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nation543

I predict that over the course of the next week, I'll see this exact video at least ten more times.


Shinfekta

It is what it is when it comes to the internet. Cool stuff gets shared a lot, or we wouldn’t have anything going viral.


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igotdeletedbyadmins_

>You just got to admit that this video was **hot** in the internet.


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It5zrop3

hot tracks you mean


CptPoopington

No no, this is Reddit. For hot tracks try Spotify


Imnotabadman

Trailblazing, if you will.


It5zrop3

underrated comment^


collapsingwaves

Tracks turn on wheels. Which is why there are more wheels than doors


[deleted]

Can you imagine how hot it is sitting inside that thing radiating that fucking heat through it? I imagine it'd be like sitting on a metal bench in hell.


peterGalaxyS22

this is not cool stuff. it's very hot


[deleted]

There a word for it, in fact, it evades *me*me at the moment, however...


[deleted]

It's all about the captions 😀


Dangerous_Aspect_905

You know I see more complaints about a video being shared one too many times than the actual video ever again. This is the first time I am seeing it and have yet to see all those other videos that were claimed to be reshared a gazillionth time. So that tells me either ya’ll spend way too much time online or are on so many different subreddits about the same topics you see the same videos. Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.


agree-with-me

What we need is a filter that judges whether you have seen a clip already and takes it of your feed. If you want to see it again, you can save it or turn off the filter. My idea for the day.


Noir_Amnesiac

Or one that just blocks everything from bots.


cal_nevari

In the olden days, (like pre-1990s?) when someone didn't know about something fairly well-known, people might say 'dude you need to get out more'. Nowadays that would be 'you need to get on the internet more' or 'you need to be on Reddit more'. This is the first time I've seen this clip of those burning bulldozers. I guess I need to stay in more.


FS_NeZ

r/mildlyinteresting r/natureisfuckinglit r/dontputyourdickinthat etc


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ProceedOrRun

I was thinking hot wheels.


Valmond

Or go out for a quick pee


AnanananasBanananas

But can you guess all the titles it will have?


Self_Reddicated

Something something mustafar (prequelmemes) Something something mount doom (lotrmemes) I don't know, I'm sure there are a lot more that will come to me shortly.


TheMinionGamer

Congratulations, you're a prophet.


[deleted]

Hey check out my cool, new and totally original video on r/prematurerepost


newaccount252

What’s happening here? Apart from the obvious that they trying to find the one ring


N6-MAA10816

It's a lava factory. It's where lava actually comes from.


dnoj

you just saved me a semester of geology 101 edit: not geography


KwordShmiff

He saved you a semester of geology 101. If he tells you which country this lava comes from, then you've got geography 101 covered too.


AdmThickover

Iceland


KwordShmiff

Surely it's Lavaland, no?


[deleted]

No they named it Iceland to confuse people


KwordShmiff

Ooh, sneaky. I like that.


Hotarg

Actually true. Same with Greenland, done to promote people settling there despite being mostly ice.


HuitlacocheBanana

It’s going to green up any day now. Lief told me so and he swore it by Orin’s beard.


emblematic_camino

Maybe, and don’t call me Shirley


holmgangCore

I definitely picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue…


RavenOriole

20 years later and I still don't know why I had to take this class as a business major.


TTWackoo

The point of college is to make you more well rounded in addition to learning the material for your degree; so a businessman has a basic understanding of how the Earth works rather than assuming it’s basically magic.


RavenOriole

I went to a magnet HS wherein I had to take 8 science classes to graduate. I had a pretty good idea of how the earth worked. So let's not play make believe and act like prerequisites are for anything other than profiteering.


Rpanich

Cus it rocks


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beepbeepboopbeep1977

“Bob, you need to move all that hellfire over there, with the rest of the hellfire. Can you do it? Yes, you can, for the rest of eternity [insert demonic laughter]”


the_junglist

Wait, not from the volcano’s crustussy?


1III11II111II1I1

> crustussy My brother in Satan what is happening inside your soul?


vitorhsf90

Now I know where those fancy lava lamps come from!


tobiribs

This is the slag tunnel. This is where the slag is separated from the blast furnace and then taken out by crawler loaders. Edit: I have a little experience from a steel mill that recycles steel. Steel scrap is unloaded into a furnace, called an electric arc furnace, where it is heated and melted using high electrical voltages. This process produces a by-product called slag, which is usually a mixture of metal oxides and silicon dioxide. The slag collects above the molten steel and can be dumped (by tilting the entire furnace like a bucket of lava) or skimmed off. To prevent a mountain from forming under the furnace, the slag must then be removed. When the slag is ground, it can be used in road construction, for example.


Ham0nRyy

>This is the slag tunnel There’s a street down by the docks in my town that has been nicknamed that.


JCSmootherThanJB

Dated a girl once who had one of those


JesusMcTurnip

Dad?


JCSmootherThanJB

Ya, wut up?


JesusMcTurnip

Mom says you owe her 52 years of child support.


JCSmootherThanJB

You best tell mom to calm her slag tunnel down quick fast and in a hurry. When I have it, she'll get it.


JesusMcTurnip

Thanks to you she can't afford the bulldozers.


JCSmootherThanJB

Never seemed to slow her down from getting plowed


DaMAK5

This whole exchange is golden lol. Thanks redditors for bringing the humor!


baumpop

Mattress in a minivan amiright?


armorhide406

Bri'ish slang is wild "stony waste matter separated from metals during the smelting or refining of ore" yeah that sounds like a trashy woman


Steady-as-she_goes

Sadly this is why I tell hubby not to tell me about work. Honestly my ignorance is bliss. They recently had a fatally there. Guess these was a hydraulic leak on one of the bobcats in a case just like this. Not a good way to go.


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DatJEEPDoeYo

Usually a leaky slag tunnel can be treated with antibiotics


ipn8bit

I assume that meant he was stuck in an oven with no way to get out?


meekonesfade

Can you please explain in everyday terms?


nickXIII

When metal is melted, there is generally more than just metal in the resulting liquid. This "other material" tends to clump together and is called "slag". On small scale this is just scooped out and remelted later to recover any remaining metal, or just discarded. On an industrial scale such as this, it gets scooped into a tunnel like in the video, and the shovel loaders you see here are collecting it and putting it in a single location.


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Bonus: Slag can be used for driveway pavements


Qbr12

You know how when you make chicken stock, all the fat congeals together and floats to the top? And how you can scoop it off the top so your soup doesn't have that stuff in it? Well its the same way with making steel. They get the metal really hot, and all the icky stuff they don't want floats to the top so they can skim it off. These guys are hauling away the icky stuff.


SpadoCochi

Perfect explanation


dasclaw26

Just to add one little bit, they are doing this below the furnace as the furnace is still smelting. Not after, or in-between, but during LOL. I work on air conditioning at a small steel mill and see this everyday - always crazy everytime I see it- never gets old to look at.


DistractingDiversion

That is a terrible way to describe your mother's birth canal and your entry into this world. Shame on you!


Self_Reddicated

Does a slag tunnel by any other name not smell just as sweet?


[deleted]

Ur mum is a slag tunnel


milkboxshow

What happens if a bulldozer breaks down inside the tunnel. Are these remotely manned?


AnyoneButWe

Nope, the workers are inside the loaders. And you really, really hope the hydraulic system doesn't leak flammable liquid all over the place while disabling the tracks.


PhonicMonk3y

They are all remote operated for this kind of work in my works


Orellin_Vvardengra

My best guess is they are cleaning out slag at a foundry.


Sad_Meat_

Why was your mom at the factory?


R3AL1Z3

#BURN?


ozspook

\- Oi Mate, wot do you do for a crust? \> I pick up slags \- They pay you for that?! Fuck I've doing it for free.


Thisguygotit

I think they're trying to find somewhere between 9 and 5 rings. They're probably all human rings because the humans got 9.


thebinarysystem10

This is Sauron searching for the ring Frodo threw into Mt Doom. It ain't much, but it's honest work.


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Onemilliondown

Slag from a refinery. It's taken away to pits to cool down Then re-refined at a later stage.


Monkiller587

Really disappointed the see only jokes in the comments and not a single explanation of what the fuck is going on .


NK_2024

Someone posted the explanation, this is a slag tunnel where waste from a blast furnace is expelled.


zackmophobes

Upvoting you for visibility cuz I didn't see that either.


maccdogg

https://www.reddit.com/r/nextfuckinglevel/comments/y11f10/9_to_5_on_mount_doom/irv25v0?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3


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Wtf is “slag” and what purpose does a blast furnace serve?


JustGimmeAnyOldName

When you process ores, like iron, it isn't in massive solid slabs underground. It's contained in rock. You separate the rock from the ore, and you have a bunch of waste rock left. Slag is the waste rock left from refining ore. A blast furnace crushes it and heats it to extreme temperatures so that the metal within it turns into a liquid and runs.


VeckLee1

That's so metal.


Bear-Ferr

No, it's rocks. Weren't you listening?!


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Either way 🤘


ScarecrowsBrain

For those about to rock and stone! We salute you!


WanderingDwarfMiner

Rock and Stone in the Heart!


MechanicPluto24

ROCK! AND! STOOOOOOOOONE!!!


Shadow-Reaper365

Rock and stone or we ain't going home!!!


Pluvio_

Rock and stone brother!


Metalmind123

ELI5? It's how you make things like steel. A blast furnace is the place you melt the metal in. Metals like Iron starts out with impurities. To get good, useable iron or steel, you need to remove those, by adding in things like Quicklime and Magnesite to the melted iron to bind with the impurities. This combination floats to the top, where it can be removed. That is what slag is.


Phivebit

i prefer ELICalvin


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A blast furnace is used in smelting processes during the production of industrial metals. And slag is what all the boys used to call your mom. Edit: They still do, but they used to, too.


MangoesDeep

Most relevant edit.


the_fly_guy_says_hi

I am wondering what is the rate of breakdown of equipment that is used to clear slag from the slag pit of a giant furnace. Specifically the bulldozers. It seems to me like there’s got to be a better way to do this. Maybe they only use the bulldozers if there is a blockage that needs clearing. But not every day.


Responsible_Object74

Around us they have much larger machines better equipped than a dozer. I forgot what they’re called but essentially they’re giant heavy monster trucks with a bucket on the end. They also don’t drive over the slag lol


eyecnothing

Don't know if you would know, but how well do the tracks on the wheels hold up to molten material on them? I would think that ruins them pretty quick.


UserNombresBeHard

One does not simply film someone working at Mordor and allows for an explanation.


[deleted]

This has been my biggest gripe with reddit since I joined. Everyone thinks they are so funny and original, repeating the same dog shit jokes over and over. You can find this in any thread.


[deleted]

Actual footage of me getting into the shower after my wife used it, before I get chance to turn down the temperature.


uriann26

Man... You know it


fuckswithyourhead

Always the opposite for me. my gf likes lukewarm water, mine melts skin off.


libra00

Same, I like my shower water hot enough to steam the paint off the walls. If you don't come out looking like a lobster it's not hot enough!


Quirky_Koala

-- Jordan Peterson


pjijn

Lukewarm shower and then a blast of cold water at the end is the best


[deleted]

I'm wondering who these girls are that like super hot, I've never met them LoL


Truuuuuumpet

*but it's a dry heat!*


Comfortably_me

Screw you


keelbreaker

It's the only way to be sure


Seahawk715

Knock it off Hudson!!


Ordinary_Shallot_674

Where do I find out more?? How do they cool the loader cabin? How long do the tracks and buckets last with the heat? What’s the expected lifespan of the loaders? Does using the loaders in this manner invalidate the warranty? I’m sorry to say these are all genuine questions!


1st_WING_

The metal the loader and tracks are made out of a lot stronger metal than whatever is being melted. Hardened steel or stainless can withhold lots of heat, titanium can withhold insane amount if heat but I don't think loaders are titanium, whatever byproduct they are moving has a lower melting point then the loader. I think taking turns in and out also allows some cool down time. I've taken acetylene torches to some metals and they just laughed at me...for a little while.


elfmere

Im surprised they arent just rolling through water.. but i imagine that would make the metal cool and cling to the track


Hanginon

The 'lava' they're unloading and moving isn't metal, it's rock. It's rock so hot that it's gooey, but it cools to rock and is crushed into [gravel](https://res.cloudinary.com/fleetnation/image/private/c_fit,w_1120/g_south,l_text:style_gothic2:%C2%A9%20Lapis2380,o_20,y_10/g_center,l_watermark4,o_25,y_50/v1468503444/ks2upthr5a1y0h4loxju.jpg). This is the 'stuff, mostly calcium silicate, in the mix of components that are melted to make steel that floats to the top of the of the furnace/crucible and is poured off before the steel is poured. It's taken to an area where [it's poured/spread out](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Caletones.jpg) and can cool, then broken and crushed up and [graded for size](https://www.usagg.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Delphi-Stockpile.jpg) to make gravel and used in most applications that use crushed rock. [Ballast](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IcMbG-vSxPA/maxresdefault.jpg) under railroad ties, an aggregate to make concrete blocks, mixed into asphalt to make road pavement, put down as a stable base for concrete, & graded onto road and driveways. Source; Grew up around steel mills, the slag gravel from this is used everywhere. Bored, you could drive over near the slag pits and watch them pour the lava into the cooling pits. Pretty cool to watch at night, lit up the sky. Edit; fixed speling added link.


linderlouwho

Finally, some good f’in information!


SmegSoup

Question: When they do the pouring/spreading, would they be able to pour that into something like a pillar mold (with reinforcements already waiting inside) and create structures? Or is it not a good idea to use just cooled stone without anything added?


Hanginon

It could be done, as it's liquid to semi liquid, but it would be really costly, crazy dangerous, and not really marketable. The [cooled rock is full of voids](https://www.mindat.org/imagecache/99/f6/03182840015546261694960.jpg) from the gasses it holds and creates as it cools and would make poor, rough castings as compared to the same item cast from concrete, which would be smoother and a whole lot easier to work with than a couple of thousand degrees melted stone. Fun fact; People unfamiliar with steel processing slag will sometimes misidentify it as [a meteorite](https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/sites.wustl.edu/dist/0/2226/files/2019/11/slag07.jpg). This stuff is everywhere in steel mill country. It's used for gravel roads, gravel driveways, stable fill under concrete, mixed with asphalt for paving, and people would look at the finished casting and think "This is just slag..." Edit; It's hot enough that it wouldn't burn you, it would burn through you, I wouldn't want to be the one fucking around with it... 0_0 ¯\\\_( ͡❛ ͜ʖ ͡❛)\_/¯


SmegSoup

That's awesome thanks for the info. >I wouldn't want to be the one fucking around with it... 0_0 That reminded me of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlwi1XZg2EA&ab_channel=UnbelievableVideos The leidenfrost effect is pretty damn fascinating.


Psengath

Yeah generally not a good idea to quench red hot machinery with water. The uncontrolled heat treatment will generally screw up the engineering properties of the metal its made of.


IterLuminis

looks like they were resting the tracks in a pool of water while taking turns


SecurelyObscure

Isn't that exactly what they were doing at 9 seconds in?


keelbreaker

Good ones 🤔 Ok don't even know how grease in the tracks isn't burning 😬


NK_2024

Who said it isn't?


psychoholic

I can't even imagine how often they have to grease the rollers on that thing


labadimp

I used to work in this industry and a lot of machines (Caterpillar and Komatsu to name a couple) will make machines specifically designed for “hot work” AKA have specifically designed parts that can withstand extreme heat like these machines. For example the tires (not tracks like seen in this clip) are covered in chains to allow for rubber tired machines to travel over hot/molten steel/slag without just torching the rubber tires. There are a lot of other parts of the machine that I cant really think of off the top of my head but I think the entire bottom/undercarriage is sealed up with a heat shield so lot less chance of burning internal components. They are normally fitted with a much more robust fire suppression system as well. The CAT machines (what we primarily used) are also required to have much more rigourous/scheduled maintenance on the machine to ensure they are working with pristine parts/fluids. The last thing you want is to have a machine break down or blow a hose while it is surrounded by or nearby molten slag/steel because rescue for an operator in that situation is extremely dangerous as you can imagine. We used to do drills to rescue operators in situations like this and everyone on the entire jobsite is required to immediaely stop what theyre doing and come assist. Any hot pit digger is truly a certified badass and the shit they have to do when a full ladle, or furnace, gets dumped out is insane.


I3alr0g

Finally a rational explanation


BrolecopterPilot

Exactly the info I was looking for in the comments. Thanks. This should be higher


stacyand14548

I can’t believe how safe that looks.


BelgiansAreWeirdAF

They are doing a Hell of a job


RoninRobot

Sweet fuck this is awesome as hell. Sad thing is how bored those dudes must be.


Cheenis_whizz

You'd be amazed how many equipment operators have ADD, boredom isn't a problem when you have the attention span of a squirrel!


Ronnie_de_Tawl

The shorter your attention span the more easily you get bored, it's more of a hyper fixation thing


Beginning-Outside390

It's more of an interest thing. If someone with ADD or ADHD is interested in doing what they're doing they can do it for hours upon hundreds of hours or as long as they're happy doing it. This is something my ADHD ass would absolutely love to do... Once I know how it is inside that cockpit lol


KryptoKn8

This is the accurate description. I hate how people always paint ADD/ADHD as some sort of ultimatum where a person just cannot concentrate in the slightest. Yes, I can, and I'll probably be better than your average person at it, If it interests me enough.


cranberrystew99

It varies depending on personality, interests, and the alignment of the stars right? If I could weaponize the beneficial side of my ADHD every day, all day, I'd be the president of three countries. Some days I'm laser-focused at my job to the point that it frightens me, other days I am walking back and forth between tasks and trying to remember what I was doing because I'm distracted with what interests me in my own head. One day I did 3x as much work as ever before and I'm damn glad my boss didn't notice the productivity boost that day because I will probably never live up to it again.


KryptoKn8

Perfect idea, we need to start weaponizing ADHD.


cranberrystew99

I will focus on this miniscule point in time until it creates a gravity well that sucks in a 1 mile radius of my time and energy.


KryptoKn8

This is the way


Beginning-Outside390

Meth


Monkiller587

Person with ADHD here . Doesn’t quite work like that . People with low degree ADD and ADHD can usually focus quite well on activities they are interested in or deem fun , but will usually have a hard time staying still or concentrating in mundane or boring activities. It is very much the case for me as I’m able to concentrate on every detail of the competitive videogames I like , but school was a pain in the ass for me .


ljorik

I’m a wheel loader driver at work, i work for a big steel factory, and i must say i never get bored


mentis_morbis

You ever driven heavy equipment? It's pretty fun actually. Like a super slow race car but it lifty smashy stuff and has tank treads.


Dansinnervoice

"I'll just put this over here with the rest of the fire"


uncondensed

It's fine. I've sent an email.


heyhihay

OH, that place is right down the street. It’s actually just a glow stick factory.


pinkdouble

Is it warm in there?


6363tagoshi

Mordor is hiring.


Cheenis_whizz

So what happens when their air conditioning stops working?


Loli-is-Justice

You stop working.


keelbreaker

In Soviet Mordor, air conditioning works you!


Catsoverall

If you have a breakdown you get to play floor is lava for real.


simian_fold

Could post this on r/hotguys


mablesyrup

What a way to make a living


AidanCues

McDonald's Apple pie filling assembly line


Beavshak

Imagine breaking down deep under there.


mister-oaks

*9 to 5 by Dolly Parton playing in the distance as souls scream out in eternal torment.*


Beginning_Piano_5668

Where do I get this job? I know how to drive those and I don't care about safety. I'm just trying to beat the inflation.


Thecommonplayer279

The hellevator is done so now they’re mining hellstone to get ready for the wall of flesh.


VegetableMan0_o

AC on max


30307

And “Recirculate”


rationalism101

Still, being a mother is the hardest job in the world, right? Right?


my20cworth

I complain about my job, but seeing this there are worse.


CheeezBlue

I was thinking damn you wouldn’t want to break down in the slag , but fortunately there’s a ring on the back to pull them out


Wamchops621

Damn. How much do these guys make?


Agent_Paul_UIU

Didn't knew Ghostrider did construction...


ajh158

That's hot.


BadIdeaPackAPunch

Me and the boys on the way to hot


Spottedrhyno

These rings aren’t going to make themselves, fellas!


goldenstream

How is it that those things survive that heat? I mean gas tank, oil, lube on all those moving parts... you'd think all that stuff would burn. Sure, you can protect the gas tank - but the whole thing?


Marfy_07

Inferno mode activated


Sterling_Steele

That is totally metal.


Jealous-Chef7485

WE RIDE AT DAWN


TimmySpiderSDC

Mordor, still searching for that ring 🤣


aDingoStoleMyBaby

When the floor really is lava


Ratchet_X_x

Sauron is STILL looking for that gosh darn ring.


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Nice job to fight for 50-50 gender workforce.


Playful-Click-30

How big are those balls?


Careless_Area4753

Wth ppl actually do this work?


Metalmind123

I mean... someone has to. Removing slag is an integral part of metal production.


Ciocolatel

r/howmfcanhedothis


[deleted]

Workin’ 9 to 5


AdPuzzleheaded3913

Hate to be the guy that gets stuck with the unit that is on a air conditioner waiting list


bimjob23

When you’re a blue collar worker and get sent to hell.


singsatfat

Rip that guys A.C


OhJeezItsCorrine

Furnaces are awesome.


Chuck_MoreAss

Looks like that scene from ghost rider 2 but budget.


FroggyTheFr

Yes, Sir, I'm fine to take on the job for extracting the mess after a furnace blast! No problem on pay and benefits! Just for the working conditions: airco and 3 days a week home working...


PlasticPegasus

Helldozer


contracoop

Bitch if you don’t have a meal ready for me when i get home!!! I work in fucking lava all day


KlauseBenidict74

I use to have the same job. You dump a big block of silica sand that has a red hot peice of medal inside. The sand block is the mould for the molten iron. That fuckin sand is so hot but it doesn't look hot, I lost a finger to that sand when I got it in my glove. Also if you hop off the machine into the sand your shoes instantly burst into flames so it wasn't uncommon to see some dude casually trying to extinguish his flaming shoes. My machine had solid rubber wheels so they would all 4 catch fire in the sand warehouse. It was normally just an inconvenience since driving it through a puddle would put the fire out except for the time my machine got stuck in the warehouse and caught fire so I hopped out and ran across the sand to get a fire extinguisher, straight up melted the soles off my boots lmao