That's very cool. That's what I will do with my bulldog as well.

Added a screenshot today to show what I personally use the Pitbull for - Gold & Zascosium surface mining on really hot planets. She's taking away over 6000 Gold/Zascosium per hour, and there's no end of it in sight across the planet.

I've gotten many hours out of the original Bulldog (the one I think you're referring to Vectrasor) before upgrading to a larger SV style miner for planets. She was a nimble and useful ship, which is why this is basically a homage to her but with a specialist mining purpose, and and end-game purpose so you can continue to use her for a long time.

I remember the Pitbull. It was my first miner. Fast and easy to assemble

Development note: reviewed and tested the ship in a vanilla Empyrion survival game; works well with no missing blocks, or loss of function. Changed the item tag & body text to indicate it is vanilla compatible, and added material costs and spawn time. Enjoy.