Re: Really BIG Iron

Posted by Trkr on September 20, 2019 at 05:20:39 from (68.134.241.105):

In Reply to: Really BIG Iron posted by oliverkid on September 19, 2019 at 16:49:07:

Drove a truck all my life,retired now. Had a delivery one time to Southern Ohio Coal,Cumberland,Ohio. Called,they would take delivery at night. This was back in the 80's. Delivered some castings to their shop,really nice people,had dinner with them. When I was using the restroom, I saw a big model of the Muskie in an adjoining office. Recognized it from a story I saw in Readers Digest. Asked one of the foreman about the model,he said,yeah It's ours,and it's working a couple of miles away,would you like to see it?
Absoluetly. He took me in a pickup,down to the site,and the Muskie was down for a repair. It had broken a tooth on the bucket,and they had a couple of D-9s trying to maneuver a new tooth in place. Asked if I would like to go inside,love to. Huge electrical cable strung out on the groundthat ran the machine,told me don't go near that.You had to climb up several catwalks,and the he explained he would open the steel hatch door,and told me you had to fall in to the machine,to get in. It was pressurized inside to try and keep as much dust out as they could. Once inside it was amazing,they have a huge machine shop inside,with a huge overhead bridge crane for servicing it. Took me up several levels to the operators cupola. Went in there,he introduced me to the operator,who was the first one ever to run it.Remember him from the story in Readers Digest. Everything was on hold,as they were still working on the bucket,he asked if I would like to sit in the seat? Sure,just don't touch anything. One of the funny things,they had an old refrigerator in the the operators cupola,and it had a car radio,duct taped to the top.
The foreman told me different stories about the Muskie that night. Several people were killed inside the machine working on it over the year,one guy wound up in the cables. Also remember,he said the Muskie was set to make a full dig and dump every 59 seconds. Ran 364 days a year,24 hours a day,only off Christmas.
42 years over the road around North America in my truck,this rates right up at the top of things I got to experience and see.

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