Nice machine. It looks good, sounds good, and seems to operate very well. Big kudos to the operator. Loading a small truck, with a dragline takes great skill and experience to make it look this easy, like this.
Well I enjoyed watching you play at wheat and wheels , This is real work here what you’re doing , impressive . Good you’re keeping the old girl alive - one of the best around
Very good operator. I agree with all the comments of his skill. I’ll add that he also doesn’t let the spreader bar hit the bucket when the bucket lands
Excellent depth perception. A deft awareness of crane movement and performance while under load. Timing. Careful Operator synchronization of foot and hand movement in controlling the swing, drag, and hoist. Quick reaction to abrupt changes in the crane stability, performance and the surrounding environment. A deficiency in any of these areas can result in catastrophic results. ............Skilled operation results in maximized speed of operation, precision bucket placement, reduced wear and tear on the machine, and reduced mental and physical stress on both the Operator and the truck driver.
A true Art form to cooperate one. More rare are those old Artist by the day.. when I was a kid I was lucky enough to have a old neighbor who ran one. I could watch him all day. He could drop bucket with in a foot of anyplace every time like a expert fishing cast. Never a tangled cable. He said mess ups are expensive. It's get a cutting torch and a waste of rope also time /$$
I worked for Isaac's decades back, on the loaders and crushers. Hough 65's IIRC. The ponds were exacavated welll below waterline level by RB backhoes. This operator is very proficient - notice the pause in the slew on the way back from the truck offload, to let out as much main cable as possible, then a slew-and-cast to well over boom reach. Choice.....
I don't know how long this operator has been running, but he's destroying the point sheave and putting undue stress on the boom, besides tearing up the house rollers. Throwing the bucket is not how a drag is run. A good operator keeps the bucket aligned with the boom at all times, and you will never hear the chains rattle.
Good machine and operator. The old draglines are unsurpassed for pond excavating!The LR hyd excavators are faster, but with little buckets and with too delicated booms and arm weldind parts: easy broken in hard conditions or , during excavating , find stumpsThe dragline is the best solution; economic cheeper and low fuel consume
I worked for Ruston Bucyrus in the UK 70s,came to Australia operated 22,30,38 ,love the old gear..too old now but love watching good men not bashing the jewelry as we call it ,great vid...
