+Benjamin Beytekin In the old days, there used to be a 4600 or a 2400 on every hilltop in Pennsylvania stripping coal. This was THE WAY to mine back in the day. Both of these drags are still very popular mining machines in PA today.
You're right about PA sounding like a dreamland. I live in NY and the mines I grew up near are closed and farmland is getting crazy expensive, but it seems PA has plenty of both to offer. Maybe I can move at some point.
Man i love those things! I work on drill rigs an we have a old friction crane as our shop crane but ive alwayse wanted to see a real dragline in person.
I wouldn't mind running either on of those rigs but a job that size would drive me even goofier than I already am. I'll stick to ponds an such. Sweet video of 2 stand-by greats.
Nice manitowoc I work on a converted washington wirley crane that's mounted on a barge with the manitowoc 4600 draw works for clam shell dredging super nice machine .
do you plan to do a documentary on a lima 2400 sometime? I see them in many of your videos. I love your documentarys, especially the old and retired machines. very informative and interesting. thanks
Hello PA Mining. It's good to see you are making videos again. As a loyal fan/watcher, I haven't seen any new ones lately, and was worried you may have fallen victim to Obama's "War on Coal"..... Anyway, it's GOOD to see you back. Cheers.
Luckily, the commodity I'm mining is a high-carbon coal that has different uses than for power generation. Nevertheless, I have seen first hand many companies that I once filmed at fall victim to Obama's War on coal. Thanks
is it a really inaccessible mine? it seems to me a slow way to use draglines in this way. Great video are the operators as old as the machines? Where's the commentary you have a great voice !!!!!!
+dan katla sharpe This is a very old-school method of mining and still practiced today by smaller-time operators. It may look slow, but way cheaper than a truck and shovel method! Haha, thanks! I usually don't narrate action videos because a lot of people would rather watch the equipment work than listen to me talk haha.
With truck and shovel it's a lot faster but also much more expensive due to the number of pieces of equipment running and also how much more material needs to be moved to allow for adequate benching that meets safety requirements.
Lima 2400 is # 712-B-160. I ran this machine from April 1979 till 1987 in Somerset county.
A great video of gracefulness in motion. They all look as if they are very slow, but in truth, they are moving massive amounts of material. Thanks
+Greg “Banjo Greg” Cantrell To be fair, the 2400 is a slower machine than the 4600. Both were and still are excellent digging machines. Thanks
I could listen to this all day!
WOW! WOW! WOW! :-)) It's amazing how many old equipment still running in the US.
+Benjamin Beytekin In the old days, there used to be a 4600 or a 2400 on every hilltop in Pennsylvania stripping coal. This was THE WAY to mine back in the day. Both of these drags are still very popular mining machines in PA today.
PAmining PA seems like a dreamland! Must visit at my next trip ;-)
You're right about PA sounding like a dreamland. I live in NY and the mines I grew up near are closed and farmland is getting crazy expensive, but it seems PA has plenty of both to offer. Maybe I can move at some point.
Vintage machines in the snow, I love it! Thanks Justin, your videos are always my first clicks when I open my subs.
+mojostevo Haha, glad top hear that. Thanks and happy you enjoyed it!
WOW ! Thats good old Iron right there PA! Another great video from the Master... Thanks for posting.
+56pw Haha, it's old-school at its best! Thanks!
Man i love those things! I work on drill rigs an we have a old friction crane as our shop crane but ive alwayse wanted to see a real dragline in person.
Wow...that Manitowoc looks decades newer than the Clark with its shiny new paint job...nice crane ballet...thanks
I wouldn't mind running either on of those rigs but a job that size would drive me even goofier than I already am. I'll stick to ponds an such. Sweet video of 2 stand-by greats.
Nice manitowoc I work on a converted washington wirley crane that's mounted on a barge with the manitowoc 4600 draw works for clam shell dredging super nice machine .
Now those two would be some cool machines to get walk arounds of.
+Oliver66FarmBoy Don't worry, both will be coming up in documentaries.
do you plan to do a documentary on a lima 2400 sometime? I see them in many of your videos. I love your documentarys, especially the old and retired machines. very informative and interesting. thanks
Yes, I have a 2400B planned to shoot in the future. Thanks!
sweet!! looking forward to it. thanks
Hello PA Mining. It's good to see you are making videos again. As a loyal fan/watcher, I haven't seen any new ones lately, and was worried you may have fallen victim to Obama's "War on Coal"..... Anyway, it's GOOD to see you back. Cheers.
Luckily, the commodity I'm mining is a high-carbon coal that has different uses than for power generation. Nevertheless, I have seen first hand many companies that I once filmed at fall victim to Obama's War on coal. Thanks
I love old crawler cranes
How many hours or months do the wire cables last before they are replaced, the working ones that is. Oh and what size are the ropes.
Are you going to do a documentary on these two draglines ?
+jon pridgen Yes. Yes, the 4600 has already been filmed. I have yet to film a 2400 but that machine is planned for the future.
Real operators there, thanks
seems like the Clark is showing a lot more hours than the Manitowoc in the exhaust
Why such a short stick on the 2400 ???
is it a really inaccessible mine? it seems to me a slow way to use draglines in this way. Great video are the operators as old as the machines? Where's the commentary you have a great voice !!!!!!
+dan katla sharpe This is a very old-school method of mining and still practiced today by smaller-time operators. It may look slow, but way cheaper than a truck and shovel method! Haha, thanks! I usually don't narrate action videos because a lot of people would rather watch the equipment work than listen to me talk haha.
What is the bucket capacity of these two?
+MS Earthworks Both are 7yd machines
They look like they are real tedious machines to operate haha.
+Stavets They are! A dragline takes a good and skilled operator to run efficiently.
How much quicker could one of the "giants" do what these guys are doing.
With truck and shovel it's a lot faster but also much more expensive due to the number of pieces of equipment running and also how much more material needs to be moved to allow for adequate benching that meets safety requirements.
seems so slow, how much earth gets moved aday
+memyselfand ifarmer I'm not sure on the cubic yards moved, but yes it is slower but also way cheaper than a truck and shovel method of earthmoving.
2400 rubbing the drag rope not good