Posted by Trkr on February 25, 2016 at 18:21:49 from (71.179.79.192):
In Reply to: BIG MUSKIE posted by stonerock on February 25, 2016 at 13:31:34:
Used to deliver equip to their warehouse back in the 80's in Cumberland Ohio.They had a model of it there and always commented about it.The foreman there one nite said it wasn't working far way and asked If I'd like to see it.It was idling that night humming away,all electric.It had broken a tooth on the bucket and there were 2 D-9s trying to push a new tooth into place.He took me inside it was like climbing into a huge battleship.It was pressurized to try and keep dust out and you had to fall into the hatch way to get inside.Full of drums,huge electric motors and cables.Had it's own machine shop inside,and a huge travelling bridge crane for internal repairs.We climbed stairways up to the operators cupola,and he introduced me to the fellow that was the original operator,first guy that ever ran it.There was a regular house refridgerator in there with a car AM radio taped to the top of the fridge.He let me sit in the operators seat,the workers down below,trying to put the tooth on looked like ants.The machine ran 364 days a year,only stopped for Christmas.Took 59 seconds to make a round IIRC.Dig,rotate,dump,rotate,return to dig. In over 45 years of hauling equipment around North America,that rates at the top of things I've seen.
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