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sorry if i missed it in a previous post, what do you call a buggy a shuttle car? here in the anthracite a buggy is one of the following...... mine car, mine motor, shuttle car, scoop, wheelbarrow, or gunboat, which can also be called a barrel or bucket or pail. :lol: the heister at our mine likes it when i say, we're in the bucket take us outside! :wink:

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:lol: buggies are shuttle cars


pure anthracite boys... gotta love 'em :lol:

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Just like Banks said, Buggy is a Shuttle car, And if you are on the miner you are on the "Box" and if you are the miner utility, you are "THE B&*%H" :D


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A Gunboat is strictly on a slope nothing more,nothing less. A Buggy runs on the gangway, simple enough?

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so then why do we have "we're in the buggy take us outside" guess theres exceptions to every rule huh. :lol:

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"we once heist 2 or 3 buggies a day cause its a small mine..."


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Well if you want to split hairs I guess you could a Gunboat a Buggie but the correct term for Haulage equipment that runs on Skids up and down a slope is a Gunboat.

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"Bucket" ? You can take that one up with Hoss or John. You won't stand a chance in that argument!

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how bout pail?

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in case any of you bitty guys were wondering this is a "bucket":

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Mike A. and Banks inside, when we got our tour of joliet coal co. because of the slightly limited space, we had to make 2 trips :wink:

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GUNBOAT

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ok pete its a buggy :twisted:

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Nay Oh Great One!

We're not sure you understand the term.

Bucket: n. Large box structure with cables attached.

Large: adj. See Figure 1


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Large is large enough to put Banks, Mike and their trucks in.


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Well I think that I am finally off the scoop for now. Got put on a shutttle car today. As far as the money goes its about the same as a scoop. I got a pay summary for the last 2 weeks.$21.20 with a little more for the night shifts


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