I remember back in my geologist days watching one driver putting one of them sideways into an open cut with perfect control all the way.
Don't know how he did it but all we could do was stand there with our jaws on the ground in amazement.
Seen some good ones myself
Driving past the workshops, at the time, at one mine I was at, when they were removing a tire from a haulpack. Had the truck up on huge jacks and they were trying to lever it off. It bounced off the rim and rolled over the top of the workshop manager's brand new Hilux ute!!!!, Crushed it flat...engine and all
Driving past the workshops, at the time, at one mine I was at, when they were removing a tire from a haulpack. Had the truck up on huge jacks and they were trying to lever it off. It bounced off the rim and rolled over the top of the workshop manager's brand new Hilux ute!!!!, Crushed it flat...engine and all
Carl,
I'm scared to ask. Where was the Workshop Manager at the time?
I remember back in my geologist days watching one driver putting one of them sideways into an open cut with perfect control all the way.
Don't know how he did it but all we could do was stand there with our jaws on the ground in amazement.
Not too hard Eric, just throw on the retarder in a wet pit and off she goes like a slow motion ballet . When I was in Newman (1975) they used to have a yearly fair for want of a better description. On display were utes that had been run over by loaded 200 tonne haulpaks with the driver surviving somehow. Ever seen a 1 ft high holden 1 tonner? A good friend of mine was killed by one of these machines. She was driving a mini and was flattened by the water truck.
Tires look a bit flat, and without a load in the bucket?.
I understand these have one-in-each-wheel electric motors driven by a desil/generator set/invertor controller, sheesh, id love to play with that . (or is it all mechanical ?)
Tires look a bit flat, and without a load in the bucket?.
I understand these have one-in-each-wheel electric motors driven by a desil/generator set/invertor controller, sheesh, id love to play with that . (or is it all mechanical ?)
I know the big 200 tonne trucks were electric drives but I think the smaller ones are mechanical (long time ago). They used to weld a bar across the gear shift to stop the drivers using high gear as the things can get going when fully loaded. I have also seen one of the engines being rebuilt. The fitter was standing inside the cylinder with a grinder hacking away at something .
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