Mining pics

[Eric]

Hope these come through!

[637slayer]

cool pics, is that where you work? were those 797s? what you mining? i dont know how boring that would be digging such big holes one place for so long. but running the really big iron is cool, keep those pics coming please.

[Eric]

Thats our new 824H got it with less than 1 hour on it. Trucks are 789 b's 190 ton payload. The 23 shovel is a P&H 4100, the 20 shovel is a 2300, yeah this is where I work, and yeah it does get kinda boring sometimes but all in all pretty decent.

[637slayer]

i work at a small bentonite mine, we have good iron, i get to travel from pit to pit, the deepest we go is 100 foot take the top off with scrapers down to rock then the dozers take over. ive ben here for 3 years now,as bored as i get sometimes i stop and look how cool the scrapers look pushpulling or how big the new d11 is and think i got a pretty cool job. i was just wondring if after you work around those big shovels and trucks if it gets mondane or do you still marvel at the amound of dirt your moving, or does the equipment even seem that big anymore?

[DuraMaxMan66]

Nice new H, you should get us some pics from inside the cab of the number 23 P&H :D just wandering what it would look like to be up that high and loading a truck

[xcavate77]

does anyone know why the tracks are set up like that on the 23 with one side being different than the other?

[bobcat ron]

It keeps the drive motors and gear reductions up high and out of harm's way.

[alco]

does anyone know why the tracks are set up like that on the 23 with one side being different than the other?

I'm not sure what you mean exactly, the tracks are the same on both sides.

Brian

[Eric]

I've got some from the cab, they are on film so I gotta scan them in. Give me a day or two.

[Jeff D.]

I'm not sure what you mean exactly, the tracks are the same on both sides.

BrianI can see what he means.

Not right/left, but rather front/rear.

On one end (the front?) the nose is high, and rear, low.:beatsme

[alco]

I can see what he means.

Not right/left, but rather front/rear.

On one end (the front?) the nose is high, and rear, low.:beatsme

OK, sorry, I was thinking side to side, not end to end...lol.

Like Bobcat Ron said, it keeps the drive motors up and the idlers down for more stability and less abuse and damage.

Brian

[385c JR]

Hello Eric.

What machine do you drive?
I'll do eanything to trye out one off those.

Give me more off that kinde off pics... :notworthy:notworthy:notworthy

[637slayer]

the monster cable shovel what does it run on? is that big line attached for electricity, i didnt see any smoke stacks.

[Eric]

It's electric, runs off 7800 volts. I got some video today I'll try to get loaded up. To answer the other question, I mostly run a dozer, blade, or excavator. havn't run a big shovel in a couple of months.

[Eric]

Hope it works!http://s174.photobucket.com/albums/w109/ebeng5/?action=view&current=shovelvideo.flv

[637slayer]

i only got to see one scoop, i bet that guy was all the way loaded with two.

[Eric]

Yeah, my first video, kinda sucky but now I know what to do!! 2
1/2 dippers and she's way loaded!

[Steve Frazier]

Thanks for posting! I didn't think cable shovels were used much any more. How many yards is the bucket??

[Eric]

56 yard dipper on that bad boy. I think out of the three mines in the area, only 2 hydraulic shovels. Those 4100 P&H shovels are the main stay. At Morenci, that's the mothership, they are moving over 1,000,000 tons a DAY. That's muckin!!!

[Rockbreaker]

Hey Eric.

Great video,that bucket was huge.
What model is that dozer D10 or 11?

[Eric]

It's the D 10 T I got posted on the dozer thread.

[637slayer]

since i havnt seen any pictures of mining lately i took my camera to work today, sorry no giant stuff, 2 637e2s and a 9r, we are taking a topsoil pile and putting it along the bottom of a slope in a long pile so the dozer can spread it out in the lower spots that i was too chicken to get with my scraper, where the scraper is on top of the hill it dont look that steep but when i got up there it was a different story, i got out and looked over the edge, :eek:

[637slayer]

i was wrong im in the e2 the guy in the pics is just a e model

[Eric]

Good stuff Slayer. Looks cold as heck over there.

[Eric]

Here's a couple from today.

[Eric]

Here, maybe. Houston we have a problem!:bash:bash

[Eric]

OK last time, dang it.

[637slayer]

take a deep breathe, step back, then try again. i know exactly how you feel :Banghead:Banghead, if they are pics of some of your big trucks and shovels or any other big iron try again real hard.

[Eric]

Supposed to be the 994.:beatsme. I'll have to check it out with the boss man.

[alco]

I like the video, even looks like you caught a bit of a boom jack there.

Brian

[Eric]

Here we go again.

[Eric]

This is a short little video, ran out of battery:Banghead:Banghead. Hasn't been my day for technology.
http://s174.photobucket.com/albums/w109/ebeng5/?action=view&current=Loadervideo.flv

[BIGBEN2004]

That is one big wheel loader but for how big it is that bucket looks too small for it. Not saying that bucket is small by any means but compared to the machine that bucket looks small.

[alco]

That is one big wheel loader but for how big it is that bucket looks too small for it. Not saying that bucket is small by any means but compared to the machine that bucket looks small.

The bucket does look too small compared to the overall bulk of the loader. But the thing to remember is that the buckets are sized according to the weight of the material they are handling. That's why buckets on loaders handling coal are so much bigger than a normal rock bucket, and ones on loaders handling say iron ore are so much smaller.

The ore they are loading at this mine is heavier than plain old rock, so the bucket has to be sized smaller so the loader can handle it without trying to rip itself apart.

Brian

[Rockbreaker]

Hi Eric.

Like i said before: you have the coolest toys in the playgroung for sure:notworthy:notworthy:notworthy

Glad to see that you got connected to Houston at last:cool:

Give us more while you are on a roll and i wonder if that is you in the pics?

[637slayer]

thanx again eric, love seeing the big stuff in action.

[Kenny R]

AWESOME pics Eric and 637slayer:drinkup

[Eric]

You bet guys. That bucket is smaller than the one on our old 994. That's how it came,:beatsme. Yeah thats me in the picture, I needed one to hang on the wall :D. Happy mucking!

[637slayer]

Eric i was just wondering if you have assigned machines? ive noticed you run about everything. if they are assigned how does it work? where i work its union so seniority rules. if i had more seniority i would be posting more pics of our track hoe or d11.

[Eric]

Our mine is non union. I am on what we call the 'grade crew'. We run anything and everything in the mine. All of us on this crew are fairly expierienced in mining, have gone from production crews to this road crew gig. We run all the new stuff when it's available, :D:D. We get it before anyone else. Got the 994, a new 10T, 345CL, 16M. :D:D If our stuff is down we get whatever is available. We fill in on the shovels when needed also.

I have never worked under union representation so I don't know the pro's or con's. This is all I know, but if you get hired in our mine as an operator you will run everything we got.:drinkup

[DPete]

Great pics, keep em coming:)

[Eric]

Here is some more... sorry for the links, I saved them in photobucket and deleted them from my album... don't know how to get them back.
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w109/ebeng5/101_1397.jpg
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w109/ebeng5/101_1396.jpg
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w109/ebeng5/101_1395.jpg
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w109/ebeng5/101_1394.jpg

[637slayer]

the new girl on the 9r finished up her project today, not too shabby. i got to help flip my cutting edges, good times. i hoped they would come out in order, the two dozers are a 9l and 10r slot dozing back when it was -15 notice the steam.

[ironmen327G]

Amazing pics! Especially the last one, the 2 dozers. Great shot

[BIGBEN2004]

It looks like a desert wasteland. What are you all digging for out their in the middle of no where?

[637slayer]

i guess i should take more pictures of the landscape to give it some justice, but you are right it is barron, we dig some of the ugliest dirt i have ever seen. i have come to the conclusion its due to the bentonite that we are mining, bentonite is volcanic ash that settled to the bottom of prehistoric oceans, its so toxic to the soil that nothing will grow.through our reclamation process we actually improve the landscape, we are at the base of a beautiful mtn. range called the big horns highest peak is over 13,000 ft. during really bad weather its not unusual to see the elk herds come off the mountain down to where we mine, usually the day before a really bad storm they dont hang around long, when their gone you know the weather is gonna get warmer.

[Lashlander]

Thats just Wyoming! Miles and miles of nothing but miles and miles of nothing.
There is something about it though. If I didn't live here I'd be living there.:usa

[637slayer]

the pictures that i post is just our mining area, the mine i work at has been operating since the 60s, back then there were no laws for reclaiming. the ugly dirt on the sides of some of the hills is actually something we call ash, the top 3 to 7 foot on top of the bentonite that is worthless, back in the good ole days "pre law" they would just doze it all over the edge and leave it, forever staining the landscape in these areas, sometime in the late seventies with the epa, msha they set the guidelines for reclaiming what we mine, now we separate all soils the ash and other junk dirt go back in on the bottom topped off with the better topsoil. the pics that i post here are not of how wyo really looks, the overburden on top of the bentonite seems, is totally different from the rest of wyomings dirt.

[Lashlander]

the pics that i post here are not of how wyo really looks

By your posts I kind of have the idea your up around Buffalo or Sheridan. I've been around Greybull a few times but not that far east. Most of my time was spent in the southern half. Your pics look pretty typical for Wyoming to me. High mountain desert, but still beautiful in its own way.

[Rockbreaker]

Found this mining pics on the web today and this is a big machine.

Think its called big muskie and is a dragline.

Changing the hub on it seems to be about one long day of work:umno

[pwrstroke6john]

they scraped Big Muskie out around 2000 I believe, deffinently big though.

[637slayer]

what an impressive machine, i cant believe the equipment it takes just to move it. yes im in n wyo just on the other side of sheridan, in greybull, i was just trying to stick up for wyoming, once you see it you understand.

[tonka]

they scraped Big Muskie out around 2000 I believe, deffinently big though.

didnt it burn to the ground or something?

great pics guys!!

[BIGBEN2004]

I can't remember what one caught on fire but it wasn't the big muskie. They scraped it since large shovels are not as eficiant as more smaller one working is. One big shovel cost too much to build, move, and fix not to mention if it breaks for a day then no progress is being made.

[bobcat ron]

I read that one had tipped over and it was cheaper just to scrap it there, other stories are about the old "Silver Spade" tipping over while being transported over soft ground with 4 feet of wooden mats, also scrapped.

[alco]

Just so you guys know, it was a stripping shovel that burned, though not to the ground. The shovel was the Marion 6360 named "The Captain". It was scrapped due to the fact that rebuilding it was going to cost too much. Not because they are not efficient. In some applications they can be the most efficient machine.

Also, there have been several shovels tip over, but the Silver Spade was not one of them. The Silver Spade ran right up until it was being walked off to become a museum piece. However, it suffered a catastrophic failure in the swing bearing area, and was deemed as too expensive to fix so the machine could be moved. As a result, it would have had to become a showpiece right where it was, but the money wasn't available to buy and reclaim the land around it. So the machine was scrapped.

Brian

[Eric]

Somebody had expressed intrest in our shop a while ago. I forget who it was, but here is our truck shop... once again James Bond style.

[mitchell2905]

Here is the website for the mine I currently work at:
http://www.scoalcompany.com/

[637slayer]

wow!! nice shop eric. i dont know about anybody else but your big dirt, mining pics and all the support that goes along with it are pretty cool, keep them coming.

[637slayer]

one of my fellow coworkers wanted to check the underside of his scraper for cracks, the other pics i took today because i had my camera. lucky only his pride and machine got hurt.

[637slayer]

heres where he went over, thats the 37 after they pulled it back up

[140gdirtman]

wow nice pic. did that guy get fired :Pointhead:Pointhead

[Ross]

Oh well, Few pics on this subject. These might be double posted pics but I just cannot remember :cool:

Still cannot work out how to place txt between the photos?? So i have linked the pics.

The truck shop.

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p124/rosspec/Trucks%20And%20Shovels/Hardstand.jpg

Few Trucks Parked.

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p124/rosspec/Trucks%20And%20Shovels/789785parked.jpg

Truck Being repaired.

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p124/rosspec/Trucks%20And%20Shovels/SSL20584.jpg

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p124/rosspec/Trucks%20And%20Shovels/785Jeep.jpg

One of the Shovels.

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p124/rosspec/Trucks%20And%20Shovels/200fullside.jpg

Truck and Shovel.

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p124/rosspec/Trucks%20And%20Shovels/RH200785loading.jpg

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p124/rosspec/Trucks%20And%20Shovels/SSL20665.jpg

Dragline my old man use to drive.

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p124/rosspec/Trucks%20And%20Shovels/Picture004.jpg

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p124/rosspec/Trucks%20And%20Shovels/Picture005.jpg


Ross

[RollOver Pete]

I like the rippers on the 980!
One of the best loaders I've ever operated was while working for Riverside Construction.
It was a Cat 936 with a 4 in 1 and rippers in the back.
That was best balanced "do anything" machine I've been on.
Plenty of power, small enough for tight areas yet able to snatch up a 16,000 lb concrete dead-man and carry it off without any rigging.
:cool:

[637slayer]

its the only newer 980 ive ever run, a couple of times our scraper dozer was down so i got the 980 to rip up some hard dirt, get some dirt in the bucket for weight and ripped everything i wanted to rip, i was impressed. i can see how lifting heavy loads with the ripper back there for balance would be pretty handy. you must have good eyes or alot of experience, seems like that was a long way away to tell it was a 980. i was gonna get a closer pic but all the trucks were coming in to get loaded and its one lane traffic for about a mile so i had to hurry out of there bak to my own area, to avoid getting into trouble.

[637slayer]

no he is still working for now, drug test must have come bak clean, i dont think hes even got a year in on a scraper, now hes part of the "theres those whos rolled and those who are gonna roll one" club, and yes you were right :Pointhead:Pointhead

[9420pullpan]

i think i saw these on DHS. does anyone have any more pics of this flood in an Australian Mine?? oh yea those are 793's

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[bobcat ron]

Looks like some Dutch boy should have put his finger in the dyke!