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A few pics from my world

D10N

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Just a small sampling of the stuff I get to play with:thumbsup

First is a D10T - flat awesome machine, blows a 10R and even a 10N out of the water.

Second is a 4100A shovel - averages 90 tons per pass with a 56 yd bucket.

Third is a 793B with an ultralite bed dumping in the primary crusher.
 

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Jeff D.

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WOW!! I wish my world looked like your world.:notworthy

And these people pay you too?? It's just seems SO wrong!!:rolleyes:
 

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Where do I send my Résumé? Do they run you hard with make quotas and such? I like to lay back and do my job not be rushing around all of the time.
 

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nicestuff..boy cameras are strictly forbidden at our site. the boss took a picture of me in our 627 scraper the day we took delivery of it. i still havent got a copy yet !!
enough complaining lol..
hey D10 how do you like the D 10 T?
we just took delivery of an 8 T. i dont like the feel of it. it reacts way to quick!!!! we have messed w/ the settings some for blade control (in the computer of course!!) slowed it down ,i still dont like it. the other guys love it. well all but me and one other guy. maybe i just need to get used to it. any way how is everything in sahuarita?? any rain yet?? take care.....:Cowboy
 

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Is that a stone quarry or is some other material being mined? That sure is some big equipment! Nothing like that is used in the quarries around here.
 

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i think it is a copper mine..
he lives about two hours from me.
 

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I came across a website for a guy who makes miniture models of heavy equipment.He has alot of cool pictures of mining equipment in action.One is of a very large mining dump truck upside down.Shovels and graders too(not upside down though)

Here
 
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D10N

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It's a copper/moly mine - or moly/copper, depending on which makes the most money at the moment.

I just finished my last graveyard this morning and am transferring up the hill to the flagship operation - going from a fleet of 16 trucks to 62.

The website for hiring is Here.

As for the 10T, it's fast, no doubt about it - I always run my blade control in "fast" and do all of my grading in 2nd gear.

Couple of more pictures here:

1st is (was) my baby - freshly rebuilt 10N with a U-blade.

2nd is a 33,000 gallon water truck - built on a 789C truck chassis

3rd is the same 4100A with an F250 next to it for scale

and lastly, a 4100A loading a 793B
 

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D10N

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Dozerboy said:
Where do I send my Résumé? Do they run you hard with make quotas and such? I like to lay back and do my job not be rushing around all of the time.

On trucks, production (994) loaders, or shovels you're tied to the computer system - we strive for "X" total tonnage per shift, and the computer/dispatcher will do whatever it takes to meet tonnage goals. Drillers have an unwritten goal of 1000' drilled per shift (10¾" bit). With the support equipment (water truck, rubber tire dozer, dozer, small loaders, blades, etc) it's just a matter of get the job done.

I've had shifts on waste dumps so slow that I only moved about once an hour, and more than a few days where my lunchbox came home with everything still in it for lack of a break.
 

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That's a cool site .

D10N
Thanks for the info.
 

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Great to see pics from morenci & sierrita !

D10n, how many 4100XPC morenci runs now ? My last count was 5 units (41, 42, 43 and 44 & 45 I suppose) ?
 

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The 4100 XPC fleet is currently as follows:

41 in the Coronado pit
42 is in the Shannon pit
43 is in the Garfield pit
44 is in the Molinar pit
45 is about 3/4 done
46 is a completed carbody/undercarriage
 

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The 4100 XPC fleet is currently as follows:

41 in the Coronado pit
42 is in the Shannon pit
43 is in the Garfield pit
44 is in the Molinar pit
45 is about 3/4 done
46 is a completed carbody/undercarriage


Heck, I'm just glad to see there's still some shovels working out there! Especially a "Poor & Helpless" 4100. :usa
 

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In addition to the above machines, the 40 (4100XPB), 14 & 15 (4100A) and 16 (4100) are still digging.

The 10, 11, 12, 13 (all 4100A's), 17 (4100) and 39 (4100XPB) are all set out for the time being, along with the 70 & 71 (RH340 O&Ks).
 
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shovels infos

In addition to the above machines, the 40 (4100XPB), 14 & 15 (4100A) and 16 (4100) are still digging.

The 10, 11, 12, 13 (all 4100A's), 17 (4100) and 39 (4100XPB) are all set out for the time being, along with the 70 & 71 (RH340 O&Ks).

Thanks for the details, D10n. Where units 16 & 17 come from ? They have an higher fleet number whereas they are older machines.

And why all these shovels (6x 4100's and 2x RH340) are not digging ?
 

D10N

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The 16 came from Tyrone, not too sure of the number there, and the 17 was the 108 shovel at Miami.

For right now, with depressed copper prices and production cutbacks, the oldest and least productive are getting benched for now. We've scaled back our tonnage budget from 1.2 million TPD to 500K TPD, and laid off half of the workforce until things improve.
 
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