Giant Construction Machines Make Their Way to BAUMA 2010

Spring started in Bavaria this last weekend, and along with it came the first of the giant construction machines, arriving at the New Munich Trade Fair Centre. While we cover exclusively compact machinery on this blog, we were pretty excited to see BAUMA starting to set up (CE will be attending and blogging about the biggest trade show in the world all April long). The open-air site is currently a hive of activity, drilling, digging, hammering and assembly work is going on everywhere, to make sure the display is in tip-top shape ready for the opening of BAUMA.
 
Between 19 and 25 of April, the International Trade Fair for Construction Machinery, Building Material Machines, Mining Machines, Construction Vehicles and Construction Equipment is opening its doors in Munich for the 29th time. And this time it will be even bigger and stronger than ever before: a new all-time record is being set for exhibition space at over 555,000 sq m, and over 3,000 exhibitors from all over the world will attend. From today onwards, BAUMA officials are expecting around 6,000 trucks to arrive at the fair ground, bringing stand-building equipment and exhibits in time for the show. Some of the largest exhibits arrive in sections, in separate deliveries, for assembly at the exhibition center.
 
With a police escort, this is how one heavyweight exhibit traveled to Munich via the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal and on the motorways. This giant is the 4200 SM Surface Miner from the Wirtgen Group, a machine that is normally used in opencast mining, where it cuts, crushes and loads up to 12 million tons of material per year. It weighs in at a proud 200 ton, at a length of 30 meters. That’s a big mama.

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