Big Brutus - Views from the Boom

Access to the 16 story boom was restricted a number of years ago.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Brutus
• Coal
• Shovel
• Overburden

[smackdowncookin]

Where is this?

[livingsdb]

One mile southwest of West Mineral, Kansas.

[er10b]

I could just imagine driving that around Los Angeles - as long as there's an empty Walmart parking lot at least I've got somewhere to stop for the night.

[67chevy350]

i can see my house from here lol

[flynavy16]

@videovoide23 they shut it down years ago, and it's historic, and huge. Sadly there's almost no tourism to Kansas so it doesn't get very well appreciated but it's worth seeing. Because of what it cost to run it they had to stop.

[goober239]

@evilkode way to disrespect lima dumbass

[evilkode]

u know it is funny, that machine just sets there and pays for it self for people to climb on and look, was ok first time but really, not so big, hope it rust up and falls apart lol

[antwon0404]

That is a whole lot of bird crap all over the place and they keep touching it! I have been there as well but we didn't climb up cause they were closed:'(

[pete37796]

My Uncle is a member of the board that help save this monster from the scrap iron pile back in 1987. He still stand in aw of this monster of a coal shovel.

[generationll]

This is a Bucyrus Eris 1850-B stipping shovel.

[videovoide23]

What's the story? Why is this machine just sitting out there in a field?