information on universal cranes and excavators and draglines

barracane

barracane

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information on universal cranes and excavators and draglines
hi if it were possible I would like information on crawler cranes universal carding excavators and draglines, how they work fields of application which crane and model is best suited to this function thanks

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Bob

Bob

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I learnt to drive Draglines on Blackwells to start with it was when to driver wanted a break to go to the phone (before mobiles and wanted to keep the jib swinging as it was fitted with a silent granger man then I was seen by the foremen driving it so after that I was relief driver and use to drive them on occasions In Uk in the sixties draglines were mainly RB and a few Smiths and cranes were mainly NCKs by the seventies a lot of different cranes were imported
 
barracane

barracane

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smith crane never heard of, in my part never seen these machines maybe they use them as dredgers on the pontoons thanks for your intervention.
 
Bob

Bob

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I mostly saw Smiths machine's on dragline work in quarrys and on river work
Another machine about then was the Preistman lion and cub
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

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Smiths of Rodley ... made a LOT of cranes in their day - crawlers, a lot of railway cranes, wheeled yard cranes and the odd mobile, truck mounted
 
Bri963

Bri963

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Bob said:
I mostly saw Smiths machine's on dragline work in quarrys and on river work
Another machine about then was the Preistman lion and cub
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Interesting, over here there were more RB’s and Preistmans, with the odd NCK thrown in.
 
barracane

barracane

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going back to the initial topic universal rope excavators and draglines what could you kindly tell me about it, I believe that rope and excavators are used in river works to extract gravel from riverbeds or for maritime and port dredging works, perhaps positioned and fixed on pontoons floats I honestly have never had the opportunity to see a dragline in action I don't know the function and the sequence of maneuvers thanks regards

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Smith's LT11 all terrain crane

Hello, I have a Smith's 10ton LT11 all terrain crane, picked up from eBay during the summer as a working tool but it's really not in bad condition so was hoping to gain any information about it I can please. If you know anything about it please can you let me know. So far I know it's ex UK milita...
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Smith 10 ton rough terrain crane
 
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On the outskirts of Leeds at St Aidens was one of the biggest mining mess ups the country has ever known, yet not many know about it, probably as no-one died (I don't think).
They were using open cast for coal and went too close to the river Aire which burst into the mine completely filling it and ending all operations there. It's now a nature reserve.
The dragline is still sat there at the side, it's a Bucyrus Erie called Oddball and was once featured on 'Abandoned Engineering'.
If you use all those key words ^ in Google you'll be able to read all about it or watch on YT. How you'd find the programme to watch on TV I don't know, but it's out there.
It's quite an interesting story.
 
barracane

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Oddball open day

There’s an opportunity to get into the cab of the largest preserved walking dragline excavator in Western Europe coming up very soon.
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Bob

Bob

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This is one of the sweat assisted Draglines which were common in the sixties showing the long levers which were connected to the drums to start the winch pulling the cable in to drum for drag and hoist with a foot pedal connected the the brake on the same drum to stop the cable going out when when when lever in neutral .They was also one lever for the slew drum one for jibbing up and down
 
Vinpetrol

Vinpetrol

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Bob said:
I learnt to drive Draglines on Blackwells to start with it was when to driver wanted a break to go to the phone (before mobiles and wanted to keep the jib swinging as it was fitted with a silent granger man then I was seen by the foremen driving it so after that I was relief driver and use to drive them on occasions In Uk in the sixties draglines were mainly RB and a few Smiths and cranes were mainly NCKs by the seventies a lot of different cranes were imported
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I’d love a shot of a drag line . We all think we are Archie today with hydraulic excavators but the work done with draglines these guys must of been unbelievably skilled .
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

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Vinpetrol said:
I’d love a shot of a drag line . We all think we are Archie today with hydraulic excavators but the work done with draglines these guys must of been unbelievably skilled .
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had a couple of days on a 22 in the early 80,s ... you'd not want it full time ... bit of a mind number/head shaker after a few hrs
 
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