the biggest dozer

Dodge · 07-07-2005, 07:27 AM

want to see the worlds biggest bull dozer, email me and i will send the link
dodgeram@bigpond.com
this thing eats D9's for breakfast Not tn u there

the_scotsman · 07-07-2005, 12:27 PM

eh?

Why not post the link here?

Have I missed something?

**Raptor** · 07-07-2005, 04:45 PM

Seen it.

Now where did I park that D9? I'm sure it was around here somewhere LOL!

AdzT3-146 · 07-07-2005, 04:47 PM

yeh i got it via email the other day, was gonna post it up, but i dunno how to post up a powerpoint display :P

rodderz · 07-07-2005, 05:43 PM

Execjim sent me that a few weeks back, that mining machine is the biggest piece of machinery i've ever seen, looks more like a buidling than a machine

I wondered what the dozer had to do with it till i saw the pic with the little wee dozer (not that wee in real life) was caught in one of the buckets of this monster

Some of the pics.....

Brute6 · 07-07-2005, 07:29 PM

That is just incredible!!! Imagine the sound of that blade at the rear when she's spinning!!! You'd be scared if the driver lost control of the thing!!!

NAK302 · 08-07-2005, 08:41 AM

rodderz, that one did the rounds a while ago. i wouldn't have liked to be on it.
this is what i drive. the smaller one is a Komatsu 375 which is a bit bigger than a Cat D9. the bigger one is a Cat D11n with a 63 cubic metre blade set up for stockpiles. this is old, now we have D11R series3, which are the same size, just more power and more refined.

rodderz · 08-07-2005, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by nak351

rodderz, that one did the rounds a while ago. i wouldn't have liked to be on it.
this is what i drive. the smaller one is a Komatsu 375 which is a bit bigger than a Cat D9. the bigger one is a Cat D11n with a 63 cubic metre blade set up for stockpiles. this is old, now we have D11R series3, which are the same size, just more power and more refined.

Not a bad size are they mate...do you work up at the mines up there?

NAK302 · 09-07-2005, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by rodderz

Not a bad size are they mate...do you work up at the mines up there?

yes i do mate. the mine i work at here in the Bowen basin is called Goonyella / Riverside owned by BHP/ Mitsui.

Psycho Chicken · 09-07-2005, 06:17 PM

Seriously, what the hell do you use it for?

NAK302 · 09-07-2005, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Psycho Chicken

Seriously, what the hell do you use it for?

basically for moving coal into feeders and stockpile control. the more you can move in one push the more economical it is do it.

BJ · 09-07-2005, 07:03 PM

There actualy called a dredge not dozer. They have them here at the Yallourn open cut.

NAK302 · 09-07-2005, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by CH7472

There actualy called a dredge not dozer. They have them here at the Yallourn open cut.

depends what machine your talking about.
if it's the one in rodderz post, we know them as bucket wheel reclaimers. they can move serious amounts of material. for example ones used at the port up here operates around 8000-10,000 tonnes per hour when loading ships.

svo347 · 09-07-2005, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by nak351

depends what machine your talking about.
if it's the one in rodderz post, we know them as bucket wheel reclaimers. they can move serious amounts of material. for example ones used at the port up here operates around 8000-10,000 tonnes per hour when loading ships.

Agreed also.