dragline
How your choice of bucket steel impacts the bottom line
Buckets don’t always get the attention they deserve. Still, there’s money to be saved right from the start – just by choosing the right steel. Keep Reading
HCEA to host Old Construction and Mining Equipment show
The 15th annual Old Construction & Mining Equipment Show will be held Sept. 8-9, as announced by the Historical Construction Equipment Association. Keep Reading
Video: Bucyrus-Erie 300-D crawler-mounted dragline
https://youtu.be/iSMHt-JQYFQ The Bucyrus-Erie 300-D crawler-mounted dragline carried a standard 11-yd. bucket on a 160-ft. boom. It is the crawler version of the 380-W walking dragline. Watch this diesel-powered machine in action. This video was was compiled, narrated and produced by… Keep Reading
Video: Bucyrus-Erie “FX” bucket
https://youtu.be/HmCGjhehSIw The Bucyrus "FX" bucket was developed by Bucyrus-Erie in the late 1930s. Watch this bucket, working on a Bucyrus-Monighan 5W dragline, dump backwards at a surface coal mine of the Northern Illinois Coal Co. in 1938. This video was… Keep Reading
Bucyrus Monighan 6160 walking dragline
In this video, a Bucyrus Monighan 6160 walking dragline stockpiles ore at a mine in Nigeria, Africa. Bucyrus-Erie entered the walking dragline market in 1931 when it purchased a controlling interest in the Monighan Manufacturing Corp. This video was was… Keep Reading
Ruston No. 4 Dragline canal project
In this video, a Ruston No. 4 Dragline cleans a canal in Central England. After the Ruston-Bucyrus merger in 1930, the No. 4 Dragline, with a 1/2 cu. yd. capacity, was the only model from the original Ruston line to… Keep Reading
