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    Walking Drag-Line Near Henderson TX

    Yep their still running the 2 easi-miners. They got a couple PC1800 trackhoes, a PC 2000 trackhoe, and a 992 also. They just retired their RH 140 O&K shovel.
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    Walking Drag-Line Near Henderson TX

    walking dragline near henderson tx They were called by them names. They are now '' the lone star'', and the ''Iron Eagle''. I run the dozer for the ''Iron Eagle''.
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    Walking Drag-Line Near Henderson TX

    walking dragline near henderson tx The 8200 is a 1978 model, but was never put together back then. It was put together in 2007-2008. North American bought the 726 page from a small mine close by. It has a 21 yard bucket on it.
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    Largest dragline left may become a park centerpiece

    I run the bench dozer for a 4000 ton 1570 BE dragline, and I've seen it slide around just like a car on ice. If a little bit of mud gets under the tub it'll spiin real easy. It'll walk over mud no prolem, but you need to give yourself walking room to drag the mud off of the tub before digging...
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    Walking Drag-Line Near Henderson TX

    walking dragline your correct. its a marion 8750 dragline. they also have a 8200 marion on the far western side of that mine. they also have 3 other 8750's at their beckville mine not far from there. I work for north american coal, not far from there. I run the ground dozer ,a D9T, for a...
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    What would you do???

    what would u do? ALWAYS NICE HOW SEDIMENT PONDS END UP BEING IN THE WORST PLACES. BUT, THATS USUALLY THE BEST PLACE FOR THEM. I'VE BEEN IN ON LOTS OF PONDS THAT WE NEVER WERE ABLE TO PUT A DOZER ON THE SLOPES, OR IN THE BOTTOM BECAUSE IT WAS PURE SLOP AS FAR DOWN AS THE HOE WOULD DIG. MY DAD AN...
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    What would you do???

    What would u do? I agree with joispoi. Any water you can get out of ur cut the better off you'll be. Bleeder ditches work wonders. Try cutting a bleeder around 2 or 3 sides of ur cut just outside where the toe of the slope is. Put a sump in one corner, and make ur ditches drain to ur sump. I...
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    What would you do???

    what would u do? You said ur doing this for a mine? Find a place to borrow decent material for plating ur cut area, or to at least build haul roads with. If u just use it to build roads ur hoe can sit on the virgin ground and ur trucks can run on the raised haulroads. Building just the roads...
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    quad 9"s

    I have some pictures to post but I cant because I'm still prob. member. They are of 2 different SXS 's, and a pic of the reclaim it was working on. I my self have never run the SXS, but my dad has. I don't work for Russell &Sons anymore but he still does. I have run many of their D9H's with...
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    quad 9"s

    I have several pictures of SXS's and other D9H's with company built blades on them. Have to figure out how to post them though. Company is Russell & Sons Construction out of Kansas and Texas.
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