I,ve been doing excavating for many years but I have never even seen a dragline in operation, they intrigue me, Modern hydraulics I am assuming have made them obsolete but I know that coal mines used them up to not that long ago, which I guess could be 40 yrs, come to think of it, I know some old time operators but not aware of any that may have dragline experience. there used to be a small old one sitting just up the road from me that I have taken a look at a few times but it looked pretty daunting with rotten cables sorta made me step back from it, other then that I know where there are several old giants from the coal mines sitting on the side of the road as conversation pieces, here in central MO and in central AL. Interesting thread!
