Cnv0002 SILVER SPADE CROSSING RT 519 SEVEN MIN VIDEO

[Megashovelman]

I remembr mi unkle tellin me how the covrd the hi-way with dirt before they moved a P & H 5700 over the othr side of the road to mine coal.

[mexicanoblanco100]

WHAT YEAR WAS THIS?

my dad worked at franklin 125, mine in new athens...good video ..!

[mexicanoblanco100]

WHAT YEAR WAS THIS?



[TheGinger610]

I watched this machine work all my young life - 1950's on up. This is near Harrisville, OH. We used to drive up to Rt. 250 on Sundays and watch it. Gypsy610

[TheGinger610]

I watched this machine work all my young life - 1950's on up. This is near Harrisville, OH

[ktmkevin828]

why did the silver spade cross the road?? to dig on the other side!!! HA!

[sneezabonk]

How long did that take to cross the road

[drisdrisdrisdris]

@sneezabonk Hell, didn`t you watch the whole vid? It took 10 min to cross the road but for preparations was a lot longer.

[sneezabonk]

@drisdrisdrisdris What i was asking is how long it took to put everything down so it could get accross and then to take it back up after wards

[beerdeddi1]

now the last super stripper is past...:-(

[2413scottmarley2]

where is this at?

[2413scottmarley2]

when you look at something like that you'd never think it is all electric and it has a huge extension cord. its unwinding as it goes across the road.

[184186]

I wish I could have been there to see this

[hwoods01]

CGx..  no such machine this size could ever exist

[kingofthedammed]

@hwoods01

well it did

and theres one that is ten tmes the size of this buttmunch

[ownerfate]

@kingofthedammed whats the taller 1?

[kingofthedammed]

@ownerfate

big muskie

[kingofthedammed]

@hwoods01

oh and btw there was a world of dragline excavators before the internet you fucking lame ass

[GECP4256]

@hwoods01 Yes there is, you moron. Where have you been?! Things like this used to exist!

[GECP4256]

@hwoods01 So do some research before you go commenting without a brain!

[9241937]

@GECP4256 Yeah, I guess if a machine such as this could never exist then Big Muskie and The Captain and many others could never have either.

[GECP4256]

@9241937 But, they do.

[RaptorGP]

Such a perfect machine! Althogh Marion the Captain was bigger.

[whb1965]

looks like they put down about six feet of dirt to protect the road

[vladimir2366fa]

hi, Thank you very much, movies is excellent, 5*****

[ble643]

Back in 2002 Me and my pareants whent to cadiz at ten pm to watch this and we were back in the mine on the ackse road and some guy in a bulldover tried to trow us out but some person who worked there let us stay R.I.P SILVER SPADE

[phil984709]

ive actually seen the silver spade in person when i was in high school. my step-dad hauled coal out of that mine. these videos are a nice tribute but i cant put into words of the sheer size of the silver spade. i was there the day before they took it across 519 where it be scrapped a few years later. its a shame to see something with so much history go.

[CaterpillarE120B]

love the spade videos, please keep them comming!!

[allistairc123]

awesome!. seen the pictures, but the video brings it to life. 5 stars!

[Bunzos97]

Oops can't spell, that's Scotland not Sotland!

[Bunzos97]

Scandalous that they cut this machine up but at least we have your video to marvel at, thanks so much Walt, (posted by PM from Sotland)