Herzog "Cartopper"

[Beedomcspeedo]

@wwwtotalitaerde are you off your meds or what

[Spiritplumber]

I'm surprised why we haven't seen this in a Metal Slug game yet.

[ThePantyDroper]

what if you have to get out and pee

[yellowjcb]

aye and when that big coal bucket slewed right out I'd ave sworn she would've cowped!

[Goflyabike]

Damn thats a big bucket for a backhoe



[trucker765]

Its all fun and games until you go through a tunnel

[marcosalvesf30]

yes 

[hmfgotface]

theres gotta b an easy and more efficient way of doing this

[RealCadde]

@hmfgotface Then why are you posting this on the tube? Get cracking inventing a new easier and more efficient way of doing the job this one does. At less cost too! (considering the loader can be unloaded from the railcart and used for other things as well)

Why change something that works well if it doesn't bring huge benefits. Time to get to work and stop wasting away in front of your computer screen?

[ratslayerdj]

Yankee ingenuity at its best.....very cool!

[mattiealtitudeprah]

hey wieder total beschäftigungs los wer will schreiben

[levisnteeshirt]

one hose bust when your loading that ,, its on the bottom ,, an outrigger hose would make a mess

[stephenvillecb]

mad skills . does the train also carry those big balls of yours lol.

[techdavey1000]

Its got great merit for versatility but I'm surprised that the rail cars are so basic.

For big jobs like a train load of coal to a power plant a whole train can be offloaded automatically in about an hour whilst the driver is having his lunch. The locomotive has a chain attached to it and is hauled by the power plant machinery. The rail cars have trap door bottoms. Very expensive but worthwhile for high demand customers.

[deathman661]

@techdavey1000 Well at first Cartopper were mainly used for loading/unloading ties. You can't dump from from doors on the bottom of a car and these are the most effective method. Mainly thhe fact that you can have a work train with 2 or more cartoppers.

[techdavey1000]

@deathman661 Google for Drax Power Station and see how they unload coal. I tried to put in a link but the system is blocking me.

[pabloss71]

Muy buen video, gracias por compartirlo.

Saludos

[Alex1970Nik]

обалдеть! нет слов... очень смела инженерная мысль! респект!

[madmazdamini]

last words of herzog cartopper driver.........oh shit i see a tunnel!!!

[TrainTrackTrav]

Herzog cartopper: AKA, backhoe on a train.

[LSZocker2009]

That is a brilliant idea!

Very good!

[CristianARodriguezu]

uhmwer mag mit mir zu chatn oder camn sagt einfach bescheid ja ^^

[crabtrap]

that would suck to be carpet bombed by riprap .

[HowardGay]

looks cool but while loading if a relive valve pops( and releasing the hydraulic pressure) that's going to be a hard landing!

[austinatteberry]

The backhoe's are not held on by hydraulic pressure. They're held on my electromagnets

[HowardGay]

Could you explain. How is the boom hydraulics being used. Doesn't cat backhoe use Hydraulics. Thanks HOG Backhoe.

[elboycio]

thank christ for railroaders, i feel a lot safer operating a decent size machine on rails than trying to fly,

[herbienbrian]

cartopper, more than meets the eye!!

[HellzNord]

thats insane how they get them up on the railcars and then back down.

[marine390]

I think our company is due for upgraded video of this........maybe with me in it flinging ties out in the bush or where they dont belong......its definitly got an 80s retro feel to it......we should get Mike Rowe to narrate it or something make it fun

[JingleJoe]

I'm going to get one of these and secretly climb on to trains with it and have battles with the other cartoppers, which are all clearly transformers.

[muffen6365]

that would make one hell of a transformer huh.

[goldendk9]

I would rater have sex with a horse

[websuspect]

Its nice to know America leads the world in third worlds 1950s technology. This is the best we can do?

[hqvcd]

@websuspect YOU have done better?

Ya, I diden't think so.

[muffen6365]

If you can unload and distribute 80,000 railroad ties in 8 days or less.... lets see a posting then....

[MrYourmomswallows]

Pretty neat piece of equipment

[JetRanger0007]

Ahh this is Nothin,, should see what I operate !

[Tidermans]

Yeah we should definately do that if so.. What are you operating?

[AliasUndercover]

THERE'S A BUG ON YOU!!!

[Pac3steel]

Nice.

Bit different then what we use on the CPR line.

[juvmol]

nicce video very informatic just caught one and didnt know wath was it

[jawnniedarko]

great idea, but what if you break a hose? id like to see them maybe fixed to the axles somehow. just thinking out loud

[muffen6365]

we break hoses all the time, mostly the hoses that are down on the Grapple. Each machine has plenty of the most common hose's premaid and inside the tool box just for this reason...

[vizsladoggie]

xxx

[slipvane1]

i heard about this but never believed it....... but that ain't rip rap lol it's 1 foot minus

4/5

[leakystarfish]

No, that is rip rap. Class D or E.

There is not minus there...it is clean.

[slipvane1]

huh? D or E what? explosives? what does being clean have to do with it? is 3/4 clear crush rip rap too?

[leakystarfish]

Class D or Class E rip rap. 1 foot minus would be 1 foot max diameter with all the fines smaller in with it.

Are you fucking retarded? What the fuck is 3/4 clear? You mean 3/4 clean?

Do you goofy ass Canadians know anything about rock?

[slipvane1]

hmmmm.. i looked up your class D or E rip rap.

Class "D" Rip Rap: (Shot Rock) - DOT section # 4130.04) - Class "D" Rip Rap is used on river and stream banks, field outlets and bridges and culverts. Sieve Analysis = Nominal maximum size of 250 pounds, 50% larger than 90 pounds, and 90% larger than 5 pounds. 

class e has the same specs

no minus in there huh? idiot

[leakystarfish]

That is correct.

That is class d or e, same as this thing was loading.

And "minus" implys that it contains all sizes down from the nominal max size in significant proportions, right down to lime.

[AliasUndercover]

Why doesn't Herzog just make a damn battle mech already!

[Raptor70008]

what about a tunnel there goes your skilled operator

[muffen6365]

we can fold in the center beam you see by the fuel tank and battery box, after its folded in we can actually set the machine down inside the car. This is actually how we transport them job to job. we have some machines with 4000 hours and have never been on the ground sence they were new....

[Sanyey]

Herzog?? sounds like it has to do something with Hungary.. :D like almost every discovery in the world :D (atomic bomb -Ede Teller, Ball pen - Bíró someone, eletric motor - Ányos Jedlik , carburator for petrol engines : Bánki & Csonka .. etc :) )

[69rd96]

"skilled operator", you really need one of those.

[kdlehel]

here can not be use. Here in europe we have catenaryes whoat not allows this movemensts.

[beney1970]

we have somthing in england called the HSE .they would BAN IT!!

[neiderhouse]

sweet I am from st. joe

[jmcgyver2000]

so what. just a modified CAT backhoe. nothing new here.

[Nickshark1982]

Cool

[MyLuckyCars]

smart,

is can use like that...

[pyroguy21]

What you say about CN is true. They are shit for maintaining their tracks. Mostly because of the fact that they are union. But you have to beleive me when I say that having one of these machines will benefit us. It might not for you but it would for us. I know it must be hard for you to understand it. seeing as you obviously feel that you know exactly how the company I work for works, even when you clearly dont.

[pyroguy21]

Do you even read?! I just told you. The company gets paid BEFORE we do the job! Then the cost is divided. And if we don't have to pay for any machine and an operator to do the job for us, we the workers get paid better wages as a result of having that extra cash.

[pyroguy21]

You have no idea just how much work there is on a train wreck do you? It always involves having to rent heavy equiptment that we don't have ourselves to come and do the job. If we were to purchase such a machine as dipicted here in this video, That would not only provide someone already hired (like Me) with a steady job on a wreck, but it would also drastically cut down the expense of actually cleaning up the wreck to begin with. It won't make the job faster, It would make it more cost effective

[citi0rhythm]

um..just wondering...are you talking to yourself the whole time?

[pyroguy21]

Haha! No. But it does look like it though doesn't it. I have no idea what happened to all of the other guys' comments. He must have removed them or something.

[pyroguy21]

You do realize that the company I work for is CONTRACTED by the rail roads Right? I don't work for CN. And that we do have to pay for 3rd party contractors out of our own pockets. My boss gets paid a set amount of money to do a job. From that money, he has to divide it between workers, equiptment rentals, hotel and food, travel and fuel, and what ever else is needed in order to do the job.

[pyroguy21]

Actually, dumbass, you would be wrong. This machine would not cut our man hours at all seeing as how we would still have to cut up the cars by hand. I don't see a small backhoe like this coming with a sheer attachment, Do you? Instead, this machine would save "boss-man" A shit load of money because we usually depend on 3rd party transporters and/or loaders (big ass trucks and track hoes) to haul this shit away. With this, we could use our hi-rail to load and haul it away our selves.

[pyroguy21]

Which would result in MORE man hours seeing as how WE would be doing the work. Not someone else. Which also means we would be making MORE money, not less. From now on dude, I suggest that unless you actually know what the fuck somebody does for a living and just how difficult it can be to do, That you save yourself form looking like a complete idiot and keep your mouth shut.

[pyroguy21]

Holy Shit! This is EXACTLY What the company I work for needs! This would make cleaning up derailments so much easier and safer! I am definatly showing boss-man this video.

[spiritawe]

Pretty sweet!!

[pittythefoo91]

DOPE

[trav678]

how does it climb up on the cars with a grapple on?

[grizzlyman277]

the grapple holds a cross beam that rides along the top of the car as the train backs up then it releases it and goes to work

[AGDemo]

F***ing Nutz!

[brittemilyda]

Workmans comp??? How about,OSHA!!??

[gruaso]

exelente

[undergroundbasement]

Nice, I have nothing against technology, but as more time passes, the rich elites of the world will have so much robotic equipment and machine inventions that the masses will be jobless and the corporate global elite will TRY to kill us off as they will no longer need us, google Alex Jones END GAME

[muffen6365]

this is so true.... sad, scary, but true

[truckerpetr]

super stroj

[k3digichaos]

hats off to the dudes who operate the machines! balls o' steel! lol

[buttassboobstits]

thats badass

[leaheyslandscaping]

Workers comp is gonna love this video!~!!!! I will take two.....

[carlton1990]

makes me laff evry time i see this wat happens when you come to a bridge?

[ihdieselman]

how tall are two stacked shipping containers on a well car?

[dillo]

This might give John Henry a run for his money.

[tommy13t]

good idea. but can the cars handle the extra weight. and look at the cars that lean over

[MrStroked351]

the cars would have no problem with the weight alot of open hopper cars are actualy fliped upside down and emptied and one truck of the cars prob weighs more than the backhoe

[tommy13t]

dude my response was almost a year ago. i have no idea what the hell your talking about.

[xxHarveyMoonxx]

that is truly amazing

[swiftyjim2]

impressive.

[spudgegil]

i can see how their invention is good but in my opinion using these machines for this work is a bit stupid...we do it differnt in the uk

[teddymv]

"Doesn't need any assistance from other equipment..." So, the car being pushed isnt really happening? And the engine isn't pushing the car backwards underneath the suspended "backho"? Hmm...

[infamousgarbanzo]

Ya know, there does exist some amazing little devices out there in the world... They're called winches.

[muffen6365]

theres a hydrolic winch with 5/8 cable in the loader bucket, with the machine in the air and the stick/bucket/or grapple on the ground the hand brake is released from the rail car and the winch pulls the car under the machine. then the rail car is recuppled into the consist of the train

[FlyBikes089]

awesome!

[ACLTony]

Amazing! Easy to see how this machine is an instant money saver for the railroads. Benefits of speed, and the reduction fo the labor needed for the same jobs. Add to that the potential injury factor is reduced considerably.

[xibts128ix]

haha. its SAFE. load yourself onto a 2 story railcar while hoping your power doesnt fail!! :)

[eurekazone]

Very SMART. 10 stars.

Bravo guys.

[milkymigs]

wow lmfao you got balls of steal!

[Quint31]

damn thats nice i have to make a model of that now

[KilledbiDeath]

Haha they are bragging about innovations but the driver uses mile high levers in the cabin. Electricity has been invented you know...

[muffen6365]

its an old video, we have standard trackhoe controls now... a joystick for each hand.

[darensmiles4]

about shit yourself lmao

[railwayking2001]

Dose it come in N Scale.I model N Scale and would like to purchase a model of this cartopper.Or I may kitbash/Scratch Build one.Great Video.5 Stars

[andyofvermont]

brilliant. but, um, be careful!

[nlpnt]

Does it come in blue?

[klecan8]

damn scabs

[Nick3889]

Cool

[jacobsdad32003]

holy shit, this is cool!

[Rhenthalin]

It's a retro fitted back hoe but I like their name better

[ibbu4eva]

crazy sob

[Hypocrisies]

It feels like I'm being debriefed for Terran vehicle on Starcraft xD

Now I can mine minerals at 200 tons/hour!

[cdi949]

i don't know what your selling, but i'll buy two

[rubigoz]

/watch?v=KCwu62O5tqg

[quicksilver4648]

Now this in a dozer 2.0

[yoursuicide]

i came from digg, but I've seen this IRL..

i live next to tracks that just got re-tied, so i got to watch this thing all day long, pretty effen cool.

[xion101]

Hows the weather in digg this time of year?

[MagicMinus]

Cloudy, with a chance of Hillary Clinton stories.

[syugo]

I don't know why i just watched this whole video...

[pgolian]

i know...

[patman326]

What? No laser sword?

[Icecreamlightning]

It can lift those too.