Dragline P & H 9020 # 2 Open cut Coal Mining

[@Poita75]

Sad to see ... & I've been there to help her keep going from the beginning ...

[@lozarok]

That you have mate - Thank you !!!

[@parkfarm233]

Great video of a great machine Loza. One of the best and still in good condition thanks to you and the team at Ensham. A real pity about the end of life, but that's mining I guess. Still the best place I ever worked. Thanks for the video mate. Take care.

[@lozarok]

Respect Parksy - she will be missed

[@jadilsonalvesdasilva7192]

Grande máquina muito bom excelente 👏👏👏 parabéns pelo vídeo 👏👏👏 parabéns

[@nder12345]

Any chance of a walk around the engine room. I’ve always wanted to see one up close. But closest I will ever get is seeing the boom from the highway in the hunter

[@parkfarm233]

Videos of the inside are on KZbin. Loza has made one on his channel, and I put one up more than 10 years ago.

[@Poita75]

Link to Loza's walk around inside: kzbin.info/www/bejne/amrHZWWvnpuJkMk

[@lozarok]

cheers boys

[@miningshovel]

Such a shame to park an as-new dragline...which is the #1 machine that is cut for scrap? Btw nice video as always ;-)

[@parkfarm233]

Michael, this is one of four machines that are probably all going to the scrapper's torches. Sad but a fact of the times I'm afraid. Nobody wants big draglines any more it seems.

[@miningshovel]

@@parkfarm233 Very sad to hear that Ensham open pit is shutting down, even more after all the effort that was put into rebuilding DL01...Yeah, I know that's been quite a while ago ;-) Maybe today's mining engineers don't learn about the benefits of draglines, but there are definitely enough sites to keep every single one running if only they wanted to...

[@lozarok]

@@parkfarm233 its sad mate for sure

[@bethanyhaskiell9116]

Are they gonna try to sale them first I would hate for the 9020 and 8750 get the torch

[@parkfarm233]

@@bethanyhaskiell9116 All the Ensham draglines have been for sale for sometime, but nobody seems to want them.

[@bethanyhaskiell9116]

Is this the 9020 at Ensham and why is it being parked

[@parkfarm233]

End of mine life for the open-cut.

[@lozarok]

end of an era mate