It was later sold to H&H Construction in Fairbanks and scrapped. They also had a BX 2000 that I set up with a 16V-17, Berger tower and a Northwest 190D as the tower "older/mover", while at M.A. Segale Construction in 1977. It was scrapped as well.
Before what I assume was the scrapping date, it sat alongside I5 at the Toutle river after dredging Mt. St. Helens. I remember seeing it in Mario's Tukwila yard for a few years.[/QUOTE]
We set the BX 2000 for a job at the Port of Anacortes. When St. Helens blew, they set it up down on the river. I saw it set up near North Pole, AK for the last time in the summer of 1987. I may have seen it when I visited again in 1997, but... (-;
I operated and worked on the BX 500 all the way down to the main drive shaft and Morse "Silent Chain" when it broke just before the Forth of July, 1976. We bought the only hulk BX 500 we could find in Eugene and shipped it to Fairbanks for spares. The new chain, Morse Hi-Vo, needed to have new sprockets hobbed to install along with a new chain. This time consuming, expensive operation consumed much of our season that year.
The BX 2000 (16V-71, not 17) occupied a winter and spring for us to setup. It was an interesting project where we used quite a few pieces from the boneyard. We hired Skagit Engineer, Lyle Cheldelin to design a new skidding fairlead, under the main to accommodate a skyline. This was fabricated by Petersen Brothers in Bellingham.
The Skagit transmission behind the V12 Cummins was trash. The engine was "tired". So there were a couple of the 16V's on site and I went to Vancouver BC and bought a couple of 6061 Allison transmissions. We engineered a 4:1 planetary wheel end off of a 988 loader to accept sprocket to get the right drum speeds. Seen here:
https://flic.kr/p/9aedDM
The original "carrier" was to be an 80D Northwest, but that was too light, so Breezy Johnston found a 190D that was adequate for the job.
I never personally operated the BX 2000. I saw it in operation and studied the per/yard costs of this and other Sauerman drag scraper systems. Draglines produce gravel from a pond more efficiently than a high-lead yarder re-purposed for a Sauerman. IMO (-;