moving Mr Tom, one of the largest draglines

I would love to cast a few buckets with that. Thanks for sharing that.

Too bad the person that wrote the story doesn't know the difference between Electrical and Hyd. lines----GGrrrrrr!!!

Too bad the person that wrote the story doesn't know the difference between Electrical and Hyd. lines----GGrrrrrr!!!

Hi, Bill Walter.
Now, now, Bill. Settle down. Nothing's changed, M8. When did you ever see a mainstream reporter or journalist who knew diddly sqaut about earthmoving, construction or mining equipment? Most of 'em don't know much about anything so why would any sane person EXPECT them to know anything about this sort of stuff when they can't even get anything right on the evening news?

Just enjoy the photos, M8, and thank God you were alive and had the resources to read about - - - and that YOU knew the difference.

just my 0.02.

"Hydraulic lines from generators" mounted on three 18-wheelers are dragged forward by a tool carrier.

ya, right!

Hey, generators produce "Juice" right? So from a know-nothing reporter's thinking, it is just a small step to hydraulics!

Erik, thanks for posting. I remember seeing pictures of one of the large mining shovels crossing over I-70(?) in Belmont County, Ohio back in the late 70's. Same idea only it was an Interstate highway and a much larger shovel, so wider and longer ramp was required.

Jan

FIFTEEN PV 7207 PS- With help from BB posters Gary Ca. and Marcoten, I actually got it to RUN this week for the first time in ? years! That is the fun part of this hobby!

One of the upstate coalcrakers here in PA had the same problem,had to cross a state road to get to the other side of his pit.He told the state that he would make a tempory run around so he could keep on digging the state said no to that and wouldn't allow him to cover the road with sand to walk his dragline across.So he did the next best thing,that was to just dig up the road,over the weekend.Come Monday when the state came back to life,they put out an emergency bid to build a temp. runaround.He was the only bid so the great state of PA paid him to do something he would have done for nothing.He was even going to pay the state for the coal that was under the road,but he ended up not even doing that.