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Re: Heavy Equipment Maintenance
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 4 Mar 2002 22:32:39 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Josh Baakko writes:
> In lugnet.town, Duane Hess writes:
> > Not sure where this should end up, so I'll start here and FUT to .General
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> > I'm looking for pictures of wheel/tire replacement for heavy equipment in
> > the field. If a large Terex dump truck gets a flat on the way to a mine, how
> > do they raise the truck and replace the tire? Do they use a large jack and
> > mobile crane, or some other equipment?
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> > Any help is appreciated.
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> > -Duane
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> I'd guess a crane, theres one (was two) mine 100 miles from here, but I had
> never thought about the tires being changed! I know that they deliver them
> with a normal flat bed truck, simular to a logging pulp wood truck, that has
> a fairly large crane on it... I suppose a crane, & often changes at the
> maintainence building!
> Josh
I know that there is a lot of preventive maintenance with the mining
equipment, so my example is a little far fetched. Ross Crawford gave a good
example of how they change out a tire in that situation.
How about something a little more common like an earth scraper or large
wheeled loader? I'm looking for field service rather than something done
in-shop.
-Duane
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| (...) With regard to preventative maintenance of truck tyres, you'll find most large mining trucks with dual rear wheels have a long strip of steel hanging loosely (from under the tipper) between the tyres of each pair. This is to dislodge any rocks (...) (25 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I'd guess a crane, theres one (was two) mine 100 miles from here, but I had never thought about the tires being changed! I know that they deliver them with a normal flat bed truck, simular to a logging pulp wood truck, that has a fairly large (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.general)
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