I worked in the largest open pit coal mine in the USA for a few years back in the late 70's...........drove a 120 ton overburden truck and also was an oiler on the monigan dragline....................the bucket was big enough to turn a D-9 cat around in.....this dragline was the biggest in the world in 1960 but is a baby now

 

They have some cool pics.

 

I showed my ol man these pics last night, he was impressed...now he doesnt feel bad for high centering on the ferry..

 

2500heavyduty,what is that mini trachoe buried up to it's tracks in??

 

can you say OOOPPPSSS???

 

mud i think, not mine

 

I am going to have to take a look at these tomorrow at work, seeing as they are work related.

 

I got a bobcat stuck in gray goo like that at a customers house. The rental company came out with a loader to pull me out. They said it was a bad septic leak.

The customer tried to sue me, saying I broke thru the lid of the tank, but they changed their tune when it was discovered that the tank was some twenty yards up the hill. This area was supposed to be below & beyond the drain field. Ended up being a huge bill for environmental cleanup. Turns out it was an old creek bed and their septic had been leaching out into it for years.

 

yucky.. clean up cost lots too,,,,,,hope they never drank outta that..