Heavy Loads and Horse Power

Usually when truck number 1 don't have enough hp to tow something up a hill then you need an extra tow or push. This is usually the case with huge mining equipment 80+ tons.

 

Math. Lots and lots of math. You know the math that has letters in it.

 

Things that make you vomit

 

When the driveline twists like a pretzel you need two more trucks or one truck and a driveline.

 

Couple of friends of mine worked for Perkins out of Minnesota they said it was more about traction than power. Power is important but traction is just as important. When the pull truck spins out on bare black top going up a hill things go south in a hurry

 

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I was goigto say, power isnt the issue, traction is. On an unpaved road, Big Ronnie will need a push on a steep enough grade. I will wager at 1 time or another every one of us has gotten pushed because of a lack of ttraction.

 

Yes you are correct

 

We did a move years ago, from Girard,OH to Buffalo TX. We were transporting the pieces for the turntable for one of those coal mine scoops. The sucka was huge! The turntable was 55ft in diameter. Anyways, they had a 13 axle and a 19 axle. They put a push truck behind the 19 to get it through some hills on the highway.
You dont normally see a 13 on the highway needing a push. But on the gravel and hardpack, they would have to.

I think @passingthru69 has the pushtruck experience.

 

@passingthru69 has everything experience