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    This was nowhere near a vertical cliff the excavator went down. The person filming the vid made it look like the cliff was a much steeper angle than it actually was. The proof is at .39 when you can see the many different levels of the mining cuts in the background.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Frank S View Post
    This was nowhere near a vertical cliff the excavator went down. The person filming the vid made it look like the cliff was a much steeper angle than it actually was. The proof is at .39 when you can see the many different levels of the mining cuts in the background.
    And, at the beginning, there is no way the excavator could hold position on the cliff with it's boom extended and not just tip over. Using the hills in the background, this is more likely what it looks like:
    Mini excavator moves down vertical cliff - GIF-fixedimage.jpg

    That's about a 45 degree rotation...

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    Notice the clump of dirt falling off the leading edge to the track in the first 2 seconds. Corroborates the 45 degree rotation.

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    Trees and vegetation always grows up vertical. That's how you can tell what the angle really is.

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    Based on the eagle eye catches of Karl_H and Toolguy, I have updated the image to be a 54 degree rotation:
    Mini excavator moves down vertical cliff - GIF-fixedimage.jpg

    The operator is less remarkable as time goes on...
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    Another dead giveaway was he managed to halt his decent a couple of times.



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