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    Steep gradient coal haulage

    Hmm, the switchback idea I had not thought about. I need to check on how much land we can get. Maybe possible.
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    Steep gradient coal haulage

    Thanks a bunch for the suggestions! Shout out especially to ben46a. I think I'm going to trim the hill to about 20% gradient and then use push trucks for the fast start. Then we will try to get access to more land to widen the corridor so that we can moderate the gradient a little more over time.
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    Steep gradient coal haulage

    I looked up the P12w3, whoa! Those trucks are huge. But it looks like they don't make them anymore.. I found this http://www.youtube.com/all_comments?v=xp1f_EWJzRA that shows a combination of a tow and push truck on a 30% gradient with 120 degree switchbacks. Our situation will be much better...
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    Steep gradient coal haulage

    I have a rather unique problem. Am building a 30km coal haul road in Indonesia. The only available land has a steep hill we have to cross. I have 165 meter rise in height over 500 meters, ie a 33% gradient over 500 meters. To get this down to 10% gradient, we would have to cut and fill 1.5...
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