Apr 26, 2012 · The 100 million Bagger 288 (Excavator 288), built by the German company Krupp (now ThyssenKrupp) for the energy and mining firm Rheinbraun, is a bucketwheel excavator or mobile strip mining machine.. When its construction was completed in 1978, Bagger 288 superseded NASA's CrawlerTransporter, used to carry the Space Shuttle and Apollo Saturn V launch vehicle, as the largest land vehicle ...