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Michelle asks: And you really expect to find - one here that isn't beyond repair?
- They are walking into a valley in a large forested area.
- Jack replies: I'm not even sure this is - the right place. Everything looks so different. But if it is, we'll - have plenty to choose from. Not optimistic about any of the hydraulic - excavators but we had some older cable-driven diggers - right word? on site that we might get - working.
- research that needs to be done: + machines here that aren't beyond repair?
+ The four are walking into a valley in a large forested area.
+ Jack replies: Right now, I'm not even + sure this is the place – everything looks so different – but, + if it is, we'll have plenty to choose from and a bunch more for + spare parts.
+ James gestures to the side and says: + Look, over there.
+ He points out a group of very rusty and completely overgrown machines. +
+ Annie wonders: How did they get inbetween + the trees?
+ Jack says: They didn't. This wasn't + a forest back then.
+ They make their way over to them. +

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+ Jack says: Looks like these were already + out of order before they were abandoned.
+ He turns to Annie and James, patting the side of one of the machines. +
+ This is an excavator. We're looking for + a big one like this, maybe a bit smaller, but not as small as that one + over there.
+ He points to a small excavator that has a tree growing through + its cab.
+ Do these excavators where the cab is the biggest + part have a specific name?
+ James asks: Why not just use this one then? + What's wrong with it?
+ This thing's just done for. Looks like + it was used as a spare parts donor. Tracks? Treads? + are missing, hydraulics for the bucket as well, and it looks + like the inside of the cab got completely dismantled.
+ They take a quick look at the other machines around them. There is the + other, much smaller excavator, a Kipper?, + a Wie heißt diese Maschine mit + Förderband, die Material sortiert?, and two + Radlader? Baccos?. All of them are missing + significant parts.
+

+

+ A bit further down the valley, they approach a much larger collection of + machines, parked in rows and parted out like the first ones they saw. +
+ Jack says: Welcome to the machine graveyard. + If memory serves right, there should be a few buildings back there and + one of the main parking lots behind them.
+ While they make their way through between the machines, Annie asks:
+ So these machines dug out the dome? +
+ Well... no. That was mostly done using + explosives, the machines were there to collect the rubble and load it + onto trains. But they also played a big part in construction after + the digging was done.
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+ research that needs to be done: When were hydraulic excavators invented? When did they get the ability to use a jackhammer attachment? - When did the cable-driven ones go out of fashion?
- James says: Look, over there.
- He gestures towards a group of very rusty and completely overgrown - machines and vehicles standing amidst the trees.
- Jack says: That one to the right is similar to - what we're looking for.
- They walk up to the machines.
- Jack turns to Annie and James, patting the side of the machine he pointed - out a moment earlier. It has a sort of arm in the front with a huge scoop - thingy on the end.
- We're looking for something like this but - with steel cables going from back here up there and to the boom. -
- James asks: Why not use this one?
- 'Cause this thing's done for. - Beyond repair, as Michelle put it.
- How can you tell?
- Jack walks to the front and points to some parts on the arm of the - machine. These rods used to extend and retract - to move the boom. They need to be perfectly smooth and fit together - exactly or they'll leak the oil inside.
- They take a quick look at the other machines. There is another, smaller - excavator, a Kipper?, a - Wie heißt diese Maschine mit Förderband, die Material sortiert? - , and two Radlader?.
- Annie asks: How did all of these get - inbetween the trees?
- The trees weren't here when they were - used. This is why I had such a hard time finding this place.
- - - - Annie asks: Is this how the dome was dug - out?
- Well... no. That was mostly done using - explosives. But we had a large fleet of machines for all sorts of - tasks.
+ When did the cable-driven ones go out of fashion?

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