1926 Northwest Dragline - Previous Owner Shows How
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- Опубліковано 9 вер 2024
- The previous owner had used this machine in his excavating business. When he retired, he recognized its historic value, and with the help of his daughter, searched for a good home, where it could be restored and preserved. Fortunately, it came to Lakeside, and after several years of restoration, he was able to operate it again.
If you watch the video repeatedly on full screen, you can see the subtlety of a very experienced operator who knows his machine. Count how many times you hear any sound from the chains, and note how he times the swing to keep over the bucket.
Unfortunately, the previous owner passed away recently. At least he had a chance to see and operate his machine.
HCEA Harry Young Chapter
2014 Open House
Lakeside Sand & Gravel
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I ran that same machine at a place called the Ghost River diversion project. The dragline was walked in up ancient river bed in the late 40's by my Dad and Uncle. It stayed there and performed work for (at that time) Calgary Power Ltd. until the mid 70's. Thank you for posting this, brings back some very fond memories for me.
Great restoration and it was an honor to see the original owner operate it.
Beautiful restoration of an Old School Northwest Dragline..!!
I never could run the Right hand swings though, pretty Cool the
Hand cranking of a 1926 machine... ✅👍
Good job! this is fantastic restoration, I love it.
My grandfather ran one of these on the Alcan hwy
very cool !!
+chevahaulic It's got rust! LOL
Awesome! thank you for posting this!
My dad and my brothers ran a model 25 for years and then a model 6. They were whizzes with those things and I can't believe how straight they dug ditches. Dump line might be a little long on this one.
So sad to
Hear he passed
At least he got to spend time with the restored machine.
I want that so bad!! there is an older one in Boston tat has been sitting for decades I am determined to get.
👍🤗
When are the going to paint the boom???
It will probably get a different boom. This one isn't too great.
А у советов в это время народ лопатами это делал под присмотром конвоя😔
is it a murphy engine
This machine predates the use of Murphys. The engine is a big 4 cylinderTwin City gasser. The engine was never replaced, because it turns "backwards", ie you crank it CCW, not CW. Thus a normal replacement would run the draw works backward. There is a known example where the engine was replaced with a normal one, with an added countershaft to reverse rotation.
The owner of the operation has a Northwest dragline with a Murphy. It always starts, even in the coldest part of winter. Many Murphys were taken to work on the Alaska Pipeline for this reason.
Some of these had Buda engines. We went through a couple of international engines and wound up with 371 and 471 gmc engines on the model 25 s.
What was the double cab for?
The left side of the cab contained the tagline apparatus which consisted of a massive chuck of cast iron with a pulley confined in a steel cage to keep it from swinging like a pendulum.. When the cab was modernized, that stuff was wire tied inside. When we rebuilt the cab, we were able to reinstall the original equipment. This side also holds the acetylene tank that powers the gas lights.
Acelera a máquina! Está forçando o motor!