I was telling someone about Florida draglines last night, so I figured it was appropriate to share this. As mentioned earlier this week, almost all mining in the state is underwater due to the extraordinary water table.
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This is a refurbished dragline mining limestone for cement production. Once the machine piles it on the surface, loaders mine the piles after the water drains.
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The operator relies on depth marks on the hoist rope and an advanced computer system to gauge where he’s digging and to what depth.
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You could easily park a pickup within that bucket. From this perspective, it’s deceivingly small.
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wtf did I just watch😂🇺🇸🦅🏕️
Might be mistaken, but that looks like a cat bucket. There are only 11 in existence so far. Or cat copied this design. They hope to replace Hendrix buckets. However, Hendrix buckets were designed with some of the best hydrodynamic properties available. Notice the water that was retained in bucket upon lifting. Hendrix do not do that. Pretty cool
Could have included a picture of the machine from outside? I'm guessing a Liebherr?
Beautiful job !
What part of Florida is this
Would love to see more of this.
Bots dont think this stuff cool, always liked mining stuff, especially netflix or series… of any gold mining
Wow, there’s no bots in the chat.
Operator made it look so easy 😉
Smoooth 👌