The Big Muskie

[AggieDave 6]

Anyone know anything about this huge shovel? I've just spent some time reading about it, talk about freak'n awsome! This thing is HUGE, dedicated in 1969 it weighs 13,500 TONS, with a boom of 310ft and a scoop capacity of 325 tons. Of course it only travels at 1/10mph when moving site to site, but still, talk about freak'n awsome.

You've got to see some pics of this thing:

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Here's a pic of the scoop

Here's a pic of the Big Muskie

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[Amazon 7]

DAMN I thought you were talkin bout fishin...


not that Yall have much more down there than BASS

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/WIHAYfish.html

[AggieDave 6]

Hey, we've got great tasting catfish on Lake Texoma (near where I grew up).

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[jumpinfarmer 0]

I hate to break it to you but it got cut up for scrap a few years ago.

A family, just west of here, that runs a construction business and collects equipment has the tie bar that was between the cables on the drag line just above the scoop. They had it on a trailer at a tractor pull a couple years ago. It was as long as the trailer, 45', and about 3' in diameter solid steel. Quite impressive, I wish I could have seen it when it was all together.

[AggieDave 6]

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I hate to break it to you but it got cut up for scrap a few years ago

Yeah, I know. That just adds to its mystique now, though.

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[Shotgun 1]

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Hey, we've got great tasting catfish on Lake Texoma (near where I grew up).

And don't forget the psuedo-intellectual albino catfish in the Edward's Aquifer at Austin.

[AggieDave 6]

Hahahhaahahaha...nice.

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[jumpinjackflash 0]

Saw it on TLC or some shit, big machines show, very very fucking cool.

Loved it, with tons of other HUGE freaking machines.


Great stuff,


j

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[LouDiamond 1]

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DAMN I thought you were talkin bout fishin...

I thought he was talking about something fishy too

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[Brains 2]

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DAMN I thought you were talkin bout fishin...

I thought he was talking about something fishy too

To me the funniest part is the website he linked to is stripmine.org. You all know he was searching for strippers or something and got distracted by a big machine.

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[flyingferret 0]

Check this:

http://www.stripmine.org/wellman1.htm

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[flyingferret 0]

You have been watching big machines or modern marvels again, haven't you?

Some of us watch it too.

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[kingbunky 3]

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Check this:

http://www.stripmine.org/wellman1.htm

that's amazing! what a toy for your kid to play with in his sandbox!

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[AggieDave 6]

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You have been watching big machines or modern marvels again, haven't you?

Some of us watch it too.

Yeah...but dude, you don't have cable.

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[Slappie 9]

I think the model is more amazing then the actual dragline itself.

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[AggieDave 6]

That model is amazing. I know I wouldn't have the follow through to make it. I'd get something close to it and say "meh, good enough, now lets see how much dirt it can move..." Kinda like the model airplanes I'd make as a kid...I would put all the cockpit stuff together, I'd just paint the canopy black. I wanted to get the model done so I could play with it.

Then have it fight in a war and blow it up with a firecracker...

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