Alcoa Coal Strip Mine Equipment
Feb 17, 2012 22:31:10 #
These are at the Alcoa Mine outside Elgin, Texas.
The large crane is a drag line operation. It's huge!!!It amazing to watch how agile this huge structure as it turns. It sits on a huge round disk. The outrigger looking pontoons on the side lift the drag line up and move the rig many feet at a time. This is how this thing "walks" to move.
The bucket is an approx. 100 cubic yard bucket.
The coal hauler, when fully loaded weighs approx. 260 tons gross weight.
Also, the drag line only moves dirt to get down to the coal.
The drag line runs on electricity. The coal is used to generate the electricity that runs the drag line and to power the smelter plant that processes the aluminum. The drag line is used to place the dirt back in the hole.
The large crane is a drag line operation. It's huge!!!It amazing to watch how agile this huge structure as it turns. It sits on a huge round disk. The outrigger looking pontoons on the side lift the drag line up and move the rig many feet at a time. This is how this thing "walks" to move.
The bucket is an approx. 100 cubic yard bucket.
The coal hauler, when fully loaded weighs approx. 260 tons gross weight.
Also, the drag line only moves dirt to get down to the coal.
The drag line runs on electricity. The coal is used to generate the electricity that runs the drag line and to power the smelter plant that processes the aluminum. The drag line is used to place the dirt back in the hole.
Image 1-Dragline
Image 2
Image3-Bucket Barn is slid over bucket for rebuild
Image 4-Coal Hauler
Feb 17, 2012 22:35:22 #
very cool. it is amazing how almost all guys from 8 to 88 love big trucks and heavy equipment. your photos make me want to grunt like tim allen.
Feb 17, 2012 22:39:02 #
sinatraman wrote:
very cool. it is amazing how almost all guys from 8 to 88 love big trucks and heavy equipment. your photos make me want to grunt like tim allen.
Yes!!!!!
Feb 17, 2012 22:54:40 #
Have you ever watched them "walk" that dragline? Thats quite a sight to see that whole machine lift off the ground and walk forward 4 feet at a time.
Feb 17, 2012 23:43:44 #
MT Shooter wrote:
Have you ever watched them "walk" that dragline? Thats quite a sight to see that whole machine lift off the ground and walk forward 4 feet at a time.
I was close once, when moving. You're right, just picks it up & sets it down.
Most of the time when I was close, it was down for maintenence.
Feb 18, 2012 00:12:11 #
sinatraman wrote:
very cool. it is amazing how almost all guys from 8 to 88 love big trucks and heavy equipment. your photos make me want to grunt like tim allen.
Just so you know, you guys aren't the only ones who love big trucks and heavy equipment! I could sit and watch stuff like that all day long.....LOL
Feb 18, 2012 00:12:50 #
Jay Pat wrote:
I was close once, when moving. You're right, just picks it up & sets it down.
Most of the time when I was close, it was down for maintenence.
MT Shooter wrote:
Have you ever watched them "walk" that dragline? Thats quite a sight to see that whole machine lift off the ground and walk forward 4 feet at a time.
I was close once, when moving. You're right, just picks it up & sets it down.
Most of the time when I was close, it was down for maintenence.
Love the pictures!!!
Feb 18, 2012 00:41:18 #
if i remember right everytime it takes a step each shoe pumps an circulates 105 gal. of oil
Jan 13, 2013 08:35:55 #
Dugger, IN 60 years ago toured an operation like this and would love to back. Then they didn't put the dirt back, made great fishing holes. Great set, thank you.
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