A very skilled operator recovering that tooth. For anyone questioning why he put out the effort and time to recover it should search "Crusher Incident" to see the danger involved in removing a tooth from a rock crusher. If that material was going to a crusher, that video explains a lot.
I used to work in a coal plant. A dragline tooth or loader tooth going through a crusher makes one hell of a racket, not to mention the damage it can cause to the crusher or conveyor belts.
@@MyBighog Or to personnel. As I mentioned before, look at the video "Crusher Incident". A tooth is stuck in a gyratory crusher and a worker is cutting it out when the pressure launches the burning tooth hitting him in the head. It's hard to watch.
I think he did a rather beautiful job in finding it again because it would have been like trying to find a needle in a haystack or in this case a bucket tooth in a quarry!!
And there it is. At 8:24, the Lost Tooth. I thought those things were solid. This must be a sacrificial cap that normally goes over the bucket teeth but, it looks like even that part broke off. Now it's up to the manager as to whether to just keep working or call up the welder to come over and repair it on site. That will probably take an hour IF no special fabrication is needed to fix the bucket.
That is Avery good operator. I don't. Know What there doing with over Bearden but the tooth is exspensive not to mention what that tooth would do to the crusher it would shut it down for days
Considering that this tooth probably costs more than most people make in several months, I certainly think is was worth this extra little bit of time. This is not likely the first time this guy had this sort of thing happen and he probably knew sort of where to look. I lost a few teeth on small stuff. you have to get a tooth back on before going back to work. Once you start wearing down that adapter, a minor repair turns into an expansive science project.
This ^^ That's very special steel and very expensive. Remember too that teeth like that are almost custom made due to the rarity of the machines. To damage the peg which holds a tooth will result in several days down time and a lot of expense for labour on repairs. Far better to find it, place safely (as they do here) to one side and continue in softer ground until the repairs team arrive.
I guess OSHA wouldn't let a man go down in the pit and put a chain on the tooth and hook it to the drag link on the bucket. True miracle even finding it. Steel is more dense than rock and dirt so seldom does the tooth come up on top.
That tooth most likely weighs more than one person can lift, could have radioed a crew to get it! It would have caused serious damage to the rock crusher so it was worth the time to find it.
I’d have fired that operator on the spot. He probably used more electricity playing with that tooth than it was worth. Let alone the lost production of the machine..
A very skilled operator recovering that tooth. For anyone questioning why he put out the effort and time to recover it should search "Crusher Incident" to see the danger involved in removing a tooth from a rock crusher. If that material was going to a crusher, that video explains a lot.
You mean th-cam.com/video/-Z9Cm92vfQA/w-d-xo.html ?
I used to work in a coal plant. A dragline tooth or loader tooth going through a crusher makes one hell of a racket, not to mention the damage it can cause to the crusher or conveyor belts.
@@MyBighog Or to personnel. As I mentioned before, look at the video "Crusher Incident". A tooth is stuck in a gyratory crusher and a worker is cutting it out when the pressure launches the burning tooth hitting him in the head. It's hard to watch.
I think he did a rather beautiful job in finding it again because it would have been like trying to find a needle in a haystack or in this case a bucket tooth in a quarry!!
And to think, all those big drag-line buckets Booty had sitting by 424 got cut up for scrap. What a waste. RIP Booty
And there it is. At 8:24, the Lost Tooth.
I thought those things were solid. This must be a sacrificial cap that normally goes over the bucket teeth but, it looks like even that part broke off.
Now it's up to the manager as to whether to just keep working or call up the welder to come over and repair it on site. That will probably take an hour IF no special fabrication is needed to fix the bucket.
That is Avery good operator. I don't. Know What there doing with over Bearden but the tooth is exspensive not to mention what that tooth would do to the crusher it would shut it down for days
Two Thumbs Up to the operater
Considering that this tooth probably costs more than most people make in several months, I certainly think is was worth this extra little bit of time. This is not likely the first time this guy had this sort of thing happen and he probably knew sort of where to look. I lost a few teeth on small stuff. you have to get a tooth back on before going back to work. Once you start wearing down that adapter, a minor repair turns into an expansive science project.
This ^^
That's very special steel and very expensive. Remember too that teeth like that are almost custom made due to the rarity of the machines. To damage the peg which holds a tooth will result in several days down time and a lot of expense for labour on repairs.
Far better to find it, place safely (as they do here) to one side and continue in softer ground until the repairs team arrive.
Good
And you sure don't want it to go through the crusher somehow.😨
David why, is he tryn to pop it back on
I guess OSHA wouldn't let a man go down in the pit and put a chain on the tooth and hook it to the drag link on the bucket. True miracle even finding it. Steel is more dense than rock and dirt so seldom does the tooth come up on top.
I wanted to understand all these comments about this great Drag line machine but I still haven't learned English ...
Some guys have all the luck! I've lost them in dirt with small machines and had a hard time finding them.
that tooth i probably heavier than you think
What model machine is that ?
Dump rope needs to be shorter
7:30-10:30
$120 IN ELECTRICITY , MESSING AROUND , JUST CALL THE SHOP AND GET THEM GOING ON FIXING IT , BUT STAY STILL IT COST TOO MUCH TO NOT BE PRODUCTIVE
Why not just go down there and pick it up himself. It woudl hav ebeen faster . Thats qwhat I would have dones. Thansk Yous!
That tooth most likely weighs more than one person can lift, could have radioed a crew to get it! It would have caused serious damage to the rock crusher so it was worth the time to find it.
@@jimstein8249 that dirt doesnt go thru a crusher, its over burden spoil.
James Stein. Surely there is a chain hoist in that dragline.
I’d have fired that operator on the spot. He probably used more electricity playing with that tooth than it was worth. Let alone the lost production of the machine..
If the tooth got to the crusher, big money and lost time.