I remember back when I was a kid I went to work with my dad.he could run anything the coal mines had.he mainly loved the draglines.he was one hell of a operator and that's what people even said bout him.i spent alot of time on the dragline and the shovel loading coal with him.his dad was a dragline and shovel operator.i sure miss those days I miss my dad.love ya dad you are so missed.

@rsmith8646

2 жыл бұрын

my dad did the same. good times

Man this is great footage…. I’m from eastern Ky and coal minin in my whole family….that’s one of the rare and unique strippin shovels you got there…mining photography has some good films like this too..wish someone would find vids of the captain shovel in action…thanks alot

I've got about 50 pictures of this shovel and dragline. My Dad ran the Shovel and my Uncles ran the dragline. The dragline was a 20 cubic yard bucket and the shovel was about 74 cubic yards. I spent hours on both machines.

Good times when there weren't so many safety rules and less accidents. Even children would come in the cab, accompanied by adults of course

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2 жыл бұрын

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2 жыл бұрын

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@TristamMayes

Жыл бұрын

There was way more accidents and deaths back then, you just didn’t hear about them 🤦🤦🤦

I bet those kids still remember this!

My uncle John Crider ran one in Mullenburg Co. KY. till he retired. If you were on the WKY parkway West bound crossing the Green River. His was the second one from the Parkway if your looking left. Sadly it's all gone I heard the TVA shuttered the Paradise power plant. Yep the Paradise from the John Prine song.

@winfieldholbrook5167

Жыл бұрын

Did he operate the one that was named little Egypt? I use to deer hunt in Maddison and Hopkins county ky. I I could see it from the the farmer that allowed me to hunt. His name was Joe Shoulder and he was a great friend.

@jerrykinnin7941

Жыл бұрын

@@winfieldholbrook5167 not sure of the name but when you crossed the green river heading west on the WK it was the one furthest from the highway.

Great footage! I was 28 when this was shot...:)

Wow that’s amazing. I use to ride atv’s and dirt bikes out there all the time in the early 2000’s. It was dirty but a fun place to ride at. Lots of party’s and mud bogging out there too. It’s a shame they did reclamation on it several years ago. It’s no longer a strip mined piece of land.

To jsem měl dva roky po voně 🙂

6:06 - 1050B with the bucket counterweight.

Might be low resolution but sure beats the modern HD vids with that awfull edm/dubstep backing music found on vidoe footage today.lol

@MH-qb9ev

Жыл бұрын

Are you okay?

Was this the same Green coal co that mined in southern indiana??

@darylcrabtree910

Жыл бұрын

Yes we mined in cannelburg outside logotte

what was the model #s of these machines and their common name?

@Rtruth7338

2 жыл бұрын

The shovels in the pit are a 1650b and a 1050b. As far as the draglines that are rehandling the spoil are concerned I’m not sure of the model numbers but the one named Doc is a Page. Green coal had three 1650b shovels I believe and all were purchased used. One was the first 1650b built and named Marshal Dillon. Green Coal liked to name their machines after characters in the TV series Gunsmoke.

@littlewazz

2 жыл бұрын

@@Rtruth7338 thanks for the info

@user-qi5vf2ws8t

2 жыл бұрын

Based on the walking mechanism, boom, single hoist and drag rope, extended fairlead for sure the dragline is a BE 480 W

a mere 35 years ago, but a different world. More innocent, more friendly, move loving.

Half empty buckets on the drag line,not good

How much diesel these suckers burn per day?

@catzzzz1450

5 ай бұрын

No diesel,these behemoths are electric powered