Very neat! I love old stuff like this its really a shame cause there isnt anything like it today, There is one behind my house thats been sitting for 30 years and its shame I go up there all the time cause im so fascinated with it
@alco424 Oh, I get it! I was hearing the diesel engine and the turbocharger whine and thinking it was the machine making the sound. It must be the generator lugging down as it starts to take the next step. That explains why it sounds like a Caterpillar engine rather than a slow speed Fairbanks-Morse.
Thats not at all what i remember the Page the worked near my parents home in 1970s. This clearly is turbocharged and running at much higher rpm than what i remember. And one of their mechanics showed me a piston ring,it was 15" in diameter.
is exist a remote scale model ? it seem a shame no museum care for the first and biggest walking machine is that really the first walking machine or the biggest ?
Brits are so nostalgic that the old Ark royal aircraft carrier had the exterior repainted just before scrap for the aesthetic . Bosuns chairs are dangerous
Never understood the electric walker. Unless you install tracks, your better off making wheels it sets on, an drag the dam thing with something more capable, an either give it its own power plant, or rebuild the whole thing. Did they really think that was a good idea? Wtf
It was a good idea, do you really think they build these just for fun? Wheels would give it incredibly high ground pressure which wouldn't work on most terrain. For a machine that rarely needs to move far or fast a walker system is pretty good for the technology of the day, as it is also cheaper and more capable than tracks. Making them electric also made a lot of sense if they were set to work in a mine that already had good power delivery, as it makes the machine more efficient and easy to run.
You must not understand the concept of the walking draglines the reason for it because they are too heavy for crawlers and would sink instantly in soft dirt or mud you have to think of how much lower ground pressure is for a huge tub than a crawler track
I love how that mechanism works. Very clever design.
The same movement method still used in jacking pile today. Thanks for the video. Greeting from Java, Indonesia.
It seems to be a diesel BE 480W. I used to work with the same in a bauxite mining. One the hardest draglines to operate. Good times yes!
Great video. They didn’t spend much money on paint!
Very neat! I love old stuff like this its really a shame cause there isnt anything like it today, There is one behind my house thats been sitting for 30 years and its shame I go up there all the time cause im so fascinated with it
imagine how cool it would be to fix it up and walk off one day
They were walking these 2 to there retirement. This was stockton mt. At jeddo highland coal. Long since been scrapped
No not scrapped, refurbished and in use.
Я тоже работал машинистом шагающего экскаватора э.ш.10.70.у нас тоже была механика шагание
Even though it’s on a genset I still remember diesel walkers and the sound they made ,especially at night. Steady rhythm
@alco424 Oh, I get it! I was hearing the diesel engine and the turbocharger whine and thinking it was the machine making the sound. It must be the generator lugging down as it starts to take the next step. That explains why it sounds like a Caterpillar engine rather than a slow speed Fairbanks-Morse.
@trackhoe23 These drags are electric, so the truck out front is pulling a genset to allow them to move them without dealing with power cables.
Sounds like my first car...
Draglines doing a dragrace...nice😃
Were either of these drag lines ever owned and operated by Elliot Coal in Osceola Mills?
Thanks for the videos!
Sounded like a kirovets k700A at startup
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Old girl needs a little paint
Thats not at all what i remember the Page the worked near my parents home in 1970s. This clearly is turbocharged and running at much higher rpm than what i remember. And one of their mechanics showed me a piston ring,it was 15" in diameter.
It’s run by a generator I think, connected up. Thats what you’re hearing.
Apocalyptic school bus.
They are letting the dredge rot in time if it finishes it seems to have little maintenance what a pity ....
Cool machines, love the way the turbo charges up as the electrical demand increases........great machines.......all built for homosapiens greed
Built for our comfort. Without machines like this we would be sitting in a cold dark room reading a book by candle light.
@Novusod nothing wrong with that either, perhaps, in your case m, we wouldn't have so many humans populating the planet either
What distance does it move in one step?
bearbon2 not sure but the couple I have seen i person were around 8 feet
Some tools,
Some navvy drivers.
Up to tipping block?
is exist a remote scale model ?
it seem a shame no museum care for the first and biggest walking machine
is that really the first walking machine or the biggest ?
It's not the biggest and it's not the first
@@bobn2805then give name or a link
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They deserve a better care 😕
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Some context would have been nice, instead of only the dragline filling the screen hour after hour. Thanks for putting it up.
What's the truck leading the way for? I thought if it's a diesel machine it would be self contained.
trackhoe23 it is
The drag line is electric the truck has a generator in the trailer
Clueless
@@ivannewman1266Thanks, very helpful.
couldnt you just hook a bunch of dozers up to it and drag it?
Not a chance
They have to walk. No chance a fleet of dozers can drag it. The feet and pan would be dug into the ground anyways
Because they weight a fuck Ton
Millions of pounds
There’s no pride in these old machines , looks like the whole body rusted off it years ago . At least maintain the paint work
They would work 24/7. Lost time is $$$$$$$
A machine isn't supposed to be pretty. It's just gotta do its job and that's it.
Brits are so nostalgic that the old Ark royal aircraft carrier had the exterior repainted just before scrap for the aesthetic .
Bosuns chairs are dangerous
Shouldn't it be digging. !
It’s called a dragline, not a digline
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Never understood the electric walker. Unless you install tracks, your better off making wheels it sets on, an drag the dam thing with something more capable, an either give it its own power plant, or rebuild the whole thing. Did they really think that was a good idea? Wtf
It was a good idea, do you really think they build these just for fun? Wheels would give it incredibly high ground pressure which wouldn't work on most terrain. For a machine that rarely needs to move far or fast a walker system is pretty good for the technology of the day, as it is also cheaper and more capable than tracks. Making them electric also made a lot of sense if they were set to work in a mine that already had good power delivery, as it makes the machine more efficient and easy to run.
@@kotten9534 i definitely can agree with the ground pressure issues.
You must not understand the concept of the walking draglines the reason for it because they are too heavy for crawlers and would sink instantly in soft dirt or mud you have to think of how much lower ground pressure is for a huge tub than a crawler track
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