50 YEAR OLD MACHINE STILL GOING STRONG
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Published 2012-08-15
All Comments (21)
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Hats off to a true old school operator From a retired union operator
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Oh man... that dragline is scary looking, covered in rust and I love it... it's so quiet too
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I worked out the PRB in Wyoming for a time hauling the big coal trains often times us train crews would see the Black Thunder, & South Antelope drag lines doing their thing, which was pretty neat seeing from afar. Some of you folks mention these things getting a paint job which may look nicer, but they operate the same with or without paint, besides the paint would likely not last long anyhow.
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Looks like it’s got modern controls, would love a tour of the inside
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I were asked to operate a small version of one these 19 years ago. I say this. It is damn sure an art.
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Very interesting to see an old dragline like that still working! My Dad an I got to see a dragline crossing a road many yrs ago I was to young to remember what yr that was 1 thing can remember my Dad had a milk truck he hauled the old fashioned steel can's full of milk! If I had to guess maybe 1952/53 about that time period they looked like they were using concrete blocks to move that dragline from one side of the road to the other side!
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I'm a 56 year-old machine and I'm still going strong
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Great video thanks for sharing love big machine. Thumbs up from Rep Ireland 👍
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That's the difference in an operator and a seat mashing stick jerker ! Nice to watch !
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He’s making a great cut he’s probably been on one his whole career. I worked many a day behind one like it hauling coal out it uncovered. It’s a true art to operate one and they have to have expertise dozer men to keep them in the level along with good men to keep the electoral cord safe and straight. 👍
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Nice to watch smooth operator on old machine that how machine has lasted so long not slam bang like some other operator s I've seen on u tube great job
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What a beautiful old drag line👍
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Don't tell Tony Beets. He'll want two of them
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Couldn't agree more, love these vids.
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Knew a guy that ran a B/E Cable shovel for us. Showed me pics of something similar to this that he use to run... Amazing machines, & operators.
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Hes a smooth operater 🌝
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Worked on a job in St. Mary Parish in Louisiana in 1976 with just such a machine. I drove a D6 and D8.
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cool ,machine, very few if any operators today would run that ,machine without heat and AC, comfy seat with GPS. thanks for posting
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Love your "silent" filming without distracting "special effects" and technical gimmicks. Unfortunately I missed the last walking dragline which has been active here in the lignite mining area in the very West of Germany.
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they knew how to build in the old days, over engineering, you can't beat it for reliability,
