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Monster Mining Machines — How Draglines Work
Monster Mining Machines — How Draglines Work
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“Aaron Witt”
What the heck is a dragline, and how do they work? We’ve got the answers!
We’re back with North American Coal to tour one of their massive draglines. These machines are the largest earthmovers in America, capable of moving well over 100,000 cubic yards of material per day.
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This is just so incredible .. Thank you for showing this to us.
Just like that star wars walking tingy
Wow. Incredible
The sound it makes when "walking" is awesome, like out of a transformer movie
215 Ton bucket scoop.. MAD AZ
Thanks for the info
Bellissimo video complimenti 👍👍👍👍
The company i work for we are making a set of rails and rollers and thrust rails for the 2570 tub.
Thank you! I always had a strange fascination with all the big machines with rooms inside of them!
If you have a woman running a drag line would she be known as a drag queen? Just asking for a friend.
Aaron, that is absolutely cool! Got to see more of the "guts" of a dragline like this with you than elsewhere, thanks!
Excellant Video, Aaron!
I worked as a Heavy Equipment Operator at a Surface Coal Mine down here in Texas (ours was also a Direct Mouth Feed to a Power Plant) for 25 years and Retired about 8 years ago. Aaron is Spot On about Coal Mines being necessary and anyone that claims Solar and Wind are all we need are Delusional. We had 3 Marion 8200's and One 8750 at our mine and one thing to know about these is that they can only walk Backwards, there is no walking Forward, mainly because due to the weight of the boom and bucket, the tub comes up in the rear and stays down/drags in the front. So when (not IF) you get one stuck, you can't just stick it in forward and walk back the way you came. You have to be able to swing 180 degrees and try to back out. If you can do that, you'll usually be allright but if not, it's gonna be a bad day (and with Texas weather, we had quite a few "Bad Days" in my 25 years, LOL!).
40 years of work out of it! probably still being paid for too
Awesome video, such a cool machine.
i wish it a had a Cargo Ship Engine
…I don't have a favorite mine. I guess I should but it's never come up before
Back in the late '60's we were fishing near the open pit coal mines around Wilmington IL. There was an immense dragline there, and we were invited to tour the machine. My father drove our Plymouth station wagon into the scoop of the dragline and there was enough room for another station wagon next to our car.
Matt from Diesel Creek should buy this.
Nothing quite like the intertwining of man & machine feels so natural. The perfect bond
How much do those operators get paid?
An engineering marvel.
Pretty cool. There used to be draglines all around here in northeast PA. Not that big, some some good size ones.
A guy I knew used to operate one, a walking one near Hazleton. He said when it comes to earthmoving, nothing holds a candle to the coal mining industry.
Thanks for the video. Interesting! Three other questions: 1) Do the booms move? 2) how much does this machine weigh? 3) How much does this machine cost?
Awesome video, impressive point of view. 👌