Hats off to a true old school operator From a retired union operator

Oh man... that dragline is scary looking, covered in rust and I love it... it's so quiet too

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.

@wmden1

Жыл бұрын

That is all well and good, but I figure it is rusted through in some places. If owners are proud of it still working at 50 years, and it is impressive enough to publish a video of it working, why not take pride in the care of the house, so that it might last several more years, if funds are available.

I'm a 56 year-old machine and I'm still going strong

Looks like it’s got modern controls, would love a tour of the inside

That's the difference in an operator and a seat mashing stick jerker ! Nice to watch !

@bretolson279

5 жыл бұрын

That guy is flawless, smooth as silk

I were asked to operate a small version of one these 19 years ago. I say this. It is damn sure an art.

Great video thanks for sharing love big machine. Thumbs up from Rep Ireland 👍

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!

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. 👍

@psilocybinenthusiast5200

Жыл бұрын

Yeh man if I was the one operating this beast I’d be crapping it. You must have to be really efficient with the digging, I’m sure it’s way harder than it looks.

Don't tell Tony Beets. He'll want two of them

@chriscamgemi368

5 жыл бұрын

MichiganSpinnaker that guy is such a Viking douche bag

@socalmx255

5 жыл бұрын

Chris Camgemi sounds like you’re jealous and broke lol

@gregtaylor8327

5 жыл бұрын

@@chriscamgemi368 why??

@ridgec5670

4 жыл бұрын

If he were on this site you would see him yelling at the operator, "let's make it happening!"

@donaldbartram6315

4 жыл бұрын

With a few expletives thrown in there

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

@ericlakota6512

5 жыл бұрын

Was thinking same thing slow and steady every controll he did had big work done most of the time i watch them run on utube and think the spend a lot of money for little work this guy you could see the work done in 5 min of running not losing half his scoop in swing id say id try to fill bucket more but im shour he takes a happy fill

@scottbaker4314

5 жыл бұрын

This material is soft nothing to do with operating skills

@harryfellows1485

5 жыл бұрын

@@scottbaker4314 and when was the last time you ran a Drag line Hot shot ….. go watch your cosplay vids and leave the Big stuff to us ole timers that have actually set in those seats …. oh by the way Mercy's really name is Cornela Jade …. lmao !!!!

@bobdelano6746

4 жыл бұрын

Perfect controll

@Tgiles13

3 жыл бұрын

@@harryfellows1485 what a great way to encourage young people... “leave the big stuff to ole timers” that pretty much says it all. How pathetic.

What a beautiful old drag line👍

Couldn't agree more, love these vids.

Hes a smooth operater 🌝

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.

they knew how to build in the old days, over engineering, you can't beat it for reliability,

@TheBeingReal

4 жыл бұрын

Bill Hanson somewhat true. Expensive though. Mind you these machines need constant maintenance. Likely every moving part in that dragline was replaced numerous times.

@needsaride15126

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheBeingReal Correct. Being the oiler on that rig would be no picnic.

cool ,machine, very few if any operators today would run that ,machine without heat and AC, comfy seat with GPS. thanks for posting

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.

@Starkster50

5 жыл бұрын

Let the video speak for itself.

@davidpotts768

3 жыл бұрын

Could do with a set of teeth, which wouldn't be cheap

Worked on a job in St. Mary Parish in Louisiana in 1976 with just such a machine. I drove a D6 and D8.

This guy Joe that ran all our old B/E equiptment, dragline, clamshell, shovel. at the pit use to run one of these in Penn. at one time. Showed me some cool pcs.

@needsaride15126

4 жыл бұрын

Any idea where at In Penn.? Southwest PA by any chance?

Smooth operator an machine

What a monstrosity.. Sqeeky, rusty, dirty and old...My kinda machine..LOVE TO THIS!!!

Nice but it really wouldn't hurt anything to paint the cab....😀

@tomtate-dc2kd

5 жыл бұрын

Hammerite ???

@indridcold8433

5 жыл бұрын

Hey, that is historic patina showing the age and wear of the machine.

@nunyabizness199

5 жыл бұрын

@@indridcold8433 That monster machine would look really nice with a paint job and say gold pinstripes...

@gusm5128

3 жыл бұрын

And some speed holes would look sharp

Give that thing a paint job. It's definitely earned it. Geesh.

I used to haul out of pa strip mines in the 80’s. Doverspike brothers had a old monster like this working in the punxy pa coalfields

@zabeemohamadi5547

4 жыл бұрын

Hey buddy, my father used to work with a dumpertruck in a coalfield

Reminds me of the number 10 dragline that used to operate at Black Thunder in the east pit.

Very skilled operator there.

Looks like land reclamation after mining has been done

Smooth Operator 😎

A long time ago, I sue dot work for a Bucyrus Erie distributor. Wonderful amchines

It seems so gigantic to what also seems like a miniscule amount of dirt/rocks

Going for the Rat-rod / rust-rod look.

In America there's no such thing as " to big " 💪

That is the best job ,,,,,, this is for all the kids in the sand box’s ✌🏼

From a time when company's chose quality and pride over profit

@steveeab2364

3 жыл бұрын

That's never been the case really. You're familiar with the line owe my soul to the company store? Definitely from a time when companies exploited workers for profit

@thumpervansqueakynuts5848

3 жыл бұрын

@@steveeab2364 once company’s get so big they will always treat they’re employees like garbage but at least back they they built stuff that was made to fix and last, vs plastic everything now means it won’t be worth having in 25 years never mind 50

@thumpervansqueakynuts5848

3 жыл бұрын

@@steveeab2364 back then instead of selling you a piece of junk so they could sell you another in 10 or 15 years they sold you something you’d keep for forever as long as you kept it up, so there was some point of quality over profit

@jerrygmarchantmarchant141

3 жыл бұрын

What the f*** how many draglines did they build after they went broke you can ask Marion now you can ask Bucyrus

Great camera work.

This beast can be proud of it’s contribution to the climate change we are all enjoying today!

@alexjohnward

5 ай бұрын

It's electric, so could be run on renewables.

you are well out with the age more like 70 years old!

The weather there must not be that bad. I was just thinking it didn't look like they ever tried to install air conditioning in the cab lol

I wish this description mentioned what county this machine is operating in.

So what about showing the machine itself?? this is just 6 mins of watching a shovel...

@paulthesoundguy1

4 жыл бұрын

Albion Watts you should go and video for yourself....?

@aj41926

3 жыл бұрын

@@paulthesoundguy1 what machine is this and where?

Great video, poor old girl could use some paint.

That looks like a gas station mens room!

GOTTA be a Toyota!

Eine Grund auf Reparatur könnte da nicht schaden,sehr heruntergekommen die Maschine.

No doubt something old can be awesome

@Starkster50

5 жыл бұрын

Hey I'm told I'm awesome all the time.......when I'm handing out allowance.

That ol fossil don't owe anyone a dime.

@bobdelano6746

4 жыл бұрын

Not one red cent

Them windows are missing? Or they super clean? But cool video

Needs some paint and lubrication, otherwise wonderful machine.

Definitely a massive well-built piece of machinery but next time try talking in order to at least narrate a little bit telling us some of the history on this crane and some of the obvious common asked questions like who made it, how many tons can it lift, what type of engine/fuel, etc which would make it a more interesting video :o)

Good operator

@NakedDave100

5 жыл бұрын

Good operators don't heel the bucket, which is a form of tight lining!!!

Wish we could see a person for sizing up the size of the bucket.

Ke spettacolo sembra vedere un dinosauro... Ma a quei tempi era un concentrato di ingegneria...!!!!

it amazes me this piece of machinery is even worth the cost.

@trueelectsupremea.m.mosttr4786

Жыл бұрын

Anthracite Region is special

A lick of paint wouldn't hurt.

In Bulgaria some machines are 60-70 years old.

@markomilanovic7856

3 жыл бұрын

Pozdrav iz Srbije. Kod nas ima jedan rotacioni stari bager. Iz nacističkoj doba.

If the company would paint the old lady, she'd be a brand new machine.

all the work it as done over the years you think they look after it with paint job

Real neckless you can make from such a nice chain.

This video was filmed way before 2012 look at the vehicles in the back ground and the video quality is screaming early 80's

@AmericanLocomotive1

5 жыл бұрын

Nah, those are late 90s early 2000s trucks

How much can it hold because it doesn't seem to be picking much material up

What make is the machine.? Why didn't he fill the bucket, - looked as if it was only half full on several swings. Didn't look as if the dozer in the background had moved in a long time either.

@markcampbell9379

3 жыл бұрын

A MARION 77 OR 7800

Looks like they got it out of a mad max movie

These machines must last longer than the mine to do the reclaiming they were built for

How many tons in that bucket ? It looks big

Is this machine still in operation today?

Aqui no Brazil isso é utilizado em Brasília pra colocar Money na Corrupção 😂😂😂

Looks like " Big Muskie " from Southern Ohio

My grandpa ran a dragline for most of his life. He was probably one of the best operators in the state of Texas while he was still around.

@royhofer7611

5 жыл бұрын

Nope my grandpa was much better an ma granma too!!

He doesn’t fill the bucket up all the way so he can make the bucket heavier and cut deeper into the ground. Once he has broken up the ground he will then drag it out

Thought I'd see a dragline, not just the bucket.

Kepçeyi tam kapasite doldurmuyor,dişler körelmiş değişmesi gerekir.

Wonder how many shovels/buckets it's wore out? How many miles of cable has been worn out and replaced? Pretty freaking cool

The thousand battles.

Con técnicos chilenos puede llegar a funcionar 100 años más.

Fill The Bucket!

My vehicle is 23 years old and still going strong. I bought her new in 1996. However, she does not work as hard as the beast in the video.

@TheMetalButcher

5 жыл бұрын

Crazy to think about but: A well used car with 200k miles, at an average of 60mph has only got 3300 hours on it. This dragline probably got that in it's first year or less.

The cab doesn't look like it has an glass in it for the windows, but I'm assuming it must have because you wouldn't wanna fall out of that cab 😅

That looks good enough to grow grass,why dump it in the pit?

2:44 look how worn that chain link is

Naaah! . . . I'm a watching paint dry fan, myself.

Can we see inside it? Moving dirt is cool n all...

Is the a reclamahtion job? Sure wish the owner's would put a new coat of paint on the house...

De qué tamaño es el cubo de esa draga

The dude or the shovel?

@523FILMS

5 жыл бұрын

Both

Anyone known where this dragline hangs out at?

This looks like the same type of machine as Big Geordie, a BE 1550W, that spent its days in Northumberland, England. Can anyone confirm this ?

@bethanyhaskiell9116

4 жыл бұрын

This is the 1450w in PA in the anthracite region it's design is basically the same as the 1550 but just with a slightly smaller bucket

And?? I'm sixty and still going!!! TIGHTHEADS RULE!!

I don't see model, but looks like a old 1450B?

The owner needs to open up his coin purse and give it a paint job.

How about spending a few thousand and sand blast and paint it? It doesn't make a good rat rod.

sad that they would not paint the machine to keep it from rusting.

@TheByard

5 жыл бұрын

What a 10 gallon overhaul, anyway a rub down may open up some holes and then you got leaks..

Thats a huuuge, old house

The mechanics may last but it ooks ike the bodywork is rusting away .

So I've seen it in a couple other drag line videos, but why dose the operator push back with the bucket like he's doing finishing work?

@duckduckandeby405

3 жыл бұрын

I don’t think this operator is hard at “real “ work, It seems like he’s just practicing.

@BDOMPH

3 жыл бұрын

@@duckduckandeby405 maybe!

@vortexrex5135

Жыл бұрын

Keeps from building a pile that the drag cable would be pulling through if he let it build up. Saves cable life. You run a dragline, a lot of life’s lessons at play. You don’t cut a pie from the bottom do you?😎💯🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

@vortexrex5135

Жыл бұрын

By the way,.. love to see either one of you boys try to run one. It’s all free cable, if you ain’t clutchin’, you better be brakin’

Fill the bucket

Is this machine still in service?

@peacemaker-du4hz

3 жыл бұрын

That's what I was wondering too considering when this video was posted

Needs a lil paint

Could do with some paint