Bucyrus 495HR2 and Cat 797F

[440 iron popper]

I worked on a machine that crawls but a bit bigger than my 440! I tought you guys might like it. Pictures of a brand new Bucyrus Mining Rope shovel and also a new Cat 797F.

The shovel is powered by electricity on 7200V and the 797F has a V20 diesel engine, 4000 HP. When a truck like this climb a hill, loaded, what a sound! This is on the assembly pads of the mine located near Fermont, Qc at Mont Wright installations. The shovel can Load a 400 Tons haul truck with 4 passes of iron ore. Payload 80-90 Tons per bucket.













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440IC 1958 #443712, 602 blade, Gearmatic winch project in the back
440IC, serial tag gone, Blade with tilt
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