The guy on the clam is really good! He was swinging so fast and caught the load just perfect before he dumped. Many operators don't even know what catching the load means!
SPLENDID!! reading Mike Mulligand and Mary Ann is why I became an operator in the first place...seeing these old girls is beyond inspirational! You guys have my utmost respect!
Thanks everyone for the comments and views! Yes, the Thresher's Reunion in Denton is great. You can get really close, as in this clip, to the action! See you all there July 4, 2008!
So I wonder how much more reliable and efficent steam is today up against a prius .Because I really just want to say fuck you to a PRIUS.
dunn98632 5 months ago
This is what america was built on, not 401k's or paid vacation or multi million dollar ceos!
2005Danimal 6 months ago
love it so cool
busguy100 8 months ago
Awesome! Great examples of steam machinery, I dont know why we got rid of steam....
Where are these at?
SmokyMtnSteam 1 year ago
@SmokyMtnSteam because steam engine is highly inefficient?
kruppenstein 1 year ago
@kruppenstein HAHAHAHAHA That's funny. Steam highly inefficient, you could be a comedian.
SmokyMtnSteam 1 year ago
@SmokyMtnSteam i know... it was heavy and highly exsplosive.
ownerfate 1 year ago
what year
DeWalt36volt 1 year ago
Bloody fantastic! Thanks for posting!
skyypilot 2 years ago
simply incredible! very interesting to watch! thank you
uschelseagirl 2 years ago
This things dug the Panama Canal.
AirForce194 2 years ago
I thought, the Panama-Canal was build by railroad-shovels!?
remmidemmi01 2 years ago
These are railroad-shovels...
AirForce194 2 years ago
I dont think so, the face-shovel has steel-wheels and the excavator has caterpillar-tracks! Both can drive over land without railroads!
I mean with "railroad-shovel" a digging machine with a face-shovel-boom that only can move a half-cirkle(like a derrick-crane)!
This are full-cirkled machines(crane-diggers) - not been used at the Panama-Canal.
remmidemmi01 2 years ago
thats something else really amazing shows how it was done i love the old stuff great video nice steam shovles thanks
jeryl1968 2 years ago
wow, i think they could dig more in one day than 100 men could did in a week, but i'm not sure. awesome video, thanks
yanmarman2006 3 years ago
facinating machines, that is amazing
halffliffe 3 years ago
just amazing: Steam and digital ;-)
Todaylight 3 years ago
WOW, another operator that remembers Mike Mulligan and Mary Ann............
super cool
jiggity75 3 years ago
That was my favorite book as a little kid.
foughtwolf 3 years ago 2
The guy on the clam is really good! He was swinging so fast and caught the load just perfect before he dumped. Many operators don't even know what catching the load means!
Cletrac 3 years ago
sick!
mangmangmang 3 years ago
Makes me wonder how these things work without electricity. I'm beggining to become a fan of steam power.
PopsONE0 3 years ago
SPLENDID!! reading Mike Mulligand and Mary Ann is why I became an operator in the first place...seeing these old girls is beyond inspirational! You guys have my utmost respect!
thesearch4laughs 4 years ago
Thanks everyone for the comments and views! Yes, the Thresher's Reunion in Denton is great. You can get really close, as in this clip, to the action! See you all there July 4, 2008!
larrywfu 4 years ago
Wow! I have seen these shovels in action many times at the Denton Farm Park, out from Denton, N.C. They are really amazing to watch, hear, and smell!
fordtruxdad 4 years ago
One of the best videos I've ever seen!
remmidemmi01 4 years ago
I see allot of work and dedication to get those things working so well.
LinuxGalore 4 years ago
It's really cool to see exactly how those old diggers operated, and what they sounded like...
VerdillacFSM 4 years ago