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[California]

No dragline or dozer here but the same problem, stuck, on a tiny scale last week. This is the first time I've had to use one tractor to save the other.

I filled a spot in the back of the orchard where deer got under the fence. But I got too close and fell in a hole. Moving would destroy the fence.

The photo is after I set a chain (barely visible) and pulled the little guy sideways away from the fence using the larger Yanmar's backhoe curl. Then drove the little one right out, still attached to the taut chain - like a pendulum. There was no damage to anything.

 

[plowhog]

When I was still in the mechanic shop at work, some young engineers turned a truck in for repair. They got it stuck, then hooked a tow rope to the brush guard. It just pulled the bar off the middle. So much for the 4 years of college.

Sometimes smart people just don't think. Shortly after graduating high school, two of my friends were trying to jump start a motorcycle by towing it behind another motorcycle and then letting out the clutch.

The rider on the motorcycle being towed in the rear wrapped the rope around his waist instead of fastening it to the motorcycle frame. Caused an immediate crash when he let out the clutch. He later went to the West Point military academy, which only takes the top, brightest students.

 

[tjkubota93]

Sometimes smart people just don't think. Shortly after graduating high school, two of my friends were trying to jump start a motorcycle by towing it behind another motorcycle and then letting out the clutch.

The rider on the motorcycle being towed in the rear wrapped the rope around his waist instead of fastening it to the motorcycle frame. Caused an immediate crash when he let out the clutch. He later went to the West Point military academy, which only takes the top, brightest students.

Ouchy

 

[GLyford]

 

[tman1020]

That’s what I call teamwork
I’ll bet that was expensive

 

[Creamer]

That's impressive! I have to wonder though - where was the hitch point on dragline? I didn't see it leaving many pieces behind.

 

[bcp]

Something at 3:45-3:50, but it may not be the main one, maybe a guide line attachment.

Bruce

 

[dodge man]

The above video was the size of the dragline I was talking about. The incident I was talking about they were stuck on flat ground but it was too soft. The machine couldn't pull itself up to move, kind of a suction was built. They got it out by digging under the edges and stuffing gravel under it. This mine didn't buy gravel but actually just used shale they dug out as overburden. So they kind of made there own gravel. They were able to get under the machine far enough and give it firm enough footing under the out riggers to get it out.

They got it stuck by taking a short cut. These thing move very slow, probably not much faster than a baby crawls. They build these really wide roads for it to move on. They decided if they cut across a corner of the road it would save them time. Hence they hit soft ground and got stuck.

This drag line was cut up into pieces and moved by rail somewhere out west. Took them several months or maybe even years to take it apart, move it, and then put it back together. Until you get near a machine like this you can't fathom the size.

 

[jerrybob]

That’s what I call teamwork
I’ll bet that was expensive

Hope they had insurance.........

 

[4570Man]

9 months to dig a ramp and chain up 30 trucks? Maybe getting the 30 trucks was the problem. The boom was mangled anyway. It seems that cutting it off would have simplified the operation.