Another ride

[HaMeR]

Well about a month or so ago we went for a ride one sunny but windy Sunday afternoon. We like all sorts of different things & luckily our area presents this for us.

Red winged Blackbird


Cab & bucket from a large stripping shovel here called The Silver Spade. I've posted a link to the Spade before I think. That is my 1/2 ton Silverado next to it. 


Another Spade bucket pic from a different angle. The truck really is small isn't it. 


A much much smaller shovel.


A little baby Drag Line.


An old drilling rig. This was probably used to drill limestone where they only needed to go 2-10' deep. Also on the rare occasion many years ago before the larger dozers with rippers of today they would have to shoot a stubborn coal vein.

[Bopeye]

I'm gonna have to show my dad this drilling rig. He loves oil field history. His Mecca is Titusville, PA. where they dug the first hand dug oil well in the states. Hopefully, I can take him there some day. 

Cool pics Hamer. 

[FinsnFur]

I missed this one. HaMeR you shoulda drove up in that bucket and took a pic.

[alscalls]

Way cool! 

[HaMeR]

Glad I could help Bop. Maybe we'll take some more detailed pics of that little rig. 

The Muskie bucket will hold 6 cars. 

Thanks Al. It aint too far from you either. 

[GunDog]

Cool pics HaMer 

[HaMeR]

Thanks GunDog. Diane is taking some real good ones isn't she? 

[Tikaani]

Very nice pictures of that old equipment.  I like that kind of stuff, thanks for sharing.

John

[HaMeR]

You're Welcome John. We got some more pics of an average size for around here drag line today. This one has the walking pads on it.

[shaddragger]

  She's getting good with that camera HaMer, looking at the lighting and angles and everything! I like seein that old stuff, too!

[Yotehntr]

   Cool pics Hammer!  Makes the ol 1/2 ton look like a toy don't it!

[HaMeR]

Thanks shad. Diane is self taught but is thinking about camera classes. 

Not much of a truck is it Brad.  The Muskie bucket in the other post is waaaay bigger then this bucket too. 

[pitw]

HaMeR I do like them pics and I always thought that old shovel was just a Bugs Bunny thingy .  I'd like to see that one up close and personal.  Your red winged blackbirds don't have as much red on them as some around here .

[HaMeR]

That black bird is a bit odd Barry. It's one of the few I've seen like that too. Most of ours have the big bright patch like you're referring to. And we just happen to be heading out there today to get some pics for Daddy Bop so we'll get you some closeups too. 

[HaMeR]

This rig was used to haul coal out of the pits in a hurry. They would load it up & run it to a coal yard & when they got there they would just drive up over the pile & open the bottom of the hauler & spread the coal across the pile. Close the gates back up when it's empty & boogie back to the pit. I can only imagine the amount of coal this 1 rig hauled in it's lifetime. 

[Bills Custom Calls]

Is that a Euclid

I bet you will find a couple of them at the old Spring Industries gravel pit just across the way from you I ran one very similar to that back in the early 80's

[HaMeR]

It's a 60 ton Dart.

60 TON DART BOTTOM DUMP - Manufactured by the Dart Co. in the late 1950's. This was the largest hauler at the time it was manufactured. With its 60 ton capacity, it hauled coal from the mining area, to the tipple, where the coal was off-loaded (some processed, some left raw) and loaded into railroad cars, Boich Mining President, Abe Bryan, donated this.


Here's a link to the equipment we've been photographing with info on the various pieces there. Go down to "Our Collection".
http://www.hcrhp.org/collection.htm

[GunDog]

HaMer - My Dad use to call them blackbirds with the colorful wing like the one in your pic a Rain Crow. I'm not real sure where he got it from but around here we still call them that ... 

[HaMeR]

Never heard em called Rain Crows before but then again I haven't been everywhere. I just know that if the ODNR puts a crow tag on em I'm gonna put a bead on em. 

[Bills Custom Calls]

I thought the Red Wing Black Bird was a Song Bird