Dragline
A dragline is a massive heavy excavator used in surface mining for removing overburden, featuring a long boom and bucket dragged by cables.
Fun Fact
The Cat 8000 dragline, the smallest model, still weighs over 4,500 tons and offers the lowest material removal cost per ton compared to other mining methods.
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