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| PAmining posted Check out this little walking dragline! The Bucyrus Erie 180-W was introduced in 1954 and was offered until 1965, with a total of 16 units being produced. Bucket capacities ranged from 4-6 cubic yards. This particular unit was purchased new in 1964, and went to work dredging sand for a paint company in New Jersey. In the late 1970s, the entire machine was rebuilt, and later traded for a modern day dredge. Then, in the mid 1980s, it was sold and relocated to the anthracite coal fields of Pennsylvania, where it would spend the rest of its days until being scrapped in the early 2000s. This particular machine swung a 6 yard bucket on 120’ of boom! Interesting fact: The site this 180-W dug sand at, sat adjacent to the NAES Lakehurst Air Force Base, where the Hindenburg airship disaster occurred in 1937. Gary Pappy Heiland: Ever wonder how to pronounce Bucyrus? McKay company sold them a lot of welding wire and welding sticks. We had to be sure the call it Beau as in Beauty, sigh rus. Beausighrus. Jay Wilson: New version of the Monighan 5-W. After B-E bought Monighan. PAmining: Jay Wilson correct, supposedly beefed up as well. Gary Baguley: If you look at value for money invested, this machine is a legend. |
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But there are piles of materials so something must be active.
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