Big Muskie: The Ultimate Giant

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The Big Muskie was a model 4250-W dragline and was the only one ever built by the Bucyrus-Erie.
With a 220-cubic-yard (170 m3) bucket, it was the largest single-bucket digging machine ever created and one of the world's largest mobile earth-moving machines alongside the Ohio-based Marion 6360 stripping shovel called The Captain and the German bucket wheel excavators of the Bagger 288 and Bagger 293 family.
The bucket alone could hold two Greyhound buses side by side.
It took over 200,000 man hours to construct over a period of about two years and cost $25 million in 1969, the equivalent of $185 million today adjusted for inflation.
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@brianshell4111
@brianshell4111 11 ай бұрын
Why, just why . It should of stayed as a national treasure
@samanli-tw3id
@samanli-tw3id 7 ай бұрын
Just like Big Brutus
@BlackPill-pu4vi
@BlackPill-pu4vi 5 ай бұрын
The unrepentant avarice of the bean counters caused Big Muskie's demise. The Bureau of Mines should've placed an injunction against its destruction and lobbied Congress to to negotiate with the company to jointly save the dragline as a museum piece. Big Muskie, the Silver Spade, GEM of Egypt, and maybe a few select examples of huge mining dump trucks, should've been saved in a Bureau of Mines museum site.
@Νικόλαος-θ1σ
@Νικόλαος-θ1σ 4 ай бұрын
ΤΕΡΑΣΤΙΑ τα έξοδα για να γίνει αυτό. Μόνο λίγες εκατοντάδες μέτρα από το τελευταίο σημείο που ήταν όταν σταμάτησαν να λειτουργούν, θα μπορούσε να διατηρηθούν. Και θα ήταν ωραίο! ​@@BlackPill-pu4vi
@KeakumtheShadow
@KeakumtheShadow 7 ай бұрын
I live local to Big Muskie. My grandpa took me to see the machine in 1999 a month before demolition began, I was only 6 and don't remember alot of it but I remember being in utter amazement of how massive it was. The bucket still leaves me in awe no matter how many times I see it. I fish the lakes and camp in the hills formed by its mark on that land. If you didn't know the history of the ReCreation lands you would never know that it was once a mine. To the untrained eye the landscape in modern day looks like any other part of surrounding appalachia. I love that place. There was once a point that the real good fishing ponds were inaccessible unless you had a capable 4WD (not to sound like a hick but a mud or off-road tire and at least a 3-4 inch lift) as the "road" that went to them was more of a mud trail. Now that the road is graded/graveled yearly the ponds are getting polluted with the higher traffic and use. A beautiful place to make a trip to, the surrounding area holds so much history.
@ItDontComeEasy
@ItDontComeEasy 8 ай бұрын
I was Lucky enough to see this as a young lad, even from a distance it Dominated the landscape.
@miked7718
@miked7718 9 ай бұрын
Great video. I saw Big Muskie once from the air, flying out of Akron-Canton. I never knew it existed before that and was amazed.
@harleysandbeer5991
@harleysandbeer5991 Жыл бұрын
That would have been a dream come true to operate that for any amount of time
@miningshorts
@miningshorts Жыл бұрын
Same here sir :D
@craigdonnelly2290
@craigdonnelly2290 10 ай бұрын
I remember going to the assembly site to see it develop. The company made it like a little park to watch from.
@MachineryMastery-b1o
@MachineryMastery-b1o Ай бұрын
Every time I see an excavator at work, it is like watching a giant metal beast.
@mikegray1171
@mikegray1171 5 ай бұрын
My Dad worked on Big Muskie. I'm not sure if he helped build it. But I can remember him telling me about it. He also worked on the Gem of Egypt.
@iainpaton1865
@iainpaton1865 Жыл бұрын
Keep the great videos coming friend from Scotland 😊
@miningshorts
@miningshorts Жыл бұрын
Thank you for you comment, Iain. Always a pleasure reading you! :D
@hillbilly4christ638
@hillbilly4christ638 7 ай бұрын
I got to see this in operation when I was in the Boy Scouts back in the early seventies.
@jeffbangkok
@jeffbangkok 8 ай бұрын
My agriculture class toured this in 1971. Also the land reclamation from it's work.
@barberjeff67
@barberjeff67 5 ай бұрын
I'm interested in the cable supplying the electricity to this machine. It's not like plugging in an extension cord!
@MikeBarbarossa
@MikeBarbarossa Ай бұрын
"It needs to be retired to a museum" "We're gonna need a bigger museum"
@wheels-n-tires1846
@wheels-n-tires1846 11 ай бұрын
The weight of a WWII heavy cruiser...or a six pack of destroyers!! Wow. Crazy that it didnt self-power though. I assumed itd of had diesel gensets!!!
@MOZ79HH
@MOZ79HH 8 ай бұрын
😢 So Sad, you have to keep and preserve History ..
@TheGondal86
@TheGondal86 6 ай бұрын
RIP you marvel of engineering
@davefleming1117
@davefleming1117 Жыл бұрын
A true ONE OF.. legend
@miningshorts
@miningshorts Жыл бұрын
100%
@معلمالمعلم-ط4ل
@معلمالمعلم-ط4ل Жыл бұрын
شكرا على الاسلوب الرائع لتقديم المحتوى
@sharonfieber6458
@sharonfieber6458 5 ай бұрын
Land monster machine! Bucket wheel monsters 14000 tons!
@MartenFerret
@MartenFerret 5 ай бұрын
Imagine a tractor so big you need a demolition team to take it down.
@cuenkriyanto238
@cuenkriyanto238 7 ай бұрын
Bucketnya terlalu kecil,untuk ukuran mesin Segede itu,, harusnya d buat 3x lebih besar bucketnya.. supaya imbang dgn bobot mesin utama
@John-c4b6y
@John-c4b6y 6 ай бұрын
Shame on all involved in the destruction of what should have been a national landmark.
@BlackPill-pu4vi
@BlackPill-pu4vi 5 ай бұрын
The unrepentant avarice of the bean counters caused Big Muskie's demise. The Bureau of Mines should've sued the company to prevent its destruction and lobbied Congress to to negotiate with the company to jointly save the dragline as a museum piece. Too many incredible feats of engineering have been lost due to shortsightedness.
@Excavator_bulldozer_TV
@Excavator_bulldozer_TV Жыл бұрын
Luar biasa
@egorchirkashenko1091
@egorchirkashenko1091 6 ай бұрын
Now you can build another one with price of airbus a380
@kobusdutoitbosman6240
@kobusdutoitbosman6240 11 ай бұрын
most certainly do NOT undetstand why you had to go and destroy it😡⁉️ You could’ve maintained it and kept it visible for generations to come…❓❓❓
@BlackPill-pu4vi
@BlackPill-pu4vi 5 ай бұрын
The unrepentant avarice of the bean counters caused Big Muskie's demise. The Bureau of Mines should've filed for a court order to prevent its destruction and lobbied Congress to to negotiate with the company to jointly save the dragline as a museum piece. Too many incredible feats of engineering have been lost due to shortsightedness.
@woodhonky3890
@woodhonky3890 Жыл бұрын
I wonder how it got it's name?
@miningshorts
@miningshorts Жыл бұрын
That I’m not sure sadly
@davefleming1117
@davefleming1117 Жыл бұрын
The Muskingham mine i do believe
@chuckg6039
@chuckg6039 11 ай бұрын
Big musky fish are regularly taken from lakes in the area.
@jeffbangkok
@jeffbangkok 8 ай бұрын
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muskingum_River
@معلمالمعلم-ط4ل
@معلمالمعلم-ط4ل Жыл бұрын
لماذا يتم حذف تعليقي
@dmacallister
@dmacallister 5 ай бұрын
Draglines not only release pollutants directly but also contribute massively to climate change by excavating vast amounts of coal. When burned, this coal emits enormous quantities of carbon dioxide and other harmful pollutants daily, monthly, and annually.
@brentrussell780
@brentrussell780 4 ай бұрын
I don't think anyone asked you about climate change there dinglenuts
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