From the field

Project updates

Photos and notes from the outages, overhauls and breakdowns our crew has delivered, updated as each job wraps up.

Dragline DL-1 with its boom lowered onto stands and cranes at the mast
Featured · Major shutdown

DL-1 boom lower & mast works

Dragline mast and boom rigged between two crawler cranesLooking up at the boom and mast against blue skyTub raised on jacking stands exposing the swing rack
Bucyrus-Erie dragline jacked on the shutdown pad with boom and mast rigged
Major shutdown

BE dragline major outage

Large drive gear lifted out of a dragline machinery house with crew watching
Component overhaul

Drive gear change-out

Electric rope shovel boom on stands beside the shovel during an outage
Major shutdown

Electric rope shovel outage

New bull gear and pinion set staged on timber in front of a dragline
Component overhaul

Gear & pinion set staged

Panorama of a dragline boom on stands under floodlights at night
Major shutdown

Boom on stands · night shift

Gear case lifted out of a dragline house by the deck crane at night
Component overhaul

Gear case lift out

Aerial view of a dragline mast being lifted by crawler cranes
Major shutdown

Mast lift with crawler cranes

Hoist drum lifted in slings beside its gear at night
Component overhaul

Drum replacement

Large gear lifted by crawler crane onto a dragline deck
Component overhaul

Gear change-out

Dragline house supported on timber cribbing during jacking
Major shutdown

Machine jacking & cribbing

Boom lacing butt weld with heat-treatment blanket pulled back
Boom welding

Lacing weld with heat treatment

New boom section lifted by two crawler cranes
Boom welding

Boom section tandem lift

Multi-pass structural weld joining a tube into a plate
Boom welding

Structural weld repair

Marquee vehicles beside a floodlit dragline at night
Breakdown

Night callout on a dragline

Dragline working in the pit under a clear blue sky
Breakdown

Back in the pit, digging

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