JimBruce42
Senior Member
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Watching that video, if he says as consistant as he does in the 4 minutes (I counted 6 loads) that ends up being 900 loads in a ten hour run. Also I wouldn't be surprised if there is a second dozer floatin around that cut, grading and ripping, he could probably cover for the pushcat, when he needs a time out. I don't run in scraper spreads so I don't know how these things really work, but I do know that anything is possible if you have the right equipment (type and number of) for the job. I also know that everyone has their bad days and truely banner days, I for one see it as possible to get 1000 loads in 10 hours working, and also possible that some days they only will get 100.
In my opinion if it takes longer than 30 minutes to track to the work area from the staging area, maybe the project team should look at the possiblilty of building a new staging area, so you aren't tracking the equipment so far at the begining and end of the shift, at least for the slow equipment. The company I work for, the Fuel guy is suppose to come after the shift is over, so no lost time there.
But hey, I'm just a lowly operator, what do I know:drinkupopcorn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_Fqo-hhTsg&feature=fvsr
That is another video from the same guy that seems more realistic. Also in work days you figure a total of 9 hours that the machine is actually spent working. Between grease and fuel in the morning, tractor going to the cut and setting up, hopefully the scrapers are waiting on him, then giving machine time to get back to the boneyard at night, and time to cool down. This is also not including the operators well being either. As I'm sure hes gonna have to stop and have a bathroom break, as well as get something to drink as well. From the video of him pushing those scrapers above I calculated his load count to be about 500-600 a day. Which is still very good and he is a talented operator, but I again will state 1000 loads a day from one machine is not possible. at least in a 10 hour day.
Watching that video, if he says as consistant as he does in the 4 minutes (I counted 6 loads) that ends up being 900 loads in a ten hour run. Also I wouldn't be surprised if there is a second dozer floatin around that cut, grading and ripping, he could probably cover for the pushcat, when he needs a time out. I don't run in scraper spreads so I don't know how these things really work, but I do know that anything is possible if you have the right equipment (type and number of) for the job. I also know that everyone has their bad days and truely banner days, I for one see it as possible to get 1000 loads in 10 hours working, and also possible that some days they only will get 100.
In my opinion if it takes longer than 30 minutes to track to the work area from the staging area, maybe the project team should look at the possiblilty of building a new staging area, so you aren't tracking the equipment so far at the begining and end of the shift, at least for the slow equipment. The company I work for, the Fuel guy is suppose to come after the shift is over, so no lost time there.
But hey, I'm just a lowly operator, what do I know:drinkupopcorn