Coal mining; walkthru bolt machine

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Britney Walker

13 жыл бұрын

WV Coal Mine, walk thru bolt machine,

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@estrangeddimensions 9 жыл бұрын

I operate a roof bolter where I work. A Fletcher. I have always heard about these walk through bolters. And people putting bolts in ribs. Nice to see one at work. Nice video

@IamMATTAF 11 жыл бұрын

Its a shame,i pin top all day just to come home and watch a video of someone else doing the same. "i need a life" -lone mt. Darby fork-

@guitarplyr2255 13 жыл бұрын

Nice! It's hard to find videos like these.

@donaldwalker5869 5 жыл бұрын

I’ve ran a walk-thru pinner quiet a bit since I’ve been bolting. They’re good when you have bad ribs, but I could never handle how much slower they are compared to a roof ranger. Seems like it takes forever to get out of a place. But, looks like you’re in some good height. First time I ran one, it was between 12-15 ft. high. Water pouring out of the top. They gave everyone there hip-waders and rain suits. Took anywhere from 45 min. to an hour to bolt a 20 ft cut. But the worse was when it was about 52 in. and sandstone top. Barely could raise the canopy. The mast had just enough room to stand up.

@natezepin6297 8 жыл бұрын

is this a shay no.1....I ran a walk threw just like this and is was great

@Yamaha38XCRacer 11 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah I love being a Bolter

@bigd19922006 11 жыл бұрын

Good video, i run the same machine in Illinois. Just didn't understand why you had to bend your bolts to put them in the top, looked like you had plenty of height

@cameronwells5139 Жыл бұрын

I run offside bolt machine an when we have to bend the bolts to put them up is usually when we are at the face of the cut an all the gob just makes it are to fit our bolts up

@tspiderkeeper 12 жыл бұрын

i seen sparks at 1:19 very serious mine hazard

@Chocolate_dragon 4 жыл бұрын

Oh gawd. We torch. Weld. Grind. Whatever. You take a methane reading before bolting up a cut. No problem

@korgeth 2 жыл бұрын

Thats why we get paid the big bucks :P

@hagrid1796 12 жыл бұрын

Nice Video, good operator

@mikekennedy7240 5 жыл бұрын

If their using resin it didn't set.

@tannercox6503 4 жыл бұрын

What part of wv is this?

@danielstewart7163 5 жыл бұрын

When i started roof bolting you just bid on the job, no proir experience necessary. There were no bolter helpers, no canopy of any kind. You set yer own jacks and made up yer own bolts. If you was lucky, when you bolted a fall they might send someone to keep an eye out in case you got covered up or knocked out by a rock. Which i have, luckily i had a helper that time or i'd have layed there for a while. I ran a Fletcher bolter i don't remember the model. It's been more years than i want to admit. Roof bolting is dangerous especially when it's a 15-20ft fall. I never cared for those extended steels they bend to easy and can kill ya in a second. A friend of mine let go of a bolt wrench while tightening up a bolt, it pulled the top up a couple inches and the wrench came off the bolt and that was all it took. A couple seconds is all it takes.

@mikekennedy7240 5 жыл бұрын

Thankful for change and progress and u.m.w. union.

@danielstewart7163 5 жыл бұрын

@@mikekennedy7240 no doubt. My grandfathers were in on organizing the 1st union. It was tough. A lot of fights, clubs, and guns. The mine i used to work is now owned by the bastard that had the mine in Utah (i think) that killed a bunch of people. Our mine was the 1st he owned. I've talked to some guys who worked there when he shut it down and they said the safety protocols were second to production. One friend got his leg torn off at the knee by a conveyor belt sprocket. Supposedly his lawyer went to his house and offered something like $250-300k for him to not file a workers comp suit. The bastard is just pure scum.

@mikekennedy7240 5 жыл бұрын

@@danielstewart7163 ha brother glad l had union representation a few times. Without it who knows ? Just like our military personnel we need to be thankful for all them and our forefathers the laid the groundwork and sacraficed during those times It hard to believe it still goes on today. Around my area they say if you don't like it Sheetz is hiring. Be safe buddy.