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Komatsu 960E Komatsu 960E beside Caterpillar 793D 960E is the physically largest current mine truck. The Caterpillar 797 carries a little more weight though.

Hail creek Mine NQLD, Taking the seam of coal - Dragline and cloud from a blast in the background

Ask yourself are you in it for money or the actual work. A lot like myself love the work and the machines. Those for the money don't last long. I have trained many to operate various machines but most have been new truck operators. Its easy to drive the machine but to be excellent takes a long time. A truck is the bottom rung for mining opeators and as thier time an experience progresses so does the machines they will operate. For operators Coal(qld/nsw) and Iron(wa) pay the most atm. Most Iron has longer FIFO shifts for same or a little more money. Overtime not taken into account. Some small outfits in coal have a longer shift also. Generaly coal is an even time roster, 4/4, 5/5, 7/7 or staggered variations. QLD coal runs inland from down Gladstone way to up near Bowen. All the downs differ but are good bases to do a bus in bus out roster. For a few years while on 7/7 I flew Bris to Mackay but got tired of it and moved back to Mackay. My Brother inlaw currently car shares from the Sunshine coast to Rocky then gets the bus to Moranbah. To live in the mining towns like Moranbah/Dysart/Middlemount is hugely expensive unless subsidised by the big miners. Camp life while on shift is good. Rooms now days are ensuited with foxtel provided. Meals are great. Days of communal showers are gone. NSW coal is in the Hunter valley and is all residential. so you go home after your shift everyday. The big mine owner companys are: BHP/BMC/BMA, RioTinto/Coal and Allied, Xstrata, Anglo coal, Peabody, Vale Mine contractor companys include: Downer EDI mining, Leightons, Thiess, John Holland, Macmahons and a few more. Some are total mine contracts while others are set project contracts. Melbourne is too far away for commuting and even trying to get a start in NSW or QLD. Most want people close to thier bus zones or live close. Its part of thier fatique management. Small and some big contractors Ive seen take Green(new) people because of friends they know there and also sometimes just random picks. The big miners run assessment centres. Generaly a whole day thing with interviews, maths/englishg tests, psych tests and team activities. Ive seen unskilled people come through just on attitude and how well they have done on that day alone. You want to look for ads offering operator traineeships and new to industry opportunities - online WA employers want a HR licence but QLD and NSW just a Manual Car licence. Problem at the moment with the "closure" of BMA's Norwich park mine is the market is flooded with highly skilled operators. Operators are transient anyway, changing work to different pits often. Generally for money or working conditions. KCGM at the superpit in WA is also a way to get started operating. Lower pay and sh*t roster but stick it out for a bit then change.

A mate a Millennium said they were taking the current downers staff first. Staying 7/7. Owner ops is the way to go. Big rumors of Alpha project and Cavil ridge going round too. HVO is a different place. All truckies are contractors on traineeships, wierd. Permanents op everything else.

Damn cold down here. Back when at millennium a few guys transfered up from wambo. I'm at HVO atm, operator. Like my letourneau 1850's but been on a smashed on dozer since getting down here. Shyfrd I can give you some good info and pointers on becoming an operator but will take ages to type out. I'll post tomorrow

Cool. You on the 4100 or 340's? Kane sparkes on your crew? I was up the bowen basin for almost 8yrs. Coppabella and Millennium for Roche/Downer then Jail Creek for Rio. Transfered down the Hunter with Rio now. Kane is my Bro inlaw

You an operator out at goonside Chlaxn?

Some good info on them here - http://www.boostcrui...pic=750529&st=0 More - http://www.dontgetca...om.au/home.html The Veil paint looks like it works well for jamming lazer. Wonder how it goes on fixed cameras

Getting better. Hopefully back at work in 2 weeks or so.

Welcome guys. Catch yas round sometime.

Spotted OOF666 blue tornado ute at pacific ford maroochydore yesterday. Plates very similar to mine

Stock you will supprise him. Pretty even. At the drags ive seen stock ones struggle to do mid 13s.

Lol hero whinges bout 10k mods then says he owns car outright I have a broken foot atm but if you want a friendly run in 2-3 months let me know. Lol race u for ya car, What sh*ts that.

Ill race you for the laugh. Be in like 2-3 months. I live 2k ks away

I see two trolls from sa that jump on the bandwagon for 3 days of glory. Know sfa bout the cars were asking questions on. Heathcote or calder. Your 42? Vs my 353. You keen jet. Street tyres.

Nice one possum. Im all for everyone shooting for it. Drive off the street in normal trim, watch other swap tyres and f around. Then reel off the numbers.

A few of us only race on street rubber. Everything has been done, but the street tyred 10 hasnt.

Depends if your tuner is a wizard from hogwarts.

Sorry fluffa, didnt know you were playing. Was good seeing ya avatar every second post anyway.

Oh so this is a competition for you? You picked a "side" and won hey? Myself and a lot of others see this as a healthy discussion. Can we not ask questions to try to comprehend what we understand as not safe/possible?

Time for easy 10s veva. Would love to come down wsid and see it.

Yeah George, Spiro said the same to me. Ill be going the same route as you. Even if it can be done, you would want big balls. Cheap-Fast-Reliable, choose two.

Serial number. Pump looks exactly the same

So you have seen the equient that is in the cars?

Who has actually seen the pump? Are you sure its an 044 and not a 413? Its the motorsport version of the same pump. Both pumps look exactly the same. Identical but 044 does 200l p/h@5bar and the 413 200l p/h@8bar. The 413 at lower pressures supplies way more fuel than the 044. Word is 900hp on the 413