Name: Mega Mechanics
Released: 2019-03-03T00:00:00.000Z

TV Show · Documentary · Educational

Mining draglines and bucket wheels, crushers and ship lifts, dredgers and harvesters are some of the mega machines that get the big jobs done. But what happens when big machines breakdown? Production comes to a standstill. Mega Mechanics is a new series following Australia's best mechanics as they tackle some of the biggest machines and the challenges of maintaining and repairing them.

2019 · 48m

Director Glenn Wilkinson

EPISODE 1

Shutdown

Fifty mega-machines face off against five stories of coal mining machines.
EPISODE 2

Lift Off

The engineers need help moving a 12-ton engine; the crew puts an A330 engine through a high-pressure test.
EPISODE 3

Geared Up

The machines go into high gear with a massive gearbox change; the machines investigate a mysterious liquid on a gearbox.
EPISODE 4

Grounded

The team struggles to get an A330 in the air; the team tackles a massive off-road truck.
EPISODE 5

Off Track

The machines battle a metal bucket wheel, bulldozers in pieces and sounding alarms.
EPISODE 6

Shiny and New

The mechanics install a $10 million dollar jet engine; the crew has just seconds for an installation on a 550-tonne excavator.