firefighting opencast mine with digger coal mine

open cast fire

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[terrimain]

no the storms coming off the Tasman sea, and with the high Alps  so close, we get lots of thunder storms

[terrimain]

yes on the the west coast, and the grease did boil out of the track gear

[terrimain]

it was cat 365

[terrimain]

coal from under ground mine

[terrimain]

thanks its was bloody hot when we were filming

[testa375L]

is that cat 365 375 or 385

[MrBananaMask]

Whats with the lightning? Was that caused by the smoke?

[Gollsodia]

=o

[MADdrummer971]

Whats with the fire?

[redtuss0ck]

What temperature was the hyd oil getting too? ... man there must be a fair amount of heat build up from just the radiated heat ... on your rams and piping .. is this on the West Coast?.

[adityadevagarwal]

Great video! You say your CO2 alarm went off but you stuck at it! Brave man! Did they not modify your machine at all? I remember a similar situation in south Wales (uk) where an underground mine (or may have been an old rubbish dump, not 100% sure) had been burning for quite some time. The excavators the company used were modified before hand with better air filtration for the operator, pull cord fire extinguishers etc. I wouldn't like to be the dumper driver in your vid though!

[scrundies]

good video ,could you not use a water hose or tanker to cool it

[3Mudbone1]

@nonilon14344 Fuel

[lpdemolition]

Great Video!!! Thanks for getting that ...