Hulett bucket_operation02.mov

2nd take, different view...test render of operating components of a Great Lakes Hulett ore unloader leg; more to follow as the project progresses.

[@Damien.D]

The most amazing thing of these unloading cranes is the fact that the operator rode the bucket. The control cab of the whole enormous machine was on the bucket. Working with such a machine would have felt like taming a riding a diplodocus.

[@donoleksa4257]

Hello, great video! I'm a HO scale model railroader and I am working on building a 3D model of the Hullet. Would love to see more detail on what makes the buckets open? Upon watching the video, it looks like the chains are not under tension when the buckets are opening, so what is making them open?

[@keigger1]

That is a very good question, I always wondered what made them open myself, and I too want to build a hullet for a HO set-up, I'm going to find out for us both and I'll report back, I live in Cleveland, about 3 miles from where these are laying in the weeds, well what's left of them anyways😢

[@Kontrolleuchte]

Brilliant! Why did they bother with the sideways movement? Or could the bucket open and close at any lateral position?

[@localcrew]

The hold of an ore freighter is one long contiguous area. The hatches that the loader drops through is relatively narrow. The loader would drop through the opening and swivel 90 degrees and extend to the side in order to get the ore that wasn’t directly beneath the hatch opening.

[@Kontrolleuchte]

@@localcrew thanks, amazing piece of engineering!

[@betaii5569]

amazing