big one could.

  • @gustavopolanco6925

    @gustavopolanco6925

    5 жыл бұрын

    How do you call these things?

  • @chrismuller2342

    @chrismuller2342

    5 жыл бұрын

    Wrong... the biggest one is in germany. The german company RWE use it.

  • @beastof_
    @beastof_5 жыл бұрын

    2:18 "It's pretty shaky." *whole thing falls apart*

  • @flyboieblair6636
    @flyboieblair66365 жыл бұрын

    Please what ever you guys do, don't change the intro music, it's at the top of my playlist. Also good work on that old crane

  • @ranekeisenkralle8265

    @ranekeisenkralle8265

    5 жыл бұрын

    it's actually a massive excavator - which happens to lug around a crane as an add-on ;-)

  • @TheEliteMinecrafter

    @TheEliteMinecrafter

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yo whats the music called, I love it so much but I can't find what the song is

  • @sokarr4779

    @sokarr4779

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@TheEliteMinecrafter This? kzread.info/dash/bejne/qJ56ycFmZLCWaJs.html Intro starts at 2:33

  • @kurtv6281

    @kurtv6281

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@TheEliteMinecrafter john hassel or brian eno. ambient music

  • @jordanstewart2455
    @jordanstewart24555 жыл бұрын

    If homes were strapped/ welded on it's sides, a green house mounted onto the top, and a couple of turrets where placed by the entrance it would be the perfect Post-apocalypse location.

  • @solisemporium

    @solisemporium

    5 жыл бұрын

    Jordan Stewart a film called mortal engines is coming out soon! It kinda has that feel to it.

  • @ranekeisenkralle8265

    @ranekeisenkralle8265

    5 жыл бұрын

    For that you'd have to use one of the bigger still operational excavators. after having been abandoned for almost 20 years the structure of this thing might have taken some damage. Sure, it isn't falling apart anytime soon, but smaller bits and pieces are already dropping down from it - you have seen the condition of several pieces of walkway on this thing.

  • @MannoMax

    @MannoMax

    5 жыл бұрын

    If you get a couple dozen super sized elctrical motors and the nuclear powerplant of an old sub it might actually even drive

  • @elderalencar4832

    @elderalencar4832

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@solisemporium Is it based on that book?

  • @solisemporium

    @solisemporium

    5 жыл бұрын

    La Vie Est Drôle It is! Philip Reeve wrote the books. It’s under the same name as the film

  • @joenodden
    @joenodden5 жыл бұрын

    10:00 whats with the noose up there?

  • @RogerBergqvist
    @RogerBergqvist Жыл бұрын

    A machine with an exquisite view. Damn what a view!

  • @Hey_its_bre
    @Hey_its_bre5 жыл бұрын

    I dont think I still ever not love you guy's intro. Its awesome! Love that your videos are always so informative. And you guys get some amazing shots! Keep it up I love it! 🙌

  • @christopherhamilton5557

    @christopherhamilton5557

    5 жыл бұрын

    HeyIts Bre -Agreed! 👊👊👊

  • @TheGamingPile
    @TheGamingPile5 жыл бұрын

    Wondering will ye ever explore an airplane graveyard? :)

  • @calumkylee

    @calumkylee

    5 жыл бұрын

    Those are pretty rare and hard to come by. They're also usually guarded and monitored because they're still used for parts and sometimes airworthy planes are just stored there because they're not being used. The best one, in Arizona(?), is guarded by the military and can only be accessed by the public on special guided tours.

  • @6stringsbrainfingers
    @6stringsbrainfingers4 жыл бұрын

    You guys are just amazingly awesome! I just wanted to let you know that.

  • @MJARTBYDAY
    @MJARTBYDAY4 жыл бұрын

    Bryan and Michael i love watching your explores you could go in to a field and explore it and i would still be engrossed .. you guys are so amazing and always research where you explore .. wow

  • @justinmccowan2543
    @justinmccowan25435 жыл бұрын

    Love this, you guys did an amazing job as always! I couldn't imagine climbing that high or going into some of them places, but I'm always intrigued watching from home!

  • @Fireship1
    @Fireship15 жыл бұрын

    That was some climb. I’m glad I can live vicariously through your videos. I could have never made that climb!

  • @hectormacias8890
    @hectormacias88903 жыл бұрын

    You guys have what it takes. Call me a ferry but I would have never climbed any of those stairs.Love you guys. Great work!

  • @RobertKohut
    @RobertKohut4 жыл бұрын

    Nice!!! That windmill moment though.... :-) Amazing... :-) @13:30

  • @RangerRickTV
    @RangerRickTV5 жыл бұрын

    One man's trash is another man's treasure.

  • @stephaniehall2641
    @stephaniehall26415 жыл бұрын

    I'm dying over here thinking about how I wished you had some fall protection up there.

  • @notreconstructed
    @notreconstructed2 жыл бұрын

    Going up that ladder make me pucker up in my seat , you have big freggin heart my friend. Scary stuff I hate heights .

  • @jessicabow5544
    @jessicabow55444 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for putting up the video of one in action, was great to be able to compare

  • @Redrally
    @Redrally5 жыл бұрын

    Re-posting the comment I left on Patreon: Awesome video! And what a nice surprise. How it started out almost made it feel like a Forbidden Explorers episode. I do personally wish there were a few more lingering shots of what Michael saw at the top of the Bagger.

  • @ButteryPapa
    @ButteryPapa5 жыл бұрын

    I just want a 10 hour version of the intro music

  • @max-mr5xf
    @max-mr5xf5 жыл бұрын

    It is amazing to watch. Thanks a lot for the video. This remembers me in a company where I built out and wired the main inverters of a more modern version of this machine. But seriously, as I'm working in industrial environments, setting up machines, production lines and so on, I'd NEVER go onto most of these machines or into buildings without safety gear. Because: mostly nothing serious happens. But if something goes wrong, you can't put your safety gear on afterwards.

  • @MartijnWismeijer
    @MartijnWismeijer4 жыл бұрын

    I remember these from when I was a kid! I have no fear of heights but you two climbing that rusty ladder creeped me out a little.

  • @noktanold
    @noktanold5 жыл бұрын

    That machine reminds me of Nier:Automata. I'm sure I defeated a couple of them.

  • @marcoscoluci7974
    @marcoscoluci79745 жыл бұрын

    You should have played "wellcome to the machine" by pink floyd in the moment you two walk inside the machine for the first time.

  • @RobertMorgan

    @RobertMorgan

    5 жыл бұрын

    #demonetized

  • @marcoscoluci7974

    @marcoscoluci7974

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@RobertMorganStill Worth it!

  • @BilisNegra

    @BilisNegra

    5 жыл бұрын

    Not possible bc. of copyright, but yeah, it would have been cool.

  • @alieninvaider

    @alieninvaider

    5 жыл бұрын

    Marcos Coluci I love that song and it would have fit perfectly. The music video used to scare the Hell out of me when I was a kid. 😂

  • @DecibelAlex

    @DecibelAlex

    5 жыл бұрын

    video would've been deleted for copyright infringement faster than my mom runs to the ice-cream truck

  • @ericaclarkson4735
    @ericaclarkson47353 жыл бұрын

    The part where Bryan is “shifting gears” had me cracking up. Great video guys!!

  • @athermedia91
    @athermedia914 жыл бұрын

    loving these videos. great seeing whats out there left in the open.

  • @contingenceBoston
    @contingenceBoston5 жыл бұрын

    My hands are sweaty just from watching that shit. And to think those machines were actually mobile.

  • @Bling92
    @Bling925 жыл бұрын

    Having worked on a mine site for 5 years, theres no way in hell id walk on anything or climb anything to do with something like this

  • @mikehunt8375
    @mikehunt83755 жыл бұрын

    Super awesome! I truly wish I was one of you guys! Thanks for living my dream life and showing it to me. 😍😀

  • @LoftechUK
    @LoftechUK5 жыл бұрын

    That was amazing. Well done

  • @TheChills00
    @TheChills005 жыл бұрын

    There's a noose at 9:58

  • @MMMM-sm2rm
    @MMMM-sm2rm5 жыл бұрын

    How you boys don't wear more appropriate clothing always gets me. I mean, throw on a simple pair of boots, ffs!!!

  • @doge_8284

    @doge_8284

    5 жыл бұрын

    M MMM ikr? They could simply hurt themselves with no appropriate gear of whatsoever i mean they just need to wear some protection

  • @invader_ren5974

    @invader_ren5974

    5 жыл бұрын

    And a dust mask or gas mask

  • @fantasitretas

    @fantasitretas

    5 жыл бұрын

    They've answered to that in another video. Boots do not allow for the agility sneakers do, therefore being more dangerous in many situations.

  • @mephInc

    @mephInc

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@fantasitretas You do realize that the people that worked in those places wore boots..... right?

  • @Scott86e86e

    @Scott86e86e

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@mephInc who cares

  • @Allthingslife30
    @Allthingslife302 жыл бұрын

    I love this channel , these guys always go to the scariest places

  • @glebeboi
    @glebeboi4 жыл бұрын

    6:53 After ascending the last stairs up to the control room, the boys enter to find centred between control shifts, a large black, padded office chair slowly turning around and find Blowfeld sitting there. "Ahh, the Proper People. I've been waiting for you two to arrive." LOL

  • @hassel3449
    @hassel34495 жыл бұрын

    Country roads, take me home...

  • @LumenChaser

    @LumenChaser

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hassel ash heap

  • @littlemizredhead

    @littlemizredhead

    5 жыл бұрын

    To the place, I belong...

  • @noahthenomad

    @noahthenomad

    5 жыл бұрын

    West Virginia, mountain mama...

  • @lowerquality

    @lowerquality

    5 жыл бұрын

    Nice lyrics: Country roads, take me home. Hassel, ash heap. To a place, where I belong West virginia, mountain mama. Noah S, take me home, country roads.

  • @fiercemetro8871
    @fiercemetro88715 жыл бұрын

    I know when the intro music starts its going to be a good one, yeah yah! 👍😎

  • @neversurrender5976
    @neversurrender59765 жыл бұрын

    Took some stones to climb to the top of that beast, great work guys!

  • @JB-kx1he
    @JB-kx1he5 жыл бұрын

    you are two amazing people. awesome spirits. oh and i love the ambient music choice to contrast nature vs. machine

  • 5 жыл бұрын

    it's always impressive how you guys capture the most amazing pictures from nothing, this giant pice of trash, but you still get amazing pics. Well done guys, once again, you did it!

  • @0u7break13

    @0u7break13

    5 жыл бұрын

    8 hours ago. Video out 1 minute ago. HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

  • @snowballil3133

    @snowballil3133

    5 жыл бұрын

    Same here, it was out 1 min ago

  • @jonstechchannel

    @jonstechchannel

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@0u7break13 Probably released to Patrons early.

  • @Laffinty8908

    @Laffinty8908

    5 жыл бұрын

    Patrons get early access.

  • @kosmos4133

    @kosmos4133

    5 жыл бұрын

    I actually find those abandoned pieces of trash beautiful on their own. It has something on it that makes me feel amazing

  • @Lolero
    @Lolero4 жыл бұрын

    Imagine if the army modified one of theese and took it to war...

  • @c418stal5

    @c418stal5

    4 жыл бұрын

    Oh no, oh jesus

  • @Tobi-ln9xr

    @Tobi-ln9xr

    4 жыл бұрын

    Google „Schwerer Gustav“

  • @PataPannu

    @PataPannu

    4 жыл бұрын

    Would be highly impractical, impossible to get to the destination where it's needed, eat up fuel and resources of an army of battle tanks and then face the fact that it could be easily disabled from miles away with an arsenal of weapons designed to flatten towns and cities. Also the weigh of the vehicle alone would cause it to sink into the ground if the plotted route takes it to a soft ground or anywhere else than flat ground where it has been designed to manouver. There is a reason why the Germans never built the outrageously large battle tank with the twin naval canon turret, the larger the vehicle, the larger is he logistical nightmare of upkeep and use.

  • @ultra-nationalistodst8085

    @ultra-nationalistodst8085

    4 жыл бұрын

    It would be good target practice for bombers and artillery

  • @python357magnum100
    @python357magnum1005 жыл бұрын

    Very cool,great video & still shots !

  • @fewjaristic8750
    @fewjaristic87503 жыл бұрын

    Now that's my first time being actually familiar with a place you explore! This is actually pretty weird because I never really regarded this to be an abandoned site -- being from Dresden, GER this sits right by the side of the highway to Berlin so I've passed this place quite regularly all my life and given it's in such a prominent spot I guess I just assumed it's still being maintained somewhat -- obviously out of use but still a tourist attraction, industrial monument and one hell of a landmark! So seeing its state up close for the first time thanks to this video was strange but kind of eye opening. I'll definitely try to actually visit it myself now!

  • @FutureTruckerJen101
    @FutureTruckerJen1015 жыл бұрын

    I understand it's the largest ABANDONED machine in the world. But just for fun and because I'm a machine lover; The 258 is only one of the Baggers, the 293 is even bigger, but still not the biggest machine in the world. It was made by the same German company. It is the largest in the mining industry. It's rival would be Big Bertha. The largest machine to date is the Large Hadron Collider. It's in Switzerland and there are future plans for an even bigger one.

  • @calumkylee

    @calumkylee

    5 жыл бұрын

    Bertha is not a mining machine. It was used to dig an underground road tunnel in Seattle and has since been disassembled. Whilst Bertha is very large, even this abandoned Bagger 258 dwarfs it.

  • @FutureTruckerJen101

    @FutureTruckerJen101

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@calumkylee Didnt necessarily mean it was for mining. Big muskie or the 288 is the largest though. I was only really talking in contrast to the 258.

  • @Alan_Hans__

    @Alan_Hans__

    5 жыл бұрын

    After the Large Hadron Collider I'd say the next largest machine would be Knock Nevis oil tanker. That and many other ships dwarf the Baggers.

  • @calumkylee

    @calumkylee

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Alan_Hans__ Knock Nevis was pretty huge but Shell's Prelude FLNG platform just edges it out by 30 metres or so.

  • @EmanVsEmmanueL

    @EmanVsEmmanueL

    5 жыл бұрын

    One could argue the the American power gid is the biggest machine.

  • @Official_MikeyT
    @Official_MikeyT5 жыл бұрын

    Hell nah that's a Marx from NieR Automata! That thing is going to attack when you least expect it.

  • @Zer0suM207
    @Zer0suM2073 жыл бұрын

    Amazing! My favorite channel to watch while relaxing at night.

  • @TheGamerGenerationLT
    @TheGamerGenerationLT5 жыл бұрын

    This giving me major vertigo, love the vid guys :)

  • @HarryWizard
    @HarryWizard5 жыл бұрын

    10:04 casual noose

  • @crozel7262
    @crozel72624 жыл бұрын

    Well i mean there can only be so many abandoned places on Earth to visit... How many more are there? Even 1 year after uploading this, there is still more!

  • @justforever96

    @justforever96

    3 жыл бұрын

    Huh? There are thousands of big cities, many more smaller cities, and every single one of them has abandoned sites, sometimes hundreds in a single city. Then there are old mines, derelict vessels, tunnels, oil wells, etc. There is no worry about running out of abandoned places to explore. And even if you did, there are countless thousands more in the rural areas, old churches, barns, houses, quarries and mines.

  • @painmagnet1
    @painmagnet15 жыл бұрын

    It's amazing to think that all around where this machine sits, there were mountains. The machine removed them completely. Now it's flat and the machine is done.

  • @ursa1990
    @ursa19904 жыл бұрын

    You guys are super good at picking just the right music for your videos. For example this music matches the stunning views and magnitude of the machine. I wish you guys would put the information about the music, you choose for any particular video, in the description box.

  • @vornamenachname2725
    @vornamenachname27255 жыл бұрын

    Hope you guys had some nice time around Leipzig. It's a bit strange to see you climbing "toys" of my childhood after watching you for years :D

  • @ranekeisenkralle8265

    @ranekeisenkralle8265

    5 жыл бұрын

    Bloß gut, dass das Sicherheitspersonal der Solarparks vermutlich die einzigen gewesen sind, die ihre Anwesenheit überhaupt hätten mitbekommen können. Steht ja mitten im Nirgendwo, das Ding.

  • @le41cl
    @le41cl5 жыл бұрын

    13:00 , that’s what the Germans though in ww2

  • @johnharrison1207
    @johnharrison12075 жыл бұрын

    Great Video! I would not have climbed that ladder even with a harness !! Well done.

  • @kpietran61
    @kpietran614 жыл бұрын

    Love the two of you always great videos never miss them.

  • @arghya4NE
    @arghya4NE5 жыл бұрын

    Country Roads .. Take me Home To the place I Belong!! West Virginia!Mountain Momma! *Sponsored by Hornwright Industries*

  • @PositronVI

    @PositronVI

    5 жыл бұрын

    It looks like de one from fo76

  • @iditchedmytruckinunity2395

    @iditchedmytruckinunity2395

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yurt

  • @AmityMidwest

    @AmityMidwest

    4 жыл бұрын

    FINALLY

  • @AmityMidwest

    @AmityMidwest

    4 жыл бұрын

    ROCKHOUND 4 LIFE

  • @coconutmilkism
    @coconutmilkism5 жыл бұрын

    12:29 me after smoking

  • @Sandkei
    @Sandkei4 жыл бұрын

    Holy crap dude. Good on ya for climbing to the top. My palms were sweating watching that part 👍

  • @cece3194
    @cece31944 жыл бұрын

    Bravo! You have no fear of heights. I was getting queezy while you were going up there.

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