50 YEAR OLD MACHINE STILL GOING STRONG

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  • Опубликовано: 18 ноя 2024

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  • @bobdelano6746
    @bobdelano6746 4 года назад +28

    Hats off to a true old school operator
    From a retired union operator

  • @caseylimbert266
    @caseylimbert266 4 года назад +21

    Oh man... that dragline is scary looking, covered in rust and I love it... it's so quiet too

  • @jungletension2835
    @jungletension2835 4 года назад +12

    I'm a 56 year-old machine and I'm still going strong

  • @lanerailvideo5928
    @lanerailvideo5928 3 года назад +12

    I worked out the PRB in Wyoming for a time hauling the big coal trains often times us train crews would see the Black Thunder, & South Antelope drag lines doing their thing, which was pretty neat seeing from afar. Some of you folks mention these things getting a paint job which may look nicer, but they operate the same with or without paint, besides the paint would likely not last long anyhow.

    • @wmden1
      @wmden1 2 года назад +1

      That is all well and good, but I figure it is rusted through in some places. If owners are proud of it still working at 50 years, and it is impressive enough to publish a video of it working, why not take pride in the care of the house, so that it might last several more years, if funds are available.

  • @swampratt36
    @swampratt36 5 лет назад +9

    That's the difference in an operator and a seat mashing stick jerker ! Nice to watch !

    • @bretolson279
      @bretolson279 5 лет назад +3

      That guy is flawless, smooth as silk

  • @lakakl3787
    @lakakl3787 5 лет назад +6

    I were asked to operate a small version of one these 19 years ago. I say this. It is damn sure an art.

  • @billhanson4921
    @billhanson4921 8 лет назад +49

    they knew how to build in the old days, over engineering, you can't beat it for reliability,

    • @TheBeingReal
      @TheBeingReal 5 лет назад +3

      Bill Hanson somewhat true. Expensive though. Mind you these machines need constant maintenance. Likely every moving part in that dragline was replaced numerous times.

    • @needsaride15126
      @needsaride15126 4 года назад

      @@TheBeingReal Correct. Being the oiler on that rig would be no picnic.

  • @jimhammond2396
    @jimhammond2396 6 лет назад +32

    Nice to watch smooth operator on old machine that how machine has lasted so long not slam bang like some other operator s I've seen on u tube great job

    • @ericlakota6512
      @ericlakota6512 6 лет назад

      Was thinking same thing slow and steady every controll he did had big work done most of the time i watch them run on utube and think the spend a lot of money for little work this guy you could see the work done in 5 min of running not losing half his scoop in swing id say id try to fill bucket more but im shour he takes a happy fill

    • @scottbaker4314
      @scottbaker4314 5 лет назад

      This material is soft nothing to do with operating skills

    • @harryfellows1485
      @harryfellows1485 5 лет назад +5

      @@scottbaker4314 and when was the last time you ran a Drag line Hot shot ….. go watch your cosplay vids and leave the Big stuff to us ole timers that have actually set in those seats …. oh by the way Mercy's really name is Cornela Jade …. lmao !!!!

    • @bobdelano6746
      @bobdelano6746 4 года назад +1

      Perfect controll

    • @Tgiles13
      @Tgiles13 3 года назад +1

      @@harryfellows1485 what a great way to encourage young people... “leave the big stuff to ole timers” that pretty much says it all. How pathetic.

  • @HaraldFinster
    @HaraldFinster 8 лет назад +19

    Love your "silent" filming without distracting "special effects" and technical gimmicks.
    Unfortunately I missed the last walking dragline which has been active here in the lignite mining area in the very West of Germany.

    • @Starkster50
      @Starkster50 5 лет назад

      Let the video speak for itself.

    • @davidpotts768
      @davidpotts768 4 года назад

      Could do with a set of teeth, which wouldn't be cheap

  • @MichiganSpinnaker
    @MichiganSpinnaker 5 лет назад +31

    Don't tell Tony Beets. He'll want two of them

    • @chriscamgemi368
      @chriscamgemi368 5 лет назад +1

      MichiganSpinnaker that guy is such a Viking douche bag

    • @socalmx255
      @socalmx255 5 лет назад +2

      Chris Camgemi sounds like you’re jealous and broke lol

    • @gregtaylor8327
      @gregtaylor8327 5 лет назад

      @@chriscamgemi368 why??

    • @ridgec5670
      @ridgec5670 4 года назад +2

      If he were on this site you would see him yelling at the operator, "let's make it happening!"

    • @donaldbartram6315
      @donaldbartram6315 4 года назад +2

      With a few expletives thrown in there

  • @craigjones9244
    @craigjones9244 5 лет назад +7

    What a beautiful old drag line👍

  • @Gatekeeper-p6g
    @Gatekeeper-p6g Год назад +2

    Very interesting to see an old dragline like that still working! My Dad an I got to see a dragline crossing a road many yrs ago I was to young to remember what yr that was 1 thing can remember my Dad had a milk truck he hauled the old fashioned steel can's full of milk! If I had to guess maybe 1952/53 about that time period they looked like they were using concrete blocks to move that dragline from one side of the road to the other side!

  • @davelydon1982
    @davelydon1982 5 лет назад +4

    Great video thanks for sharing love big machine.
    Thumbs up from Rep Ireland 👍

  • @winfieldholbrook5167
    @winfieldholbrook5167 2 года назад +4

    He’s making a great cut he’s probably been on one his whole career. I worked many a day behind one like it hauling coal out it uncovered. It’s a true art to operate one and they have to have expertise dozer men to keep them in the level along with good men to keep the electoral cord safe and straight. 👍

    • @psilocybinenthusiast5200
      @psilocybinenthusiast5200 2 года назад +2

      Yeh man if I was the one operating this beast I’d be crapping it. You must have to be really efficient with the digging, I’m sure it’s way harder than it looks.

  • @daveoneill8235
    @daveoneill8235 4 года назад +11

    Hes a smooth operater 🌝

  • @donaldbartram6315
    @donaldbartram6315 7 лет назад +3

    Knew a guy that ran a B/E Cable shovel for us. Showed me pics of something similar to this that he use to run... Amazing machines, & operators.

  • @nunyabizness199
    @nunyabizness199 5 лет назад +27

    Nice but it really wouldn't hurt anything to paint the cab....😀

    • @tomtate-dc2kd
      @tomtate-dc2kd 5 лет назад +1

      Hammerite ???

    • @indridcold8433
      @indridcold8433 5 лет назад +5

      Hey, that is historic patina showing the age and wear of the machine.

    • @nunyabizness199
      @nunyabizness199 5 лет назад +4

      @@indridcold8433 That monster machine would look really nice with a paint job and say gold pinstripes...

    • @Gus1966-c9o
      @Gus1966-c9o 4 года назад

      And some speed holes would look sharp

  • @downwithtrudeau
    @downwithtrudeau 5 лет назад +8

    It seems so gigantic to what also seems like a miniscule amount of dirt/rocks

  • @williamfischer8867
    @williamfischer8867 5 лет назад +39

    From a time when company's chose quality and pride over profit

    • @steveeab2364
      @steveeab2364 4 года назад +1

      That's never been the case really. You're familiar with the line owe my soul to the company store? Definitely from a time when companies exploited workers for profit

    • @thumpervansqueakynuts5848
      @thumpervansqueakynuts5848 3 года назад

      @@steveeab2364 once company’s get so big they will always treat they’re employees like garbage but at least back they they built stuff that was made to fix and last, vs plastic everything now means it won’t be worth having in 25 years never mind 50

    • @thumpervansqueakynuts5848
      @thumpervansqueakynuts5848 3 года назад +1

      @@steveeab2364 back then instead of selling you a piece of junk so they could sell you another in 10 or 15 years they sold you something you’d keep for forever as long as you kept it up, so there was some point of quality over profit

    • @jerrygmarchantmarchant141
      @jerrygmarchantmarchant141 3 года назад +1

      What the f*** how many draglines did they build after they went broke you can ask Marion now you can ask Bucyrus

  • @dav1099
    @dav1099 5 лет назад +2

    cool ,machine, very few if any operators today would run that ,machine without heat and AC, comfy seat with GPS. thanks for posting

  • @donaldbartram6315
    @donaldbartram6315 6 лет назад +1

    This guy Joe that ran all our old B/E equiptment, dragline, clamshell, shovel. at the pit use to run one of these in Penn. at one time. Showed me some cool pcs.

    • @needsaride15126
      @needsaride15126 4 года назад

      Any idea where at In Penn.? Southwest PA by any chance?

  • @dalemarshall625
    @dalemarshall625 5 лет назад +7

    Smooth operator an machine

  • @chrisduhaime5689
    @chrisduhaime5689 5 лет назад +13

    Looks like land reclamation after mining has been done

  • @Gunners_Mate_Guns
    @Gunners_Mate_Guns 3 года назад +2

    Very skilled operator there.

  • @pitlollygrower6791
    @pitlollygrower6791 4 года назад +2

    I wish this description mentioned what county this machine is operating in.

  • @shawnhammack8479
    @shawnhammack8479 5 лет назад +1

    Give that thing a paint job.
    It's definitely earned it. Geesh.

  • @harley092355
    @harley092355 5 лет назад

    Worked on a job in St. Mary Parish in Louisiana in 1976 with just such a machine. I drove a D6 and D8.

  • @JohnKirkwoodProFoodHomemade
    @JohnKirkwoodProFoodHomemade 12 лет назад +5

    Couldn't agree more, love these vids.

  • @albionwatts6000
    @albionwatts6000 6 лет назад +26

    So what about showing the machine itself?? this is just 6 mins of watching a shovel...

    • @paulthesoundguy1
      @paulthesoundguy1 5 лет назад +1

      Albion Watts you should go and video for yourself....?

    • @aj41926
      @aj41926 3 года назад

      @@paulthesoundguy1 what machine is this and where?

  • @dn8093
    @dn8093 3 года назад +1

    What a monstrosity.. Sqeeky, rusty, dirty and old...My kinda machine..LOVE TO THIS!!!

  • @scottbaker1018
    @scottbaker1018 5 лет назад +1

    I used to haul out of pa strip mines in the 80’s. Doverspike brothers had a old monster like this working in the punxy pa coalfields

    • @zabeemohamadi5547
      @zabeemohamadi5547 5 лет назад

      Hey buddy, my father used to work with a dumpertruck in a coalfield

  • @scottbaker4314
    @scottbaker4314 5 лет назад +6

    This video was filmed way before 2012 look at the vehicles in the back ground and the video quality is screaming early 80's

  • @staticfanatic6361
    @staticfanatic6361 4 года назад +1

    That looks like a gas station mens room!

  • @martiniv8924
    @martiniv8924 5 лет назад +3

    Smooth Operator 😎

  • @fedup3582
    @fedup3582 Год назад

    Reminds me of the number 10 dragline that used to operate at Black Thunder in the east pit.

  • @get-the-lead-out.4593
    @get-the-lead-out.4593 5 лет назад +3

    Definitely a massive well-built piece of machinery but next time try talking in order to at least narrate a little bit telling us some of the history on this crane and some of the obvious common asked questions like who made it, how many tons can it lift, what type of engine/fuel, etc which would make it a more interesting video :o)

  • @KieranMckean
    @KieranMckean Год назад +1

    In America there's no such thing as " to big " 💪

  • @bondobilly9369
    @bondobilly9369 7 лет назад +4

    That ol fossil don't owe anyone a dime.

  • @BrewPub
    @BrewPub 6 лет назад +2

    Going for the Rat-rod / rust-rod look.

  • @ovechkin100
    @ovechkin100 2 года назад

    it amazes me this piece of machinery is even worth the cost.

  • @mayhemmike1789
    @mayhemmike1789 5 лет назад +2

    GOTTA be a Toyota!

  • @jamiewood5086
    @jamiewood5086 4 года назад +3

    all the work it as done over the years you think they look after it with paint job

  • @henryratajczak3071
    @henryratajczak3071 3 года назад

    If the company would paint the old lady, she'd be a brand new machine.

  • @markkeister6057
    @markkeister6057 2 года назад

    Great video, poor old girl could use some paint.

  • @tomrogers9467
    @tomrogers9467 Год назад

    This beast can be proud of it’s contribution to the climate change we are all enjoying today!

    • @alexjohnward
      @alexjohnward 9 месяцев назад

      It's electric, so could be run on renewables.

  • @chrisferguson5381
    @chrisferguson5381 6 лет назад

    The weather there must not be that bad. I was just thinking it didn't look like they ever tried to install air conditioning in the cab lol

  • @christopherlovelock9104
    @christopherlovelock9104 8 лет назад +3

    What make is the machine.? Why didn't he fill the bucket, - looked as if it was only half full on several swings. Didn't look as if the dozer in the background had moved in a long time either.

  • @seanworkman431
    @seanworkman431 3 года назад

    A lick of paint wouldn't hurt.

  • @greghatfieldjr2658
    @greghatfieldjr2658 4 года назад +1

    Is this machine still in operation today?

  • @gregghatfield9946
    @gregghatfield9946 5 лет назад

    That is the best job ,,,,,, this is for all the kids in the sand box’s ✌🏼

  • @garywhite3264
    @garywhite3264 4 года назад +2

    Needs some paint and lubrication, otherwise wonderful machine.

  • @fasteddiesgarage5000
    @fasteddiesgarage5000 Год назад

    These machines must last longer than the mine to do the reclaiming they were built for

  • @FrenchieFrench1555
    @FrenchieFrench1555 5 лет назад

    A long time ago, I sue dot work for a Bucyrus Erie distributor.
    Wonderful amchines

  • @МиленКацев
    @МиленКацев 4 года назад +1

    In Bulgaria some machines are 60-70 years old.

    • @markomilanovic7856
      @markomilanovic7856 3 года назад

      Pozdrav iz Srbije. Kod nas ima jedan rotacioni stari bager. Iz nacističkoj doba.

  • @timothybostic8151
    @timothybostic8151 5 лет назад +1

    No doubt something old can be awesome

    • @Starkster50
      @Starkster50 5 лет назад

      Hey I'm told I'm awesome all the time.......when I'm handing out allowance.

  • @SGaryNinja
    @SGaryNinja 5 лет назад

    Wish we could see a person for sizing up the size of the bucket.

  • @marklimbert2199
    @marklimbert2199 2 года назад

    How much can it hold because it doesn't seem to be picking much material up

  • @MAHONEY1940
    @MAHONEY1940 5 лет назад

    Great camera work.

  • @dennismariner4897
    @dennismariner4897 3 года назад

    Looks like " Big Muskie " from Southern Ohio

  • @KarlArschGmbH
    @KarlArschGmbH 6 лет назад

    Eine Grund auf Reparatur könnte da nicht schaden,sehr heruntergekommen die Maschine.

  • @K-Effect
    @K-Effect 2 года назад

    He doesn’t fill the bucket up all the way so he can make the bucket heavier and cut deeper into the ground. Once he has broken up the ground he will then drag it out

  • @triple6758
    @triple6758 2 года назад

    Thought I'd see a dragline, not just the bucket.

  • @indridcold8433
    @indridcold8433 5 лет назад

    My vehicle is 23 years old and still going strong. I bought her new in 1996. However, she does not work as hard as the beast in the video.

    • @TheMetalButcher
      @TheMetalButcher 5 лет назад

      Crazy to think about but: A well used car with 200k miles, at an average of 60mph has only got 3300 hours on it. This dragline probably got that in it's first year or less.

  • @justindavis4962
    @justindavis4962 5 лет назад

    My grandpa ran a dragline for most of his life. He was probably one of the best operators in the state of Texas while he was still around.

    • @royhofer7611
      @royhofer7611 5 лет назад +2

      Nope my grandpa was much better an ma granma too!!

  • @applesucks2633
    @applesucks2633 4 года назад +2

    Is this machine still in service?

    • @peacemaker-du4hz
      @peacemaker-du4hz 3 года назад

      That's what I was wondering too considering when this video was posted

  • @BDOMPH
    @BDOMPH 4 года назад +1

    So I've seen it in a couple other drag line videos, but why dose the operator push back with the bucket like he's doing finishing work?

    • @duckduckandeby405
      @duckduckandeby405 3 года назад +1

      I don’t think this operator is hard at “real “ work, It seems like he’s just practicing.

    • @BDOMPH
      @BDOMPH 3 года назад

      @@duckduckandeby405 maybe!

    • @vortexrex5135
      @vortexrex5135 Год назад +1

      Keeps from building a pile that the drag cable would be pulling through if he let it build up. Saves cable life. You run a dragline, a lot of life’s lessons at play. You don’t cut a pie from the bottom do you?😎💯🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

    • @vortexrex5135
      @vortexrex5135 Год назад

      By the way,.. love to see either one of you boys try to run one. It’s all free cable, if you ain’t clutchin’, you better be brakin’

  • @CowboyCarCrushing
    @CowboyCarCrushing 5 лет назад +1

    Wonder how many shovels/buckets it's wore out? How many miles of cable has been worn out and replaced? Pretty freaking cool

  • @rippitallout149
    @rippitallout149 2 года назад

    Anyone known where this dragline hangs out at?

  • @SPQR-qq5bz
    @SPQR-qq5bz 5 лет назад

    Con técnicos chilenos puede llegar a funcionar 100 años más.

  • @Aladinscave
    @Aladinscave 5 лет назад

    How many tons in that bucket ? It looks big

  • @rv1251
    @rv1251 4 года назад

    Real neckless you can make from such a nice chain.

  • @shanesgoonvideos2889
    @shanesgoonvideos2889 3 года назад

    Is this machine in use yet?

  • @JamesGriffinSr
    @JamesGriffinSr Год назад

    I don't see model, but looks like a old 1450B?

  • @simonevans4966
    @simonevans4966 3 года назад

    Them windows are missing? Or they super clean? But cool video

  • @amosmoses8718
    @amosmoses8718 5 лет назад +2

    sad that they would not paint the machine to keep it from rusting.

    • @TheByard
      @TheByard 5 лет назад

      What a 10 gallon overhaul, anyway a rub down may open up some holes and then you got leaks..

  • @antoniociampo7698
    @antoniociampo7698 5 лет назад

    Ke spettacolo sembra vedere un dinosauro... Ma a quei tempi era un concentrato di ingegneria...!!!!

  • @rlewis1946
    @rlewis1946 12 лет назад +4

    Is the a reclamahtion job? Sure wish the owner's would put a new coat of paint on the house...

  • @oakdeneforestry1965
    @oakdeneforestry1965 6 лет назад +2

    Good operator

    • @NakedDave100
      @NakedDave100 5 лет назад

      Good operators don't heel the bucket, which is a form of tight lining!!!

  • @tonyfortunato9695
    @tonyfortunato9695 11 месяцев назад

    Dragline a cosa serve effettivo?

  • @collinmac24
    @collinmac24 5 лет назад +4

    The dude or the shovel?

  • @apinkcranedude017liebherrb5
    @apinkcranedude017liebherrb5 Год назад

    50 YEAR OLD MACHINE STILL GOING STRONG THE 1450 BEFORE NEW PAINT

  • @joriansouza80
    @joriansouza80 Год назад

    Aqui no Brazil isso é utilizado em Brasília pra colocar Money na Corrupção 😂😂😂

  • @nealk6387
    @nealk6387 5 лет назад

    Looks like they got it out of a mad max movie

  • @Fcutdlady
    @Fcutdlady 4 года назад +1

    The mechanics may last but it ooks ike the bodywork is rusting away .

  • @wmden1
    @wmden1 3 года назад

    The owner needs to open up his coin purse and give it a paint job.

  • @simonjackson7269
    @simonjackson7269 4 года назад

    And?? I'm sixty and still going!!! TIGHTHEADS RULE!!

  • @panchominjarez331
    @panchominjarez331 5 лет назад

    De qué tamaño es el cubo de esa draga

  • @Mooseracks
    @Mooseracks 5 лет назад

    What size is that drag line.. How many yrd bucket...

  • @VAHOSS
    @VAHOSS Год назад

    2:44 look how worn that chain link is

  • @mehmetalihakarayan1382
    @mehmetalihakarayan1382 5 лет назад

    Kepçeyi tam kapasite doldurmuyor,dişler körelmiş değişmesi gerekir.

  • @ryanlynch2259
    @ryanlynch2259 5 лет назад

    Fresh coat of paint to much to ask?

  • @ShreddinSleds
    @ShreddinSleds 4 года назад

    Can we see inside it? Moving dirt is cool n all...

  • @master_vator
    @master_vator 5 лет назад +1

    Is he running this off only to levers??

    • @xreconusmc3156
      @xreconusmc3156 5 лет назад

      vator exca05 4 levers and two pedals sir

  • @wmden1
    @wmden1 4 года назад +1

    How about spending a few thousand and sand blast and paint it? It doesn't make a good rat rod.

  • @phillipmelton7860
    @phillipmelton7860 4 года назад

    why not fill the bucket full?

  • @patrickmcguire9513
    @patrickmcguire9513 9 лет назад

    That looks good enough to grow grass,why dump it in the pit?

  • @chrisdee8
    @chrisdee8 6 лет назад

    This looks like the same type of machine as Big Geordie, a BE 1550W, that spent its days in Northumberland, England. Can anyone confirm this ?

    • @bethanyhaskiell9116
      @bethanyhaskiell9116 4 года назад

      This is the 1450w in PA in the anthracite region it's design is basically the same as the 1550 but just with a slightly smaller bucket

  • @stnicholas54
    @stnicholas54 4 года назад

    I expect there is a valid reason why he doesn't fill the bucket up.

  • @frankyfranke5458
    @frankyfranke5458 5 лет назад

    Each bucket is a full dump truck dumper

  • @NSBarnett
    @NSBarnett 4 месяца назад

    Naaah! . . . I'm a watching paint dry fan, myself.