What it's like Inside BIG BRUTUS

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Exploring inside Big Brutus, the largest surviving electric shovel in the world.
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@MobileInstinct 4 года назад

I've been posting on my second channel a lot lately. - ru-vid.com

@RoyJenkins777 4 года назад

Checking out your other channel now my friend, be safe . God Bless

@bigd-1-channel514 4 года назад

OK, Subbed, but just curious? Why a second channel?

@estherl2407 4 года назад

Massive machine, a friend took me and my husband there a few years back, awesome

@christuter3973 4 года назад

@@RoyJenkins777 sa s seeds

@RoyJenkins777 4 года назад

@@christuter3973 ???

@phillhuddleston9445 4 года назад

This is a monument to man that should stand at least tens of thousands of years, thankfully it wasn't scrapped for the metal.

@NGC1433 4 года назад

Thousands of years? It will rust into dust in decades.

@phillhuddleston9445 4 года назад

@@NGC1433 Not being that thick of steel.

@33alltheway14 4 года назад

@@NGC1433 you don’t kno steel

@phillhuddleston9445 4 года назад

@Lex RiordanNot likely it has already been sitting idle for decades.

@wesselbogers9295 4 года назад

@Lex Riordan if they keep maintaining it it will probably stand for decades to come

@anihtgenga4096 4 года назад

Imagine how many grease fittings on that thing.

@wilmanman7783 4 года назад

Bill Williams I’ve worked on semi’s from the 90’s with manual grease points

@isatntt 4 года назад

@Bill Williams just more reason for stuff to break, back then (not way back but not 2020 thats for sure) they had grease fittings on everything and i dont remember that breaking

@rabbitwithm2495 4 года назад

I dont wanna think about it my truck has plenty

@robertmarcantonio1789 4 года назад

i was thinking the same thing lol

@DJ.LakeSea 4 года назад

@@isatntt I remember grease-nipples clogging up all the time. Most ppl would just leave them clogged instead of replacing them. Few weeks later: seized knuckle or joint costing hundreds or thousands to repair, when a 20 cent new grease nipple could have fixed the problem. This is why most machines utilize automatic greasing nowadays.

@owenwillard5409 4 года назад

in 7 years youtube’s gonna recommend this to everyone mark my words

@gbfj7683 4 года назад

Was today for me

@charliedance5609 4 года назад

Lmao

@zacharyjones7948 4 года назад

Waiting to find a comment like this but from 7 years ago

@StonedSpagooter 4 года назад

I am commenting to see if I happen to read this comment again

@CA1_R0 4 года назад

already been recommended

@markamoe7817 3 года назад

This is going to be a raider base in the apocalyptic future.

@PrezTrades 3 года назад

I WAS JUST THINKING THATT!!

@missilemike2361 3 года назад

I actually live near it

@PrezTrades 3 года назад

@@missilemike2361 ever been to it?

@missilemike2361 3 года назад

@@PrezTrades yes. You can't comprehend how big it is until your right next to it. And even then it's bigger than it seems

@PrezTrades 3 года назад

@@missilemike2361 I bet that’s cool

@mikemoore9757 Год назад

I got to see it running in the early 60's. I remember standing next to the side of the strip pit and it was right in front of me. It was fairly quiet, being all electric, and I remember that it seemed as if the ground shook every time it took a bite. It was a sight to behold! Very good presentation. Thanks.

@terryclotf 4 года назад

when i was a kid there was nothing there but brutus. we climbed him and explored freely. that was in the 70's. we camped in the dipper and it was the coolest thing.

@colbyvarnes8247 4 года назад

How

@heaftysoul 4 года назад

Cap

@sergiomartins8626 4 года назад

that's awesome

@myadventuresincooking6331 4 года назад

@@heaftysoul what does cap mean?

@ShinziiArt 4 года назад

@@myadventuresincooking6331 no idea

@gabemoore8119 4 года назад

11 years seems like a short life for such a large investment.

@markdee3506 4 года назад

Working 24 hours a day, non stop for 11 years. That's around 33 years worth of working day 8 hour shifts. Or 96000 hours. Google how many hours people get out of other earth moving equipment.

@bradleymorris8875 4 года назад

@@markdee3506 I can’t remember the name of the one that burned but someone said during that editorial that Brutus was out dated , not efficient, hard to use and cost more to operate than the coal it dug was worth.

@MrMattumbo 4 года назад

@@bradleymorris8875 Yeah I'm pretty sure by the 1960s' they had begun building those giant rotary excavators (probably not the right technical name, but think Badger 288 style). With those you're getting constant excavation and transportation of the material by just swinging the machine around and occasionally moving it forward. Much more efficient, though they are much larger and more complicated than a steam shovel.

@bradleymorris8875 4 года назад

@@MrMattumbo does anyone recall the name of the one that burned ? I can’t find the video.

@maggs131 4 года назад

@@bradleymorris8875 I thought big muskie was the one that burned but it was a shovel named "the captain" that burned and was scrapped

@jamesquaranta5172 3 года назад

I heard when Brutus drives it actually stays still and the earth rotates under its tracks

@drewdown826 3 года назад

Bro, it aint that big

@jamesquaranta5172 3 года назад

@@drewdown826mate, caterpillar had Brutus decommissioned because they couldn’t compete

@johnwayne7673 3 года назад

@@drewdown826 my package is though

@easternsasquatch 3 года назад

@@drewdown826 dude it's a joke

@WoooshProductions 3 года назад

@@drewdown826 r/woooosh

@TomokosEnterprize 8 месяцев назад

I am glad the Brutus and a cutting torch never got together. Awesome machine in deed.WHAT A BIG BEAUTY !

@om3g4z3r0 4 года назад

God, imagine a killdozer event but with this.

@Thomasnmi 4 года назад

Pretty easy to out run :)

@alanbryant5443 4 года назад

Kyle Wiech yeah “tread” on Netflix is about it

@jsfyxzuf117 4 года назад

Need more top speed for that

@Ninja-qm8bp 3 года назад

Just kill the power plant, and all the fun is over, though 😂

@jimmea6317 3 года назад

well that would end a lot faster considering the max speed of the thing is next to that of a snail, but the behemoth could probably still 1000 tanks and anti tank guns, mounted artillery and apache helicopters and missiles

@TravisTLK 4 года назад

These machines always remind me of one of my favorite children's books, Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel.

@ls6-ss413 4 года назад

Making me feel old dude!! Haha

@Marcel_Audubon 4 года назад

I grew up in Popperville

@melissahilbrand 4 года назад

My exact thoughts

@phlodel 4 года назад

Mary Anne.

@spencerbeales8965 4 года назад

Snort....are you my mother

@rangerider51 4 года назад

I didn’t see any cup holders where the captain sat. I guess technology wasn’t very good then. lol.

@PatrickWagz 4 года назад

No USB port either to plug in his iPhone. :-/

@theamerican7080 4 года назад

That's because he never put his beer down.

@DJ.LakeSea 4 года назад

Probably coz back then the operator kept his beverage in a hip-flask. 😜

@JuliaCV9 4 года назад

well, it was the 1960s after all. not to mention this beast of a machine was created for the purpose of mining

@brianhayes7153 4 года назад

There’s a fairly large break room directly behind the operator. I’m sure they had a fridge in there at the time. It and the operators cab were the only part with a/c.

@ShadowOfMachines Год назад

These kinds of machines are the ones that no one would believe existed unless one was still around like this. Monsters like this are legendary and nearly mythological now.

@fredhoy6697 2 года назад

This is huge. You really can't get an idea of how massive it is until you get inside. Great video.

@cccccc5398 4 года назад

I'm glad Brutus whent here, Instead of just being abandoned or dismantled. Brutus looks like he is in good shape. What a GREAT treat to be able to go inside Brutus and look.

@brianhayes7153 4 года назад

The elevator was primarily for bringing oil and grease drums up into the machinery room of Brutus.

@Leatherface123. 3 года назад

And when it operates it’s the only way up

@Leatherface123. 2 года назад

@hewman ok, so you wanna use the catwalks to climb up a machine that weighs 11 million pounds that has the top half constantly moving and out of place of the correct alignment to get up? You can only use the stairs to get up when it’s parked, while it’s operating there’s no window to use them otherwise you run the risk of being crushed, the elevator was made so you can get up, also don’t tell me I’m wrong when I’ve studied these machines for 2 years

@wezerd 2 года назад

@hewman another internet argument won, my wife's boyfriend will be so proud

@czechmix221 2 года назад

@@Leatherface123. just because youve studied them doesnt mean you cant be wrong. it should be encouraged to question those who tout themselves as experts

@Leatherface123. 2 года назад

@hewman you can’t use the 2nd way up while it’s operating actually They would retract the ladders and lock the hatches

@scottdugan1901 3 года назад

My grandfather traveled across America for over 50 years, selling the wire rope used to hold together marvels like Brutus. My favorite memory with him was when he brought my cousin and I, at 10 years old, on a road trip to this museum to really get a feel for who and what his work serviced. He was incredibly kind and gracious, and seeing this video pop up in my feed let me remember him for how great of a grandpa he was for us. Thank you so much for posting this.

@tomrogers9467 3 года назад

Damn, must have been one heavy sample case he carried!

@Josh-ry6ci Год назад

Ooo Biiig Brutiiiiiiss

@tomhiggins4969 Год назад

Really interesting 👌

@grandbino4703 2 года назад

My father in law machined some of the gears on Brutus in the 60's. Great Video.

@gabrieltalent9141 2 года назад

I live a mile and a half away from big Brutus and I never appreciated the size because I though they were all that big because I went as a child. One of the most impressive feats of engineering sitting in my backyard in the middle of no where kansas

@treypelham5515 4 года назад

I’ve been there...the human brain can’t comprehend how big this thing is...I really enjoyed everything about it...it’s a must see!

@justtime6736 2 года назад

Yup, giraffes for example. I know they're tall, I've seen people next to them, but until up close, wow

@nadre2016 3 года назад

When you buy the wrong scale model for your diorama

@randombrandon1940 3 года назад

I literally laughed out loud. Thank you. 😊

@itsall_legal 3 года назад

If brutus was in the neighborhood I grew up in ,no matter how many generations it took i guarentee there would be 0 copper wires left inside him

@Redshots_HD 3 года назад

it would be full of kids having parties and doing drugs

@GardenGuy1942 3 года назад

How dare you assume Brutus’ gender

@moisesmontecillo7570 3 года назад

Same here brother. I actually lived in the project's and I had to move cuz the housing authority was going to ter em down but right before all the homeless went threw them and took anything they could

@nylotical 3 года назад

@@GardenGuy1942 it’s not assumed. Brutus is a boy. How dare you assume Brutus isn’t a man! You’ll make him feel depressed!

@GardenGuy1942 3 года назад

@@nylotical Brutus (preferred pronouns it/that) came out as non-binary with a mechanical attraction to tractors. You should really learn to be more sensitive to others, this has been known since Brutus turned 400 operational hours.

@JR48Welding 2 года назад

As a welder/fabricator the amount of skill that went into this engineering marvel is immeasurable.

@evanknight2808 3 года назад

It’s currently 3am on a school night and I’m watching a video about a really big shovel.

@Sarah-bell 4 года назад

what a amazing bit of engineering his catracks /crawlers almost look to small for its mass, glad big brutus was saved and that you choose to share

@garychandler4296 4 года назад

Each pad was one ton. NOT small at all!

@Carolbearce 4 года назад

That was made in my town! Bucyrus Erie in Erie PA. So cool!

@abbysapples1225 4 года назад

I live on the other end of the state of Pennsylvania in an area called the Susquehanna valley. It's about 25 mi east of Harrisburg. and it always makes me smile to hear about things being manufactured in Pennsylvania. I often want to visit Erie Pennsylvania so I can see the lake.

@Elk911 4 года назад

Joshua Felty yo same, I live in Pottstown, near reading or 35 mins from KOP, always wanted to see what different parts of Pennsylvania was like

@matthewblodgett1789 4 года назад

Nice! Im from Erie too!

@williamkirk7781 4 года назад

Same name as as Brutus Buckeye.

@DRZrider07 4 года назад

Warren, PA here

@seldoon_nemar 4 года назад

12:53 those are the resistor packs. when the operator hits the "brakes" on the cables, it dumps the power generated into those, producing heat. that area must have been ripping hot if that's the only bank of them. lotta power to dump when that thing goes from max reach to minimum for the next bite

@Ranstone 4 года назад

A little Tesla car makes enough power to run a small neighborhood while breaking. I can't imagine this thing...

@EstorilEm 3 года назад

@@Ranstone except that’s not really true 🤣 Maybe a small neighborhood of homeless people. I guess you meant “braking” also.

@KuntalGhosh 3 года назад

@@Ranstone probably a home if a tesla roadstar uses only the regenerative braking to stop from 200km/hr to 0

@KuntalGhosh 3 года назад

Not a lot. Modern trains can dump more heat with dynamic braking. Like 6000hp ones can put down 4mw of heat when dynamic brakes r engaged . This pack looks like diodes to me. Probably not but it kinda looks like those selenium rectifier diodes.

@seldoon_nemar 3 года назад

@@KuntalGhosh that's stopping a lot more than these would be. remember these systems are a lot more balanced than a locomotive going downhill. it only needs to stop the arm from moving really, it wouldn't even have to stop it when it's full because it's not like this machine is for "placing" things. it just lifts, turns, dumps, returns.

@mysteryguest9555 3 года назад

I can only imagine what our descendants would think if they stumbled upon this monstrosity a few centuries from now.

@GageDrums 3 года назад

We should partially bury it somewhere and when it's unearthed one day people will think it's ancient equipment of some type

@ruutjormun2262 3 года назад

@@GageDrums not hard to figure out its function, though

@GageDrums 3 года назад

@@ruutjormun2262 well then we will take the bucket along with anything else that gives it away off of it

@JakeWolven 3 года назад

I kept thinking about that too. Of the entire empires built in human history, this stands amongst them.

@nylotical 3 года назад

The thing is that they’ll have technology such as what we have now. I myself didn’t know about this til saw I the thumbnail. They’d just be like “Wow this is small. The ones we have nowadays are like 10 times bigger.”

@geneborn517 2 года назад

My wife and I payed Big Brutus a visit about two years ago (2020) and really enjoy our time there . So much history you could see just looking at the exterior of its body and when it came to its internal works, the Brain power of the men and women to make it function. To me it is a work of art. I have been around heavy equipment since 1969 and work on and operated the cranes , but never a shovel like this , Love it. Gene and Polly Born.

@alan6832 2 года назад

It seems strange that these land giants were less cost-effective than smaller machines when the opposite is usually the case, such as with ships. I heard elsewhere that environmental regs reduced their productivity but no mention of that here. I suppose smaller machines can be mass produced, but so can smaller ships.

@TheDevilRejectsNone 2 года назад

@@alan6832 ships being better while bigger makes sense since they are floating, land vehicles become less efficient after they are so damn large and heavy.

@alan6832 2 года назад

@@TheDevilRejectsNone Why?

@BlackPill-pu4vi Год назад

Brutus was the creation of MEN. So damn tired of the compulsory inclusion language that we're forced to use where women are made equal to MEN in such enterprises. Secretaries in the home office played their part but, don't equate their efforts to the men who designed, built, and operated it. BTW, we could never make something like Brutus in the U.S. now. We don't have the industry or the skills or the infrastructure or the MEN to make it.

@_IHateHandles_ 3 года назад

From an engineering standpoint machines like this fascinate me. It's not just a case of making something bigger, there are physical limitations that come into play.

@ocrapo9327 2 года назад

So much metal that had to be made

@Leatherface123. 2 года назад

Physical limitations didn’t come until they made big hog the year before brutus was finished Big hog was twice the size and it’s crawler system would break because they couldn’t withstand the weight properly, Marion had it figured out and they had larger crawlers and a larger lower frame for the Captain When big Muskie was made it had to be downsized on the blueprints because it would’ve been way to big to work, and even when it did get built it was simply too big, it couldn’t go up or downhill very steep and it was slow and required flat ground to work, once it’s revolving frame even split in half once and the walking mechanism jacks caught fire here and there

@chrismaclean3108 2 года назад

@@Leatherface123. The Big Hog and the The Captain. Were both: Marian 6360 stripping shovels. As far as I know.

@capt.mcdevil706 4 года назад

Starscream: why are we here lord megatron? Megatron: fellas! Allow me introduce my acient friend!

@jordanstuckey7919 3 года назад

Dude that would be sick!!!

@BitchyBoxxy 3 года назад

Yeah he would be a dynobot

@JR-ub2wt 3 года назад

Ancient*

@GoldenCroc 3 года назад

There is a comic number where he goes haywire in a mine with machinery such as this.

@doomcaliberimperion5939 3 года назад

I think this would be a good opponent to devastator

@michaelandcolinspop 3 года назад

I wish all of the great earthmovers had been preserved like Brutus. The GEM of Egypt, Silver Spade, Mountaineer, Captain, and Big Muskie, to name a few, would’ve served as incredible museum pieces but, instead, met the torch. They were mechanical works of art and engineering that powered a nation for a long time.

@Leatherface123. 3 года назад

Oh man Big Muskie That name gives my chills and goosebumps every time I see/hear/say it

@ape6213 2 года назад

great earthmover sounds straight out of a fuckin rpg

@timrankin8737 Год назад

Big Muskies bucket is still preserved. Went there last week. Its awsome. Of course the wife asks. Whats that thing. And whats a drag line. Oh well.

@apollomoon1 Год назад

The Spade was almost saved but legal issues couldn’t be figured out. Sadly it’s gone along with the other real giants. I remember seeing one of them working at night and it was pretty terrifying

@michaelandcolinspop Год назад

@@apollomoon1 I grew up not far from the mines where the Spade, GEM, and Mountaineer worked. It was not uncommon to see them along Rt.9, Rt. 519, and I-70. They fascinated me, especially at night when their lighted gantries were visible above the hills.

@1SoccerFan 4 года назад

I grew up close to Brutus. My Dad would take us to watch it digging. I’ll never forget the sounds, the dust, and dump trucks flying all around. It was very scary as a child. After it closed we’d climb to the top of it which is 160 feet.

@ChrisHillASMR 2 года назад

So basically you had a childhood unlike now day where they teach u to be gay

@milkteapls 2 года назад

@@ChrisHillASMR “positive affirmation and love asmr” lmao shut up

@boejudden9011 2 года назад

@@ChrisHillASMR bruh your channel is easily the gayest thing I've seen today

@nicholasmcgrew7712 2 года назад

Uhmm you sure?

@JohnSmith-fq3rg 2 года назад

@@boejudden9011 I mean it clearly took one to know one

@danstevens4307 2 года назад

I actually worked as a welder for 'Bucyrus-Erie' at the Pocatello Idaho plant in the '70's. This type of electric shovel is dwarfed by the 'Walking Drag-line' Class of electric shovel (a full size bigger). 'Big Muskie' was one of those. Guinness book of records holder for many years.

@jasonmorehouse3756 Год назад

Apples and oranges bud. Cable shovel vs dragline.

@acp1272 3 года назад

No idea why this got recommend to me but I'm glad I got to see this

@samwalton4598 3 года назад

I put myself through college in the late 70’s working on a Bucyrus Erie Drag line just like this beast in the Phosphate mines in Florida. For three summers I worked on and around a machine almost identical to this for Agrico Chemical Company.

@oldenweery7510 4 года назад

The minute Chris said Brutus cost more to operate than the coal it unearthed, I thought: "It sounds like a _government_ project, except if that had been the case, it would've taken two or three times the time projected, would've had huge cost overruns---and would've been obsolete by the time they finished it." Wonder what it sounded like to be inside when it was running? Thanks, Chris, it was fascinating to see this. Stay safe, everyone.

@wolfmanrebel874 4 года назад

That's what I was thinking ,how it sounded...my assumption from my imagination is all the "scream'n demons" plus All the unimaginable scraping and grinding from the tracks to the turntable and ECT. Plus that much energy dumped had to make an interesting sound I assumed it sounded like screams of the damned from a distance and sounded like running gears of hell on the inside , it sure would be nice to pick up a sound byte of this monster

@-YELDAH 3 года назад

I love how quiet you are, you really let the magnum opus speak for itself

@babykleuf 3 года назад

I work as an electrical engineer for a company that is specialized in big electrical winches. But this stuff keeps blowing my mind what they could do back in the day. No small feat for sure!

@JasonTracey-xz9ro Год назад

Fact that you referred to it as him and his really makes me happy. It goes to show that some people still care about pieces of equipment like this.

@holyhellbatman6619 4 года назад

The repairs on the shovel were not that, they are anti-wear plates and welds to prevent erosion to the shovel

@cpufreak101 4 года назад

I thought something didn't seem right with them

@mariozermeno2649 4 года назад

Yup you can just imagine the friction all that weight created wearing the walls of that bucket thin so plating and hard face welding was applied just to keep the integrity of the bucket to specs. Phenomenal!

@bradleymorris8875 4 года назад

Good ole 7018 and a Tombstone

@carlsapartments8931 4 года назад

Correct

@pv2xeek 4 года назад

Not so much "anti-wear" plates but more "sacrificial" plates. They were hardened to last longer and when worn down they would cut the welds and replace with another to prevent the bucket itself from wearing down. You are still correct though, just more of a semantics thing.

@AaronSmith-kr5yf 4 года назад

Can't imagine how darn loud that upper room where they had several huge 2 stroke Detroit diesels humming away at full song running the electrical generators that powered this beast

@destinationunknown7857 4 года назад

Sorry Aaron. It was electric that was sullied off in the distance, can't remember exactly. It dragged a huge extension cord basically being it. Seems like it was 4 or 6 inches in diameter. There used to be a section of it laying there.

@cytrus3427 3 года назад

Its electric

@Leatherface123. 3 года назад

It’s a shock boi He could power a city

@johnsiders7819 3 года назад

It was fed by a big cable but that did not power it that turned motors that ran generators that supplied clean power to the electrical systems .

@BitchyBoxxy 3 года назад

So it would be much cheaper to run 100L Cummins?

@johnkrivokapic7527 3 года назад

It’s great that companies have the foresight to donate these machines to museums, there’s got to be millions just in scrap,well done.

@HobbyOrganist 2 года назад

yes but back in the 70s scrap iron was basically worthless, and besides, the donation to a museum meant a sizeable tax write-off that was probably more than the value of the scrap

@WC-rv7fy Год назад

Took my kids and finally got to see Brutus today, I am still at a loss for words, just amazing!

@RichardHartness 2 года назад

I think this is one of my favorite videos of yours. I remember when you posted it. I still come back to it about one to two times a year. This piece of machinery is simply unbelievable to me.

@treebuster93 4 года назад

Really Awesome Piece of History. My father and Grandfather both worked for P&M Coal Mine in York Canyon New Mexico until it closed down in I want to say 2002 or 2003. Have not seen anything P&M related in years so cool man!

@coryschmidt1251 4 года назад

Mine too! Grandpa was at Mine 19 (where Brutus worked) when the shovel arrived and was constructed. Dad started at Mine 19, then transferred to Midway Mine, then Kemmerer Mine, then lastly McKinley Mine just outside of Gallup, NM.

@treebuster93 4 года назад

@@coryschmidt1251 How cool. Grandpa worked underground most of his life Dad worked underground for around 15 years and then above surface the reminder of the time until they closed. Ended up working the gas fields in Southern Colorado near Trinidad. Where was the Midway and Kemmerer Mines located? We grew up in Raton New Mexico

@Kevinkurcz888 3 года назад

Being a heavy equipment operator this is the coolest thing to me. I have to go check this out in person sometime

@m118lr 2 года назад

..same here. MUCH appreciated..

@ferguson8143 2 года назад

Yes it's worth your time to check it out and the other things to loom at n the museum too

@vicodumb 3 года назад

In the beginning of the video, I thought that this machine would have been diesel electric powered, similar to a railroad locomotive but you're telling us that it essentially ran on a bigass extension cord! Amazing.

@sharpe227 2 года назад

Whats interesting its is all the large equiptment like this they are all electric.Imagine if they were fueled by the whatever they were mining how much bigger they needed to be with the engine to boot.

@kinzario3046 3 года назад

My parents took me here like 10 years ago when I was 4 and it’s exactly how I remember it thank you!

@pcap2700 11 месяцев назад

Just visited big brutus it is a must see you really can't believe how big she is until you see her in person !!!!!!

@Ranstone 4 года назад

I don't know if this is weird or not, but I low-key wanna crawl up in there and take a nap.

@SmaeAwkward 3 года назад

it's totally understandable. it's like a military base meets a treehouse.

@nylotical 3 года назад

Yes it’s weird. Quite weird.

@SmaeAwkward 3 года назад

@@nylotical nah bro. that place looks dope.

@xdrakken4710 3 года назад

I also just feel like having a nap in that thing, its secluded and full of calming white noise

@tulsa_streethunter7875 3 года назад

Not in the summer, there are bee’s everywhere in there!! And everything is oily and greasy.

@lucasdiehlmusic9488 4 года назад

A year to build all that back in the 1960’s by 50 men is very impressive. American integrity.

@jerrypelletier2328 4 года назад

It was already built, it took a year to assemble the parts once it was shipped.

@JeffDeWitt 4 года назад

@@jerrypelletier2328 Some assembly required!

@carlsapartments8931 4 года назад

@@jerrypelletier2328 correct

@tompaul2591 4 года назад

@@JeffDeWitt batteries not included

@HelloKittyFanMan.. 3 года назад

What should it have to do with "integrity"?

@VassilliHD 4 года назад

I live about an hour away from ol Brutus. Believe it or not, all those water filled trenches around it were dug by Brutus istelf.

@jacoblima2178 3 года назад

Thank you for visting big brutus i remember the place my late grandpa had pictures taken this video really means alot too me thank you

@EllieMae99 2 года назад

I saw this and it brought back a childhood memory. I used to read a book called Mike mulligan and his steam shovel. The smaller excavator reminded me.

@chumperest 4 года назад

"Tell the kindly folks not to worry, I have the watch and I'll keep the lights burning." Brutus

@machine-shopbilly6584 3 года назад

And then he proceeded to use twice as much power as the coal he was digging up and was shut down

@nonnaurbisness3013 3 года назад

@@machine-shopbilly6584 "he used twice as much power as the coal he unearthed" power?

@rickstandish6690 4 года назад

I missed the restroom, shower, kitchen and barracks area. Will re-watch now.

@AusyG 3 года назад

Just then the baby bird saw a big thing, this must be his mother. "There she is" he said "There is my mother" The baby bird ran up to the big thing and said "mother, mother here I am mother. But the big thing Just said "snort" "No you are not my mother" said the baby bird. "You are a snort"

@anthonycoffey816 3 года назад

Ahh! As soon as I saw this I thought about that book, read it over & over as a kid 😅

@ThemBackyardBoys 3 года назад

Classic

@Nyam3ro 3 года назад

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR AHHHH I WAS LIKE WTF DOES THIS SHIT REMIND ME OF OMG A CHILDHOOD MEMORY!!!!!!

@DuckInGameStop 3 года назад

My favorite part was always the car

@fishranks5886 3 года назад

Exactly what I thought of when I saw the thumbnail

@Gadalac 3 года назад

Man! This is exactly why I love RU-vid! Never would have found this on my own and damn was it cool! Great video

@codywright2840 3 года назад

Imagine being in a post apocalyptic world and making a home out of this thing in the wilderness Would be 🔥

@FunlandRobot 2 года назад

Not bad for a zombie outbreak shelter.

@nic_og214 2 года назад

Bro u get tht bit running your untouchable😂

@H_Hold 2 года назад

Begin operation Fortify Brutus

@nikerailfanningttm9046 Год назад

*FALLOUT 5* all I’m saying. This could be a raiders hideout that you have to clear out and then you can use it as your shelter/base.

@Yz4Life Год назад

Lol at 0.2 mph I don’t think your going anywhere in that thing

@eharris6347 3 года назад

Pretty cool Would really been cool to hear stories from the guys who worked with Ole Brutus Bet the operator was very proud and carried himself in a manner

@Codyhainley_fishing 4 года назад

You should go to AEP Recreation land and check out the big Muskie bucket! There’s a great story behind the big Muskie and what it created for today’s outdoorsman

@detroitdiesel-vu3ig 3 года назад

Big Muskie should have never been scrapped

@alphonsotate2982 3 года назад

@@detroitdiesel-vu3ig you are so right it was the largest drag line made

@kevinnobody3052 4 года назад

When I was a kid we learned about Big Brutus and the shovel that was in Ohio doing the same work. That shovels name was Big Muskie. Thanks for the tour. That was interesting.

@superdave380 4 года назад

Big Muskie was a dragline.

@kevinnobody3052 4 года назад

@@superdave380 Yup. I never said the were the same type. I merely said we learned about it when I was a kid.

@Leatherface123. 3 года назад

Big Muskie was a dragline The biggest mobile machine until the bagger 288

@randyclyde4939 2 года назад

I went to college at Pittsburg State, starting in 1960. After a break in schooling and in the Army for 3 years, I returned to Pitt State and was aware of Big Brutus. It was a cool place to take a date and back then when it was working, you could ride up the elevator, exit on the main floor, walk up behind the operator and ask questions. When you got off the elevator you had to be careful as the floor was usually moving where you were stepping. Certainly before OSHA, they'd NEVER let anyone do that now. Great memories of that area, the strip pits and great fishing.

@Kyle_919 2 года назад

I work at a drilling company alongside a BG50 and we just got a new drill that dwarfs all the others. Always amazed me how monumental the machines made by man are

@stewpidaso7145 4 года назад

Just a thought, but imagine dropping a turret from an iowa class battleship on that ring. Would probably work like a charm!

@Ranstone 4 года назад

The third reich had begun creation on super tanks not much smaller than this with battleship sized turrets by 1944. Had the war lasted till the late 1940s, it's believed they would have been ready for action. War historians have speculated that they might have had plans for nuclear capability, although I can find no credible source for that claim.

@stewpidaso7145 4 года назад

@@Ranstone yea the Ratte

@graham2631 4 года назад

@@Ranstone but in reality a waste of time and effort as to large to be very mobile and quickly destroyed by air. Brutus needed a prepared surface to be mobile not a thing you can do in battle. It was foolish waste of resources like that helped us win the war.

@JeffDeWitt 4 года назад

Yes, but with a top speed of .2 MPH you aren't going anywhere very fast!

@captaingeneraltrajann509 4 года назад

@@Ranstone They would’ve never had enough oil to run it, it would’ve had massive down time.

@CrudusViscus 3 года назад

Sad that he'll never run again, but he's still a beautiful beast.

@Leatherface123. 3 года назад

He might

@detroitdiesel-vu3ig 3 года назад

It's actually good he was abandoned. It is probably the reason he still exist. The spade was pressed back into service and died in the pit she was working

@uhaveautism6192 2 года назад

@Cheeto Brutus, is that you?

@TomWatsonB1 4 года назад

I've been there. Definitely worth a side trip if you are in the Pittsburg, KS/ Joplin, MO area.

@VoeViking 4 месяца назад

Thank you for taking the time to show us this amazing machine.

@RobertMiller-n4m Год назад

Went to college in Pittsburg, Ks in the late 60's, early 70''s. Used to get a case of beer and sit and watch Brutis dig for hours. Removed 80 ft. of dirt just to get to a 2ft layer of coal. Created wonderful strip pits that filled with water and created great fishing places..

@luvzmoveez 4 года назад

Excellent adventure. Man can create some astounding machines.

@conservat1vepatr1ot 3 года назад

First few seconds: “are you my mother?” Only the real ones will know.

@nonnaurbisness3013 3 года назад

You're literally sandwiched between comments talking about the same book.

@conservat1vepatr1ot 3 года назад

@@nonnaurbisness3013 I am ? :/

@jameslovdokken 3 года назад

Ngl this made me kinda sad missing my childhood

@1SeanBond 4 года назад

A Fantastic veiw! Thanks for the great tour of this unique and Massive machine! Appreciate the effort's you put into capturing this for us all to see.🙂✌Cheer's🍻

@toothlessbluesboynorman1617 3 года назад

heyyyy! My grandma used to live in cheryville We would visit this for fun as kids. Great video! Thanks for sharing.,going to share this with my family, it's a great part of our past!! ☮️☮️☮️☮️☮️☮️☮️☮️☮️☮️☮️😎

@garyp9906 3 года назад

I live about an hour and a half from Big Brutus and drive by the area several times a year. And yet, I've never been to it. Everyone I know has. Now I have to see it!

@Gardner0871public 4 года назад

“Keep Out” *goes in

@FoxtrotYouniform 2 года назад

Honestly, I really appreciate that something like this was ever even built. It is a beautiful, ridiculous, incredibly special machine and a standout of in the story of human history. Ill bet 1000 years from now they won't care to know who any presidents were but they'll know about this machine like they'll know about the pyramids.

@peterthornton2396 2 года назад

There’s one exactly like this near my home at the st Aidens nature reserve. Was previously an open cast mine. The mine actually flooded in the 90s from the local river bursting its banks. I love it

@rp1645 2 года назад

Thank you so much for walk around of that beast. For everyone out there that want to read the ( BUCYRUS-ERIE) story. Highly recommend getting the book. One hundred Booming years. A History of BUCYRUS-ERIE Company 1880 to 1980. Myself own a little of BUCYRUS-ERIE myself. Bought a 1978 Dynahoe-190. The standard backhoe digging depth was 19 feet. It is powered by a 353 Detroit Diesel. I wanted to own a BE machine myself so badly. The Dynahoe was a powerhouse in the day. But way more expensive than say a Case or JD. A guy who sold them in 70s. Told me my Dynahoe-190 was just under $100 thousand back then. I saw local company that still had them working jobs into the early 2000s.

@murcanfrenchfry9721 3 года назад

This looks like something that would be on a moon in a space movie

@tomrogers9467 3 года назад

Well, it would certainly be a lot lighter up there!

@gonewiththekale 4 года назад

This was a very unexpected delight! You gave him a face, super enjoyable- 11 million pounds worth, thank you 😊

@VIISkies 3 года назад

I'm glad my megalophobia doesn't act up from videos. Actually standing next to Big Brutus would likely send my megalophobia through the roof 😬

@edwardpate6128 2 года назад

The logistics in transporting that there are just hard to comprehend!

@tombrown8829 3 года назад

Located in Kansas just over the Oklahoma border. My whole car club stood in the bucket for a picture. I sat in the operators seat. All the electric motors are stripped out. There was an elevator on it to take the men onto it. Cavernous inside without the motors. . There is a ghost town nearby called Scammon Kansas that used to have only 1 business . An Italian restaurant called Josies t hat was a delicious place to eat. In front of Brutus is a miles long strip mine, now filled with water. Dug by big Brutus. I walked up the top of the boom for a ways. Great view. Its nice to see but its Kansas , so there is nothing else for miles and miles. Nice video

@eaveskc 4 года назад

Imagine it having a small nuclear reactor onboard, like a submarine. It would be unstoppable

@TheJan714 3 года назад

It could fight against the Bagger 288. I'd pay to see this! :D

@andreashansen5313 3 года назад

@@TheJan714 It would be like watching a transformers movie lol

@charlieretro 2 года назад

This thing would be scary alone just going it’s too speed, I’m shocked it can go around 20 mph

@Onyxtinct 3 года назад

Imagine getting the boys together and just coasting across the desert in your land yacht

@salnaturile8653 4 года назад

I think there's one like this in Germany as big if not bigger which is simply abandoned. At least BB is being preserved by being in a museum.

@josephbennett3482 4 года назад

Yes you are correct, there is a massive rotation conveyor shovel in Germany in a very remote location abandoned and slowly decaying , it is incredibly larger than big Brutus

@cds957 Год назад

Great, it's so nice to watch something like this without some loud music with it.

@cephasmartin8593 2 года назад

I was there in the mid-70's when it was just a rusting hulk. I'm glad they've turned it into a state attraction. It is a magnificent machine.

@roamer2u2 4 года назад

If Tony Beets could buy this he would

@Leatherface123. 3 года назад

This can’t dig gold If it at all went near a wet part it would sink

@roamer2u2 3 года назад

Sink to bedrock but still keep digging

@michaelandcolinspop 3 года назад

Tony: “Minnie, Since the f#$&ing dredges are not producing, I’m going to f#$&ing Kansas to take a look at some f#$&ing earthmoving equipment. Mike’s taking the f#$&ing OshKosh. I’ll be back in a couple weeks with some new sh!t for this f#$&ing mine. Have Monica build a new pad. A reeeally f#$&ing big one. Tell her to just level the f#$&ing hill, OK? And we’re gonna need a new f#$&ing wash plant...something that can do about 90 f#$&ing yards a minute. OK? Done.”

@badlandskid 4 года назад

Imagine being the head engineer that had to keep that thing running.

@spooge33 3 года назад

From the days when our country actually made things.

@one.2622 3 года назад

Ok? Stuff is still made today

@CarsCatAliens 3 года назад

Was built in Canada

@Tausend1000 2 года назад

It looks very wholesome, standing there in the field. Just enjoying it’s retirement.

@hagggle3727 2 года назад

I’ve watched this video a handful of times and am still captivated by this engineering marvel every time.

@shawncarroll4096 4 года назад

Was this the Brutus that sat out in a field in Kansas ? If so I climbed all over this massive beast as a freshman at labbete C C in 84

@matthewerwin4677 4 года назад

In the first 2 minutes of video he said it was in Kansas.

@snoopdoggthecertifiedg6777 3 года назад

Come the apocalypse I’m going to be driving this thing around with an upgraded engine and transmission wrecking shit

@danielfinney4295 3 года назад

In my neck of the woods, Southern Ohio, there is a place that is kind of like a fairgrounds but it is called the antique machinery grounds where there is shows every year in August. There are a few steam powered machines that stay there year round, I always said that if an apocalypse happens that's the first place I'm going, get a giant steam powered tractor, at least I wouldn't have to look for gasoline.

@qdaniele97 3 года назад

@@danielfinney4295 Personally, I would go for a 1920s/30s steam lorry. Rubber tires, headlights, enclosed driver's cab and a nice flatbed.

@jackbeets3838 3 года назад

I'm in

@bry756 3 года назад

You're gonna operate it for a grand total of 2 hrs lmao

@dezznutz3743 3 года назад

How do you plan on fueling it? You could cover it in solar panels and it still wont move. Run maybe, but not move.

@CarsCatAliens 3 года назад

Better to be in brutus, then Brutus inside of you!! Seriously though, what a MASSIVE piece of equipment. It was more apparent when you were standing next to the pieces. Amazing engineering