Linkbelt LS78 Clamshell Bucket

[@deanmccartney5021]

I ran a 4210 and a 5299 American on a barge for years. Brings back a lot of memories for me.

[@rustybloodsaltysoul8640]

Not many veterans of the cables left like you guys. Most of the outfits around are slowly switching to hydraulic....its a shame to see. Glad it sparked memories of the glory days

[@loadblock4995]

How are your knees doing?😂

[@lucmarchand617]

Look like they trow money for repair plus nice paint job,you don't see this very much today.thank video.good operator on cab.😊

[@rustybloodsaltysoul8640]

Appreciate the kind words, they really pride themselves over there with the old equipment

[@kevinpennings8823]

Seperates the men from the boys real quick 👌🏻👌🏻

[@rustybloodsaltysoul8640]

Absolutely

[@scottmcquarrie7295]

Sounds like that Detroit can use some fuel filters.

[@rustybloodsaltysoul8640]

@@scottmcquarrie7295 that's actually after a fresh headgasket, tuneup, & rack adjustment. We did filters religiously. You might be hearing the double muffler setup choking out the screaming (hearing the ole single muffler setup scream at 7am across the bay didn't have the locals too fond of the barge so we did what we could to quiet it down)

[@scottmcquarrie7295]

@@rustybloodsaltysoul8640 I'm sure you're right, it sounded like it was bogging down too much. Beautiful crane though. Are you in NJ? Those Macks look like Jersey trucks.

[@rustybloodsaltysoul8640]

@@scottmcquarrie7295 close, Cape Cod MA.

[@MegaIronleg]

NICE WORK… STARTED OUT ON AN OLD DOMINION, ALL MECHANICAL, NO HYDRAULIC, NO AIR, LEVER LINKAGE STRAIGHT TO THE CLUTCHES. STEEL TRACTOR SEAT. ALSO KOREON 304s. HAD A LIVE BOOM, PULL THE LEVER BACK N THE BOOM WOULD FREE-FALL. CASTING A DRAGLINE LIKE A FISHING POLE. 18 DAYS ON THEM SUCKERS N I HAD LEGS LIKE REDWOODS.

[@rustybloodsaltysoul8640]

Love hearing it and thank you!! Not many guys left like like you guys who can run the free falls like a pro, all these new cranes have power down so those days are dwindling, luckily these dinosaurs are still holding strong in the northeast on the coast from New Bedford to Cape Cod! Booms all along the coast for now its a beautiful sight for someone who appreciates old iron

[@MegaIronleg]

@@rustybloodsaltysoul8640 .. THATS SOUNDS AWESOME, DONE ALOT OF PILING WITH DROP HAMMERS, DROP DRILL CAISSONS, ON ASSORTED BUCK EYES N LINK BELTS. A LOT OF DREDGING FROM REVERE DU LOOPE TO PORT HOPE. SOME WATER LOGGING ON THE OTTAWA N GATINEAU RIVERS.

[@Rudi-Weserwolff]

Does Link Belt not have an operable clamshell calming winch? That "rubber band" would annoy me...

[@rustybloodsaltysoul8640]

Sometimes we'd put another wrap on the tagline pulley to give it more tension and take the slop out of the line, but it all depended on who was operating that day and what they liked.

[@Rudi-Weserwolff]

@@rustybloodsaltysoul8640 All of our cable excavators have a built-in winch with slip clutch. The clutch is adjusted to keep the rope taut during normal operation. The operator can clamp or release the clutch with a lever. In this way, the clamshell can be guided precisely - and also rotated by means of alternating tightening and loosening. This winch was also used in the past to open the bottom flap on the face shovel or to dump the backhoe ;-)

[@rustybloodsaltysoul8640]

@Rudi Weserwolff sounds like a sweet setup, definitely could see more fluid control over the load out with it. Yea this was our "newer crane" i wanna say it was a 72', everyone there loved it she was quite literally ole reliable for the dinosaur she was. Back at the yard they had i wanna say a 50's/60's American 355 with a cummins that we used for land based pile driving, truly old school where you were using your body weight against the steering clutches just to turn the old girl.

[@Rudi-Weserwolff]

@@rustybloodsaltysoul8640 The old mechanical cable excavators that I know (e.g. Weserhütte and Menck) have easy-to-use small levers for the cable winches. This slows down the auxiliary brake discs, which then switch on the cable winch clutches. At Weserhütte, the small levers are built on top of the long levers - so the excavator driver can operate 4 functions with both hands without changing the levers. Right hand digging winch(close clamshell) and turn around, left hand hoisting winch(Grab pull up, along with the digging winch) and clamshell calming. In this video you can see the excavator driver pull the grapple in and then swing out to hit a spot farther than the boom top: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3yvfWyairR8rsk