I use to run that machine for 5 years. it was a great machine

A guy just can get enough of the old Demags! Another great one PA! Thanks.

Awesome blasting and digging, love the noise of those engines and the dual exhaust.

@PAmining

10 жыл бұрын

I know, I love hearing the older equipment run. The sound of an older big diesel running is unbeatable.

Awesome! I love watching heavy equipment like that at work.

Thanks for the video. I really enjoyed it.

@PAmining

10 жыл бұрын

Your welcome! Glad you enjoyed it.

Great video, never get tired of seeing rock get blasted!

I love how you keep finding this older equipment. Keep up the good work!!

@PAmining

10 жыл бұрын

I always am looking for older mining equipment to show on film! My philosophy is, once the old iron is gone, you will never be able to watch/hear it work again...which is something a picture can never do. Thanks!

That's the machine you need to dig yourself a swimming pool in 60 seconds

One of my favourite channels. Awesome footage.

Really great video. Such interesting surroundings and weather-- it made it seem like I was watching a moving painting. My son loves the big diggers.

Pretty sure I need that shovel. Be just the ticket for cleaning the leaves out of my ditch. 😄

Love the video mate. Keep the big gear coming!

@PAmining

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks; I will!

Great video. Thanks.

Old machine but impressive with it. Good video, thanks.

It looks like they got some inspiration from poclain when making the arm for it

I just love your videos! They are very informative and fun to watch. It's not something I get to see in my part of the country

@PAmining

10 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoy them as much as I enjoy making them!

The beauty and the beast in one :-)

Nice to the white monsta in action! ;-)

good operator !

lots of power out of that old girl and when the governor cuts in, she smokes! But hey she is old and doing a great job.

nice video

it should have about 45,000hrs on it by now it was totally rebuilt around 1997 . it has a cummins engine and four main hydraulic pumps it has a twenty yard bucket on it,

@RawTruth420

5 жыл бұрын

Yes sure. All that jazz sounds good. Got proof of seat time?

Great video! Always wanted to run heavy equipment, but the closest I got was a 25 ton forklift at Ma Dresser. Truly enjoy your vids, especially the big hoes and shovels. They help keep the kid in me thinking. lol

@PAmining

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks; glad you enjoy them! Lot's more big stuff coming up in the future!

Is there plenty of work at the mines in PA? I run an excavator but would enjoy a shot at running some of those larger pieces. Outstanding videos!

@PAmining

Жыл бұрын

I think all coal mines are booming now. Thanks!

This is my favorite of your vids. That Demag looks awesome. is that a 20yd bucket? i'd like to see how it stacks up against similar machine nowadays, cycle time/fuel.

@PAmining

8 жыл бұрын

+Mark McCormick Thanks. This was a cool one to shoot! And yes that is a 20yd bucket.

Interesting bucket linkage

Fire in the hole!!!!!!!!!!!

I know you film at several different mines but what kind of work do you do at them? just curious. Also great video it is very interesting to see stuff like this and you are one of the only people on KZread to bring it to us.

@PAmining

9 жыл бұрын

Cessna 182a Thanks for the compliment; I am a mining engineer.

@dustywelchcraneman6614

6 жыл бұрын

Don't let him fool ya, he changes toilet paper in the outhouse when he isn't filming!!!! Just giving ya a hard time Justin. Need to come out and see all our new stuff. Since the demag was retired

Nice video! Love that machine. I was starting to turn blue holding my breath on your next video - probably not a good idea. Ok, so does this material get used for reclamation?

@PAmining

10 жыл бұрын

You bet it does. One key to surface mining is positioning excavated materials in places where you don't ever have to load them a second time. Normally, all the clay is dumped above the rock dump. So when it's time to reclaim, the D11's will push the clay over the rock, which will then be limed and seeded.

Is the white a factory color? Love the video not to many demags around nice to see one still going!

@PAmining

10 жыл бұрын

No, that's a custom livery. Unless specified otherwise by the customer, Demag excavators were painted in corporate colors which were orange, blue and white. Thanks

So where does the clay, topsoil, and wood debris go? Stockpile for later, or is it used immediately for reclamation?

@PAmining

10 жыл бұрын

Daniel Sestina That really depends on what phase of mine life the job is in. A new mine starting a first cut will normally put the first clay layer of the surge piled for use on final reclamation. A mine in the middle of it's life (as seen here) will be continually using the clay as part of reclamation as the pit advances

@danielsestina6457

10 жыл бұрын

PAmining I grew up in Eastern Ohio in coal country. Never worked the mines, I always worked in the construction field; however, I was always fascinated by both mineral extraction and the tools used to extract it. Nicely done, and thanks for the info.

What schools teach mining engineering? One of the schools in Colorado did, I know.

@PAmining

9 жыл бұрын

jockellis There's a lot that do. Penn State (my alma mater), West Virginia University, Virginia Tech, Missouri S&T, Colorado School of Mines, South Dakota School of Mines, Montana.

Whats it take to get a job like this running construction equipment in a open pit mine?

@PAmining

8 жыл бұрын

+HighlandWinterWolf Experience on equipment and filling out a job application.

@youngmike8645

8 жыл бұрын

+PAmining what is the operators rate? are you guys union or non union?

hey justin bud what motor dose that Ole girl have in it?

@PAmining

8 жыл бұрын

+CAT POWER (ALLDAY) That would be a Cummins KTA50C that's powering the big girl!

@catdieselpower193

8 жыл бұрын

Sweet thanks for the reply bud!

Well, did he have it gone by 5:30? haha

@PAmining

10 жыл бұрын

Haha, close to it. Once a better setup was developed by the dozers, he moved through it pretty quickly.

wat part of pa do u film in

@PAmining

10 жыл бұрын

The entire state, and also in Ohio

@PAmining

9 жыл бұрын

***** Oh trust me you will. I film a lot in Ohio and have a great relationship with some of the big coal companies in that state.

@PAmining

9 жыл бұрын

***** Yes, I deal with and film a lot at Oxford. I usually visit their operations for a full week in August.

@PAmining

9 жыл бұрын

***** You bet I do! That's one of my stomping grounds lol. I actually almost went to work for Oxford but with the way the coal market is that fell through.

what's the small motor used for on top of the machine great video

@PAmining

8 жыл бұрын

+Robert Jackson That would be to power the light generator for additional working lights on the machine

@robertjackson8826

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you as always great video

@dustywelchcraneman6614

6 жыл бұрын

That was a generator used for the enormous block heaters on the engine. These cold Ohio Winters are hard on these engines so we set that engine there to run it's block heaters over night and on weekends. Then in events when we couldn't get out haulers 785c trucks out to our generator we had extra plugs and could nose up against the back of the Demag and drop them to the trucks and keep all the engines close and sheilded from the weather and plugged in keeping warm.

Dinasaur

You cut it off too quick! I saw one of your old Tewrecks coming up the road!

@PAmining

8 жыл бұрын

+Lewie McNeely No Terex on that job, you mean the Euc!

@lewiemcneely9143

8 жыл бұрын

10/4, the Eucrex!!

@ThePilotPenguin1

8 жыл бұрын

+PAmining is he terex as solid as he cat trucks. their new wheeled back hoes aren't as good as their old one from 13 down. i know their site dumpers are good but not sure about their other kit

@lewiemcneely9143

8 жыл бұрын

What I can see is the newer stuff has it's pros and cons but more computerised means more complicated. Electric over hydraulic works fine till you get a short. Pilot valve setup was pretty well bullet proof. Straight power shift was iron clad. Sometimes the easier it gets the worse it'll become. Nothing wrong with a little exercise.

@ThePilotPenguin1

8 жыл бұрын

Lewie McNeely it seems like everything is going electric in farming all the small tractors now don't have a manual transmission. its all this dyna vt bollox where you have to turn dials to get it into gear and in the terex wheeled backhoe to change gears you twist the lever that puts it in forwards neutral and reverse. it seems the newer it is the more buttons and dials in the cab. one day mechanics will be made redundant and replaced my electricians

its with heavy heart and teared in eyes that I bring sad news, with Obamas successful war on Coal, the mighty US coal market has crippled, mines closing every day across the country, leaving thousands of coal employees without work. this machine has been idle for some time and has now been retired and disassembled.

@mikewhipkey6863

5 жыл бұрын

Ron Krzaczyk FUCKIN A! I live in South western Pennsylvania and there are 2 new mine's opening within 15 miles of my home!