Really nice vid Justin. A thing that hit me was that he seems to have built himself in. High walls around him, so he probably needs some help getting out of there.
@LasPlumasRangers It looks that way but it really isn't. At the end of the day a dozer will come down and open up the access road down to the dragline (between the two spoil banks) which gets covered up a bit from material falling out of the drags bucket when he's swinging. As for getting the dragline out of the pit, he'll continue to mine forward, cutting through the rock and following the coal seam until the seam ends and by then, he'll breaks through on the other side and be out of the pit.
@PAmining Yeah I thought they would solve it like that, I saw a D9 dozer in the background. Great to have alot of diffrent equipment around to solve all the eventual problems that occurs.
@LasPlumasRangers Maybe he didn't have the reach, so had to bench himself down. I've never stripmined coal, but I have done that with excavators for deep cuts. I would imagine that's what he's doing.
@wailnshred Yes. The purpose of doing this is so the machine will have more reach to dig the coal and also more dig power. Where he's sitting now is right on the top of the coal seam.
@bulldog0046 To start, the dragline ramped himself down to the level he wanted to sit at, which is right on top of the coal seam. The purpose of doing this is so the machine will have more reach to dig the coal and also more dig power. At the end of the shift, a dozer will come down to open up the access road down to the dragline (which is between the two spoil banks) for the service truck which gets covered up a bit from material falling off the drags bucket when he's swinging.
@PAmining Now as for how they'll get the dragline out of there. He'll continue mine forward, breaking through the rock and following the coal seam until the seam ends. At the end of this mine site, the contour of the ground changes and slopes downward. Basically the level he's sitting at right now, is surface level at the other end of the job. He'll progress about a half mile more; by then he'll break through the other end and be out of the pit.
@beckymhad They wouldn't move the rock if the coal wasn't there. Go to a bituminous surface mine where they move 60ft of rock for a 18"-20" coal seam, and believe me, I've seen it done lol.
@beckymhad He's just scratching the top of the seam shown here. Remember this machine can dig down 80-100ft, so he'll just continue to follow the seam down.
kool
ramtuff2007 2 months ago
how large is that bucket?
scoutII345 4 months ago
@scoutII345 5 1/2 yds
PAmining 4 months ago
Justin looking at what the machine is doing and what the operation is.
The machine operatore is fantastice and realy knows his machine.
that comes with practice and time for sure love that video Justin great.
canvids1 5 months ago
Really nice vid Justin. A thing that hit me was that he seems to have built himself in. High walls around him, so he probably needs some help getting out of there.
LasPlumasRangers 5 months ago
@LasPlumasRangers It looks that way but it really isn't. At the end of the day a dozer will come down and open up the access road down to the dragline (between the two spoil banks) which gets covered up a bit from material falling out of the drags bucket when he's swinging. As for getting the dragline out of the pit, he'll continue to mine forward, cutting through the rock and following the coal seam until the seam ends and by then, he'll breaks through on the other side and be out of the pit.
PAmining 5 months ago
@PAmining Yeah I thought they would solve it like that, I saw a D9 dozer in the background. Great to have alot of diffrent equipment around to solve all the eventual problems that occurs.
LasPlumasRangers 5 months ago
@LasPlumasRangers Maybe he didn't have the reach, so had to bench himself down. I've never stripmined coal, but I have done that with excavators for deep cuts. I would imagine that's what he's doing.
wailnshred 5 months ago
@wailnshred Yes. The purpose of doing this is so the machine will have more reach to dig the coal and also more dig power. Where he's sitting now is right on the top of the coal seam.
PAmining 5 months ago
How did they get that drag line in there and better yet how are they going to get it out? I didn't see a road .
bulldog0046 5 months ago
@bulldog0046 To start, the dragline ramped himself down to the level he wanted to sit at, which is right on top of the coal seam. The purpose of doing this is so the machine will have more reach to dig the coal and also more dig power. At the end of the shift, a dozer will come down to open up the access road down to the dragline (which is between the two spoil banks) for the service truck which gets covered up a bit from material falling off the drags bucket when he's swinging.
PAmining 5 months ago
@PAmining Now as for how they'll get the dragline out of there. He'll continue mine forward, breaking through the rock and following the coal seam until the seam ends. At the end of this mine site, the contour of the ground changes and slopes downward. Basically the level he's sitting at right now, is surface level at the other end of the job. He'll progress about a half mile more; by then he'll break through the other end and be out of the pit.
PAmining 5 months ago
Cool machine, great vid (as always) but, it seems like a lot of work for such a small amount of coal.
beckymhad 5 months ago
@beckymhad They wouldn't move the rock if the coal wasn't there. Go to a bituminous surface mine where they move 60ft of rock for a 18"-20" coal seam, and believe me, I've seen it done lol.
PAmining 5 months ago
@PAmining Seems like it would use more fuel energy to get it out. Is this all the coal that will be down there or will the vein get bigger?
beckymhad 5 months ago
@beckymhad He's just scratching the top of the seam shown here. Remember this machine can dig down 80-100ft, so he'll just continue to follow the seam down.
PAmining 5 months ago
thats a cool crane,like how the cab is lifted
Cat314DLCR 5 months ago
@Cat314DLCR Cab isn't lifted on this machine, but there were some 4500's built with super-high raised cabs.
PAmining 5 months ago