Ever wanted to buy a 4,000-ton excavator?

Location: Inden, Germany

This one is for sale

German utility RWE is auctioning off a 492 ft excavator

which was first put to work in 1959

but will soon no longer be required

Its current owner describes it as a "very delicate machine"

which applies no more pressure to the ground "than a lady's shoe"

The successful bidder will, of course

need to collect it on site