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For the Cat 5130 fans

Miningpower

Miningpower

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Pennsylvania
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Equipment operator
Here's a video of a Cat 5130 front shovel in action. You can't get much closer than this...:drinkup This shovel's removing the overburden ahead of the draglines which are pulling the coal vein.

YouTube - Up on a Cat 5130 Shovel

My buddy Joey who runs this shovel
 

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Tracksoup71

Tracksoup71

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Fairbanks, AK.
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Equipment Operator and forman at an open pit Gold
Nice pics. we have one that we just bone yarded. We had a 5230 with a 23yrd scoop which is olso in the bone yard. We were growing in size and had to upgrade to Hitachi 3600's with 27yrd scoops and now a Hitachi 5500 with a 40yrd scoop. The bigger equipment is fun but I sure miss those CATs. They were so much more cumfortable to run.
 
Miningpower

Miningpower

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Pennsylvania
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Equipment operator
Yeah they're actually pretty fast machine and very quite. I don't think I've ever heard of an operator complaining about their comfort
 
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