Coal mine dragline makes a big move

[generator5500w]

1:55 i love those gray insulators

[pc2drth]

@acavideo Basin Electric was the first utility in the nation to require that strip-mined land be returned to rolling countryside. That requirement was written into Basin Electric's first coal contract long before rules and regulations on mined land reclamation were enacted.

[DuramaxDiesels]

pc2drth Hey thanks alot for posting this. I live in Beulah and didnt get a chance to watch her walk. I am also a coal miner. Its awesome work. Thanks again.

[pc2drth]

@DuramaxDiesels You bet! We're actually an official YouTube account for Basin Electric Power Cooperative. We have another YouTube channel that has mostly historical videos for now.

[GoldeneyePwner]

And this just definitely made me sick to my stomach...

[pkkillaman3]

i live in carrington nd we went there to see that dragline in 7Th grade it was fun!!!!!!

[JCS300ex]

the muskie was live twice that size

[AviationPhotogBNA]

These are my favorite North American Draglines! The livery, or paint scheme, is just awesome! Especially if you have a nice clear day with nice blue skies, the machines just shine like a jewel!!! Great video again!

[Minnesoootan1]

I don't know if this is #901 or #902 of Coteau's 2 draglines but I was lucky enough to spend New Year's Day back in the mid 90's on "Meadowlark". I had a relative who was the operator back then. I recall being awed by the sheer size and power of these beasts. They had a new bucket at the time that could move 125 cubic yards in one scoop. Everything that was used around these babies was absolutely humungous. Very awesome experience I will never forget.

[AviationPhotogBNA]

You should be ON the dragline when it's walking. That's a really neat feeling!!

[pc2drth]

@AviationPhotogBNA Thanks for favoriting this video! I bet it is a neat feeling to be in there. Looks like you do quite a bit of work with draglines?

[AviationPhotogBNA]

I grew up in Western Kentucky and my father, & grandfathers, were all coal miners. My dad worked for Peabody Coal Company's River Queen Surface Mine in Muhlenberg County (where I grew up). I've been on a bunch of monsters in my short life thankfully. Including the second largest shovel in the world, the Marion 5960. Thanks for the reply!

[defiant18]

sum draglines generate there own power, an others have a power cable.

[epistte]

All large drags have trailing cables(or diesel motors) to power the machines.

They might have motor-generator sets that generate some electricity the MG sets don't provide nearly enough power to operate a dragline.

[WKHalford]

@epistte Not sure what you mean by "the MG sets don't provide nearly enough power to operate a dragline", but there are thousands of draglines that make plenty of power for the DC motors for the swing, drag, hoist, and walk functions. And they have some spare capacity.

Any other power used on a dragline is for other things (lights, ventilation, controls, etc.). But that's only a small percentage of the power that is used. The majority of power is indeed generated by the motor-generator sets.

[ph11p3540]

It floats in.... nah a fleet of trucks.

[johnson2324]

how they delivered this machine to the mine?

[Laudrien]

In pieces that were assembled on site.

[peepeevagi]

Well, it'll lose some weight after that! XD!!!

[JtsGreene]

Wow, can you imagine the hydraulics to lift 13 million pounds?

[MYRDDINAPGERAINT]

No hydraulics, just a cam shaft and eight electric motors.

[darkhousefisher]

Not trying to get technical, but it uses mechanics to propel, not hydraulics. Walking draglines are electric over mechanical systems. This video doesn't mention the bolonga cable supplying 7200 volts to the machine. That's what the tractor is there for, to maove the cable.

[bman231]

WOW imagine how board you would get driving that thing one step takes 1 minute

[DmitriyLyzhin]

Like "Star Wars" movie.

[lozarok]

Cheers for the Vid