I built the dragline that Aaron was standing in front of when he was describing the bucketwheel. The dragline was assembled and welded together in 1975 to 1977 on the syncrude site.
Too awesome, couldn’t really appreciate how big the equipment actually is until your standing or sitting on it, keep hanging in Canada and check out the logging equipment while your there.
About cold starting: A lot of trucks and equipment in Canada use Webasto or Espar diesel coolant heaters to maintain temperature at 160F. I think they have adapters for the coolant to circulate thru the hydraulic tanks as well or it’s manufactured into the tank. Using synthetic engine oil in the winter also makes a huge difference.
Most of the iron does not get shut off. As mechanics go to repairs often the equipment is covered in a parachute and tow behind frost fighters (gensets with diesel fire indirect heaters. Millions of BTU) Are used to keep everything warm. You can walk around in a t-shirt inside and -40 outside.
Back in early 2000's I work for a construction company and spent a year and a half working in Fort McMurry renovating the Dr. Karl A Clark Elementary school. According to the kids and teachers their school was very important because Karl A Clark was the one that came up with how to extract the tar from the sand with hot water and steam. We were all taken on a guided tour of mine. I grew up in a coal mining town and had been around massive equipment since I was little. I don't care who you are or how old you get standing next to equipment like this blows your mind.
I LOVE your amazement of our area. a 6015 is pretty big for sure. I have seen full 797's roll around the region. it is just bigger up here. Thank you for visiting and highlighting our region. Glad you came, come back again.
I love seeing my city being talked about in a positive way instead of being trashed because of the oilsands! My father has photos of the dragline and bucket wheel in operation back in the day
13:55 "please do not climb on the equipment" (Aaron sitting on the other side of the bumper... LOL I love this moment as a picture when stopping the vid 😉 oh and because of the hauling section... you see the excavator and know that it is not that tiny... but then you suddenly realise how large the heavy haul truck has to be when it drives past you as a empty truck... this was impressive
Pardon the pun , but here is the DIG we want you to show us EVERYTHING about the machines in your videos ! Your not talking too much!. Your bring back fond moments for us retired workers keep them comming!...... ❤
Corks help in sideways slide on icy ground. Finally refreshing content! Will follow!! Worked many sand and gravel and shot rock operations --- just like home!!
About 7 years ago I got a job welding outta high school and I got to weld all the teeth and wear bars on one of those buckets. It came into our shop because along transport it got into an accident outside of Red Deer and the bucket was dented. We got the bid to straighten it out and re-finish it, one of my favourite projects from that job!
Very nice to see. I used to work for a company ( in the same province) that makes rims and wheels for mining trucks, but I only ever saw the mining equipment in pictures. My older brother works in ft. McMurray so it's really nice to see this stuff.
This Aaron wishes he was more like you. You’re just cool and speak with honesty and a nice tone. The production quality from you all is outstanding. I found you by chance, and although I’m not in the industry I love machines and learning about it all. Every video feels fun and informative, and it can be a challenge to get that blended well. You guys do it brilliantly. Since you asked, as unlikely as it may be, I hope one of the countries you can hit up is Romania; because it’s beautiful, because there’s industrial history I know nothing about and would love to learn from you.
Good to see you in Canada Aaron , enjoy your visit and don’t believe any of the negative remarks that some have about the oil sands projects. Did you know that since they started these operations that the oil quit migrating into the river and flowing out into the ocean in witch it has done in the past before these projects. That alone should be told to anyone how thinks these projects are not good .
I had to scroll down through here hoping somebody would say something just exactly what you said because that's exactly what we did also and I'm also from Montana but I'll give him a little slack I won't gang up on him
This is really awesome to see. I live and work in fort mcmurray piloting for heavy hauls/ do my own light vehicle hauls amongst other things. The culture and environment of it is something truly amazing to be apart of in every way.
Thanks for a cool video Aaron. You’ll have to come up again. So much more to see. Someone asked about a tire count average. 144 on the Goldhofer platform hauling the 16,000 crane. 👍
In keeping with the spirit - the ongoing theme of busting chops, there is dense (like me, dense, stubborn German) and there is less dense. Not heavy and less heavy. Keep up the great content. Good that there are young folks interested in this content.
I always have thought that in a post-apoc Mad Max type setting one of those giant trucks would make a great mobile base. The bare frame that appears at 14:42 with no dump bed on it would be the ideal starting point for that.
We call those ice growzers. They work great on icy ground. In roads they can break the ice up. They’re very common in place that gets into freezing temps
It takes a Kenworth to pull this kind of load. Not surprised there. There are bigger loads out there. I have seen one Kenworth pulling and one Kenworth pushing as it went down the road. All hooked together.
I miss those days. Favorite toy. D11. The power and the newer ones are a dream to run. It’s costly to run but it cost more to sit around doing nothing.
@@taylorhickman84 Some wear out faster then others if its solid then you might only wear out a small area but need to replace the whole thing. All depends on what the D11 is pushing. Dirt. Rocks. Coal. Mud. They all wear different on blades. If you ever get a chance get in one. There’s not much that will stop a D11. The size and power are jaw dropping. Even after years of running them they still impress me today. Unless your paying for the fuel. 500 gallons in a 12 hr shift but that all depends on what your pushing or ripping.
Good question. There’s little weight put on the tires from the tracks as they barely contact the tread. Also the tires are extremely thick to deal with it
Where I work it gets to -30° F and we don't shut the machines or trucks down during the weekday. But if we're taking the weekend off then we'll shut them down.
Most of the c500 floats run c15/c16 Detroit 8v92 on threally old ones and some Cummins kta19. 18 speed Eaton's some Allison. Drive axles are sisu, Clark or merritor.
I work out of the yard that's right next to where the CAT gear was dropped off. Got real excited to see the familiar road, super disappointed I wasn't there when this was filmed
Lololol man you outdid yourself this time!!! Great video bro and the "f" bomb at 5:09 lolol. Amazes me how that 15 dwarfs that C5. I'd love to see her next to a 390 and see the size comparison. Great job here!
Expedience or expedient was the word you may have been looking for when describing the moves made on large/heavy equipment without break-down reassembly sessions. None the less another nice video of yours that I watched and enjoyed. I'm a bit jealous that you can do what you do but I also know that it takes a good bit of talent and skills honed over lots of field experience.
A company i worked for here in Alabama had the first 6015b cat made the demo video for the hoe were done in the quarry i worked in its a awesome machine to run
Finning Cat is the largest Cat dealer in North America, because they cover all Canada. I work for Holt Cat, the second biggest dealer. Crazy part is we are one of 4 Cat dealerships in Texas! HOLT CAT! 😁
I really don’t know anything about these machines but I enjoy your videos and info … how you can make fun of yourself … and teach at the same time. Keep it up bro! Sub
Such excavators (bucket wheel) work in Germany and Poland, Krupp I believe. One in Poland is working in open pit brown coal in Belchatow (Kleszczow), biggest open pit mine in Europe. Other one in Germany is bigger I think.
Always wanted to see what’s it like to operate the 6015. I operate a hitachi 1200 and it’s an alright machine. Also we keep trucks running all the time because they’re a pain to start back up (in the winter time).
i actually live in fort mcmurray, it can get even colder than what he said, especially at site. in town, it can hit -60 a few times a month in december/january. at site it regularly sits at -60 and can get closer to 70 below
I helped build the pumphouse structure sitting next to the giants of mining exhibit. There's a big dinosaur egg rock at the corner of the fence that I placed there with a D3 haha
New to the channel but you went up there and saw what you saw, and didn't ask any questions about the semis and trailers that carry these stupid heavy loads. Someone please link me to a video if this guy has already covered them. I know next to nothing about those heavy oilfield rigs but they are impressive and deserve just as much attention as the other heavy equipment. Still you've earned a sub from me. Seems like some interesting stuff.
This is a great example of how theres no way you can make everything electric, you cannot make these machines electric and still get the work out of them that you do now
So that Manitowoc 16000 is a hefty rig with a max lifting capacity of 440 US Tons. But as big crawler cranes go, it's actually pretty small; its big brother the 31000 can lift something like 2500 tons. Which is minuscule when compared to SSCV Sleipnir which has a pair of cranes capable of lifting 10,000 metric tons each or working them together to lift 20,000 metric tons. Which is fairly mad.
If you want to see a running bucketwheel excavator, you should come to germany and look at the open pit lignite mines. They´ve got the biggest in the world.
Cool to see Fort McMurray being appreciated instead of hated on for once.
we're doing our best to highlight the people who keep society moving
Apparently people like to dump on primary industry, until they realize it's keeps life going.
same here
I'm surprised you're all so concerned for the future of Kuwait's economy, that's kinda sweet
@@AaronWitt6015b. 버켓이. 종류3가지 있다고 하는데요. 일반으로 사용되는게 표준 8루베라고 하는데 지금 화면 나오는게. 6015b사용되는거. 맞는지 꽤큰데요. 몇루베인지 궁금해서요.
I built the dragline that Aaron was standing in front of when he was describing the bucketwheel. The dragline was assembled and welded together in 1975 to 1977 on the syncrude site.
that's absolutely incredible Tom. Thanks for watching
Sweet man I love old equipment
That's so cool
That’s awesome sir ! What a neat thing to look back on !
This channel is like being a little kid going to work with dad to see all the cool stuff
that's how I feel every day
My buddy has the privilege to operate all these vehicles because his dad ownes his own construction company. Its pretty cool
@@pearmainstudios3942 that's badass man. I grew up in an auto mechanic environment. First time I saw a dragline at a phosphate mine was something else
Too awesome, couldn’t really appreciate how big the equipment actually is until your standing or sitting on it, keep hanging in Canada and check out the logging equipment while your there.
we'll be back soon!
What country should we hit up next?
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Keep wandering around canada, maybe cover some logging.
Deep dive into the tar sands of Alberta
yeah, canadien logging and oil would be nice
in quebec province for de gold mine
Yukon
About cold starting: A lot of trucks and equipment in Canada use Webasto or Espar diesel coolant heaters to maintain temperature at 160F. I think they have adapters for the coolant to circulate thru the hydraulic tanks as well or it’s manufactured into the tank. Using synthetic engine oil in the winter also makes a huge difference.
Who uses conventional still anyways
that's awesome thank you for the information Chris
Most of the iron does not get shut off. As mechanics go to repairs often the equipment is covered in a parachute and tow behind frost fighters (gensets with diesel fire indirect heaters. Millions of BTU) Are used to keep everything warm. You can walk around in a t-shirt inside and -40 outside.
Back in early 2000's I work for a construction company and spent a year and a half working in Fort McMurry renovating the Dr. Karl A Clark Elementary school. According to the kids and teachers their school was very important because Karl A Clark was the one that came up with how to extract the tar from the sand with hot water and steam. We were all taken on a guided tour of mine. I grew up in a coal mining town and had been around massive equipment since I was little. I don't care who you are or how old you get standing next to equipment like this blows your mind.
Yup
I LOVE your amazement of our area. a 6015 is pretty big for sure. I have seen full 797's roll around the region. it is just bigger up here.
Thank you for visiting and highlighting our region. Glad you came, come back again.
Thanks Kyle. We will be back soon
I love seeing my city being talked about in a positive way instead of being trashed because of the oilsands! My father has photos of the dragline and bucket wheel in operation back in the day
What town?
@@cdracingfort mcmurray alberta
@@danial_amini ty.
I like hearing you talk, especially your conversations with the people on sight. Your commentary makes your content special imo
Alex Burnoot is a gentleman and a scholar. His hugs are dreamy as well!
13:55 "please do not climb on the equipment" (Aaron sitting on the other side of the bumper... LOL
I love this moment as a picture when stopping the vid 😉
oh and because of the hauling section... you see the excavator and know that it is not that tiny... but then you suddenly realise how large the heavy haul truck has to be when it drives past you as a empty truck... this was impressive
Kenworth c500. The workhorse of the oil patch
Glad you liked my province! I used to be an electrician up there building SAGD oil plants
awesome
Pardon the pun , but here is the DIG we want you to show us EVERYTHING about the machines in your videos ! Your not talking too much!. Your bring back fond moments for us retired workers keep them comming!...... ❤
Welcome to Alberta! While you're here there's lots of cool projects to check out. Glad to see you showing us off on the world stage
Corks help in sideways slide on icy ground. Finally refreshing content! Will follow!! Worked many sand and gravel and shot rock operations --- just like home!!
thanks for following along and watching
About 7 years ago I got a job welding outta high school and I got to weld all the teeth and wear bars on one of those buckets. It came into our shop because along transport it got into an accident outside of Red Deer and the bucket was dented. We got the bid to straighten it out and re-finish it, one of my favourite projects from that job!
Very nice to see. I used to work for a company ( in the same province) that makes rims and wheels for mining trucks, but I only ever saw the mining equipment in pictures. My older brother works in ft. McMurray so it's really nice to see this stuff.
This Aaron wishes he was more like you. You’re just cool and speak with honesty and a nice tone. The production quality from you all is outstanding. I found you by chance, and although I’m not in the industry I love machines and learning about it all. Every video feels fun and informative, and it can be a challenge to get that blended well. You guys do it brilliantly. Since you asked, as unlikely as it may be, I hope one of the countries you can hit up is Romania; because it’s beautiful, because there’s industrial history I know nothing about and would love to learn from you.
thank you so much for your kind words and for watching I really appreciate it
Good to see you in Canada Aaron , enjoy your visit and don’t believe any of the negative remarks that some have about the oil sands projects. Did you know that since they started these operations that the oil quit migrating into the river and flowing out into the ocean in witch it has done in the past before these projects. That alone should be told to anyone how thinks these projects are not good .
yep it's amazing. I was shocked to see all the operations in reality in a good way
God knew someday we would be able to utilize it as an necessity
These resources are not artificially contrived by man in a chem lab like ---
Here in Montana we have used ice bits or lugs on our cats and any steel tracked machines in the winter months, for logging and road building.
I had to scroll down through here hoping somebody would say something just exactly what you said because that's exactly what we did also and I'm also from Montana but I'll give him a little slack I won't gang up on him
“Corked” tracks. We know it well in Alberta🇨🇦
Very cool Aaron thanks for getting our excellent crew some recognition they all deserve
thanks for watching Glenn
This is really awesome to see. I live and work in fort mcmurray piloting for heavy hauls/ do my own light vehicle hauls amongst other things. The culture and environment of it is something truly amazing to be apart of in every way.
Wow! I’ve been around big equipment before. But nothing like those gigantic machines!
Thanks for showing the beauty. Lots of people talk shit about the oilsands and dont realize how they protect the land
it's amazingly different in person
The grace at which that beast moved, impressive.
thanks for watching
11:08 PARCOUR!!! 😂 😝 😆 too funny mate!
glad you enjoyed it!!
Honesty I enjoy your commentary a lot , love these vids
thank you!!!
thats great, because this entire video was commentary, and he didn't even show any oilsand. It was all commentary
Thanks for a cool video Aaron. You’ll have to come up again. So much more to see.
Someone asked about a tire count average. 144 on the Goldhofer platform hauling the 16,000 crane. 👍
Seems y'all have fun making these videos, which makes them fun to watch.
Truly inspiring to see such powerful equipment in action!
The question tracker, cracked me up. Though I had the same questions, so I'm glad that you asked them.
thanks for watching Jake
In keeping with the spirit - the ongoing theme of busting chops, there is dense (like me, dense, stubborn German) and there is less dense. Not heavy and less heavy. Keep up the great content. Good that there are young folks interested in this content.
I always have thought that in a post-apoc Mad Max type setting one of those giant trucks would make a great mobile base. The bare frame that appears at 14:42 with no dump bed on it would be the ideal starting point for that.
11:06 I used to do this to every wall as a kid lol
I love your channel. Don’t ever lose yourself. You are what we like about this channel
thank you Jared!!
Bro. The pull-ups killed me 😂😂😂😂🤜🤛
Also. The question counter. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
haha thank you!!
We call those ice growzers. They work great on icy ground. In roads they can break the ice up. They’re very common in place that gets into freezing temps
It takes a Kenworth to pull this kind of load. Not surprised there. There are bigger loads out there. I have seen one Kenworth pulling and one Kenworth pushing as it went down the road. All hooked together.
I was thinking of the living arrangements and layout literally minutes b4 you said it!
I miss those days.
Favorite toy. D11. The power and the newer ones are a dream to run.
It’s costly to run but it cost more to sit around doing nothing.
what are all those lugs(the polished squares, not sure what to call them) on the bucket of the D11?
@@taylorhickman84 polished lugs??
There’s wear plates. Or hard facing that take the abuse verse the steel bucket itself
@@mikek3951 thanks for the reply! That was my assumption but I can't figure out why they are segmented instead of a single plate.
@@taylorhickman84
Some wear out faster then others if its solid then you might only wear out a small area but need to replace the whole thing.
All depends on what the D11 is pushing.
Dirt. Rocks. Coal. Mud. They all wear different on blades.
If you ever get a chance get in one.
There’s not much that will stop a D11. The size and power are jaw dropping. Even after years of running them they still impress me today.
Unless your paying for the fuel.
500 gallons in a 12 hr shift but that all depends on what your pushing or ripping.
@@mikek3951 fascinating stuff, thanks for the info.
The first of Alberta series videos finally thanks Aaron
more on the way thanks for watching!
Love kenworth c500s; awesome rigs
Edit: you should see the oilfield bed trucks
We have some sweet things!!!!
How do they keep from blowing tires on the transport trailer during loading and unloading, with those ice features on the tracks?
Good question. There’s little weight put on the tires from the tracks as they barely contact the tread. Also the tires are extremely thick to deal with it
The machine they had on the trailer didn’t have the ice lugs
@@FishFind3000 Yes it did, they look small though
yeah it had lil ones
We calls em “Corks” up here fellas! Lol
This is one of my favorite videos yet! Great stuff!
thanks for watching Trent!
Nice video, good info and actually pretty funny. I like it when those big machines get transported in 1 piece. More of that please 👍
love when youtube suggests new channels like this
glad you're here
If your going to come to the patch, better throw some Ariats on man. Nothing beats a good kenworth c500 and Cat machinery! Welcome to Alberta!
I would of NEVER thought that trailer would hold that machine. I am impressed!!!
WOW!!! Your videos just keep getting better and better. Excellent
I laughed out loud at 'parkour'🤣🤣
thank you Johnny!!
we are such savages. i love it. proud to be albertan 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
yet so many vacation in BC, weird…..😂
Its Only Cool because alex is in it
we've already got a special segment ready for you
Where I work it gets to -30° F and we don't shut the machines or trucks down during the weekday. But if we're taking the weekend off then we'll shut them down.
Welcome to Canada 🇨🇦 mate. Enjoy the last days of summer.
Can you do a video on that Kenworth truck?
Loved the KW... reminded of the Hayes logging trucks from the 70'/80's
I remember the big 60 Series Front Shovel that was used on I26 on the NC TN line, it was a monster.
Could you do a video reviewing the specifications on the semi truck and trailer? Very impressive
Most of the c500 floats run c15/c16 Detroit 8v92 on threally old ones and some Cummins kta19. 18 speed Eaton's some Allison. Drive axles are sisu, Clark or merritor.
I work out of the yard that's right next to where the CAT gear was dropped off. Got real excited to see the familiar road, super disappointed I wasn't there when this was filmed
maybe next time
Starting in the best province in Canada I see
5:40 was something straight out of snow runner 🤩
10:48 you could have a freaking basketball match in that
I know haha
Lololol man you outdid yourself this time!!! Great video bro and the "f" bomb at 5:09 lolol. Amazes me how that 15 dwarfs that C5. I'd love to see her next to a 390 and see the size comparison. Great job here!
thanks James!
The Kenworth is moving it, but this job looks like something for a Pacific.
Awesome videos! Great editing and keep them coming!
thank you!
Expedience or expedient was the word you may have been looking for when describing the moves made on large/heavy equipment without break-down reassembly sessions. None the less another nice video of yours that I watched and enjoyed. I'm a bit jealous that you can do what you do but I also know that it takes a good bit of talent and skills honed over lots of field experience.
thank you so much for watching and the kind words I appreciate it
A company i worked for here in Alabama had the first 6015b cat made the demo video for the hoe were done in the quarry i worked in its a awesome machine to run
Finning Cat is the largest Cat dealer in North America, because they cover all Canada. I work for Holt Cat, the second biggest dealer. Crazy part is we are one of 4 Cat dealerships in Texas! HOLT CAT! 😁
I really don’t know anything about these machines but I enjoy your videos and info … how you can make fun of yourself … and teach at the same time. Keep it up bro! Sub
"Keep your load balanced." Aaron, there is a metaphor for life in that phrase. Never pegged you for an existentialist. Rock on!
Now see , I had no idea that this 6015 had a grease gun on the machine how COOL....
when he said he was here to rustle some jimmies, i immediately subscribed.
Such excavators (bucket wheel) work in Germany and Poland, Krupp I believe. One in Poland is working in open pit brown coal in Belchatow (Kleszczow), biggest open pit mine in Europe. Other one in Germany is bigger I think.
My grandfather helped in the process of the building a few of the big shovels back in the 50,s and 60,s in Ohio strip mines
that's fantastic
Seeing that the 6015 sports the new logo means it is close to 5 years.Great video by the way.
thanks for watching!
Always wanted to see what’s it like to operate the 6015. I operate a hitachi 1200 and it’s an alright machine. Also we keep trucks running all the time because they’re a pain to start back up (in the winter time).
I used to haul Cat gen sets for Finning in Red Deer to Petersen Cat in Oakland California
i actually live in fort mcmurray, it can get even colder than what he said, especially at site. in town, it can hit -60 a few times a month in december/january. at site it regularly sits at -60 and can get closer to 70 below
oof
@@AaronWitt oof is right
I helped build the pumphouse structure sitting next to the giants of mining exhibit. There's a big dinosaur egg rock at the corner of the fence that I placed there with a D3 haha
New to the channel but you went up there and saw what you saw, and didn't ask any questions about the semis and trailers that carry these stupid heavy loads. Someone please link me to a video if this guy has already covered them. I know next to nothing about those heavy oilfield rigs but they are impressive and deserve just as much attention as the other heavy equipment. Still you've earned a sub from me. Seems like some interesting stuff.
glad you're following along!!
You know things are getting serious when Aaron starts dropping F-bombs.
This was such a fun watch!
ALEX!!!!!!! YARRRRRRRRRRR!!!! DIGGIN DITCHIN N BITCHIN!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Theoooooooooooooo
Down to earth. Great stuff Built Witt
thanks for watching
i was born here and still live here its nice to see ft mac getting apreciated instead of shit on
13:07 We have one here in Germany that's 6 times as heavy. Holds the record for the largest and heaviest land vehicle ever constructed.
Driveway jobs and parking lot letting projects are probably not bid on
This is a great example of how theres no way you can make everything electric, you cannot make these machines electric and still get the work out of them that you do
now
Yep. People have no idea. Cars are a small portion of overall energy for mobility
We have ice luge in the winter time also. In Wisconsin
awesome
Alberta baby lucky to call this place home
So that Manitowoc 16000 is a hefty rig with a max lifting capacity of 440 US Tons. But as big crawler cranes go, it's actually pretty small; its big brother the 31000 can lift something like 2500 tons. Which is minuscule when compared to SSCV Sleipnir which has a pair of cranes capable of lifting 10,000 metric tons each or working them together to lift 20,000 metric tons. Which is fairly mad.
fantastic thank you for this info
Wow 😯 it's very big equipment ❤❤❤
If you want to see a running bucketwheel excavator, you should come to germany and look at the open pit lignite mines. They´ve got the biggest in the world.
we will be in Germany in October
We have ice studs on our feller buncher here in Colorado
Right on welcome to Canada boys
Wow, beautiful scenery!
BURNOOOOOOOT!!!
Lol, I used to run pilot truck for those NCSG boys, great guys, they haul some impressive loads!!!
Canadian Jungle Gym! 😂😂😂
🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Keep rocking buddy. Friends from Southern Alberta (Calgary).
thanks for watching!