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  1. 24th March 2014, 08:05 PM #1
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    Talking Diff / rear axle failure - overloading?

    There are failures, and there are failures...

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  2. 24th March 2014, 08:57 PM #2
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    That hardly looks overloaded. That load looks perfect wihout seeing the headboard.

    Ah the good old days, I just got terrible flashbacks.
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    Wonder if they loaded it to one side or it just shifted when the wheels fell off.
    They want to have a rather big jack for it

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  6. 25th March 2014, 05:42 AM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by voltron View Post
    That hardly looks overloaded. That load looks perfect wihout seeing the headboard.

    Ah the good old days, I just got terrible flashbacks.
    If expect the damage was done earlier. Trucks don't heal themselves.
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  7. 25th March 2014, 06:38 AM #7
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    I used to work in an open cut mine not far from Wiluna in WA, about 18 years ago now those trucks were overloaded, the company fitted hungry boards to the trays to stop spillage.


    This just allowed more dirt to be loaded we had broken axles got very good at changing those out, also suspension struts went through them front and rear if we ran out of parts filled them with very thick oil to keep truck moving,, broken chassis, final drives and tyres this outfit went broke and got merged with another company.
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  9. 25th March 2014, 07:06 AM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by stevo View Post
    I used to work in an open cut mine not far from Wiluna in WA, about 18 years ago now those trucks were overloaded, the company fitted hungry boards to the trays to stop spillage.


    This just allowed more dirt to be loaded we had broken axles got very good at changing those out, also suspension struts went through them front and rear if we ran out of parts filled them with very thick oil to keep truck moving,, broken chassis, final drives and tyres this outfit went broke and got merged with another company.
    In a similar vein. I know a mine that was running ADT's and put no effort in their roads. 4x4 vehicles couldn't get around site and the trucks were in gravelly mud up to their axles.
    Then it got wet, the roads got even worse and they were doing a $50k brake job every month.

    It took them under too.
    How hard is it to look after your site and gear properly?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dougal View Post
    In a similar vein. I know a mine that was running ADT's and put no effort in their roads. 4x4 vehicles couldn't get around site and the trucks were in gravelly mud up to their axles.
    Then it got wet, the roads got even worse and they were doing a $50k brake job every month.

    It took them under too.
    How hard is it to look after your site and gear properly?
    Too hard it seems. Too many people afraid to stop production but as they say

    ' Good roads means good load'

    or something like that.
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