It looks like it would be best if the driver didn't doze off while negotiating the switchbacks. They might take the cost of the truck out of his salary.
-----Original Message----- >From: Joseph McAllister <[email protected]> >Sent: Jan 19, 2009 6:42 PM >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: OT PESO: Levels & Strata > >On Jan 19, 2009, at 15:35 , David Savage wrote: > >> G'day All, >> >> Another from the Kalgoorlie Super Pit: >> >> <http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3435/3208986305_ed102228bc_o.jpg> >> >> For those of you familiar with large machinery, and to give a sense of >> scale, those are Caterpillar 793C trucks. > >Magnificant view, Dave. > >Those trucks are so large they have to be assembled on-site, >components shipped in by railcar. The tires are taller than an average >sized dump truck, and cost (if I remember correctly, about $25,000 >each, lasting about 4-6 months. Driver sits about 30 feet off the >ground. Radiator bigger than your car, and weighs more. > >Joseph McAllister >[email protected] > >“If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn’t need to lug a camera.” >–Lewis Hine > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow >the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
