DMiller
Senior Member
Where is the Port Nige? Distance for the haul?
Having looked at the 345GC up close I think that was a mistake. It’s more like a construction machine and not really the machine that a 24/7 operation needs. For example you can’t even get factory-fitted autolube on it. To me it looks like a lightweight POS. 3 tons lighter than the model it replaced and with a C9.3 instead of a C13. WTF..?
Because it is cheaper by 50% ?100% correct. 345 GC is just that “general construction”. What should have been sold is the 349 next Gen which is a production machine not a “GC” machine - C13, 425 hp and 49,000 kg.
Completely agree, but when Ops guys who have absolutely no idea what they are looking at are responsible for the decision-taking you end up with sh1t ........... and Maintenance have to look after it.100% correct. 345 GC is just that “general construction”. What should have been sold is the 349 next Gen which is a production machine not a “GC” machine - C13, 425 hp and 49,000 kg.
As far as I know the price difference would not have been a factor. Whatever the price was for whatever model was chosen would've been put into the application for funding to buy the new machines. As far as I'm concerned the justification would have been simply "We already have two of these machines and know that they suit our needs. It makes sense to buy four more especially as we already have components available (engines, pumps, cylinders, undercarriage, etc) for them." The two that are on site already have close to 40,000 hours on them.Because it is cheaper by 50% ?
There are three ports that stuff comes into. it depends on which shipping line brings the goods. None of them are that far away, the furthest is less than 100 miles and apart from the last 20 miles or so everything else is minimum 4-lane highway.Where is the Port Nige? Distance for the haul?
More like the blind leading the blind. Grrrrrrrrrr......Always a UPHILL Battle in shipping!!
Comparisons to the Energizer bunny have been made before.........Hitachi has always been the brand in the large mining hydraulic excavators and shovels. All they do is work day in and day out.
Cleanup, plus any other one-off jobs like digging ditches.What do they use the 349s for
I have had the pleasure of both... I think that the 349 will bury a 345. However I never loaded trucks side by side.As I recall the 345 became 349.
What, even filling them through the service centre.? We switched our 3600s from EP oil to TO-4 in the swing drives, pump drive, & final drives.The swing boxes are a PITA to fill
Maybe it’s an aus spec but the ones I worked on had these remote mounted sight glasses. By the time the 460 oil got to the glass it had overflowed out the breather hahaWhat, even filling them through the service centre.? We switched our 3600s from EP oil to TO-4 in the swing drives, pump drive, & final drives.
Liebherr ?Hitachi has always been the brand in the large mining hydraulic excavators and shovels. All they do is work day in and day out. I've assembled and worked on several PC1000 Komatsu shovels and excavators. Big iron means lots of ladders to climb, plenty of heavy lifting, pushing and pulling. Working on down machines until they are running and being physically worn out at the end of each shift and crawling at the end of each week. I'd a whole lot rather work on a mini excavator now days than one of those monsters. They are neat to look at but assembling and fixing them requires plenty of young men.