Hulett Iron Ore Unloader (Hulett Eisenerzentladekran) aus Märklin Metallbaukasten Messe Faszination Modellbau, Sinsheim 2009
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@chuckeberth43702 жыл бұрын
One of the most fascinating pieces of machinery ever made. To see it operate in scale is even better.
@markschweter63712 жыл бұрын
Just ran across operational videos of the Cleveland ones... Didn't know the operator rode up/down just above the clamshell scoops.
@ScumfuckMcDoucheface2 жыл бұрын
@@markschweter6371 isn't that just too freakin' cool? I guess it would really help with field of view eh haha what a job that would have been
@HighlanderNorth12 жыл бұрын
🤔 You mean ^this isn't full scale? I thought it looked a bit small, but I just chalked that up to the cargo ships on the great lakes being MUCH smaller than ocean-going ships.... 😁
@adamseidel89012 жыл бұрын
I think this will go down as one of the coolest industrial inventions ever to be made.
@TheEsseboy2 жыл бұрын
Naaah, that price goes to Jetturbines or Computer chips.
@Baribrotzer2 жыл бұрын
@@TheEsseboy Adam S. probably means Industrial Revolution: Old-school mechanical stuff like this, which could have run on steam even though it didn't directly.
@TheEsseboy2 жыл бұрын
@@Baribrotzer Booring, it will just be a side note.
@rogerb56154 жыл бұрын
I've seen the real things in operation on Lake Erie ore docks. This model appears very accurate and skillfully made.
@mikekmit60454 жыл бұрын
I worked on them, at Republic Steel from 1978-1984, and this VERY accurate.
@6996brandyl3 жыл бұрын
@@mikekmit6045 My grandfather work at Republic Steel in Youngstown
@mikekmit60453 жыл бұрын
@@6996brandyl I was in Cleveland.
@ThisIsGoogle2 жыл бұрын
Thanks expert
@jannejohansson33832 жыл бұрын
I want see model nails in same scale ;) Nice thing, sadly they doesn't want to dirty it.. some "ore" would be nice to claw.
@gilzor93763 жыл бұрын
It really is great to know there are people like yourself Georg. This is not only a great display of your incredible talent, but it is the next best thing to the preservation of history ie: the birth of the industrial age. Ever since high school years personally reading about Henry Fords Rouge Plant, I've admired what George Hulett did for improving this task, lowering the cost of emptying a ship by over 75%. It is nice to know that, despite the last ones finally gone, the Cleveland Port Authority saved 2 of them for future assembly and display. Thank you for sharing.
@42lookc5 жыл бұрын
What an incredible build! Besides building skills, this guy must read blueprints very well.
@pables64 Жыл бұрын
My father was a merchant Marine shipping taconite and when I was 15 I got to take a trip with him I was so lucky to get to see the hewlets in action before the self unloaders took over thanks for posting
@roberttuss53493 жыл бұрын
I got to see them in Cleveland when they were being decommissioned. There was one still standing. It was trying to be preserved, but I'm quite sure the effort failed. The model here is fantastic.
@gilzor93763 жыл бұрын
there gone, but they saved 2 and stored them away
@Danny_Boel2 жыл бұрын
the trouble is that they're made out of steel and that ultimately turns in to rust...
@jaysontadlock18712 жыл бұрын
That steel will last a very long time if painted and looked after
@Danny_Boel2 жыл бұрын
@@jaysontadlock1871 true but that costs money, and it's no Golden Gate Bridge nor an Eiffel Tower. It was a tool that outlived its usefulness
@JerMannski12 жыл бұрын
Each Hulett (always installed in batteries of 2 or 4), was 90 feet tall and weighed around 880 tons. The Huletts on Cleveland's C&P Ore Docks could move 17 tons of ore in one bite.
@jaysontadlock18712 жыл бұрын
There is one example of a single hulit that worked solo in NYC unloading garbage barges.
@123TeeMee2 жыл бұрын
That's like 3 elephants
@3markaw2 жыл бұрын
@@jaysontadlock1871 Any idea of where in NYC it was located ?
@mikedelaney65853 ай бұрын
C&O Toledo had three.
@mikedelaney65853 ай бұрын
Conneaut had 5.
@ronnieg63582 жыл бұрын
What a brilliant Mecano model! Accurate in every detail. Just the thing to preserve the memory of these impressive machines.
@raykudlak47132 жыл бұрын
Saw in action in Cleveland in late 1940's / early 1950's. (Thanks, Dad!). You are a skilled modeller and this Hulett is exceptional! Ray
@melvinmulder775018 күн бұрын
Ever since I learned about the Hulett unloaders, I’ve wanted to see a working model. This guy built one out of an erector set! Fantastic!
@normpowell3566 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for building a scale model of a piece of history
@SteamCrane5 ай бұрын
I've been around Huletts in real life. He got a lot of details correct that Walthers didn't. Wonderful model.
@ErieRadio2 жыл бұрын
The car underneath that dropped the material into rail cars or into a storage pile behind the machine was called a “Larry car”… the operator of that was called a “Larry man”. 3 people worked the machine… the Hulett operator sitting immediately above the bucket or scoop… the Larry man and the oiler who would keep the machine greased and oiled.
@ModelingSteelinHO12 жыл бұрын
Hulett Ore Unloader, " A work of mechanical Art ". Thanks for sharing.
@oni1013 жыл бұрын
Best use of an Erector Set EVER!
@AdventureDriver2 жыл бұрын
That is brilliant. The time, the effort, the expertise, beautiful.
@ovalwingnut2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic! just watched a "history of this Hulett". Really amazing. A SpaceX or their time. Wonderful model. Thank you!
@haroldalexis42002 жыл бұрын
That's fantastic! That model is the next and practically identical & 💯realstic. Wish I had one on the layout. Wonderful & excellent craftsmanship. 👍✅
@CTK12014 жыл бұрын
That model is Fantastic! The Operator did a Wonderful job on the controls.
@RR19762 жыл бұрын
I would love to see more people talking about and exploring that machine, the most beautiful thing ever created from metal at that time.
@brsrc7592 жыл бұрын
That is just so cool! If they can't exist in full scale, at least there's an RC version still 🤙
@KevTheBusDriver4 жыл бұрын
This is an impressive model of a really massive bit of kit - well done!
@chuckeberth43704 жыл бұрын
Looks fantastic and works just as well.
@godbluffvdgg2 жыл бұрын
Ladies and Gentlemen. THAT is what obsession looks like!...Amazing model and as beautiful in action as the big boys...:)
@peteacher523 жыл бұрын
Up to about the mid-60s, boys would vie with each other in contest for the best Meccano set - Xmas and b-day presents were often a supplementary piece for the set, if lucky, the coveted clockwork motor! It was well engineered, often being passed by fathers to sons and grandsons. Then the Chinese got hold of it and you could only buy specific sets to make a particular model; childhood imagination was booted out - until Leggo arrived.
@chessiesystemrailfanman37412 жыл бұрын
Xmas??? Don't take the Christ out of Christmas!!
@Baribrotzer2 жыл бұрын
This is beautiful, and it looks like it was done with some sort of Meccano set. One thing that amazed me about the full-sized version: See that little window just above the main grab? THAT's where the primary operator's cab is, way out at the end! There seemed to be a secondary operator, too, controlling the release that loads the hopper cars. A triumph of 19th Century engineering!
@beeble20032 жыл бұрын
Yes, two "drivers" -- one just above the bucket and one for the release into the hoppers. Plus a couple of other operators, who I think were keeping all the motors and so on working smoothly.
@bigredc2222 жыл бұрын
With all the ore dust getting into everything, they must have been a maintenance nightmare keeping them running, and that dust couldn't have been to good for operators' lungs.
@tpep16932 жыл бұрын
That's pretty impressive !
@Alex_Eicher3 жыл бұрын
A genius video from George Eggman...
@christophercharles96452 жыл бұрын
It's really cool - it looks like it's made mainly from Erector Set-style materials. Nice job!
@modelsof190012 жыл бұрын
Eine absolut gigantische Maschine im Original. Und ein phantastischer Modellbau! Und ausgerechnet 2009 war ich nicht auf der Messe. Glückwunsch zu dieser feinen Arbeit! Schau auch dieses Video "Hulett ore unloader"
@johnm99413 жыл бұрын
That is so cool! I believe the Hulets were last used in Ohio in 1990 and then they we're all dismantled. Truly awesome old school behemoths from a bygone age. I could watch them for hours.
@gilzor93763 жыл бұрын
South Chicago used 2 of them for coal till 2002, took them out 2010
@beeble20032 жыл бұрын
It was a bit later than 1990 in Ohio. I think it was actually 1998, but don't take that as gospel.
@Gunz9112 жыл бұрын
Excellent job fantastic model very cool
@LeeKresser2 жыл бұрын
Love this realistic model!!!
@fxsrider3 ай бұрын
Now we just need a train with glasses ready for that to crush ice and drop some into each glass.
@ShakepearesDaughter Жыл бұрын
Thank you. Great model. I love it.
@markhill22793 ай бұрын
Great job on that!…an early forerunner of robotics!!
@djhaloeight4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely amazing! What an awesome machine! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
@tommccafferty55914 жыл бұрын
My dad was a Larry Car Operator. (The car underneath that dropped the ore into the train cars.)
@ErieRadio2 жыл бұрын
Which port did your dad work in? My uncle was a Hulett operator at Conneaut.
@tommccafferty55912 жыл бұрын
@@ErieRadio He worked on the A&B Dock in Ashtabula.
@rogerhaag90692 жыл бұрын
AMAZING!!! I saw a documentary about these!!
@ljts75872 жыл бұрын
Now that’s skill. Amazing machine to replicate too. Well done Sir.
@sheep1ewe4 жыл бұрын
Amazing! I realy love Meccano too!
@olduhfguy3 ай бұрын
A fascinating relic of our industrial might,
@haydenjones15592 жыл бұрын
Much cheaper and way faster to use a rotating ore reclaimer and a shoot load out. Can fill 140t into a wagon in under 10 sec.
@RHJ32 жыл бұрын
Best Hulett Model Ever! I need one for my model Railroad!
@ajb0711 жыл бұрын
Walthers make an HO version of the Hulett Unloader - see product no 933-2966 on the Walthers website. You can also download the instructions, which give an idea as to the complexity of the model
@bcferriesman14382 жыл бұрын
it would have been really cool if he made it able to pick up stuff like sand or something and dump it into model train cars
@kelleysimonds59452 жыл бұрын
Gorgeous model, fantastic!
@jagc19692 жыл бұрын
Unbelievable!! A real masterpiece !! It would be great to watch it directly. Is there any change to get the blueprints for a Hulett Unloader? I would like to build one in H0 scale. There is no way to get the Walthers' kit.
@woxof466 ай бұрын
Sadly enough this little model is going to be the largest existing Hulett unloader left, Cleveland plans to scrap the last two within a few months
@htc660012 жыл бұрын
Magnificent!
@stranraerwal4 жыл бұрын
incredible! Chapeau!
@philipbrutz21753 жыл бұрын
Excellent work
@moosesnWoop2 жыл бұрын
Very cool model! The actual unloaders are rusting away on the ground right now..
@solo2r2 жыл бұрын
incredible !
@JerMannski12 жыл бұрын
This is a very well done model... The detail in the movement of each part featured is very accurate to how the actual Huletts operated. The speed is perfect, too. I am amazed at the detail that includes the hopper in the gantry that weighs the ore. Can someone tell me the name of the model-maker, and where the model is located now? Check out the "Hulett Iron Ore Unloaders" on Facebook.
@roberthoury40346 ай бұрын
Very nice, thank you!
@ProfessorIgor Жыл бұрын
is there a single Hullett still standing anywhere on the planet ? The Whiskey Island Hulletts are laying in a pile.
@ChefKevinRiese2 жыл бұрын
Awesome toy!
@budlistar53123 ай бұрын
I understand that the operator sat in the little window above the bucket, is that right? I know there were more than just him but, dang. I bet he hated to ride in an elevator when he wasn’t working.
@arnoldmayii35634 жыл бұрын
Wow, thats pretty cool!
@krisnajdala65122 жыл бұрын
this is incredible
@kevsbuild28072 жыл бұрын
I assume this was made from Meccano, (vid quality too poor to tell once digitised) as such it is wonderful, I'd love to see a HD version of it.
@williamschlenger15184 жыл бұрын
Amazing machines but where did you find a Hulett?
@williamjackson57673 жыл бұрын
Love it really great for what it is
@jsallscales78562 ай бұрын
That is incredible. I need at least 6😂
@douglashurd8652 Жыл бұрын
Ruff and tuff industrial bliss and noise .
@justtim97674 жыл бұрын
I love it, great job. Is this kit model, or did you build it from scratch?
@johnfellows28673 жыл бұрын
Looks like it was built from mostly Meccano.
@cleenrockdog67973 жыл бұрын
With a little help from the hand of god the ore loader got down to business
@vishalkrishan89884 жыл бұрын
wow simply wow
@robertbate5790Ай бұрын
Incredible 👍👍👍🇬🇧
@dresdoholic3 жыл бұрын
2021 youtube algorythm brought me here
@cavemanballistics63382 жыл бұрын
I have never seen one that was painted Green?
@PortCharmers14 жыл бұрын
Great work what scale is that in? just to get an idea of the size of these machines.
@dd313car4 жыл бұрын
It's scale 1 : 32
@the_retag3 жыл бұрын
The rails give you a good hint at the size
@tracynation28202 жыл бұрын
Super. 💙 T.E.N.
@tracynation2394 жыл бұрын
Excellent video. ♡ T.E.N.
@kevindownie81024 жыл бұрын
a great model I are going to try and make this but I would to know where to get plans from
@nfk25904 жыл бұрын
In 2008 I bought detailed H0 scale (1:87) drawings from Mr. Michael L. Rabitt, Wayne, PA. This drawings enabled me to understand the hidden construction and function of the ore hoppers. I learned the very special kinematics of the bucket which is doen't simply open the shells but shifts one of them to get an eccentric pick up area from a German technical book about cranes. You can find the editet drawing on my site: metallbaukasten-nkl.magix.net/alle-alben/!/oa/6036912-111458386/
@kevindownie81024 жыл бұрын
@@nfk2590 do you know where can buy ho scale 1.87 drawings from
@nfk25904 жыл бұрын
You can find Mr. Rabbitt's address on: daveayers.com/Modeling/Steel_Huletts.htm He sells more than 20 drawings sets from steel industry plants (steelmills, blast furnaces, coke plants etc.). Drawing set #5: HULETT ORE UNLOADERS: Plans, elevations, sections, details and several design variations of a “classic” Hulett Unloader of the early 20th century. Includes elevations of ore bridges and a section through a lake front blast furnace plant. Five sheets, 2' x 3', H0 scale.
@kevindownie81024 жыл бұрын
can any body tell where ican buy 24 wheels for the hullet crane
@vosifle2 жыл бұрын
Super!
@killerkane19572 жыл бұрын
Very well done!!
@cosprint Жыл бұрын
WOW just WOW.
@jeroendesterke97392 жыл бұрын
I'd LOVE to know what electric motors he's used?
@nfk25902 жыл бұрын
The motors are small industrial 24 VDC gear motors from Buehler or Maxon.
@DiggerEvans4 жыл бұрын
Splendid
@jasonw49323 жыл бұрын
All that detail...and he has to nudge it with his finger to get going...
@wkruit3 жыл бұрын
Even the transformer is Märklin!
@daidhippie3 жыл бұрын
Merkur ;-)) Top toy
@willie9244110 жыл бұрын
Do Marklin makes this model of the Hulett Iron Ore Unloader ?
@digimaks5 жыл бұрын
Walthers cornerstone does.
@lawrencelewis81054 жыл бұрын
@@digimaks this is made from Meccano. Like an erector set but 100 times better.
@raysaikus21734 жыл бұрын
Our organization is and has been championing the preservation of the last two Huletts and that are resting taken apart on Whiskey Island in Cleveland Ohio www.citizensvision.org
@RR19762 жыл бұрын
Did they use any of these Hulet's over it Europe?
@nfk25902 жыл бұрын
No, because Huletts need a costal environment without tides.
@davidtempleton26222 жыл бұрын
Just a minute now. If a Hulett was used to unload garbage barges in the New York City area, then it would have to have been able to deal with some tides unless the unloading took place in a basin in which the water level was controlled by dam(s) and lock(s). New York Harbor, and the connected waters including the Hudson River as far North as roughly Troy, are tidal. Admittedly, barges are relatively shallow from rail to the bottom of the cargo space and the normal variations in the vertical distance between the rails on which the unloaders translate parallel to the long axis of the barges and either of the above elevations on the barges probably presented minimal challenges to the applications engineer who designed the installation. In comparison, consider: . The water level at the shoreline of North America's Great Lakes can vary by several feet, although not as frequently or predictably as in tidal waters. . The vertical distance from the rails on which the whole Hulett translates along the dock to either the rail or the bottom of the cargo holds of a bulk carrying "lake boat" can change by tens of feet as the cargo is removed, although the maximum downward reach required of the bucket is somewhat lessened because the whole boat rises as cargo is removed. The Hulett is not required to be able to reach the bottom of a full hold. Oddly, within the last 36 hours I watched video of an operation in a UK harbor in which coal was being unloaded from an ocean-going bulk carrier (Think: ocean-going 1000-footer -300+ meters long- with beefier hull, slightly more freeboard, an ocean going bow and no self unloading gear.) Unloading the ship, and reportedly destined to join the Huletts on the rust pile when the UK stops importing coal to feed power plants in a couple of years were several cranes which resembled none in common use today so much as they did those commonly used today to handle internodal shipping containers between ships and land. With such a machine as a starting point, keep the squat tower that translates parallel to the long axis of the ship; also keep the horizontal boom that projects both seaward and landward from this tower, complete with the hinges and bracing that allow the seaward end of the boom to be raised so as to clear the superstructures of ships docking or undocking. Likewise keep the trolley that travels along the boom with its collection of winches and brakes and operator station positioned on the landward end of the trolley so the seated operator can view the load suspended from the winch cables more or less between hir toes. (Work in progress; more content to follow.)
@TheGryxter2 жыл бұрын
Kinda looks like it was made from the toy I had as a kid...Erector Set.
@brianstratton87672 жыл бұрын
Yeah, does look similar except for green paint. I had remnants of an Erector set; made & ran the car but didn't have enough stuff for Ferris wheel. Oh well..
@BaronvonBavert15 жыл бұрын
super, wahsinn
@gunsaway12 жыл бұрын
Wow!
@dsc02733 жыл бұрын
Man they must use small ships these days.
@menguardingtheirownwallets67913 жыл бұрын
I still think that a long vertical chain of buckets (each bucket attached to a large chain), emptying into a conveyor-belt at the top end, would have been better, faster, and more efficient than these rather 'slow' Hulett unloaders. It is possible to shield the links in the chain from the effects of the iron ore dust.
@gilzor93763 жыл бұрын
This design still dropped the cost of unloading by 77%
@Alex-uy7pc3 жыл бұрын
Now where's the lego one?
@erwinlommer1972 жыл бұрын
I've always wondered why they used rigid arms for the excavator scoops instead of hanging wires? Like if you look at draglines with their boom and bucket hanging from cables you get what I mean. Of course I don't mean using draglines as is, but surely the hanging configuration with the buckets coming down vertically could work? Is it because of wind or the saltwater or something else? Maybe they didnt have strong cables back in the day or soemthing?
@nfk25902 жыл бұрын
Erwin, the hanging ropes were used before Mr. Hulett invented this type of Ore Unloader. With hanging ropes the bucket can only pick up the ore lying directly under an opening in the deck of the ship. In these earls days therefore a lot of men has to shovel the ore manually to the areas straight under the openings of the hold. In contrast the rigid and rotable leg with eccentric opening bucket shells covers the complete hold area. This actually is the essential feature of Mr. Hulett's invention. Please watch this video to learn about this unique machine: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4Otl6GhZ7hmaZI
@nfk25907 жыл бұрын
More about the construction of the model: www.nzmeccano.com/image-31054
@TheTelstar00810 жыл бұрын
Maccano..?
@MrRichard570004 жыл бұрын
mechano?right?
@TheTelstar0084 жыл бұрын
@Carl Napp Thanks Carl, a great working model of the Hulett which I find fascinating to watch along with the film clips of the real machines working unloading ore from ships here on KZbin, they look like dinosaurs from another planet..! Thanks for the info as I did not know Marklin made an equivalent to meccano..! Great stuff and thanks again.
@fafnir-fasolt2 жыл бұрын
Märklin Metallbaukasten I think, however like Meccano
@TheTelstar0082 жыл бұрын
@@fafnir-fasolt Yes indeed, ''danke'' for your reply..!
@JohnRinNoHo3 жыл бұрын
Men: Fantastic! Incredible! Impressive! Amazing! Wow! Splendid! Great! etc. Women : How cute!
@livolsim9 жыл бұрын
What scale?
@jamiesmith18818 жыл бұрын
I believe 1/1000 th cuze real haulers were huge
@bsmith45257 жыл бұрын
Clearly NOT 1/1000 -- this model is at least 2 feet long, which would imply that the original was at least 2,000 feet long!
@marcusfoshie46424 жыл бұрын
You could get you some charcoal and grind it up and you'll be in business