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- After 5 years of planning and collecting parts we build a gravity tram at the Yankee Boy Mine. Come see it for yourself. exploringabandonedmines.com
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hello again! I am 80 years old and have a bit of dementia, and have lost touch with you guys and I’m delighted that at long last TH-cam has decided to reunite us! I have been a subscriber for many years long before Frank met Sharon, but you make a lovely team these days, I love the way that Sharon calls Frank “Franklin“ so cute. Now we’re back together again I will stay in touch and I’ve got so many back videos to watch. Thank you for all the pleasure you give me, cheers from Peter in the UK.
@6:08 It is so refreshing to see Frank's attention to detail on this build. From re-using parts to the Folgers Coffee can to hold screws in. I doubt there is a mine in the world without a Folgers Coffee can in it.
Hi Frank and Sharon....you both have to be proud of all the hard work. Everything looks amazing.
Thanks so much
Great progress on a new project, we'll done Frank and crew
Thanks, Frank & Sharon! That was bringing back memories of the past.
The Yankee Boy is starting to look like a mining site, again. Great work!!!
You bet
With a tram for visitors......brings alot of libility. Aren't you the creative people! Glad to see that you are accomplishing your "dream".
Wow, so much work, amazing history saved, hats off to you sir!!!
Glad you liked it
A man and woman with a dream. You guys have been at it! Wow!
Yeah I admit that was cool to see it working and well it may not go fast but it still gives everyone the visual of seeing one in action
Longtime viewer here, just got to say pretty inspiring watching how far you have come!
Great addition Frank and Sharon, Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it
Hi Frank and Sharon. You guys see to amaze me. Looks really cool one day the wife and I will be out there. You too be safe!!!!. Great video.!!!!!!
👍 Hello Frank and Sharon, great feeling to see it work again. Enjoyed watching and take care! ⛏
Thanks for coming
Happy Birthday for the other day Frank! New tram tower looks amazing!
Eb. QAM.
Frank is having the best time of his life
❤ Hope you're keeping well. Another awesome achievement - one of many😍. Blooming marvellous! ❤️. Thank you for the exciting update.
Thank you too!
I really enjoy watching the continued advancement of the mine and equipment you are rebuilding up.
The cable trams also existed in the Norwegian copper mines, and some remnants can still be admired today (Røros). However, these could also be decoupled from the pull rope, which involved a sophisticated technology...the beginnings of today's modern cable car technology...
Yes that is a different design.
Frank this is another big step too to get a perfect mine going, you guys did a great job Frank and Sharon.
What great job on the build Frank !!
Thanks 👍
You're doing better than me Frank.. I've been collecting C6 Corvette parts for 5 years and still not ready yet. Down to a few wire harness. And some new engine jewelry..
Great job Frank I really enjoyed your video and work
Thanks 👍
Very awesome project come to fruition. You guys have such a passion for this museum. Im glad i have gotten to see this through the years
Us too!
absolutely fascinating...so brilliant, when dreams become vivid, great...keep it up, great :)
Glad you enjoyed it!
Wow that is amazing. You two are such incredibly hard workers.
Awesome work you guys! Thank you for sharing your experience and build along the way
Our pleasure!
Now I am totally blown away, and impressed beyond belief, my favorite couple of Canadians on TH-cam ❤😊. And of course the project manager is definitely important, ❤😊.
Our pleasure!
Frank and Sharon you are so amazing.glad to see you. Still having a good. Time. Stay safe my friends. See ya next time❤
Congratulations, it looks awesome. Good job everybody.
Emmett here, thanks for everything you guys do! really fun to see a bigger operation doing tours and showing people what a operating mine was like. down in colorado I do work on some active mines and help run some of the tourist mine tours in colorado. If you guys ever make it down to colorado let me know and we can take you into some massive workings!
We are busy here in the summer!
🤗 eggcellent !!! Mine cart rides tram rides
Looks like the makings of the Yankee boy amusement park park? 😎😆
If could run it down to town , eco friendly grocery getter 👍. Looking good up there 👆 n that mountain 🙃 ✌️🤙
Great idea!!
Nice job frank and sharon.and all your friends that helped. Pretty cool. A good addition to the museum.
We agree!
Gotta say that's pretty dam cool.great narration too miss sharon.really can't wait to see all of the great ideas u all have at your museum. I'm sure there's plenty more additions to come.
Good morning from Southeast South Dakota
Morning!
Awesome work all. Looks great !!
Thank you! Cheers!
That was a cool project!
Fantastic work - really really enjoyable to see this build/work! Amazing. Thanks guys for sharing :)
Glad you enjoyed it!
I LIKE IT
Awesome build 👍🍻
Thanks 👍
Nice job Y'all. ... good to see you two. Take care, stay safe and free !⛏⚒⛏
Thanks! You too!
Well done Sharon and Frank on a job well done. Here we had something similar on the West Coast of the South Island here in New Zealand called the Denniston Incline that was used to bring the coal down from the Denniston mine. I remember back when I actually saw it operating. An incredibal piece of enginnering in extremely challeging terrain.
Hello frank and sharon
Gotta love her. .. she said minor adjustments , miner 🤔
So, I'm guessing that there might be a bit more to building one of these than meets the eye? Interesting thing about trying to restore, replicate, or reproduce old equipment is that it's seldom as simple as it seems. Good work!
Yes you run into problems you didn't see coming!
Wahooooo
Love your new tramway. I'm assuming old timers used steam or compressed air to run.
Most ran without power just gravity.
great video thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
Love the tram 33:08 33:12
❤ 33:29
Hello.!
Suggestions in comments should not be ignored. Tensions and forces in aerial trams can be extreme… and not evident by visual observation.
With all the old trams (and brand new ones) the weight of the station anchors was HUGE! Anchoring to your museum’s foundation… you may lose the museum.
Well, building a tram is a wonderful idea… but it’s not like assembling and old stamp mill or something.
Good luck.
This is a short tram line.
07:50 Good place to bury the Gold, nobody will ever find it there!
At the end Frank is just a big kid having fun. Just think if the Old Timers had a track hoe. Sharon thank you for the excellent commentary. The guests can enjoy a free ride.
Next thing you will build is a stamp mill 😜
We don't have the parts to build one.
@@exploringabandonedmines With all the ones laying scattered in ruin you could probably piece one together for at least one battery. If anyone can do it you could do it Frank. I have enjoyed and appreciated everything you have done throughout the years. I'm grateful that you are preserving history. It would be lost if it weren't for restoration and preservation. Who is going to educate our future younger generations? Men and women like yourselves, thank you.
Those are some serious timbers youre using.
Do you mill your own or log your property for that?
12x12 yes we have a woodmizer band mill.
Please do not take what I write as cajoling you; I am not. This is basic engineering and would have been used on trams of the period. I want you to succeed and present a good correct story.
The bearings for the bull wheel are on the wrong side of the beam. They should be in compression instead of tension which will tend to push the bearings into the beam instead of trying to pull the bolts out.
Install a new longer cross beam on the middle tower above the existing one to raise the track cables and install 2 angles of 4 X 4 X 3/8 X 8 inches separated by spacers so the track cable will rest on the connecting bolts and the cable will be above the angles. Locate the angles so the cable is far enough out that the bucket does not hit the tower legs. A piece of pipe, flat bar, or small angle shaped similar to a bow attached to the tower legs will keep the bucket from hitting the legs on each side.
For the top station, add a beam supported by 2 supports in the middle of the "wall" to support the track cables with cable supports like at the tower to raise the track cables for added elevation but now higher than at the bull wheel.
You may need to build a new tower at the bottom station to install pulleys to direct the track cables vertically down to a counterweight box to take the tension of the track cables. These pulleys will need to be in the order of 12 inches or at least whatever the minimum radius the track cables are listed to go around.
These are all valid comments. But consider this is a short tram with a small load and minimal rise. There is no handbook on tram construction we are figuring it out as we go along!
@@exploringabandonedmines What I am trying to say is the 2 anchors in the foundation of the museum building are going to fail. The tighter the track cables get to prevent sagging, they will pull against the achors far more than the increase in load on the buckets are increased which then will tighten those cables. It is simple statics, an engineering term. That is why the counterweights on those old trams were so big. One of those anchors is very bent in the video.
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That was excellent Frank and Sharon.
Question : Did you mill all the timber yourself? .
100 years ago, they would have built that all by hand , dam hard work .
Thank you for the update .
Pete Australia 🇦🇺
Yes we milled all the wood ourselves!
@@exploringabandonedmines Good job , and kept the cost down .
Frank if you shorten the middle tower you will get more speed its to high
No because it will take more force to lift the empty bucket.
Just imagine what it took to do that 7 mile tram from the silver king mine in Nelson. excellent job, Frank, Sharon, and crew, another good reason to come back and see the mine!😎
It had 535 buckets!
Frank, Sharon, I'm back.
I love your show but you're always pointing your cameras too low.
Sharon filmed it on a go pro.
Dude, watch your fingers. You are causing me to have anxiety.