O&K RH200 Documentary

[@EdStrong929]

I'm very happy to see you're still putting out great content for us to see. Really enjoyed talking a closer look at this "big girl" with your unique style and attention to detail. Thank you for sharing with us.

[@PAmining]

Haha thank you! I thoroughly enjoy putting the work into making them, so that's where the quality comes from. Thanks for the support! -PA

[@seecampacp5107]

Best youtube creator I watch. Keep up the good work.

[@PAmining]

Thank you! :D glad you enjoy the videos

[@paulm9496]

Your impressive descriptive knowledge of the engineering operations and advances are what I enjoy most about your videos. I wish you could elaborate on what kind of material each machine was used for, the amount of fuel consumption in a day, service intervals, how long it was in service for and if it was still in service. I know most of the iron you talk about has been retired from service for some time, but since there was enough juice to raise the lift, was she still working??? I have come to the conclusion the only way I’m going to realize my wish to run a rope shovel or dragline is to hit the lottery! Keep on making great videos!!

[@PAmining]

Thanks man! Fuel consumption is a tough one because that information isn't really available on these older machines, but I can definitely add that piece to future videos of I have the information!

[@jaredc.3508]

I love that you have timestamps on this.

[@PAmining]

Yeah I will be adding chapters to all the other documentaries as well. Thanks!

[@UnknowableAbsolute]

Hello. Love your documentaries. Most informatical heavy machinery channel

[@PAmining]

Thank you I appreciate it! Glad you enjoy the videos :)

[@Brad772006]

Awesome! Thank you for the explanation on how the tri power linkage actually works.

[@PAmining]

You're welcome

[@qatommy]

I love it!! O&K have always been my favorite even though I havent seen that many in the field. Keep them coming

[@404nitro]

Another excellent documentary on a classic old machine. Thanks for doing all these.

[@PAmining]

You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@bigmackstruckstop9213]

Aw yeah maaan I love your documentaries and the machines you find and all about the information,I'll catch ya on the next one.

[@PAmining]

Glad you enjoyed it :) thanks!

[@scottlee9428]

Awesome video!! Love the old O&K machines!!

[@craigsibley8161]

Excellent documentary once again 👍👍👍 your passion for mining equipment shows in the way its presented. Well done. The 300 you mention at the start. The first one came to work in the UK for Northern Strip Mining...

[@PAmining]

Thank you sir! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@ivoryjohnson4662]

Thank you for another quality production

[@Mike3LV6]

1989 another world. top maschine, thank's for upload.

[@1957rickster]

Another great "walk around" presentation. Thanks to Severstal Resources for allowing access to the machine.

[@lewiemcneely9143]

THAT is a SHOVEL and the only way that Cat could get a reliable machine that size was to end up in a round about way to buy out O&K, just like the cable rigs. Also, just like their whiz-bang big Cat train engine deal that never worked, they ended up buying out EMD. And the bucket leveler is a fine thing to have. FINE video, Pal! A-PLUS and BLESSINGS to you and yours! THANKS much!

[@PAmining]

Yes it is! :D cheers mate!

[@lewiemcneely9143]

@@PAmining CHEERS 2 U too, Buddy! BLESSINGS also!

[@garyharrington5300]

Tks for the show pa it was great

[@PAmining]

You're welcome!

[@KCIREDERF10]

Thanks for another great video Justin. Take care. Fred

[@PAmining]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@imdavid28]

Love your documentaries, but think this one was particularly well done! How do they know when using those remote service ports when the machine is full of oil, fuel, or grease? They just have a second person up top checking or does it have an automatic shut off like fueling your car?

[@cl7510]

I’m not sure about this particular machine, but what I’ve done is check the maintenance manual for the approximate refill capacity, then using the meter on the oil dispenser I’ll stop when I’ve pumped about 85% of what the component is supposed to hold. Then go pull the dipstick or check the sight glass and go from there. I work on a lot of Caterpillar machines and their manuals list “approximate” refill capacities. They’re not always exact. I’ve overfilled more than one component, after you’ve serviced the same machines multiple times you have a pretty good idea of what they hold.

[@imdavid28]

@@cl7510 ah, got it - thank you!

[@jamesgarage1223]

Like CL75 said, for swing gearboxes, Pump drive gearboxes, hydraulic oil etc it is a sight of the dipsticks or sigh glasses and an educated guess as to the fill time, then a re check for correct fluid level. Fuel and grease usually have automatic shutoff. They do at the Iron ore mine I work at anyway, we have a fleet of 6040’s(RH170) and 6060’s(RH340).

[@cl7510]

@@jamesgarage1223 do you use the Wiggins couplers for the fuel? I’ve worked on a few machines that had those on the fuel tanks, where you connect and fill from the bottom, but we never had the set up to use them and just fill through the top. I think they’re called Wiggins “Fast Fuel” I know I’ve seen them on a D9R, a 773, and an old 988B.

[@jamesgarage1223]

@@cl7510 Hey mate, From memory we have wiggins fittings but the fuel shutoff is the Hydrau-flo system. It’s basically a float in the top of the tank that pilots the inlet valve closed when full.

[@whataboutbob7967]

Awesome documentary! Great machine.

[@shawnsparks3284]

In it day. This was the baddest cat on the block. Unbeatable so to speak.

[@Gutefinnen]

Great video, very informative 👍

[@carterbarsoom374]

Excellent.

[@ivoryjohnson4662]

That machine was well engineered to work hard and has many maintenance features

[@8068]

Is the vise fitted up top (11:13) a standard piece of equipment or is it an option with the O&K RH200?

[@PAmining]

Lol, no it's not. The tool cabinet is, not the vice

[@rippitallout149]

You could have a picnic in the bucket!

[@michaelalan1546]

Have you ever done a behind the scenes video, how you go about making one of your documentaries?

[@PAmining]

I have not, though I've been playing with the idea of doing a live Q&A video on Facebook for some time now

[@michaelalan1546]

@@PAmining OK, unfortunately I don’t have Facebook or anything but you’ve probably seen a lot of people have done a Q&A on KZbin which I could watch but just food for thought thank you though I really appreciate your videos you’re definitely one of the ones that I enjoy watching in enjoy the information that I get from it but also the commentary thanks again.

[@davenwhitlowe6237]

Wow that machine is massive.

[@Jkush463]

you know its serious when a hydraulic pump has a 4" hydraulic hose coming into it lol

[@markspeller5722]

What a great machine, drove the RH120 but not the 200.

[@Reviewunik-f]

Good work

[@davidlongenberger3021]

Excellent video 👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸💪💪💪 your a very smart person

[@DavidC1]

Great info keep it up

[@DavidC1]

how many yards is that bucket

[@PAmining]

32.7 yd3. Thanks!

[@robertrich663]

Why don't you use metric figures then we can all understand?

[@EFCasual]

@@robertrich663 because it's in America! A cubic meter is close to a cubic yard anyway.

[@robertrich663]

@@EFCasual I accept that a cubic metre is just a bit bigger than the yard, but the US reluctance to move to the way the ROW measures is mind numbing. Even the aviation industry loads fuel by kilos not pounds on modern a/c.

[@floydwilliams3321]

Wow beast❤

[@alanyates739]

Actually a pretty clean an cared for machine of that age.

[@MrMan5014]

Funny how a company goes from making escalators and choo choo trains, to making pretty much the best mining shovels/excavators in the world!…those Germans are smart cookies!!

[@bosshogg3548]

That’s neat how the machine has a lifting basket to go up and down never seen that before thanks for sharing 😎 I thought the lifting basket was s forklift at first

[@PAmining]

A lot of these older machines didn't have the safest access means. For example compare a Caterpillar 992C to a 992G and take not of the vertical ladder on the C compared to the stairwell on the G. So a lot of companies would modify their machines to make them safer for workers. Thanks!

[@bosshogg3548]

@@PAmining no problem thanks for helping me learn

[@maxwebeats6305]

How much does it cost????

[@razvandaniel3943]

Super movies !

[@mrbluesky2050]

A real classic machine, is she still digging for a living?

[@bigredc222]

Someone should grab that vice 11:13 if the machine is no longer being used. Thank you.

[@The_blindpizzaguy1300]

I would love to see a toy model of this thing. Of course I would imagine one 50 scale of the excavator would be the size of my normal one/16 scale excavators because of it size.

[@The_blindpizzaguy1300]

But that thing is truly a monster.

[@rogerofrhodri]

Those tracks ain't turned in a while

[@michaelmackey754]

One crawler shoe weighing 1 ton is massive

[@PAmining]

Impressive right!

[@guyonabuffalo100]

Thats a big girl...

[@ivandraga6887]

On wall of machine we see name of russian company " Severstal" ("North Steel"), why?)) Machine was owned by this company?

[@PAmining]

Yes sir!

[@Nunya_Bidnez]

1'000'000 lbs is no joke

[@zaxisontherun]

0:10 subtitles said "Obama Trade Show"🗿

[@PAmining]

Ahaha! No it's the Bauma Trade Show

[@TJV83]

It’s a dinosaur!!!

[@Pozi_Drive]

Chicken skin on my back, as usual...

[@PAmining]

Haha!!

[@daleolson3506]

A Russian owned company

[@afberglund2764]

You mean Caterpillar is a russian company?

[@daleolson3506]

@@afberglund2764 no the coal company

[@jamielacourse7578]

60 ton counterweight? "Das Brute"........

[@LieingCostsYourSoulTellElders]

Never lie share food with poor

[@donmathias1705]

Tripower. Mmm. The advantage of the linkage is not power but control. The operator has less to do. The only advantage is the geometry improves as boom lifts and it lowers the tilt cylinder point so eliminating the high angle the cylinder must normally work at..breakout forces may be higher but only because of ram sizing. I fact lift cylinders not only lift boom dipper and bucket but also tilt bucket as it raises.

[@PAmining]

Yes, thanks. Everything I stated comes right from O&K

[@rdallas81]

Exactly. Same concept in certain backhoes and other bucket equipment.

[@ArmpitStudios]

It’s hard to wrap my head around *each* shoe weighing nearly a ton. Cripes!