MadMitch
Active Member
How's it going guys. First and foremost, a bit of background on my machine operating skill: little but enough to safely operate and understand basic digging and movements etc. I worked for a company operating 1.5-8 t machines. Backfilling holes, loading small trucks (can see the load on back of truck) and digging graves at a local cemetery. (Great fine digging skills as the graves have to be spot on and graded properly)
I now work for a company that deal with diggers 8t + and other machinery on the railways in Australia. We specialise in hi rail equipment etc.
Next week I have been given the chance to operate a 13t komatsu galeo. My job will be loading trucks from a stockpile. I am unaware of the type of material I will be loading but at a guess it would be muddy spoil or rail ballast (large rocks)
Both of these materials are really unstable and because I have not loaded a truck that I can't see the load I am loading onto the bed, I am worried I will load the truck unevenly.
My first question is: what are the best techniques to load a truck evenly.
My next dellema is that because the material is so unstable, I am really nervous about tracking up ontop of the stockpile to load the truck to gain a better view and load procedure. I have never loaded a truck from a bench on a stockpile either.
My question is: if you were in my shoes, how would you use your experience to safely load a truck/hydrema dump truck safely and efficiently without putting yourself in danger.
As I have little skill and experience I do get nervous when tracking up slopes (even the ramps on the low bed trailer gets my heart rate up) as I fear of tipping. So if I can I will load from ground level next to the truck.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. You never know it might save my life.
I now work for a company that deal with diggers 8t + and other machinery on the railways in Australia. We specialise in hi rail equipment etc.
Next week I have been given the chance to operate a 13t komatsu galeo. My job will be loading trucks from a stockpile. I am unaware of the type of material I will be loading but at a guess it would be muddy spoil or rail ballast (large rocks)
Both of these materials are really unstable and because I have not loaded a truck that I can't see the load I am loading onto the bed, I am worried I will load the truck unevenly.
My first question is: what are the best techniques to load a truck evenly.
My next dellema is that because the material is so unstable, I am really nervous about tracking up ontop of the stockpile to load the truck to gain a better view and load procedure. I have never loaded a truck from a bench on a stockpile either.
My question is: if you were in my shoes, how would you use your experience to safely load a truck/hydrema dump truck safely and efficiently without putting yourself in danger.
As I have little skill and experience I do get nervous when tracking up slopes (even the ramps on the low bed trailer gets my heart rate up) as I fear of tipping. So if I can I will load from ground level next to the truck.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. You never know it might save my life.