Dragline Rebuild

[thebigo]

They are still using them in the Wyoming coal mines? Can't see how you could ever move that much dirt with anything else and be cost effective and effecient?

David

[modelman]

Originally Posted by thebigo

They are still using them in the Wyoming coal mines? Can't see how you could ever move that much dirt with anything else and be cost effective and effecient?

David

Yes, I know they are still in use. Some are in Pa. and some are in Fla. and some in the Carolinas and probably others that I don't know about. There are-2-working here in Al. but there are also-3-sitting and rusting away less than-50-miles from my house and the largest in Al.-I think a 2570-BE has been torn down and moved to Columbia and put back in service. Hundreds used to be working in the U.S. alone but the companies are slowly phasing them out. They claim they can maintain smaller shovels and hydraulic machines cheaper. I guess I am just sad and upset that I only got to see-1-working in my lifetime and many young people will never see one.