No, if you did that the boom would fall. The drag ropes are taken off the boom, and restrung from the drag drum to a sheave arrangement at the back of the rear suspension tower. The back support legs of the rear suspension tower are then unpinned, and at that point the rear tower and the boom are hanging on the drag ropes. The boom is lowered using the drag contol. Once the boom is down , the suspension ropes can then be removed and changed if needed.
Nice Vid Mate, Is it an 8050?? Cheers thanks for posting LOZ
lozarok 8 months ago
@lozarok
Yes, it is an 8050. They also have a 2550, and 8200 mining phosphate rock.
19Miner48 8 months ago
shut down?
beerdeddi1 10 months ago
East Coast Thats My Backyard! Any machines forsale there for scrap? $10,000-1.5m I will buy!
AGDemo 1 year ago
dont you have to take down the suspension ropes from the boom back to the mast?
jezuscwh 1 year ago
@jezuscwh
No, if you did that the boom would fall. The drag ropes are taken off the boom, and restrung from the drag drum to a sheave arrangement at the back of the rear suspension tower. The back support legs of the rear suspension tower are then unpinned, and at that point the rear tower and the boom are hanging on the drag ropes. The boom is lowered using the drag contol. Once the boom is down , the suspension ropes can then be removed and changed if needed.
19Miner48 1 year ago
I hope this one isn't being scrapped
J0Boa 2 years ago
that's a major operation no matter how ya look at it
dustystix76 2 years ago
were is this
cowbubbles 3 years ago
Eastern North Carolina USA
19Miner48 3 years ago
well im in southwest Va pretty close . 45 min from bristol
cowbubbles 3 years ago
Is this the Ensham 8050 that got caught in the flooded pit?
jasonv2500 3 years ago
No, this in on the East Coast USA.
19Miner48 3 years ago
Did breniman lower this boom
Draglineoperator 3 years ago
I am sorry, I wasn't involved in this job...just a "sidewalk superintendent". I don't know who, if any, consultant was involved.
19Miner48 3 years ago