1915 Hulett Ore Unloader

[JohnP]

Holy crap these things move like nothing else:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RJfnk2S330

I like the use of the old wheeled loader in the ship hold to clean up. At night even. Looks like it would be quite an interesting diorama.

John

[marc_reusser]

So when will you be building the other 3 machines???..

Marc

[Ray Dunakin]

That video is awesome! I would not have guessed these things were still in use so recently.

[teejay99]

Well Marc , I'm about 1/3 the way through my second Hulett but that will be it ....any more and I'll be wearing a straight jacket .

Ray, it's my guess that George Hulett's invention served America very well over the decades and through 2 wars . Sadly , everything is gone now , including most of the steel mills . Here in Canada there weren't any Huletts at our mills ( like Stelco in Hamilton Ont ) ....I guess we really enjoyed hand balming !

Terry

[Chuck Doan]

I think it's a fine model. A very ambitious project! The whole scene should be something to see someday.

[TRAINS1941]

Great video.  And a great model.

Jerry

[RoughboyModelworks]

Came across this video in a Facebook post... not a scale model, but definitely an impressive piece of mechanical work. Looks like a German sophisticated version of Meccano...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKDO_kEf0QQ

Paul

[teejay99]

Paul , thanks , I've seen that one . The Hulett that really blew me away , given it was built over 50 years ago , is the one in the maritime museum in Ashtabula Ohio . Apparently a dockworker built the model , big scale (probably O or bigger ), back in the '40's or 50's . I usede to have a couple of pictures of it but they are no more  .

Terry