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Wow this is really a nice model! It will go perfect with the large dragline.
How many of the forum members has bought the Bucyrus 8750?
//Niklas Eriksson
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In line with the recent 8750 posts here is the perfect addition to it from Bruce Birchall, all hand built cable reel attachment and the other extras speak for themselves. i will bet those NZG 988,s will go up in price now!
Thanks for popping them on Rod
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Great idea and a fantastic looking model! Thanks for showing! - Chris 
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Very nice. New life for a classic model.
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That is an awesome custom model, looks very sharp in white. Excuse my ignorance but I'm curious, what would a cable like this supply a shovel like the 8750 with? Is the 8750 electric? Surely this is too thin to act as a power cable? Rowan.
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Thanks for the comments everyone.
I made the cable reeler attachment out of brass and it is modelled on an actual machine that works at the Ulan Coal Mine in NSW where I used to work up until a year or so ago.
The 988 reeler supported a marion 8050 dragline, Marion 204m and P&H 2300 Shovels and O&K mobile crusher.
The trailing Cables where about 6600volts as I recall and the dragline cable was about 100mm in diametrer.
This was a project that I had in mind for many years, but I finally got into action and completed it with the 8750 model coming out. Can't run a dragline without support gear!!
Rowan
The 8750 is a electric machine and would have a similar cable, probaly of slightly larger diameter. The model I made has a slightly larger size "Scale" cable to the Ulan ones (hard to find a cable that looked good) so I guess it would be more or less the right scale size for the 8750 which the model cable reeler is now servicing.
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bobcat863 wrote:The 8750 is a electric machine and would have a similar cable, probaly of slightly larger diameter. The model I made has a slightly larger size "Scale" cable to the Ulan ones (hard to find a cable that looked good) so I guess it would be more or less the right scale size for the 8750 which the model cable reeler is now servicing. Thanks for the response, it's a stunning piece! Rowan.
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