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Dozers towing Haul Trucks
Hello fellow earthmovers, I'm hoping to glean off some expertise if anyone has experience with the following: We have a problem with haul trucks getting stuck in soft material.... or their tires spinning out as the truck starts up in the soft material at the loading area. We have limited the...- mabn
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- Forum: Earthwork/grading engineering
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Rolling Resistance for Earthmoving Vehicles
Hello all, I was wondering if anyone has had any experience relating rolling resistance (or friction) factors to certain material types and characteristics, when examining an earthmoving situation involving tyred vehicles. I have seen guidelines that correlate tyre penetration to rolling...- mabn
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- Replies: 5
- Forum: Earthwork/grading engineering
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Haul trucks in crusher area
Hello fellow miners, I was wondering if anyone has had any experience designing the area in which an ore crusher is located, and is being fed by haul trucks. I'm just looking for any standard practices or guidelines that might be used in this scenario. I assume the area would look somehting...- mabn
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- Forum: Mining engineering
