Muck Machine Lessons
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- Опубликовано: 30 июл 2024
- Going back in time to review some old videos...
Lots of people wonder what a mucking machine is...kinda hard to describe. decided to spruce up some old videos with some narration :)
Most videos or pictures I see of this machine its in a museum or a scrapyard. Soooo this is how you run this machine in a development heading.
In the video, I say the little mucker is a v30...its definitely a 12B and the big mucker is an Atlas Copco LM250. 
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Brings back some great memories from my time in the Val d'Or Qc mines.... used a LM56 as a mucking machine. That thing could lift rocks the size of picnic tables. Thanks for sharing !!! :)
The athlete/sport analogy is spot on. Some jobs require strength, speed, or finesse and often a combination. Good post dude.
Amazing video! My Dad who was a life long hardrock miner used to tell us stories of the dangers and difficulty of operating a mucking machine! So many inexperienced young fellows who thought they could master one of these in a few hours, only to be sadly, and sometimes sorely proven wrong. I have watched miners, such as yourself, who could really operate one of these monsters, make it look like a piece of cake! It sure as hell isn't! I've tried them underground with my Dad present when we both worked at the same mine and they are a thinking machine with many variations, dangerous situations, so fast in operation that they can easily outstrip your ability to plan the next move in time. I'm an equipment operator who realized in very short order that these heavy, fast, unpredictable, chunks of iron were more than I could handle safely! Thanks for sharing this as it sheds a true light on the job. You are always doing stuff in many jobs that you are not really supposed to, but it will always be that way! Be safe as you possibly can, but a man has to know his own limitations and we are all different.
We've got a 12B at one of our mines; the crew is at a different mine right now but they've got big plans for that track drift. I'm a tech services guy with surface/rubber-tire operating experience but no time on rails, so thanks for the video!
Headframe Hunters rail is where it’s at... smoothest road in the mine
I've been told that the term for attaching an airline like that is to put it on "in purgatory".
That takes me back in time,
awsome video i joined the ny sandhogs in 1983 and havn t seen a emco in years I am looking for footage of a conway mucker but can t seem to find any.anyway the videos awsome
That is crazy man! Awesome video
Great video, really appreciate you posting stuff like this, it's some of the best content out there man.
Always wanted to work a serious old-timey cycle (rail, jacklegs, muckers, ect) but realized that each shift is like going to war. The guys of yore who did it day in and day out destroyed themselves, and were a different breed of tough. Far, far tougher than me. I had to admit that I'm just not a big enough guy for it (nobody really is in the long term you know?) and stuck to another industry. I still visit the old hardrock UG though, there's just something about a well timbered drift. Thanks for what you do. Stay safe.
you don't need to be an ox to work in track drift....it helps but its important to use the gear to do the heavy lifting. Muck machine carriers all the ties and rail nicely. The old school cycle definitely feels like going to war sometimes lol. A hard day mining in general feels like your in the trenches lol.
Very educational video. I enjoyed it
Glad you enjoyed it!
I did that for a while at Giant Yellowknife. Wow - 47 years ago now. I loved the way it bounced. Not so much when it started tipping to my side.
Yes I agree with both statements. fresh track was scary sometimes being way up in the air, but very fun.
I have seen alot of abandoned 12b Eimco Muckers I have one in my museum that I have operating. They are a brutal machine. I wish I could try loading some cars underground. How reliable are they do they break down often?
Hey Frank fancy see you here. I am one of your subs. Used these in UK coal mines for a variety of tasks. They are a simple machine so littler to go wrong with them. Keep them well lubbed up.
ya keep the oil in them and they run for ever.
A company I rented some equipment to had one submerged for five years. When the mine was dewatered, they changed out the oil and it was ready to muck.
You're a damn champion!
Thank you sir! glad you are enjoying the videos
I spend many shifts operating muckers
Sweet video, are you workin in b.c I work in northern Ontario, recently taking a break from mining due to some health issues but your videos are great
I know in this video you are showing mucking out from some vertical workings, so I assume there was rail already down before the muck ended up on top of it. For normal drift driving though, how do you get rail underneath the muck pile for the mucker to run on?
Slide rails.
My mucker.:)He Jory have you got a video of the big boat anchor with the belt.
no I do not. I've only heard story's of that thing never laid eyes on it myself.
Do you mind if I link this video to some of the mine exploration channels I watch?
Benson no problem.
Nice ending comments.
Just before u get to your dump car hold it wide open forward till u come to a stop then reverse then full forward while your dumping your bucket u won't have to come to a stop and by the time u dump you'll be going forward saves time
I think we lackes air volume at this mine . I always pined it until slamming into the car go help with momentum . Then full forward as the bucket was throwing the muck. To do a direction change before dumping I think I would loose all my momentum and dump my muck onto my bucket cable
@JoryDion wish I had my video still don't forget the oil in the base and wet down your rail a bit
@@DarthDinos always oiled, always wet 😉
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This is the machine that happen to kill my father after it jumped the track. Very dangerous machines.
Very sorry to hear that. My grandfather was hurt bad on this machine. Very dangerous indeed