New project

[AKBill]

Hi, thought I would share a new project I'm working on. Rebuild of an underground loader. Mining silver, lead, zinc, and gold. 7 yard bucket on loader, engine is 300 hp.

 

[Spring Ford]

It'll never fly.

 

[Morgan3820]

It'll never fly.

Well, it’ll need more horsepower.

 

[Morgan3820]

Hi, thought I would share a new project I'm working on. Rebuild of an underground loader. Mining silver, lead, zinc, and gold. 7 yard bucket on loader, engine is 300 hp.
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It looks a mess, like a bunch of heavy rocks fell on it.

 

[AKBill]

Removing boom/lifting arm

 

[AKBill]

It looks a mess, like a bunch of heavy rocks fell on it.

Operators run the equipment hard...

 

[Timbeck2]

Bill, is that shop underground?

 

[GRG55]

Uh oh.
I predict another "Thinking about..." thread from The @Ted. After all, the shop is ready now.

 

[Ted]

Uh oh.
I predict another "Thinking about..." thread from The @Ted. After all, the shop is ready now.

Nah. I need to:

- finish the shop
- finish the cobra
- get the rx7 running’s and racing
- fix the rx7 after I break it racing (x100)
- do an engine swap in the Land Rover
- rebuild the engine on the 1947 C4 dozer
- make the electric front AC work on the Rv

I’m sure I’m forgetting some things

 

[Zeldman]

Operators run the equipment hard...

I can't see that, the operators aren't paying rent on the equipment....

 

[GRG55]

Nah. I need to:

- finish the shop
- finish the cobra
- get the rx7 running’s and racing
- fix the rx7 after I break it racing (x100)
- do an engine swap in the Land Rover
- rebuild the engine on the 1947 C4 dozer
- make the electric front AC work on the Rv

I’m sure I’m forgetting some things

So what were you planning to do after Thursday?

 

[NealRomeoGolf]

So what were you planning to do after Thursday?

He knows better. He'd buy a yellow one.

 

[AKBill]

@Timbeck2 , that shop is in town. They barged the loader to town for the rebuild. We are working 12 hour shifts, 3 on days and 3 on nights. Job should take around 4 weeks. 6 people X 12 hours a day X 30 days to completion. About 2160 man hours, is an approximant number of manhours for the rebuild. ...

This is a picture of a bolter in the Underground shop
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[AKBill]

This is a pic of the planetary for the wheel end. The brakes are spring applied, hydraulic released. The springs exert an amazingly strong amount of force on the brake friction discs.

 

[steingar]

I am beyond impressed. I can barely change a lightbulb. Genuinely impressed with you folks giving new life to old machines.

 

[AKBill]

Well we pretty much finished the loader rebuild Friday. Started the project 3-30-21 done 4-23-21. Here are a few pictures of the loader and the test run we did digging in a gravel quarry not far from the shop we did the rebuild at.

2 shifts, 12 hours a day, 3 men on each crew. New 1.5M, rebuild cost $450,000 + or - a few penny's ...

 

[Ted]

2 shifts, 12 hours a day, 3 men on each crew. New 1.5M, rebuild cost $450,000 + or - a few penny's ...

For a savings of approximately...

 

[Spring Ford]

That's a huge machine.

 

[Zeldman]

Did you find any gold during the test run..??

 

[Sac Arrow]

"And Ted studies the photographs with a dumbfounded look, staring in disbelief as he ponders his next one-up project..."

 

[AKBill]

Did you find any gold during the test run..??

No gold, but I think we P***ed of some traffic taming it to the quarry... Max speed is about 15 mph....

 

[AKBill]

"And Ted studies the photographs with a dumbfounded look, staring in disbelief as he ponders his next one-up project..."

@Sac Arrow you have a great sense of humor. Ted has some fun projects and I'm sure he is laughing as well