Bucyrus-Erie 1150-B Documentary
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- Опубліковано 5 лип 2024
- A look at a 1948 Bucyrus-Erie 1150-B walking dragline. After years of sitting idle, this old girl was officially scrapped in late 2013. Want to see more old draglines? Then follow PAmining today!
Chapter List:
0:00 Introduction History
1:44 Power/ Motors
2:39 Shoes/ Walking System
3:43 Boom Options/ Capacity
4:26 Fairleads
5:02 Tub/ Slew Ring
6:05 Weight/ Conclusion History
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Just been on a visit to a preserved 1150 B near Leeds in the UK, imported from the USA in the late 40's Its named 'Oddball' because it had General Electric control gear the others had Westinghouse equipment,
Its mostly complete apart from where the scrap thieves have damaged it. A group of enthusiasts are trying to keep it fit for viewing on open days throughout the year.
same one walked all the way from Newcastle to its current location allerton bywater & is now listed aswell as fenced off it does have open days these are often during holidays, dragline was lucky as the site its on got flooded out when 2007 floods & was rendered too expensive to drain the site so it was just abandoned along with the dragline
Oddball never worked in Newcastle, the site flooded in 1988 and was drained and worked again in 1998 but oddball didn't work again after 1988.www.walkingdragline.org/history/
The doors on the back of the machine are to let an overhead crane out of the back of the machine to raise and lower heavy motors, generators, gears, and shafts. The small cranes on the sides of the machine are too small to handle heavy parts. They are used for grease barrels and other supplies and they swing out by hand. I have been a groundman, welder, oiler, and operator on a BE1250, BE2570, and Marion8900.
Thasnksd You Kind Sir!
Awesome job. You really know your machinery.
Great machine. There are still a few draglines working near where I line in P.A. it's a shame this one was scrapped
I would like to thank you for making this EXCELLENT series of videos! I always learn new things from your videos. Please keep it up
Thank You
An 1150B was the largest dragline used on the Mesabi Iron Range in MN. It was brought in to strip on the west end of the range where the overburden was thickest, and went east to the coalfields a few years later. It dumped onto a mobile screening plant that fed a conveyor to the overburden dump. The boulders screened out were hauled off by trucks. Draglines were rare here, as all mining and almost all stripping was/is done with shovels. A 30 yd bucket from the 1150B is on display in Hibbing, MN.
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One is preserved in West Yorkshire England. St Aidan’s dragline. If you google it they have a website, they hold open days where you can look around it.
Enjoy your videos and the associated history on the machines.
great video mate. thats a nice dragline good to see it sealed up to stop it getting trashed.
Absolutely amazing piece of equipment. Such a shame it was scrapped.
Fire it up. Lets start mining.
My thanks for the clarification.
Just been looking at one of these at allerton bywater nr Castleford Yorkshire England. Looks amazing
Depends if there is potential use for the machine in the future. If the machine is worn out and there is no use for it anymore then it usually gets scrapped. I don't know of this machine's exact condition, but it was probably idled when the coal market took a major drop.
We ran 2 in the UK, eventualy one was cut up to go back to the US but I dont think it ever made it off the docks at Sunderland. The other one was scrapped if I remember.
Even though this machine looks to be complete and intact, I'd be willing to bet that it has breathed its last. I would love to be proven wrong, that's for sure. I wonder if this mine still has all the manuals and spares for this unit. It would be a huge undertaking to get this up and running again.
Great vid. Thanks for posting.
The name "Ruston-Bucyrus" was the joint venture between Bucyrus-Erie and Ruston Hornsby Ltd based in Lincoln, England. That name appeared around 1930. This merger allowed Bucyrus to expand internationally. Ruston acted as a sales agent for Bucyrus equipment overseas
Awesome machine.
Draglines can be painted in whatever colors the mining company wants
Thanks
There was one of these used by Hanna Mining to strip iron ore mines in the Hibbing Minnesota area from the late 1940's to the early 1960's. It was coupled with a portable screening plant, several miles of overland conveyor, and a stacker to make the stripping dumps.
In about 1965 it was sold to a "coal company out east." The paint was the same, though I think the cream, maroon, and red boom were a Bucyrus standard by then.
This wouldn't by chance be the same machine? Do you have a serial number? Amazing if it still exists.
If it helps, the Hanna one was electric.
Compared to the old 50-B, crazy to see how things evolved.
I'm 100% sure that if some day this machine would be needed again and all that metal shieldings were removed, it would only need some greasing, cleaning of electrical contacts and some serious ammounts of starter fluidm (oil change in engine is mandatory!!) it would run again. These machines were built to last almost forever. Too bad it was scraped, it is such a shame that machines so monumental are cut to pieces and melted. They do not deserve a fate like that.
my grandfather operated what i was told was called a walking duck. it was supposedly the largest mining equipment in the world at the time this being shortly after ww2. my best guess is that what he was reffering to was this.
Watching this machine "walk" must have been an impressive sight!
That will be coming up in the future
awsome. surprised u could find somethin like this. were was this one located?
More documentaries please
That is really cool. To bad it was not open to see the inside. I am glad however that they locked it up tight to keep out people who want to mess it up. Where is this parked at and why did they just leave it there to rot? Thanks for the videos they are great!
Yeah it is
I really want to see one of these in motion. Seems like a really weird way to move some thing that large.
Worked on a 120-b back in the 1970,mining limestone in northern ca.calaveras cement company had one in there quarry.
+DAVID AVERY Cool! The 120B was a very popular machine from B-E. Good design too
Our 120B got cut up and sold for scrap iron.I did bring home some cool memento. Glad I got them.
I wish these draglines could go back into operation.
Generally, how long will a mining co. let a machine of this size sit unused before they decide to either scrap it or re-use it?
What would the criteria be for re-energizing a machine such as this?
Wow it's big
The first 1150b dragline to arrive in the UK, was at Stewarts & Lloyds Corby, it came here in 1949 and was erected and working by 1950, it worked until the steelworks & quarries closed in 1980 it was then dismantled and shipped back to the USA, but where to I`ve no idea. anyone help ?
someone please restore this beast!
Seen these on history movies.
why was it dismantled? should have been left to view it was a pice of history
The Anthracite kings little brother they dont live far from one another. This BE1150 to my knowledge has not operated since late 70s early 80s it was operated by the Jeddo coal company of Luzerne county.
I thought that a 'red' paint job was more on the Marions? Bucyrus Erie was more 'Green'? Anyways big machine,well presented!
Check PAmining's channel, he has tons of them, even a few inside a walker while it's running :)
made in Milwaukee?
ahhhh k right here.
Do you honestly think it will ever be used again?
50 years of service! Doubt many of the new machines will last that long.
When was the name "Ruston" either introduced, or dropped?
Not an automatic greaser in sight 😳. That must have been a full time job for someone 🥴
Its a shame it will never dig again.
this thing is a massive dino
Has anyone put it to work yet .excavator operator interested
What will ever happen to the machine?
Who knows. I doubt it will ever run again
what happend to it
:3
Probably not
It was scrapped in 1999
That would be impossible as the machine doesn't exist lol
Seems a shame do leave such a machine to rot
B-E is now Cat.
i wont to see a walk around of big musky
sleeping giant
I hate vandals....