Someone beat me - there are two draglines in the video - the one all chopped up was Big Geordie. Ace pf Spades was sold, dismantled and shipped back to the USA where it was rebuilt with more efficient winch gear and put to use in a Texas opencast mine.
Thanks. I thought The Ace was being scrapped, with those pics. Sorry the other one was. I can't help being sad when I see one of these engineering and manufacturing wonders being scrapped.
I OPERATED AN " ACE OF SPADES " PAGE 757 , 333FT BOOM AND 65YD BUCKET SITTING ON A 75FT TUB IN THE FLORIDA PHOSPHATE MINES FOR APPROX. 1O OF MY 20+ YEARS OPERATING DRAGLINES , IT WAS BUILT IN 1981 AND SCRAPPED IN THE LATE 90S.
Someone beat me - there are two draglines in the video - the one all chopped up was Big Geordie.
Ace pf Spades was sold, dismantled and shipped back to the USA where it was rebuilt with more efficient winch gear and put to use in a Texas opencast mine.
i worked for a company that did a lot of work at Radar North Sad to see The Big Geordie end like that
Thanks. I thought The Ace was being scrapped, with those pics. Sorry the other one was. I can't help being sad when I see one of these engineering and manufacturing wonders being scrapped.
I OPERATED AN " ACE OF SPADES " PAGE 757 , 333FT BOOM AND 65YD BUCKET SITTING ON A 75FT TUB IN THE FLORIDA PHOSPHATE MINES FOR APPROX. 1O OF MY 20+ YEARS OPERATING DRAGLINES , IT WAS BUILT IN 1981 AND SCRAPPED IN THE LATE 90S.
A day looking around at ace of spades dragline summer
It looks as if it had been a while since The Ace was used. Nice machine and pictures. Thanks.
❤my love 😂I'm happy that someone enjoy your days around a beautiful place
RIP Big Geordie too
I remember seeing them both on home turf......
have spent hours on both working on them
music is very similar to jimmy nails big river nice one
Pretty sure that this one was just scrapped recently
good memories