My grandpa worked on the coal chief and once got to work on the bucket of the big Muskie. I showed him this video and the Big Muskie implosion video and he said it was sad when they cut both of them down. He was a welder for this coal company and he got to use the coal chief about 10 times. We got to go see the big Muskie bucket today when we went to the Wilds and we had a lot of fun🙂
So sad watching them cut these awesome machines up for scrap, it's a real shame that the biggest one's wasn't preserved for future generations to be able to see these awesome giant's face to face, especially big muskie that should have been saved because there will never be another dragline that size ever built again.
I remember watching this shovel when I was a kid. It was amazing to watch when they had to build up a dirt "path" on the asphalt for the Chief to cross the highway.
It's sad to see these massive machines scrapped, i got that book, Giant Earthmoving Equipment by Eric Orlemann when I was a kid and have always wanted to see one working but I'm affraid they'll all be honda fenders by the time I get too
if i won crazy amount of money i.e. powerball, i would have CAT (since they now own Bucyrus and Marion) build one of these machines and Donate it to the HCEA or the area where the Machine worked as an monument like Big Brutus
I never understood why they don't just build replica museums of these beasts, none of it has to function so you would save a bunch of costs vs the original and you could make a few changes or add ons in the recreation here and there to make it safer and easier for patrons to explore the "machine" and get the full scope of it
Were was the shovel when this video was taken? I remember watching it behind west Lafayette when I was a kid no more than 5. It had to be in the late 80s or 90 . It was around Sharrocks ridge I think . Anyone know for sure.?
I understood it started by the Conesville powerplant and dug its way to Willscreek/Plainfield over the course of 30 plus years. So that would be the one you saw. I don't think I ever saw it. R&F had one too but it ran a little later.
Builder99 The cost dismantling, removal, shipping and reassembly on something that is at the end of life span due too metal fatigue would not be worth it. A lot of the machine was probably patched together to make it work, parts become obsolete for a machine that is 40+yrs old. Manufacturer's want you to buy the newer models, that can move more material with better efficiency..
Moving several thousand tons somewhere else is not easy and other mines in that area probably already had enough machines. The Wikipedia Article of such a machine mentioned lignite mines in Germany, but they already have bucket wheel excavators that are able to move a much higher volume
@@reesemcclain3261 they couldn’t buy a new one at the time, they weren’t produced anymore They scrapped it because they had new ways of mining coal with walking draglines and phased the shovels out
Tick ridge...John Baird farm...up behind the olPostels store...rt93 and 541....these boys had mr pea bodies ground growing massive amounts of ganja...this shovel was walked into a pit n buried..they effed up a lotta families with at Ol money......between Cabot lumber and Holmes limestone I lost the farm for 200 dollars...Ol power son place on de Ol linton rd...up at the coshocton Guernsey border...Dennis n Donnie Cabot...blow...Bobby Allen....do an do no tree bid mess witdem hoodies....thank god for fools
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It's heart breaking seeing these machines cut up for scrap. I realize everything lives out it's usefulness but still such a shame.
My grandpa worked on the coal chief and once got to work on the bucket of the big Muskie. I showed him this video and the Big Muskie implosion video and he said it was sad when they cut both of them down. He was a welder for this coal company and he got to use the coal chief about 10 times. We got to go see the big Muskie bucket today when we went to the Wilds and we had a lot of fun🙂
So sad watching them cut these awesome machines up for scrap, it's a real shame that the biggest one's wasn't preserved for future generations to be able to see these awesome giant's face to face, especially big muskie that should have been saved because there will never be another dragline that size ever built again.
I remember watching this shovel when I was a kid. It was amazing to watch when they had to build up a dirt "path" on the asphalt for the Chief to cross the highway.
People just will never understand how massive these machines were.
It's sad to see these massive machines scrapped, i got that book, Giant Earthmoving Equipment by Eric Orlemann when I was a kid and have always wanted to see one working but I'm affraid they'll all be honda fenders by the time I get too
if i won crazy amount of money i.e. powerball, i would have CAT (since they now own Bucyrus and Marion) build one of these machines and Donate it to the HCEA or the area where the Machine worked as an monument like Big Brutus
beautiful video
EVERYONE, this coal mine was shut down because it was thought to have had sulfur levels in the coal thanks to my grandpa for telling me this.
Never good to see a machine come to its end people who work on plant like my father would shed a tear me to I once cut up a RB 5W not easy
Great video Walter.Its nice to have something to remember this shovel
sad to see those old girls end up like that...
At least big Brutus is still around,
He survived somehow
At least they were gentle with it at the end 😞
I often wonder how vulnerable the operator is in these things to a huge rock coming down
They are up really high and a long way from the shovel, big distance in real life.
I was lycky to see the Silver Spade in action during my first trip to the US back in -01!
Iwas something to see!
I never understood why they don't just build replica museums of these beasts, none of it has to function so you would save a bunch of costs vs the original and you could make a few changes or add ons in the recreation here and there to make it safer and easier for patrons to explore the "machine" and get the full scope of it
I know that there is but? I can't see ryhm or reason to what is going on at this mine?
Is there video of the gem ?
Were was the shovel when this video was taken? I remember watching it behind west Lafayette when I was a kid no more than 5. It had to be in the late 80s or 90 . It was around Sharrocks ridge I think . Anyone know for sure.?
I understood it started by the Conesville powerplant and dug its way to Willscreek/Plainfield over the course of 30 plus years. So that would be the one you saw. I don't think I ever saw it. R&F had one too but it ran a little later.
It seems to work ok...why can't it be sold as a working shovel ? to some other company...
Builder99 The cost dismantling, removal, shipping and reassembly on something that is at the end of life span due too metal fatigue would not be worth it. A lot of the machine was probably patched together to make it work, parts become obsolete for a machine that is 40+yrs old. Manufacturer's want you to buy the newer models, that can move more material with better efficiency..
Ok I see your point and in 40 years it more than paid for itself anyway...
Was that a burp at 6:30?
Was this in Ohio? I seem to remember the "Coal Chief" name but I thought it was a drag line here in Ohio back in the 70's.
Yes
Alguém do Brasil? 2018
Why are they cutting their machines, is that mine ran out?
Maui- Maui It was shut down because it was thought to have had a high sulfur concentration.
Do you think wasn't possible to sell and move that machine in another mine site, instead to destroy it?
Maui- Maui It would have been cheaper and far easier just to buy a new one instead of cutting it up, transporting it, and then reassembling it.
Moving several thousand tons somewhere else is not easy and other mines in that area probably already had enough machines. The Wikipedia Article of such a machine mentioned lignite mines in Germany, but they already have bucket wheel excavators that are able to move a much higher volume
@@reesemcclain3261 they couldn’t buy a new one at the time, they weren’t produced anymore
They scrapped it because they had new ways of mining coal with walking draglines and phased the shovels out
Machine far to big and inefficient for productivity these days .
Tick ridge...John Baird farm...up behind the olPostels store...rt93 and 541....these boys had mr pea bodies ground growing massive amounts of ganja...this shovel was walked into a pit n buried..they effed up a lotta families with at Ol money......between Cabot lumber and Holmes limestone I lost the farm for 200 dollars...Ol power son place on de Ol linton rd...up at the coshocton Guernsey border...Dennis n Donnie Cabot...blow...Bobby Allen....do an do no tree bid mess witdem hoodies....thank god for fools