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Bucyrus Erie Class III Drageline

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2 years 2 months ago - 2 years 2 months ago #230932 by Southbound
This thread split from Where am I? thread and image posted by PaulFH reposted here.




I'm not a huge fan of the cooling system on that dragline.

I'd rather have tools that I don't need, than not have the tools I do need.
Last edit: 2 years 2 months ago by Gryphon. Reason: added image from the original post.
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2 years 2 months ago #230935 by Mrsmackpaul

I'm not a huge fan of the cooling system on that dragline.

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2 years 2 months ago #230936 by hayseed
It's still in Operating Order Too, They Fire her up at least Once a year. the Motor has Pistons the size of (if not Bigger) a 60 Litre Drum..!

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2 years 2 months ago #230938 by wee-allis
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2 years 2 months ago #230946 by cobbadog
It sure is impressive.
There is another odd 'walking drag line' down in the Melbourne Steam Museum in operation too.

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2 years 2 months ago #230948 by Dave_64
If it's the same one, had a 240hp 5 cyl Ruston engine, used to have a placard in the park near it, giving a few details about the Murrumbidgee Irrigation channels.
Think the kicked off in the mid thirties, that dragline may not date to exactly then, but would have done a lot of the channelling around there.
When there were still a couple of old truck stops at Narranderra, under the elevated rail bridge, now all sadly gone, used to be some old photos on the walls of some of the channels where they crossed the Sturt Highway around Darlington Point and the Birdcage.

Just as an aside, wasn't all that unusual to see blokes windsurfing on those channels, especially on the weekends.
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2 years 2 months ago #230949 by hayseed

Tell us more, please.


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2 years 2 months ago #230950 by Dave_64
I stand corrected!
275 hp 5 cyl Ruston & Hornsby engine, not 240 hp.

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2 years 2 months ago #230956 by Swishy
How do U produce & store 300 psi compressed air for air stating the beast in about mid 1930's?

Trucks maximum air 120psi .... beyond th@ U need pressure vessel permit/license me thinks


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2 years 2 months ago #230970 by Morris
I went to possibly the first vehicle show at Colleambally about 30 years ago. The venue was not as neat and tidy as it is now. The dragline had the information board but had not been painted. They started it with a Holden motor with belts to the crankshaft, as they had no air start set up.

The walking dragline at the Melbourne Steam Traction Engine Society grounds is a different type, came from the open-cut coal mine in the Latrobe Valley and was restored by HCVCA member Warrick Bryce.

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my nose to the grindstone,
I've put my best foot forward,
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Now I find I can't do any work in this position!
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