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  1. aussiechunda

    Live face safety tips and tricks.

    I load the plant from that face with a 988xe, has a fairly small bucket only holding about 12 tonnes of raw product but the travel time isnt much our plant is only rated for 350 tonnes per hour and the small bucket makes it dig like it is digging through butter. a lot of my down time is spent...
  2. aussiechunda

    Live face safety tips and tricks.

    We have a wind sifter, air vac and 2 poor souls that take it out by hand
  3. aussiechunda

    Live face safety tips and tricks.

    Our company was recently bought by hiedelberg materials and they hate it lol, they want us to have a benched escavator digging the face and the loader using the material they dig out because they aren't used to live faces, they are used to natural rock faces.
  4. aussiechunda

    Live face safety tips and tricks.

    For a bit of context here is that full face in relation to the plant, in recycling we have the benefit of our load and carry is conducted by off site operators and truck drivers but this can apply to your pit operations. You can do the same thing at more cost than what I am used to but it will...
  5. aussiechunda

    Live face safety tips and tricks.

    I wanted to discuss something that is probably never discussed in terms of loaders because it is pretty niche and only really exists in recycling rather than in load and haul. Load and carry from a live face is in my opinion the most highly skilled and most dangerous loader operation. Is anyone...
  6. aussiechunda

    The Ultimate Loader??

    This is only true for sales loaders.
  7. aussiechunda

    How to fill in potholes/road maintenance

    The only option is cut then rebuild the road unless you want a temporary solution that lasts half a day.
  8. aussiechunda

    The Ultimate Loader??

    Controversial opinion, the ultimate loader doesnt exist. The right loader for the task exists.
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