Riding on the Chief Ironsides, a massive 14.5 million pound Dragline.

2023 ж. 16 Нау.
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One of 2 large draglines operated at the Falkirk mine in Underwood North Dakota. Huge thanks to the awesome people at North American for giving us an incredible tour.

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  • I think he's making it look a lot easier than it is to be that smooth.

    @craig7350@craig73503 ай бұрын
  • That dragline bucket moves with real grace and that is because the operator is superb at his job!

    @JonDingle@JonDingle2 ай бұрын
    • Well I would sure hope so being that he’s operating a 14.5 million pound piece of equipment!

      @WannabeAGYEEHEE@WannabeAGYEEHEE13 күн бұрын
  • I made all the parts for that bucket when I worked at Esco. Lips arches sides chains everything was a lot of fun enjoyed watching this video 👍

    @anthonyak74@anthonyak748 ай бұрын
    • I installed your parts on a Terex and D11T/R … shank guards n ripper tips at K mine but also rode the 8750 watched 8200 and 2570

      @four-turns@four-turns7 ай бұрын
  • The amount of force required to move something that heavy on that long of a lever at that speed is just insane.

    @njinthemj52@njinthemj527 ай бұрын
  • Better than sitting on a steel tractor seat, yanking on levers with a Detroit Diesel screaming 2 feet behind you.

    @oldrustycars@oldrustycars Жыл бұрын
    • Nothing beats the sound of a screaming Detroit 😊

      @evil2rs@evil2rs Жыл бұрын
    • Sound like your talking about our old 514 Unit crane lol nailed it

      @maxhiltin1133@maxhiltin1133 Жыл бұрын
    • Idk but a diesel gettin down always sounded like an eargasmn

      @kace1k@kace1k Жыл бұрын
    • Nothing made me hate the sound of diesel like sitting in my machine everyday for 15 years 😂 sound reminds me of work when I’m not at work lol

      @mindbulletz2803@mindbulletz2803 Жыл бұрын
    • Ah, c'mon!

      @808TheDuck@808TheDuck10 ай бұрын
  • It’s really cool to see all these comments from people with so much life experience in excavation and construction.

    @baTonkaTruck@baTonkaTruck8 ай бұрын
  • Great video and great hearing the explanation from the operator. Also, perspective to see actually how much dirt is moved in one pass. 221 tons per pass. Massive!

    @rockkitty100@rockkitty100 Жыл бұрын
    • So where is the 14.5 million pound figure coming from?

      @hugolafhugolaf@hugolafhugolaf7 ай бұрын
    • @@hugolafhugolafguess it’s the weight of the machine itself

      @jeppelrkesen9060@jeppelrkesen90607 ай бұрын
    • An average 18 wheeler hauling a load of 40 ton gives you a great perspective per scoop. Almost as heavy as yo mama

      @Trey4x4@Trey4x47 ай бұрын
    • lol@@Trey4x4

      @abagoftoes4108@abagoftoes41087 ай бұрын
  • I really like this operator. Smooth and precise.

    @SteamCrane@SteamCrane Жыл бұрын
  • I'm an old man and have wanted to see this view for a long time, as clear as being there, thanks for posting...each scoop the equivalent of four 30 yard roll offs, pretty amazing...over 1000 tons every 5 pulls...

    @markmark2080@markmark2080 Жыл бұрын
  • A rock quarry my grandpa worked at had a small shovel I was so fascinated with it when I was younger they taught a 7yrold kid how to run a d8 and I became a heavy equipment operator at the family landfill and many job opportunities in my 50+ yrs working. I'm still fascinated by the shovels, our local quarry had one and at night I would go out and watch it. The quarry closed up and the shovels gone.👍🇺🇸👌

    @williambillwaynerobertson930@williambillwaynerobertson930 Жыл бұрын
    • I bet there weren't many 7yo kids in your area that could doze a back yard flat if they got asked to! 😊😂😇🤪👍

      @DarkVoidIII@DarkVoidIII Жыл бұрын
    • Holy cow and that's what I need to get my hands on so I can bury my foes

      @williamjones9985@williamjones99852 ай бұрын
  • Wow, swinging over 200tons (just in dirt) all the way out there at speeds I can't guess we'll enough, but fast. What a beast of a machine!

    @oBseSsIoNPC@oBseSsIoNPC Жыл бұрын
    • That's what I was thinking. Holy cow, the centrifugal force from swinging 221 tons that far out.

      @rael5469@rael5469 Жыл бұрын
  • Falkirk Mine near Underwood ND. My friends grandma actually won the naming contest for this dragline. Good ole chief ironsides!

    @sayler2b@sayler2b9 ай бұрын
  • One of my first memories is my father taking me to a site where an old timer was digging a canal with a dragline. He would cut a vertical trench, then he would lay the bucket at an angle and cut a 1:1 slope so the canal had sloped sides. As a union dozer and excavator operator having moved much dirt myself, looking back at that old man, I’m stunned at what an amazing talented operator he was. 🇺🇸🙏💪👊

    @dozerboy67@dozerboy679 ай бұрын
  • I used to run D11 dozer, like the one in the background, they used to play around and ive had that bucket fly overhead, but was cool to sit inside and observe. These are huge machines.

    @Lfs1891@Lfs18916 ай бұрын
    • That's awesome! I was jealous when my buddy got to operate a d12 up here in Alaska for a mining company he worked for. He made them lots of money with that behemoth

      @jamessantiago9724@jamessantiago972411 күн бұрын
  • We worked on Marion 8750 and 8200 draglines in Alberta coal mines for noise control. Very cool electric toys! Interesting sensations inside the equipment bay, which is like the size of a gymnasium, while sweeping or walking. No visual cues of exterior movement. Thanks for sharing.

    @mrdavis3804@mrdavis3804 Жыл бұрын
  • What a smooth and quiet operating machine. Very impressive. Great view, also. Thank you.

    @wmden1@wmden1 Жыл бұрын
  • I enjoyed watching this video and I loved hearing their conversation with the Dragline Operator

    @iputuwahyunkbali@iputuwahyunkbali Жыл бұрын
  • Digging holes and filling them in again. What a job.

    @johnmartlew@johnmartlew7 ай бұрын
  • They need something like this in the middle of Seattle just slowly leveling that shit hole out

    @EvanTownsend@EvanTownsend Жыл бұрын
  • That's a good operator, he doesn't beat his bucket and chains when he dumps .I a electric drag line before i retired. 😊

    @chuckmiller3431@chuckmiller34319 ай бұрын
  • I have probably watched this a dozen times. Granted the dirt is loose and easy to load, but still, it is some slick operation going on.

    @wmden1@wmden18 ай бұрын
  • So smooth and buttery.

    @Terrin-oz9dy@Terrin-oz9dy7 ай бұрын
  • In worlds largest lignite mine in Germany, they do not use draglines for earthmoving but instead they a use crawler crane with a massive boom and a huge rotating wheel with buckets on it. While operating, the buckets empty their content on a kilometers long belt conveyor that transports the dirt or coal to the desired locations. The dirt is dumped and temporary stored somewhere, the coal is transported per belt to power stations nearby for combustion.

    @son-of-a-gun@son-of-a-gun Жыл бұрын
    • Bucket wheel excavators are great for moving lots of softer dirt and lose gravel but they cannot dig in rocky soil well.

      @belacickekl7579@belacickekl7579 Жыл бұрын
    • Bagger 288

      @mortenfrosthansen84@mortenfrosthansen84 Жыл бұрын
    • ​@@belacickekl7579 you can equip any form of bucket on it, and control the speed. If it wasn't build as a crane, it would be able to dig trenches. And besides, any machinery struggles and needs constant maintenance, when dealing with hard material. Rock, stone, steel, plastic

      @mortenfrosthansen84@mortenfrosthansen84 Жыл бұрын
    • To add to the above.. Plastic and plastic-/rubber-like materials/substances is actually some very difficult stuff to destroy and reuse

      @mortenfrosthansen84@mortenfrosthansen84 Жыл бұрын
    • @@mortenfrosthansen84 So if I'm understanding you right, you're saying that if you just attach the right bucket to a BWE like bagger 288, it'll do fine with the correct wheel speed? I'm not a mining engineer, but I don't think so. Hard, rocky soils like this will tear up conveyor belts, the wheel will lose cutting speed and stall out much easier, and your buckets will be wrecked faster as well. (BTW, trenchers are a completely different class of equipment; they have tungsten carbide teeth to cut into rock, and are not good at removing large volumes of material)

      @belacickekl7579@belacickekl7579 Жыл бұрын
  • Pushed in a D11 to big Kate for a while and it’s insane how much material a drag line can move lol. Did the math once and it was right at 100 tractors to move the same tonnage the same distance in the same time… impressive

    @josephtepe3625@josephtepe3625 Жыл бұрын
    • 100 D11s?

      @zachary3777@zachary37773 ай бұрын
  • There's a whole damn office in that thing 😮. I can here an accountant, receptionist, manager, sales...

    @nettlesac@nettlesac Жыл бұрын
    • ...I swore i heard a birthday party for Phyllis in the break room

      @nettlesac@nettlesac Жыл бұрын
  • If you think the operator is good watching the video at normal speed, try watching at 2x and he is amazing. Great video. Thank you.

    @bigredc222@bigredc222 Жыл бұрын
  • real smooth ..........great vidio

    @kimfreeburn5018@kimfreeburn5018 Жыл бұрын
  • Great video-I am a big dragline fan and always wanted to get on one while it was operating but never did. This should be some fantastic memories for you.👍

    @TL64329@TL64329 Жыл бұрын
  • All about rhythm & timing. Just music in motion

    @vortexrex5135@vortexrex5135 Жыл бұрын
  • The camera angle and the pov looks unreal. I never knew this was that intense.

    @FreeCon01@FreeCon01 Жыл бұрын
  • Really neat video, thanks for sharing it.

    @michigannative2951@michigannative2951 Жыл бұрын
  • Lignite..that mine produces 7 million tons a year. Keeps Minnesota warm.

    @keithjurena9319@keithjurena9319 Жыл бұрын
    • Sure does. And keeps the climate even warmer! Enjoy your tornados and hurricanes! Keep that coal burning!

      @tomrogers9467@tomrogers9467 Жыл бұрын
    • @@tomrogers9467thank you, winters can get pretty cold.

      @redgoldd1@redgoldd1 Жыл бұрын
  • Both my father and grandfather operated drag lines throughout the United States and on Johnson Island where the operated one of the biggest of that time. My dad worked day shift and my grandpa grave

    @stevestorm8363@stevestorm83638 ай бұрын
  • They had great views of the mountain range off the cliff behind them.

    @usafman8864@usafman8864 Жыл бұрын
  • I'm from S Illinois and there's a lot of strip pits here, fished a lot of them from Freeburg, New Athens, Marissa, Sparta, Pinckneyville and many more. Dad worked for ICRR and hauled coal out of a lot of them, he also would take me down to the mines sometimes on weekends, I got to see the Captain at the mine of the same name down in Pinckneyville IL when I was little and other smaller shovels. Dad took me to the Freeburg mine and we went to the maintenance shed and the guys were playing craps on these big thick pieces of plywood down on the floor because of the nasty grease and dirt from the massive trucks and such, I noticed one guy and he was wearing a dark blue suit but had his jacket off but still had his vest on and was rolling the dice a lot, of course I didn't understand craps back when I was 6-7 years old, I could play poker though, no problem, anyway this guy seemed to be losing from what I could tell, anyway after Dad and I left I asked who was that guy? Dad said his name is IRL Englehart, I didn't know it was spelled IRL until I applied for a machinist job years later and he was on the cover on a mining magazine that had articles about machining and mining, Dad said it didn't matter to him if he won or lost because if he won he'd just give to the guys in the shed to split.

    @jdsharp1366@jdsharp13667 ай бұрын
  • As a retired heavy equipment operator this is a great video. But to me now, this would be so boring. I loaded up so many on and off road trucks over the years digging out retention ponds on big road jobs that I couldn't do it again out of boredom.

    @jimbeam2705@jimbeam2705 Жыл бұрын
    • Agreed

      @bigj2419@bigj2419 Жыл бұрын
    • I got bored watching after the second lift ...

      @johnlatham7092@johnlatham7092 Жыл бұрын
    • @@bigj2419 Same here...I ran the big boys back in the day but now retired and yes, boredom to the max!

      @marqy007@marqy007 Жыл бұрын
    • Whats the money like operating one of these big boys ?

      @ktmsports@ktmsports Жыл бұрын
    • @@ktmsports it depends on the location, but forget about joining in. The list is long, ahead of you. Unless you know someone on the inside.

      @bigj2419@bigj2419 Жыл бұрын
  • Guess what? They're all powered by electricity, with a giant extension power cable. It's probably why they ran so quiet and smooth for such large machines. Love draglines!

    @carl8790@carl8790 Жыл бұрын
    • So they’re green,lol!

      @HubertofLiege@HubertofLiege Жыл бұрын
    • @@HubertofLiege lol yeah, same for nuclear submarines 🤓😎

      @carl8790@carl8790 Жыл бұрын
  • Looks like just over one minute per scoop, or 300-400 scoops in a workday. I wonder if that gets old after a while.

    @erichsh58@erichsh58Ай бұрын
  • When I was in 4th grade, my dad owned one of these in a sand pit. We went on a field trip there and inside during operation! Way before MSHA was a thing!

    @stihlpancakes661@stihlpancakes6618 ай бұрын
  • Nice...and I would have liked to have had some video of the operator actually controling it, and some external video of the machine. Thx

    @gregdrmax@gregdrmax Жыл бұрын
  • Thanks for the Cockpit view. I saw one operate at Syncrude decades ago. All Electric 'Walker'.

    @gordbaker896@gordbaker896 Жыл бұрын
  • Wow that's amazing my friend

    @sendyexca1664@sendyexca166410 ай бұрын
  • 221 ton scoops wow what a bad ass job💯

    @bigosoatx@bigosoatx6 ай бұрын
  • thats so freaking cool!!!!!!!!!!! thanks for sharing

    @basedaf5580@basedaf5580 Жыл бұрын
  • I only ran small 1 and 1 1/2 yard machines 50 years ago digging ditch. I don’t think that was as boring as you are constantly challenged sloping and shaping ditch and often casting bucket to get extra reach. Now I do it for fun at power shows

    @oldamericaniron5767@oldamericaniron5767 Жыл бұрын
  • That young man is a very efficient operator. Most of the drag line guys and gals will spell cord a bit of dirt back into the cut this young man very very little lost great job.

    @floydwilliams3321@floydwilliams3321 Жыл бұрын
  • Each bucket is more than 2 railcars 😳

    @jstoli996c4s@jstoli996c4s Жыл бұрын
  • really impressive to watch how he moves this gigant around. like a ballering. Awsome. Wish i could one in real life.

    @johanalin2294@johanalin2294 Жыл бұрын
    • are you drunk?

      @stereolababy@stereolababy Жыл бұрын
    • @@stereolababy do you have a brainmalfunction?

      @johanalin2294@johanalin2294 Жыл бұрын
  • How many people were in the cab?? Sounds like it was a proper tea party.. 😂

    @Cent51@Cent517 ай бұрын
  • Fabricating those buckets, is no easy task.

    @Faronthefiddler@Faronthefiddler Жыл бұрын
  • Sounds like the whole office works in that machine

    @DXT61@DXT6111 ай бұрын
  • Damn good operator smooth as it gets spreader bar never touch bucket once!! Hoist chains looked weld he had em so vertical good shit right there

    @coalminingforlife5050@coalminingforlife5050 Жыл бұрын
  • my dad ran dragline on eastern ohio. right down the road from the big musky.

    @bager1246@bager1246 Жыл бұрын
    • Just went to see Big Muskies bucket. It's awsome. Must see.

      @timrankin8737@timrankin8737 Жыл бұрын
  • lol an excavator with a conference room in the cab :0 so quiet and smooth i want to try.

    @bearbait2221@bearbait2221 Жыл бұрын
  • appreciate this video. Very cool thing most people wouldn't ever see themselves

    @peteterry8563@peteterry8563 Жыл бұрын
  • Wow that guy is good. I would. Love to do this wow that would be cool

    @rorylynch.5674@rorylynch.56748 ай бұрын
  • My grandfather operated big Kate for old Ben coal in southern Indiana back in the 80-90s it’s really awesome watching them work I got to go all over one after the mine closed down they just left it

    @scrotiemcboogerballs1981@scrotiemcboogerballs19812 ай бұрын
  • Is this one of the 3 draglines originally from N Missouri? My father worked 22yrs in that mine. Spent many nights sitting on an adjacent highwall watching them run. Full swing was always fun to watch no stopping just continous motion when they were clicking on all gears.

    @yougonnaeatthat9889@yougonnaeatthat9889 Жыл бұрын
  • Over 200 tons pr scoop that's just insane..

    @HmsSulaco@HmsSulaco Жыл бұрын
  • I cannot appreciate how big this thing is 😂.

    @bushyboy8376@bushyboy8376 Жыл бұрын
  • I believe I was on that machine in the winter of 22 for repairs with dcs

    @calebthomas5936@calebthomas59366 ай бұрын
    • How would you tell there are 7 of them

      @deannelson9565@deannelson9565Ай бұрын
  • I wish the camera panned around the cab once but excellent video love the POV

    @stevegauthier6694@stevegauthier66948 ай бұрын
  • Does it feel like anything in the cab??

    @94jettameowpsst@94jettameowpsst7 ай бұрын
  • Does this dragline have a toaster in the breakroom?

    @chuckboise@chuckboise9 ай бұрын
  • Literally moving the earth.

    @kevinharker1840@kevinharker1840 Жыл бұрын
  • I wish they would have focused on the background conversation. They were talking about the machine itself and giving a better explanation of the machine. How it's powered and so on. This is one huge machine.

    @needsaride15126@needsaride151268 ай бұрын
  • That guy is good. How long is your shift?

    @rorylynch.5674@rorylynch.56748 ай бұрын
  • Impressive.

    @jameswest685@jameswest685 Жыл бұрын
  • We have about ten of those mining coal just outside my small town. We ride dirtbikes on their 30+yr old spill pile sites. Some guys are even part of a small group of hill climbers that use custom jeeps and rock crawlers.

    @ThatsBitchassness@ThatsBitchassness Жыл бұрын
  • Again, don't know why but that is cool!!

    @charlesbey8636@charlesbey86364 ай бұрын
  • Next, I am going to watch some paint dry.

    @coloradomountainman8659@coloradomountainman8659 Жыл бұрын
  • Do you get any large boulders in the dragline bucket? This machine would move any that were 221 tons or under without too much effort. Do they ever encounter layers of solid rock that are hidden underneath the dirt?

    @DarkVoidIII@DarkVoidIII Жыл бұрын
    • I went for a ride in one once, it was hauling boulders the size of cars, they looked like pebbles.

      @alexjohnward@alexjohnward Жыл бұрын
  • I want one.

    @easygoing2479@easygoing2479 Жыл бұрын
  • What size is the bucket? How many cubic yards.

    @guyonabuffalo100@guyonabuffalo100 Жыл бұрын
    • 125 yard³. 250 ton limit

      @keithjurena9319@keithjurena9319 Жыл бұрын
  • There are two of these massive machines in central Alberta, both of which are slated for explosive charge demolition next year. Sad.

    @raynus1121@raynus1121 Жыл бұрын
  • Love operating heavy equipment, but I wonder if this would get old after a day. With a FEL, you're moving back and forth a great deal, which makes it fun. Being somewhat stationary, I'm not sure it would be the same.

    @beyondfubar@beyondfubar Жыл бұрын
  • How much per hour does operating that thing pay? 100/hour or more?

    @tangoseal1@tangoseal116 күн бұрын
  • What is the purpose of moving that dirt like that what r u digging for thx lov the show

    @Trucker_86@Trucker_86 Жыл бұрын
    • You have a lot of dirt sitting on top of coal deposit so you have to move the top to get to the coal

      @thebosscatman7@thebosscatman7 Жыл бұрын
  • How much can that grab ?

    @ktmsports@ktmsports Жыл бұрын
  • Wonder what the hourly wage is to operate that

    @jamessantiago9724@jamessantiago972411 күн бұрын
  • What machine is this? What's your type?

    @erdeizoltan8471@erdeizoltan84718 ай бұрын
  • 221 ton a scoop - Jesus!!

    @grinlike1282@grinlike12827 ай бұрын
  • smooooth operator. damn, i would love a lil seat on the yoke there above the bucket... otherwise... i feel it would lose its charm after a brief half day... amazing but yeah. only for a while. then its just back and forth, back and forth...

    @paradiselost9946@paradiselost9946 Жыл бұрын
  • 221 tons = 442,000lbs?!?!😳

    @jeffgee6319@jeffgee63196 ай бұрын
  • Mom said if I didn't straighten up in school I wouldn't be nothing but a ditch digger. Heh.

    @wethepeople3670@wethepeople3670 Жыл бұрын
  • one of the best jobs in the world

    @zmm978@zmm978 Жыл бұрын
  • What the model Dragline machine 😮

    @miningequipment64@miningequipment644 ай бұрын
  • I really liked the part where they picked up dirt and put it down in a different spot.

    @krimd00t@krimd00t7 ай бұрын
  • How many Ounces is that?......

    @rodneynorman8216@rodneynorman821622 күн бұрын
  • Holy Jumping Up And Down Martha!

    @insolentstickleback3266@insolentstickleback32667 ай бұрын
  • how many people are in that cab

    @JohnSmith-pg2pt@JohnSmith-pg2pt Жыл бұрын
    • 3 people it sounds like

      @andrewrees8749@andrewrees8749 Жыл бұрын
    • too many

      @ronblack7870@ronblack7870 Жыл бұрын
  • It's so hard to understand the scale in video like this. The size of the bus in the background gives a little hint. This thing is just massive!

    @subvertedworld@subvertedworld7 ай бұрын
  • Remember the song " He s A Smooth Operator "

    @korhing1066@korhing1066 Жыл бұрын
  • Those wives the real mvp's lets be real.

    @ross.neuberth@ross.neuberth Жыл бұрын
  • 🙌🙌🙌

    @user-zj9ku6xo8e@user-zj9ku6xo8e6 ай бұрын
  • Таким экскаватором, можно легко выкопать море!!!

    @ershvv7567@ershvv7567 Жыл бұрын
  • The operator probably has a big Ego.

    @maplemanz@maplemanz4 ай бұрын
  • Side dump hauling material now to rainbow energy just south of here pretty cool to see this video.

    @boydbelgarde1827@boydbelgarde1827 Жыл бұрын
  • Looks like pretty funny but I could see this getting boring quick hahaha. Looks awesome as hell tho

    @johnnychavezz8566@johnnychavezz8566 Жыл бұрын
  • What did you to get that job? I bet there's a lot of guys that are unhappy and are pissed off .

    @maplemanz@maplemanz4 ай бұрын
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