Before the Death Star there was....
Created on: March 7th, 2006
Before the Death Star there was....
I know it isn't really a saw. I also know it is used for mining.

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March 7th, 2006
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cool picture
March 7th, 2006
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lmao
March 7th, 2006
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Lol, wtf.
March 7th, 2006
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Just plain weird. Good job!
March 7th, 2006
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f*ck Me, that thing is real ! I'm assuming for strip/shear mining.
March 7th, 2006
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Sweetness! Is that thing real? If it is, wtf would we do with it? *Shock of fear* ...build...the...DEATHSTAR! Or we could save Ginnyweapons from the giant robots. :)
March 7th, 2006
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Been a while I have'nt heard of this big thing, specially on ytmnd. I think it was used in germany to rebuild broken landscapes or something.
March 7th, 2006
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Its not a saw.
March 7th, 2006
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The saw doesn't rebuild anything. Boomaga is right in that its used for mining. Doesn't go very far though, only goes less than 1 mph.
March 7th, 2006
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Congrats, you have found strip mining equipment!
March 7th, 2006
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its a feature?
March 7th, 2006
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Ahaha. O_O Awesome.
March 7th, 2006
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wow, whatever that is, it rules.
March 7th, 2006
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old
March 7th, 2006
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yea....i like giant robots oh no ITS AN ANGEL!!!!!
March 7th, 2006
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O NOESSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!
March 7th, 2006
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I need to change my pants...
March 7th, 2006
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It's not a saw. It's a space station.
March 7th, 2006
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wtf? WTF???!!? So this is what those jews have been up to in their underground secret labs!!! oh dear lord jesus in heaven , help us!!!
March 7th, 2006
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I have never before been so scared in my life.
March 7th, 2006
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wtf
March 7th, 2006
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-2 because I was gonna do this :( And yes, it is for mining.
March 7th, 2006
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just... holy jesus titty f*cking christ. sources for the love of god please
March 7th, 2006
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haha! someone should make a ytmnd of that becoming like a death machine and going out of control instead of some lame, slow-moving mining equipment
March 7th, 2006
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For everyone who was wondering, it only looks like a saw from the side. What look like the saw's teeth are actually scoops. It spins and scoops dirt really fast.
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I think that's what they used to circumcise Shaq...
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March 7th, 2006
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not a saw, buncha scoops. Look at how theyre faced. The aggregate is dropped onto the conveyor system that goes throughout the chassis of the crane. And yes, it's for strip mining, most likely of just aggregate for road construction, building constructi
March 8th, 2006
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Bah! I was gonna make a YTMND with that pic! It was gonna be like "So thats what the germans have been up to", Its German btw, called the kone
March 8th, 2006
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Fukkin nutz
March 8th, 2006
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image source? sound source (I think most people know it but still no excuse for laziness)?
March 8th, 2006
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it's they mysterious weapon of mess destruction. i'll bet that it's a giant war machine!!111oneone
March 8th, 2006
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^^^ stfu
March 8th, 2006
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god that's awesome! hope it gets up into the more veiwed for the day XD
March 8th, 2006
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whoa! holy sh*t! is that a real thing? what do you use that for?
March 8th, 2006
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That picture is older than construction equipment itself.
March 8th, 2006
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Inkdrinker, that was just retarded. I know you think your clever and everything, but that was stupid of you to say that.
March 8th, 2006
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LOL! Holy sh*t!! Haha! Oh man, it's gonna TEAR US APPART!!
March 8th, 2006
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Not for mining, giant people shredder from Dane Cook's 100 foot tall native americans. Good game, America.
March 8th, 2006
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logged in to say this is lame
March 8th, 2006
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That thing is the inspiration for nightmare/backlash; the coolest Battlebots ever. :D:D:D:D
March 8th, 2006
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You know you should probably watch the history channel once in a while... it's a circular giant bucket loader. The world's largest.
March 8th, 2006
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That's no saw. It's a lumber mill!
March 8th, 2006
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meh
March 8th, 2006
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Bah! misinformation! This isn't the predesesor to the deathstar, it's what the ATAT evolved from. Duh! :P
March 8th, 2006
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"The saw doesn't rebuild anything." Neither does the death star... :O
March 8th, 2006
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That's a big f*cking saw.
March 8th, 2006
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KNEEL. KNEEL AND BOW.
March 8th, 2006
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Jesus raping Christ that bitch is huge!
March 8th, 2006
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Too bad it isn't a saw
March 8th, 2006
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old image. yet cool idea.
March 8th, 2006
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POTOSHOPHED
March 8th, 2006
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MY GOD WE'RE DOOMED!
March 8th, 2006
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I assume that im not the only one here that would like to get behind the wheel of that thing and plow into a hillary duff concert with it?
March 8th, 2006
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its metal gear not starwars ! >:(! jackarse
March 8th, 2006
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Correct term is actually a "bucket excavator" more commonly known as a bucketwheel...and fyi, thats not even close to the biggest one in operation, the one featured is from germany, the largest one's are in Alberta, Canada
March 8th, 2006
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Look at the size of that thing!
March 8th, 2006
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LOL
March 8th, 2006
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O_O
March 8th, 2006
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Cool, perfect music as well
March 8th, 2006
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old picture, welcome to the internet
March 8th, 2006
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We're all gonna die!!!!!!!
March 8th, 2006
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Dude, that thing is AWESOME.
March 8th, 2006
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There's something unusually funny about the phrase "giant saw".
March 8th, 2006
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Downvoters: Not everyone has seen every f*cking picture on the internet. Get used to it.
March 8th, 2006
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I think I remember that image from a Fark PS contest. The huge machine definitely looks familiar.
March 8th, 2006
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but Alderaan is peaceful!
March 8th, 2006
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Don't be too proud of this technological terror you have constructed.
March 8th, 2006
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Funny pic, but I don't get the Star Wars reference
March 8th, 2006
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I think I saw that thing in modern science or something my swedish to english is'nt that good.
March 8th, 2006
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That thing is scary.
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aids.
March 8th, 2006
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Another good sound to use, I think, would've been "That's a huge bitch!"
March 8th, 2006
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lose
March 8th, 2006
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SEE SAW!!
March 8th, 2006
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This is the most terrifying thing I've ever seen. BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL
March 8th, 2006
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roffle
March 8th, 2006
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this really isn't that funny.
March 8th, 2006
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Close up image of the bucket, with a bulldozer stuck in it. at excavator.ytmnd.com/
March 8th, 2006
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Damn, that's one big saw.
March 8th, 2006
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Correction, this is AFTER the Death Star because this picture was probably taken during this decade.
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Whoa, a big mining thing...
March 8th, 2006
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It's Uber-Killdozer!!
March 8th, 2006
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its a massive strip miner in germany its so insanly bad *ss you dont evne understand lol its teh uber sauce
March 8th, 2006
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Adrnshw6 ever heard of a circular saw? idiot
March 8th, 2006
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This thing or a thing that looks exactly like it can be found in GoogleEarth. I don't remember exactly, but it was somewhere in western Germany in the area of Ruhr Valley.
March 8th, 2006
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We know have the Ultimate Earth Mover in the Universe.
March 8th, 2006
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cool saw, bad ytmnd
March 8th, 2006
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but... the death star was A LONG TIME AGO... you FAIL AT FACTN CHECKING...like ABC
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my mind!!!!!!
March 8th, 2006
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For those wondering its called RB293 bucket wheel exavator, its weighs 31.3 million lbs O_o
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FTW
March 8th, 2006
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Ah, the giant excavator. It's not a saw, just so you know. It's a wheel of buckets. It scooped up a 'dozer once.
March 8th, 2006
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Old.
March 8th, 2006
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RUN AWAY!!! WE'RE ALL DOOMED
March 8th, 2006
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I think the CIS went with the Death Star was a bit more pratical then that thing, lol.
March 8th, 2006
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lol
March 8th, 2006
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The only one on the top 15 that actually made me laugh out loud...you win, good day sir!
March 8th, 2006
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I remember fark's photoshop of this
March 8th, 2006
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i've seen bigger.
March 8th, 2006
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A toy that God left in his sandbox.
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Sweet Christ that thing is large.
March 8th, 2006
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Jesus H Christ lol
March 8th, 2006
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you must be AFTER the death star..star wars was a long time ago...
March 8th, 2006
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WHAT THE f*ck IS THAT? No... really. What the hell is that thing?
March 8th, 2006
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Old. Very old.
March 8th, 2006
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All I know about this giant instrument of death is that... I NEED ONE RIGHT NOW! How much does one of these cost?!
March 8th, 2006
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METAL GEAR?!?!
March 8th, 2006
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I saw this thing on the History Channel, it's used for strip mining of coal in Germany. The coal there is soft so it can be scooped easy. It would fail in the USA.
March 8th, 2006
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Ive seen shows about it on discovery, its cool.
March 8th, 2006
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Saw a couple out in Wyoming while working on the railroad at the coalmines, f*cking awesome. I want one.
March 8th, 2006
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http://metalgearstar.ytmnd.com
March 8th, 2006
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thats one of the coolest things I've ever seen
March 8th, 2006
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one of the few things that made me laugh just as soon as i saw it.
March 8th, 2006
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So what. The ones in Fort McMurray, Alberta, are around two or three times bigger.
March 8th, 2006
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damn. O.O
March 8th, 2006
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ive seen this before
March 8th, 2006
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O_O
March 8th, 2006
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drive to church in that thing....f*uckig awesome
March 8th, 2006
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That was on the discovery channel a while back. It's awesome.
March 8th, 2006
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lol, some retards downvoted because they didn't bother to read the description. Crazy picture though :D
March 8th, 2006
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I wonder where that is
March 8th, 2006
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i love this so much
March 8th, 2006
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holy christ wafers!!
March 8th, 2006
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Guys the saw blade is acutally a ton of buckets its hard to tell because of the angle. Discovery channel knows all.
March 8th, 2006
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Yea, its real. In Germany i believe.
March 8th, 2006
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That f*cker is gonna own in the next season of Battlebots.
March 8th, 2006
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Holy hell! O_O
March 8th, 2006
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o m f g
March 8th, 2006
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holy f*cking sh*t. I about sh*t myself when that picture popped up
March 8th, 2006
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Wow that's insane.
March 8th, 2006
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Its just a bucket loader.
March 8th, 2006
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Bucket wheel excavators wouldn't make good Death Stars, anyways.
March 8th, 2006
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EXCELLENT AND ORIGINAL
March 8th, 2006
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lol
March 8th, 2006
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Must be a bitch to change the blade
March 8th, 2006
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n*gg* stole my giant saw ;(
March 8th, 2006
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Seeing that up close would freak me the f*ck out.
March 8th, 2006
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I don't care if they're buckets. Don't tell me this thing couldn't saw through anything it touches.
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OH GOD I LOVE THIS THING fiven
March 8th, 2006
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My heart just stopped from the ownage of that picture
March 8th, 2006
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We need to send one of these to iran. That ought to stop thier nuclear ambitions real quick!
March 8th, 2006
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5!!!!'d.. minus 4 cause i was thinking of something else..its a pic..of a saw...not doin it
March 9th, 2006
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Bad ASS!
March 9th, 2006
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It isn't that new, thee was at least one of those in Germany in the 80s. It scary in any case
March 10th, 2006
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That saw is bigger than the death star!
March 31st, 2006
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You got upvoted by Mr. Upvoter! (bonus: ALL of your sites got upvoted)
May 18th, 2006
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the balogna is in the nest, the pastrami is recyclable.
June 21st, 2006
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a man's saw says everything a woman wants to know about him.
June 21st, 2006
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I had sex with a ham sandwich once.
June 23rd, 2006
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I'm sure there thousands of more efficient designs for mining equipment... But that one's too damn cool.
June 25th, 2006
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while we're steeling from b0g.org, enjoy the lego version: http://img74.imageshack.us/my.php?image=legogarzii8tr.jpg
June 26th, 2006
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dun dun dun giant saw giant saw...
June 27th, 2006
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I would do ANYTHING to drive that thing.
June 30th, 2006
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LIAR!!! GIVE TEH CREDIT TO WILL WRIGHT!!!! ITZ FFROM HIS SPORE TALK AT GDC N00b!!!
July 8th, 2006
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-1 because ive seen it before, and -1 for unfunnyness...
July 9th, 2006
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ITS A TRAP!
July 10th, 2006
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It's called a bucket wheel but meh.
July 12th, 2006
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What an evil invention.
July 17th, 2006
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OMG... If I were to take over a city, I'd include this thing along with any armored vehicles I'd have. Imagine the pure TERROR and INTIMIDATION effect this thing would generate? Might be used for coal-mining, but imagine if you plow right through a building with it! >:D Ahh, world domination...
July 19th, 2006
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this would get a 4 if the music didn't sound so muddy
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I need to get me one of those for my backyard.
July 24th, 2006
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lol, looks like a saw. 5 for description.
July 26th, 2006
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3 stars just for Tygore's comment: "There's something unusually funny about the phrase "giant saw".
July 26th, 2006
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It's called the Bagger 228 if I recall. Used for strip mining in NE Germany. You can see how they've had to dismantle the road to move it!
July 29th, 2006
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OMG, is that real?
August 1st, 2006
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you fail, please try again ^_^
August 8th, 2006
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I see those all the time when i lived in KY they strip mine alot it is a huge machine used for strip mining, thr are alot more like it but different looking
August 10th, 2006
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It's okay, but I'm pretty sure you're not telling me the truth by saying this came before the death star, considering this was probably built more recently, when they say star wars happened a lont time ago. So there. I bet it came after jerk.
August 14th, 2006
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Why do those crazy Germans always have to one up everyone on engineering?
August 16th, 2006
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I've never seen anything like that!
August 16th, 2006
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F*K THE WHAT!?!?!
August 17th, 2006
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That is one large saw, however, it has nothing to do with anything.
August 19th, 2006
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I guess back then the Empire had slightly less lofty goals
August 23rd, 2006
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Hahahaha!
August 24th, 2006
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old as f*ck
August 24th, 2006
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holy damn, btw who is ginnyweapons?
August 28th, 2006
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THE HARDEST PART'S FINDING A CORD LONG ENOUGH TO USE IT!!!
August 31st, 2006
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This is obviously a picture of a developing Star Wars universe. Germany = Nazis = Imperial Empire.
September 2nd, 2006
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Make another. With Saw music.
September 8th, 2006
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OMG, that's a big saw.....
September 9th, 2006
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what it is is a bunch of shovels attatched to a wheel, they use it to either A) scoop off soil to reach the ore, B) mine soft ore, or C)use it to srape soil that contains ore. Believe it or not, this is a small one, there is one in northern germany thats like twice the size of this.
September 11th, 2006
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I would still sh*t my pants if i opened up my curtains in the morning and saw that. One-uping it doesn't mean sh*t
September 12th, 2006
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lol i saw that on discovery
September 17th, 2006
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I'd love to see that thing chop a car in half.
September 20th, 2006
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please give me links or give me death.
September 23rd, 2006
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That's the ultimate Dead Rising weapon
December 15th, 2006
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F*CKING AWESOME
April 10th, 2009
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Actually, this is Poland's secret weapon - The War Saw (LOL GET IT?)