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formula3

07-15-2005 13:43:17




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i am concidering purchasing a dragline to dig a couple of ponds with. i have operated and repaired all types of equipment but all were hyd these old draglines seem to be fairly cheap old workhorses just curious of how to operate one i have heard they are kind of touchy also does anyone now of a good website on draglines thanks for the help




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NC Wayne

07-15-2005 21:14:54




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 Re: dragline operation in reply to formula3, 07-15-2005 13:43:17  
Almost forgot....I don't know where you are but there is a fellow I know on the HCEA site, from out of VA, named Buddy, that has two machines for sale right now. I think he's posted a message about them, so you ought to be able to look him up if your interested..



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NC Wayne

07-15-2005 21:09:24




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 Re: dragline operation in reply to formula3, 07-15-2005 13:43:17  
Dad and I work on alot of the old riction machines for a living. I don't make it a practice to actually operate the machines anymore than is necessary to move them around and do the repairs but I can tell you that alot depends on what kind of machine your looking, at and wether it's a manual machine or an air machine, and what kind of shape it's in mechanically. Typically the manual machines are gonna give you a pretty good workout unless everything is adjusted and tweeked in just right. The problem there is that most that are that old are worn to the point that the best your gonna do is get everything to a happy medium. The air machines are a little more forgiving since all your doing is pulling the lever and the air is doing the work, but again adjustment and wear can make alot of difference. Beyond that every brand has it's own quirks so far as what it does and doesn't like. When you start looking and see something you might want post here again and I'll do my best to answer your question. I'm most familiar with the Bucyrus and Northwest machines. I've also worked some on Americans and Link-Belts, I don't know as much about them as I do the BE and NW's. You can also post on the Historic Construction Equipment site. It's more geared to the cranes, etc than this site is and there are alot of guys on there that are actual operators that can tell you more about that aspect of it than I can. For some reason it won't let me post a link to the HCEA site so you'll have to cut and paste this one----http://www.hcea.net/ ----- Good luck.

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