Bagger 288 (Excavator 288), built by the German company Krupp for the energy and mining firm Rheinbraun, is a bucket-wheel excavator or mobile strip mining machine. When its construction was completed in 1978, Bagger 288 superseded Big Muskie as the heaviest land vehicle in the world...

Bagger 288 - a giant among bucket wheel excavators. When it was built in 1978, the "Bagger 288" was the largest bucket wheel excavator in the world, and it is still one of the biggest land vehicles today.