The Worlds biggest earth moving grader ever built was the Acco-Grader. It was a custom made 'one-off' built in Italy by the Umberto Acco Company in 1980.
The Acco Grader was powered by 2 Caterpillar engines. A 1000HP engine was in the rear part of the Grader whilst a 700HP engine was at the front giving a combined power output of 1700HP !
1700HP was needed too, considering the Acco Grader weighs in at 160 Tons !
The Grader was initially built for export to Libya similar to the Acco Dozer of the same company but due to trading restrictions with Libya at that time, the Grader was never shipped out and remains in Italy to this day.
Comments (2)
Hi Nick - is it still in use, this machine?
Posted by Fred | October 27, 2008 9:47 AM
Posted on October 27, 2008 09:47
Hi Fred,
Amazingly this machine has never been put to work since it was built! It is still lying in its place of construction somewhere in Italy.
Posted by Nick Drew | October 27, 2008 7:34 PM
Posted on October 27, 2008 19:34