Quote Originally Posted by CINDERS View Post
Bucyres shovel cleaning up
I worked around their modern electrical shovels as an oilsands surveyor, neat machines, very quiet, but fragile compared to the P&H units. I had heard rumblings in the industry that Caterpillar had purchased Bucyrus to gain a mine shovel product line, better than any of the Tyrex hydraulic offerings they caught fire once a week it seemed.