P&H 4100XPC loading Caterpillar CAT 793

[@Mr.XYZ6775]

I worked at P&H mining equipment 1995-2001 as engineering contractor and worked on the 4100XPB model. I worked on the dipper shrouds, teeth, door, and the back of the dipper where it connects to the arm. Those steel plates range from .75 up to 3" thick. The welding symbols are really complex with specialized chamfers and back gauging burn welding. I slso worked on blast hole drills and 9100 dragline. This equipment went to Australia. I am now retired and totally brings back memories watching the machine work. 👍

[@sequoyah59]

Thank you for not screwing this up with cheesy music. Hearing the equipment work is music enough.

[@SunnyFLBoy]

which music? I don't hear any music.

[@nipulkradmsinatagras8293]

The sound of falling rocks is pretty much music to my ears.

[@deadcatsrgoodcats7886]

@Ar Armstrong Then you need to go back to your Celine Dion videos and stay out of the men's section.

[@johnr4596]

LEGO should make this into a set

[@stnicholas54]

Well said.

[@glennchapman3592]

This brings back memories from when I started in mining 36 years ago,we used both P&H aswell as Marion Dresser rope shovels.Awesome machines to watch.

[@treykearns4867]

It is flat-out disgusting how incredibly huge and badass and cool that machine is I just cannot wrap my head around how massive that bucket is and how much Earth it can move and the power needed to move that much earth..it just does it so effortlessly this thing is one cool customer!!

[@xreconusmc3156]

trey kearns thanks for watching and ur kind words. I call it dah beast. She will move anything in her bucket

[@alspeers6931]

These outfits are old school but man there break out numbers are off the charts plus durability and high hour reliability, insane, soooo impressive

[@ronaldhoennicke6647]

I'm 74 years old, this is one of sights that I have on my "bucket list", to see and experience. Yepper!

[@JarradDRS]

I hope you get to see one in person. They’re amazingly impressive. I drive a Komatsu 830e truck and work under them regularly. Occasionally, when loading out blocky material, we have to park the truck in position to be loaded, then exit and walk to a waiting light vehicle. You don’t realise how big the shovel is until you’re standing on the ground, meters away from its tracks.

[@jeremiahharris88]

@@JarradDRS I change the teeth on these in rotation with all the trucks if needed. Iys definitely awe inspiring.

[@RandomTheories]

welcome to youtube..there is lot of rabbit holes to explore and occupy our curious minds..dont get lost :)

[@rolandharris2706]

You can see about getting a tour set up with one of those mining tourism companies. That may at least get you onsite to experience the equipment.

[@Only-one-life-68]

@@JarradDRS What you mean you have to exit the haul truck to be loaded !!! Enlighten me please 😎

[@chrisbullock3504]

The funny thing is, is this massive machine operates the exact same way as the now over 110 year old steam shovels did. Just on a massive scale increase

[@KuntaKinteToby]

If it ain't broke don't fix it

[@jimlarson7022]

Any chance the cab is a little nicer now than it was a hundred years ago?

[@emilyemily4946]

Apa yaan

[@samanli-tw3id]

There’s a logical reason why it’s called “power shovel”.

[@allantjon7895]

Oooh, I love how that horn is blowing so majestically.😊👍😘

[@uijim]

I could sit and watch this all day

[@kikomura5247]

i don't understand why some people choose music over working noise, I'll choose noise any day

[@ATOM09]

Me too.

[@Ka7wyf]

Kiko Mura ok u changed my life?

[@MICKSHRED]

Kiko Mura love the sounds of bucket scooping the coal

[@lowercherty]

On a cold winter night we could hear sounds like this in the distance. It was a good, friendly sound, the mine was working and there'd be a nice paycheck every other Thursday.

[@jasons2562]

Especially that same type of modern overplayed douchbag raspy voice rock music, you know the kind that I’m talking about? Lol

[@neilreid9005]

One of the best vids I've seen on massive op's. More please!

[@scottmargerison]

90% of your viewing experience is through your ears. Top job in not adding music

[@tomrogers9467]

Or mindless and inaccurate dialogue!

[@excavatorfun6265]

It's amazing how that machine makes those trucks look so small

[@MrDriftspirit]

120t truck and 1500t excavator... just put the p&h 4100 a side a roundshowel excavator at germanies coal mines...

[@trainspottingtech23]

It is GOOD that is cable-powered. No need for heavy and "eco-fiendly" batteries.

[@tjrhdeg6266]

It was difficult to gauge the size until the dump truck entered the picture, that digger is huge!!

[@MrDriftspirit]

Yes. A 1500t giant with a 46cbm showel which weights empty ober 80t!

[@robego1660]

this is electric front shovel and most reliable machine when it comes to excavation and no worry for hydraulic oil reserve, compare to hydraulic FS.

[@IronKing79]

Cheaper to maintain. Inside the shovel is pretty empty, electric motors, pulleys and open gears. Beautiful machine.

[@terrymcgillicuddy8056]

No hydro crowd in that to worry about.

[@jasons2562]

Fantastic job on the video!!!! It’s in landscape mode, very clear and steady. Wow beautiful

[@UnknowableAbsolute]

P&H 4100XPC weights about 1 537 metric tonnes. It's HUGE

[@godbluffvdgg]

That's what she said! .................I'm really sorry, It's an affliction...:)...

[@PhilSowden]

It can also hold the weight of 6 city buses in one scoop. Not for the small jobs!

[@cesteres]

She said

[@china-trip]

Wow, Beautiful Upload friend. keep it up. Thank you for sharing this to us. Greetings from Korea

[@gjb79ful]

Now that's what you call a horn!

[@BumAviator]

I want to add that horn to my truck!

[@kmlsr]

pneumatic or electric horn ?

[@erwinpuntigam3612]

@@BumAviator 9

[@kendallwilliamson8193]

@@kmlsr Air.

[@Only-one-life-68]

Love to buy one for my Porsche 911 😃

[@samuelbhend2521]

Honey, you can use the car... I'll drive to work with the house today!

[@osvaldocristo]

Wow! Electric rope shovel instead of hydraulic - it is a surprise for me as in my ignorance in the area I was expecting only hydraulic. Thanks for share.

[@avenger007007]

Jesus that is impressive. That thing makes that dump truck look like a micro machine and an R/C truck.

[@blank_stare_productions]

I was thinking the same thing. The tires on that dumper must be 12 ft

[@godbluffvdgg]

It's so awesome that they are Plug and play...:)...That cord must be so well made to withstand mine activities!

[@nuclearTANK]

Funny to hear them when they're got a pin sized home can cause the electricity to fry you

[@AllanSitte]

If I had seen a video like this... or had seen this in real life... when I was 8 years old... I would have spent the rest of my life doing everything possible to become a driver of a an awesome beast machine like that shovel.

[@lowercherty]

I saw the real thing when I was a kid, but things were much smaller back then. Wound up spending 45 years as an engineer in the local iron mines. Got a chance to try my hand at a shovel and truck on the training program when I first started. They are awesome.

[@wesleybickel2869]

The company I work for makes the replacement components like the lower pivot ring gear and rotation parts for this very machine and it's smaller brothers and sisters. They are giant's in terms of our turning centers. We regularly push the limits of or machines to keeps this mining equipment up and running

[@RaptorGP]

More P&H please! :D There're just amazing machines! The biggest shovel I've ever seen was russian EKG-10 with 10 cubic metres bucket and I was amazed - what a huge machine. But that device is a real king.

[@joseluisherranz4005]

CX 456890126788#-). v v v.

[@atrox996]

RaptorGP да я от ЭКГ-5 то охуел, а тут в 10 раз больше. Страшно представить, насколько он огромен. Но ничего, через пару лет увижу)

[@RaptorGP]

Да, пятёрочка тоже хороша!

[@Redsr5]

P&h also makes a 4800 Wich is even bigger . My uncle runs one at the mine I work at

[@MrDriftspirit]

​@@wwaggthedog 46cbm

[@johnmichaud579]

Great video. I see these each day in Arizona and still am impressed.

[@robertproctor1358]

Where in AZ do you see them running?? I would love to see this or others running.

[@browndenzel2785]

Me too im from tucson area

[@awboat]

@@robertproctor1358 Morenci Mine?, a US Highway runs through the middle of it

[@terrymcgillicuddy8056]

I operate one everyday at work. Love it. Moves around 85000 to 90000 tons of dirt in a 12hr shift.

[@johnmichaud579]

@@robertproctor1358 At several of the copper mines.

[@davidmunro1469]

Fast machine with a really good operator.

[@YarickZan]

This video really drove home for me just how big these modern rope shovels really are.

[@bigjoesburgers]

Video Tour inside the P&H 4100 while its working would be cool.

[@Only-one-life-68]

Christ 3 passes and it’s frigging loaded 💪 Must be 85 tons a bucket

[@TOPTECH-r3r]

Each machine is a true marvel of engineering.

[@treykearns4867]

This beauty looks like a full on city on tracks!

[@horrorskopf]

A 793 filled with three passes ... that's it!

[@HarryCurrie-o3v]

Makes the dump truck look so tiny and that horn is awesome it would be a honour operating that monster of a face shovel

[@horrorskopf]

Could watch this endlessly for hours ...

[@nipulkradmsinatagras8293]

Same here. Especially without the shitty music in the background. The sound of running engines are pretty much better.

[@nuclearTANK]

Trust me you don't want to do that, as a shovel and drill mechanic it gets boring REAL fast like shift just started fast

[@davidhimmelsbach557]

What's truly amazing: Sweden has this beast working straight through the Winter -- unless the world ends.

[@maggs131]

Its fascinating these shovels were invented in the early to mid 1800s and the design is basically the same. Yes they are much much bigger and no longer steam driven but those were some smart cookies long ago

[@bird271828]

Those huge dump trucks look so small when they park next to the P&H behemoth.

[@ChrisPat-kq4fw]

I love the moniker on the back of that shovel: JOY

[@ChrisPat-kq4fw]

True. The difference between men and boys is the size of their toys.

[@soadanajem8678]

Jag har alltid beundrat P&H XPC 4100 och nu har vi en i Norden!

[@spencercampbell8396]

We've got one of these dipper buckets and doors sitting in our shop getting rebuild. Neat to see them in action.

[@MrDriftspirit]

Huge shop? The showel weights 80t and ober 6m wide...

[@LYEARTHMOVERS]

That could even fill up 797 easily... 👍

[@terrymcgillicuddy8056]

Yup. About 4 passes

[@OldeJanner]

He needs bigger dumpers!!! I used to operate a couple of of old RB30's with Blue Elvan & it took ten minutes to fill a 25 tonner!

[@ianbermingham9047]

They run the biggest fleet of 795 cat dumpers in Europe in that mine

[@jserra17]

Impressive - just 3 cycles and slightly over 1 minute to load these 793's.

[@Bowiiihowdy]

jserra17 well the 4100 usually pass mached for the 360+ class, we run mt 4400s which are roughly the same as a 793 and our 4100 usually dumps 2 buckets and its usually around the 220 to 240 range

[@mchughcb]

Here's something more impressive, a 800t hydraulic backhoe loading 324 tonnes in 3 passes in just over a minute. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpuqpnemerJqmtU

[@legitbeans9078]

That's still not as big as my dump after pf chang's

[@tutekohe1361]

There’s no ambiguity when that horn sounds!

[@Android_Warrior]

Now that P&H has a Horn!!! 🎺

[@Slimzyjoe]

The power of this thing compared to cheesy ass hydraulic ram front shovels is just unreal.

[@dathrevann]

This appears on one of the images when SolidWorks is loading. Cool to see it in action.

[@davidca96]

I love that horn, and by the way that thing is gynormous

[@nipulkradmsinatagras8293]

I could only imagine if that beast turns into an Autobot or a Decepticon...

[@rutgerluurs4116]

I was thinking the exact same! XD

[@Boussaty]

Very interesting, 3 passes and the 793 is full wow, but there also hanging time need to be reduced.

[@aaronharman9110]

That shovel should be only 2 passes for a 793 I worked with one and a fleet of 282c and it was 3 passes for 420t

[@stnicholas54]

Imagine you're driving a Mini Cooper. You're approaching a traffic jam and you have the same power horn that this monster has. You then lean on the horn.

[@Gus1966-c9o]

I’m surprised the power supply cable doesn’t blow up on these things working in this harsh environment. I’m guessing it would be armoured cable but my experience as an electrician I’m thinking it would have to be swapped out regularly.

[@larmar]

Not so! There is regular maintenance and preventative maintenance done on a regular time schedule! They hipot the cables and make repairs as required. The substations are protected by ground check relays. Never heard of a blowup in all my years as a maintenance supervisor.

[@nick-oi1xf]

They don't blow up but sometimes the operator runs them over with the tracks or the the shovel crew damages them when they move them. In the US, msha had standards that make these systems fairly safe

[@StandngOnBusiness]

That thing make them dump trucks look like tonka toys and that horn mean af lol

[@joeyshofner639]

Just think about the engineering involved with creating the P&H 4100XPC!

[@Retired88M]

And most if not all the engineering in pre computer days was done with lots of pencils and paper

[@StickBoy84]

Sounds like a prehistoric beast !!

[@leonardodacapris302]

Man! I would love to organize the transport of those machines! Both excavator and the truck! Would be dream come true...

[@connorm02]

Big lad. Things an absolute house

[@tutekohe1361]

Great video, magnificent audio!👍

[@evanvaneck2771]

As a fellow shovel operator, pretty good times, but I can get a truck out in 55 sec, keep practicing.

[@adampapke1894]

this machine really swings fast..

[@bacazterchovej2235]

that cable on the bottom is bringing electric power to this thing ?

[@mickpork]

yes....they have extension cable that plugs into someones kitchen next to the toaster...

[@KateLate____]

They come in AC and DC models

[@BucketOfSuck]

Yup. We have entire crews who's whole job is laying these cables, maintaining them, moving cable stands and assisting the shovel when it has to make a big move.

[@Allythehusky]

Lol makes me giggle, trucks on-side loading and that shovel operator is just blasting his horn

[@ted4717]

There was one of these on Mt Whaleback in the 90s. It would fill a 240t truck in about 2 passes.

[@Only-one-life-68]

Just unbelievable I would travel from the Uk 🇬🇧 anywhere in the world to sit in one of these huge excavators to experience the shear power .. When folk turn the 💡 lights on they have no idea the amount of investment these corporations make to get coal out the ground..

[@RICHIE87622]

I need a horn like that on my van!

[@geezer652]

Go to a junk yard and find an old Cadillac. Best automotive horns ever. To mount that P&H horn on your van, you'd need a three ton suspension just to carry the horn, compressor, etc..

[@Bowiiihowdy]

Probably blow your windows apart

[@sarahhaugh7922]

Hit the horn and your pneumatic brakes would lock!

[@nipulkradmsinatagras8293]

5:17

[@nuclearTANK]

@@Bowiiihowdy not really they're loud but not that loud I'm a shovel and drill mechanic at a mine where we have these, the horns are nothing special, just go to horn blisters site and there you go they're basically the same thing

[@MandorTambang]

The real mining, oh my good.. The big mechine

[@justinratcliffe947]

Ah P&H Mining. Excavating the world since 1884...and giving Kyle Reese nightmares about HKs since 1984

[@janneplanman6433]

This is just beautiful☺️

[@matthewdickson7838]

Love the sounds of the electric navvys havent changed in donkeys just got bigger 👍👍👍

[@stuartyaxley5308]

This shovel needs it own zip code its huge

[@jeetenzhurlollz8387]

dudes...watch this on big screen with surround sound etc...glorious steel

[@jakeeves5935]

I've seen these at work on mines here in Ontario Canada

[@Dankyjrthethird]

At detour gold?

[@jakeeves5935]

@@Dankyjrthethird yes and several other mines in the province we only have a few large scale mines but I've also seen this machine at other mines in a few other provinces and territories

[@jorgeluiscrisologo4552]

You can see the bad blast int this mine... but this is no proble to the best P&H. I work with a Contrator that it have the same equipmet , it is a fantastic exprience.

[@thezfunk]

I used to be a contractor that did work at the West Milwaukee manufacturing facility for P&H. That place is almost all shut down now and they said it will probably never open for new manufacturing again as P&H/Joy/Komatsu have moved manufacturing overseas after they said they wouldn't and all the while built new facilities overseas but swore they would not replace the jobs in Milwaukee. Just more American manufacturing jobs disappearing. P&H and Bucyrus on the south side both built shovels this size. Caterpillar bought Bucyrus and I think they still do heavy manufacturing at their plant in South Milwaukee.

[@bummbummkarl]

That´s sad to hear. I´ve visited the factory in 2018.

[@davidthompson9879]

So if that is the case why is Komatsu building a new manufacturing facility in Milwaukee then?

[@tutekohe1361]

My favourite Excavator video. Recommend turning the volume way up high!

[@AJDeere]

I wish this video was an hour long

[@bennorris8325]

Big shovel small truck. Where's the 797?

[@rogernadeau3708]

Thank's for the Brenda New" P&H " How many Yard' Bucket! 🤙✌️🇨🇦😀

[@ridetheapex]

At least 3. But probably more than 7.

[@kikomura5247]

smooth operator.

[@clobbyhops]

The captain and silver spade shovel was much bigger, but, this is pretty dog gone nice 👍

[@awboat]

1 minute 6 seconds to load. Cool

[@makkingchannel]

Fill the HD truck with only 3 buckets, heavy equipment extaraordinary big👍

[@tbn22]

That horn opened up the gates of hell.

[@happycanayjian1582]

So, question here. Why is there a cable (especially visible at the end of the video) attached to the huge excavator?

[@bummbummkarl]

electric powerd !

[@AppalachianMurican]

Loved loading under them instead of a 992 loader

[@wills.5762]

I wonder wtf is on the other end of that power cord...must be a hell of an outlet

I WOULD LOVE TO DRIVE SOMETHING AS BIG AS A HOUSE LIKE THAT!

[@generationll]

Caterpillar has been making the 793 for 25 years now.Since 1991

[@MrDriftspirit]

1991 till today is 25 years?!!😂😂

[@SharkoTP]

great video

[@repentuklondonwatchman1373]

Simply Beautiful

[@ЕвгенТракторист-у4й]

Хороший сигнал на экскаваторе мне бы мтз ☝️😁

[@ЭдуардМигалев]

Люблю звуки тяжёлого звенящего металла... В живую видел похожий аппарат, но чуть меньше

[@annapayet8291]

Made the Titan truck (the world's biggest truck) look like a toy, This beast will scare the hell out of any dinosaur, making it run away with its tail between its legs

[@lyle87]

I imagine big machines with microwave and fridge and toilet in the cab. Actualy a studio could fit in there!! I wonder how the operators go pee? I would already pee in my pants if i need to go down all that steps and wait for the ladder to unfold.

[@mimovrstemimovrste5470]

the toilet is build into the cabin. There's plenty of room, since there is no engine only relatively smal AC motors.

[@mimovrstemimovrste5470]

acualy one could also sleep there...

[@BucketOfSuck]

Our P & Hs don't have toilets in them. There's usually a 5 gallon pail somewhere in the cab so if you need to shit you just put a garbage bag in it, take a dump then tie the bag up and throw it in the face. One shovel operator always used to call me on the radio and tell me I was hauling a special load to let me know I was hauling his shit to the hopper. Peeing? Just piss over the rail. Hopefully your buddy is on a cat below somewhere and you can piss on him.

[@turningpoint6643]

@@BucketOfSuck Yep just walk outside and piss off the deck. Standard practice in a mine no matter what machine your operating and always has been. Most of them now have semi mobile washrooms on skids with holding tanks for the truck drivers and lighter equipment operators now though.

[@Goldarr1900]

That building with a scoop weighs 1700 tons.It works on electricity.

[@gilmarlc2009]

Adimiro demais essas máquinas gigantescas impressionantes

[@SuburbAllied]

Some people have a table manner very similar to the way this shovel machine shovels the rock into its bucket and dumping it onto the dump truck.

[@franky01ize]

I want that horn on my truck lol