[66Galaxie]

 

[wick01]

Interesting video.

 

[bent valve]

We were sitting around the wood stove in a buddies garage yesterday and the subjects of cranes and drag lines came up. Cox's old man worked in the mine where the Big Muskie operated. He remembered seeing it in action as a kid before they moved. Small world, Huh...................

Bent

 

[Pro-sc]

Shit I thought you were talking about these....

 

[P10CREW]

Cool cool

 

[Trk400x]

Built by Bucyrus-Erie , it's all scrap metal now with the exception of the bucket.The big Muskie bucket was 220 yards and the largest made now is 152 yards.

 

[Dom 332]

Built by Bucyrus-Erie , it's all scrap metal now with the exception of the bucket.The big Muskie bucket was 220 yards and the largest made now is 152 yards.

from the pics above the bucket looks like it is on display. There are steps welded onto the bucket for easy entry

 

[Trk400x]

from the pics above the bucket looks like it is on display. There are steps welded onto the bucket for easy entry

It's on display somewhere in Ohio. I've been in a 152 cubic bucket and their huge.

 

[Dom 332]

It's on display somewhere in Ohio. I've been in a 152 cubic bucket and their huge.

I can only imagine

 

[ironpony]

I seen it right before it was cut up for scrap, big

 

[scottyz]

Holy bananas thats a huge crane!

 

[Trk400x]

Holy bananas thats a huge crane!

It's actually a walking drag line but if I remember it had overhead bridge cranes inside the housing.

 

[scottyz]

Oh I see what you mean. Can’t say I’ve looked closely at a drag line.

 

[scottyz]

Holy crap. 9000 cars worth of scrap metal!!! Lol

 

[Geerbangr]

from the pics above the bucket looks like it is on display. There are steps welded onto the bucket for easy entry

It is still on display Dom. I remember the Muskie,the mountaineer and the gem when I was a kid. Big sum bitches.

 

[mike gerlach]

From back in the day when we tore our solar energy from the earth on huge bucket at a time.....nice!

 

[Trk400x]

It is still on display Dom. I remember the Muskie,the mountaineer and the gem when I was a kid. Big sum bitches.

The Gem and Moutaineer were both shovels the Muskie was a walking drag line.

 

[360904]

Big Muskie's Bucket, McConnelsville, Ohio

"Big Muskie," the world's largest earth moving machine, was dismantled in 1999. But you can still visit Big Muskie's humongous bucket!

www.roadsideamerica.com

 

[Dom 332]

It is still on display Dom. I remember the Muskie,the mountaineer and the gem when I was a kid. Big sum bitches.

I saw some of those big mofo's on the History ch a few years back.

 

[carnutbill67]

When I was young we were going on a trip to my aunts house from central Ohio to Powhatan Point on the Ohio river. I remember my dad saying we had to hurry up and leave because the Muskie was going to cross Interstate 70 the next day. We went by the crossing area and they had what looked like 10,000 timbers piled up to lay across the highway for it to "walk" over. I guess it took an entire day to get done. All I ever saw of the machine as a kid was the boom sticking up next to the freeway. The bucket is on display somewhere on I-77, I've been there but can't remember the exit. There's a sign telling you where to exit to see it.