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Satellite)
Joy Global also absorbed
LeTourneau Earth Moving Machines.
A history written to celebrate their 100th anniversary of manufacturing P&H shovels. (In 1930, P&H switched from riveting to welding in their manufacturing process.)
A more detailed history describes 135 years of P&H. (P&H started as a machine shop. When an overhead crane in their shop failed, they designed and built a better replacement. Other companies wanted that design so they got into the overhead crane business. Later they started making shovels because they were not as feast-or-famine as overhead cranes.)
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Peter Sjögren posted
Got a nice brochure today!
Jay Wilson: 5 built. 4 shovels, 1 barge mounted backhoe [shovel]. |
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Mark Bridle commented on Peter's post
This is my magazine when they dedicated Big Don.
[This was the P&H shovel at the Captain Mine.]
Martin Johnson: The original 5700 LR had a 90 foot boom and 60 foot stick. It was later converted to a "standard" shovel with a 62 foot boom and 41 foot stick.
["LR" must stand for "long reach."]
Don Perryman: It was a 50 yd machine that had a longer boom and sticks with a 25 yd bucket.
[Other comments indicate thta this was the biggest shovel built on two crawlers.] |
Karyl May provided two photos on Jay's comment with the comment: "Yes only 5 built over 13 years (1978-1991), and all are now scrap 😭 The Dredger ("Chicago") was actually either a shovel or clamshell arrangement."
Peter Sjögren: Last job Chicago did was job between Sweden and Denmark.
Karyl May: Peter Sjögren yes it sank during a storm.
This is their larges model currently made.
Here are the specs for the 4100XPC model in the video. It is their second largest shovel.
Daniel Foged
posted eight images with the comment: "P&H 2300XP-A brochure from my collection."
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