Great job Tim, that was nice footage and a fun little adventure as I sit here bundled up in my Lounge Chair. "Well Done". 👍

@southerntraveler

4 ай бұрын

Thanks!! I need to do a new one with a story about it or more detail. I’ll get a new one out soon as it warms up soon. Thanks for the compliment and thanks for watching. Glad you liked it.

Video kept me watching. I’ve got a really short attention span too. Thanks for showing the artifacts.

@southerntraveler

3 күн бұрын

Thank you!! I’m glad you enjoyed it!! It was one of my first videos and I had no idea what I was doing. I need to make another video with more info as a follow-up.

Very nice video! There should be a museum just for this type of equipment! These are amazing to see, even when they are no longer in use.

@southerntraveler

3 ай бұрын

Thank you!! I’m going to do another video soon and I hope it will be better with more info. That was my first real video on here. I agree, there should be a museum with more of this type stuff. These are sitting in the woods rotting away, sad to see them there.

Interesting video of old abandoned draglines! The long piece next to the dragline bucket is a spreader bar that would have been suspended above the bucket, & towards the rear of the bucket. Its purpose is to connect the bucket lift (hoist) chains (attached on both sides of the bucket, near the bottom of the bucket) to two lift chains above the spreader bar, & also to keep the bucket lift chains from contacting the bucket sides during the digging process. The ends of the two lift chains above the spreader bar would come together (& form a triangle) & attach to the bottom of a bucket dump pulley block, & the bucket lift cable would attach to the top of the bucket dump pulley block, to raise & lower the bucket. Long winded explanation, I know, but if watch a KZread dragline video, it would be quick & easy to see how the dragline bucket pieces are arranged.

@southerntraveler

11 ай бұрын

Thank you for the explanation. I’ve been there many times but never filmed it. It’s beside my house about 100 yards away. Someone took one of the other buckets recently as they were going to sell the property. I’ll check out some videos over the weekend. Thanks for the comment and also watching the video.

Get in touch with Pa. Mining. He's got a youtube channel, very knowledgeable about these machines. Thanks for showing.

@southerntraveler

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the info! I’ll look him up, I want to make another video with more info on both machines so I will definitely try to find him.

From what I could see of the larger drag line bucket it appears to be an ESCO bucket with a cast arch that would have been cast in Portland, Oregon. The cast parts were produced in Portland, shipped to Danville Illinois where the bucket would have been fabricated. Some of those buckets were fabricated in Portland, but by far the buckets of that size and larger would likely have been fabricated in Danville, Danville being much closer to the location of use. Buckets of that size were very difficult to ship assembled, so they were fabricated at the closest facility. Nick, North West Farmer (Oregon)

@southerntraveler

11 ай бұрын

Thanks Nick! I’ll see if I can find any markings on the bucket. I have no clue about any of it or who was doing the mining.

Sometimes, loans or 'car' payments were owed on it, so they figured let the bank repo them if they want it, so the co left them in place

@southerntraveler

2 ай бұрын

Hey Frank, I bet you are correct. I think they went out of business due to the coal being 30ft in the ground and all of the dirt they had to remove.

First one looks to be a Manitowoc 3500. Sadly i think the crack heads got to the radiator. Looks like the rear cover were the rad is missing. The other one is a Page 6-18 looks like it has been vandalized also. Missing its radiator and engine parts. The 6-18 has a very interesting page diesel engine they were a low idle high torque engine.

@southerntraveler

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the info as I know nothing about these machines as they are sitting in the woods now as a relic of the mining past.

Talk to Diesel Creek he’s in PA 👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧

King Coal has had deep pockets, cheap labor, and next to no public sector oversight. Steel is sought for smelting in South Korea. My.87 truck was scrapped and came back as fresh poured hex hardware parts.

It was probably more money to haul it out than it was worth.

@southerntraveler

11 ай бұрын

You’re probably correct. :)

This is use hometown for musuem.all machine but repair expose at town.thank expose this very interesting.

@southerntraveler

11 ай бұрын

You are welcome. I’ve seen them for the past 5 years and never thought of doing a video on them. Thanks for watching. :)

Just guessing, but the old truck (which doesn't appear to have a cab or chassis) was probably only used to store the explosives on site, not to transport them. The other box was is where they probably stored their blasting caps. For obvious reasons it is normally considered a bad practice (also illegal) to store caps and explosives in the same container.

@southerntraveler

11 ай бұрын

I’m not sure. I would think the caps would be stored separate since they would set the charge.

@southerntraveler

11 ай бұрын

That makes sense as they should never be stored together. It just looks like a stove, I’ll go back and look inside of it and see what the inside looks like.

@derkaderka5910

11 ай бұрын

Yes the truck body would be the powder magazine.. check if the small box has evidence of being lined with wood

@southerntraveler

11 ай бұрын

Yes, it has a wood lining on the door.

@derkaderka5910

11 ай бұрын

@@southerntraveler I’d guess the whole thing had a wood lining or at least wood shelves in it. Something non-conductive to prevent static

nice to see the tracked and the walking dragline just left and complete. weight would make removing or restoring cost horrendous!

@southerntraveler

11 ай бұрын

I agree, that’s a lot weight there.

The walking dragline is a Page. The dagline with crawlers may be a Manitowoc.

@southerntraveler

11 ай бұрын

When I get back to PA, I’ll see if I can find any labels on it. Thanks for the info

@robertestep7017

11 ай бұрын

@@southerntraveler I live in western Pa. Spent many years running draglines. I always enjoy watching videos like u make. Thanks for the effort+

@southerntraveler

11 ай бұрын

@@robertestep7017 That’s very cool. I’ve never talked to anyone who has ran one. Thanks for watching also.

Are these on private property or state land? I’d like to see them in person.

@southerntraveler

5 ай бұрын

These are on private land. Where are you located? It’s beside my house, I can take you there.

@johnp4026

5 ай бұрын

I live in Langhorne Pa but would make the trek up there for the day, I’m sure my kids and I would love to see them in person. Can I drive a pick up truck back there or is it ATV only trail?

@southerntraveler

5 ай бұрын

I’m in Olyphant, just outside of Scranton. You can actually walk to them from my house. They are about 200 yards from the house. I’m in Thailand until Sunday but most any weekend you could come up. Email me your contact info, timseaman9@gmail.com and I’ll send you my number.

😂That wasn't a stove beside the old vehicle it was a very old explosives storage magazine I'm guessing this might have been what they kept the blasting caps in to keep them separated from the other explosives that were stored inside the truck. because you don't store blasting caps and dynamite together because that's just asking for trouble

@southerntraveler

11 ай бұрын

I think you are correct! Another user commented on that as well. I never would have thought of keeping the blasting caps in a stove but maybe it was code back then. For sure, you wouldn’t store them together either. Thanks for the comment and thanks for watching.

@dudester7876

11 ай бұрын

@@southerntraveler I grew up in the southern West Virginia coal fields and had several family members who worked in underground coal mines and several surface coal mines. My stepfather was a state fire marshal and at the time they were the ones who had to deal with any explosives bombs etc. that were found in the state and disposed of them. So I grew up with a healthy understanding of explosives and how dangerous they could possibly be. I guess that's why I because a US Navy EOD technician. EOD means Explosive Ordnance Disposal so I have dealt with different types of bombs IEDs and explosives all over the world and still continue to do this same thing but as a private military contractor these days. So I'm not trying to say that I'm a expert on explosives but I do have a wealth of knowledge when it comes to this subject matter lol. Keep posting videos and I'm sure you will get the occasional rude comments from time to time but you just have to overlook them and keep doing what you do and try to have a good time in the process. Peace love an chicken grease Dude out

@southerntraveler

11 ай бұрын

@@dudester7876 cool..thanks for info! I’ll keep posting for sure. I do have a ‘Broken Arrow’ I could post a video on down the road from me here in NC. I’m home for a few weeks and in the 60’s they lost a nuclear bomb in a B-52 crash here.

@dudester7876

11 ай бұрын

@@southerntraveler I would love to hear the broken arrow story. Most people don't realize that it happened enough times that it got the code name Broken arrow. While I was going through EOD training we were taught how to render safe every type of nuclear weapon our country has an possibly a nuke or two from some other countries around the world. I was thinking to myself when I was taking one of the hands on test's on one of our nuclear weapons and I was like if this was a real world event and I messed up not only would it take my life and my EOD teammates lives but everyone else's lives say like half the East Coast give or take a couple hundred thousand lives. If I ever mess up on a bomb or IED then it's suddenly not my problem anymore and they will develop new procedures to try and prevent whatever I messed up on so that it hopefully never happens again. But if it were to happen I know they will say my name on the first Saturday in May every year because that's national EOD day and they have a service at the national EOD memorial and they read all the names of the fallen EOD brothers and sisters so they are never forgotten. # WE REMEMBER #EOMFD 🧨💥🦄

@southerntraveler

11 ай бұрын

@@dudester7876 I’m working on the video and I’ll have it out tonight or sooner. :) Been busy with my real job today but I’ll get back to you soon.

At some point, those cables holding up the boom are going to fail from rusting.Seems dangerous to leave the boom raised like it is now.

@southerntraveler

11 ай бұрын

The trees may overtake the boom by the time that happens. There isn’t anyone in the woods near it and it’s about a mile back in the woods from the road. Hopefully, nothing will happen.

That's not a stove. That's a small magazine for storing high explosives.

@southerntraveler

9 ай бұрын

Yes, it’s for storing the electric caps. I’ve seen more of these at another site.

Who’s property is that?? Where is it ?? 🇬🇧🇬🇧👍👍

@southerntraveler

11 ай бұрын

It’s up near Scranton, PA

Even the seats tipped up like they were coming back... company might have gone broke? Underwriters signed the plant as scrap?

@southerntraveler

11 ай бұрын

I’m thinking the company went broke due to the coal being so deep in the ground. They moved about 500 acres of dirt from looking at the area. I’ll have to find someone who remembers the operation.

@woodchopinbeekeeper929

11 ай бұрын

@@southerntraveler might be easier said than done

where is this location

@southerntraveler

10 ай бұрын

Up close to Archbauld, PA, near Scranton

Where are these located, do you own them, I might be interested in restoring one

@southerntraveler

11 ай бұрын

These are located near Scranton, PA. I know the owner if you are interested.

Scrap?

@southerntraveler

9 ай бұрын

Could be now but it’s back in the woods. Would take some work to get it out.

man, all that old stuff is so beautiful! it looks as if it only needs a few squirts of oil to run again. 😂😂 if only it could somehow be recovered...

@southerntraveler

11 ай бұрын

It really does, as much oil and grease in them things, it’s like a preservative. :)