09/05/2026
This was a pretty awesome experience this afternoon assisting Derrick Tuff Tilton with prepping this Page 618 walking dragline for its upcoming move to Miners Hall Museum.
The tub needs to be removed for the move and is being held on by a single stud that is approximately 3" diameter and 4-5ft long. Unfortunately the bottom nut seems to be rusted solid and is quite difficult to reach. The top of the stud had a thread burr preventing it from spinning down through the nut.
I was able to remove most of the burr with an angle from and made good progress on removal, but the welds on the custom socket (found inside the dragline house) were giving up before we could work the stud all the way out so we decided to stop for the day, fix the socket, and bring out some additional tools to finish removal.