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Originally Posted by BBC

Fantastic photo's I like the smart use of the "100 ton" jack to get the back tyres off the ground. Is there a quick way of getting the front end off the ground?

Great photos and narrative as always BBC - a pleasure to read.

I used to work for Goldfields, the company that owns the Tarkwa mine, and have been across there. Certainly very different to the way that we do things over here. Have to agree with your comment that what we do in the mining industry "isn't really all that hard" - some love to make it out as bigger than it really is.

That's a unique jacking stand under the back of that 785 - unfotunately if we tried to do the same in Australia, we'd be crucified by the safety nazis these days. Used to be common practice to use the hydraulics on all sorts of machines to raise wheels /tracks etc off the ground for repairs etc but the practice is severely frowned upon these days (not to say that it doesn't still happen in remote locations and on night shift though).

Isuzubob - if you raise the tub, reverse the lip under a solid / heavy / immovable object, apply the rear park brake, and then lower the tub, the front wheels will be raised off the ground - but I didn't tell you how to do that .........

Originally Posted by Chucaro

Thank you for the photos and info
What it is the weight of the tyres and how much psi they require?

Chucaro, como esta? A bare 3300R51 earthmover tyre weighs something close to 2.5tonne and fitted to a rim and inflated, something close to 3.5tonne.

Cold filled to 105psi and, dependent on what they are doing, running hot at something like 120psi.

We work out their TKPH (Tonnes/Km/Hr) rating according to what type of tyre compound, length of run, gradients, etc to TRY and control how hard the operators drive them, in order to prolong tyre life.

Hope that helps.

Originally Posted by isuzubob

Fantastic photo's I like the smart use of the "100 ton" jack to get the back tyres off the ground. Is there a quick way of getting the front end off the ground?

Mmmm....100 tonne jacks...and what BMKal said.

Originally Posted by BMKal

Great photos and narrative as always BBC - a pleasure to read.

I used to work for Goldfields, the company that owns the Tarkwa mine, and have been across there. Certainly very different to the way that we do things over here. Have to agree with your comment that what we do in the mining industry "isn't really all that hard" - some love to make it out as bigger than it really is.

That's a unique jacking stand under the back of that 785 - unfotunately if we tried to do the same in Australia, we'd be crucified by the safety nazis these days. Used to be common practice to use the hydraulics on all sorts of machines to raise wheels /tracks etc off the ground for repairs etc but the practice is severely frowned upon these days (not to say that it doesn't still happen in remote locations and on night shift though).

Isuzubob - if you raise the tub, reverse the lip under a solid / heavy / immovable object, apply the rear park brake, and then lower the tub, the front wheels will be raised off the ground - but I didn't tell you how to do that .........

BMKal, I spent June at Goldfields but accommodated offsite. In the 'suburb' down past Hilda's. This was the road to our apartment:



High Range most wet days.

You might remember Steve from OTR at Goldfields.

Long will I remember the daily traffic jam going into town and the 'Shaft Bar'.

Ghana does not stand out by itself from the rest of Africa but, it is certainly well represented with the usual transport issues/problems that are common across the content.....bad to shocking roads, overloaded trucks and buses, bad fuel and, no idea how to drive.

A mate gave me the following photos of an air transport problem in Accra that happened last year. It is a transport plane that was being loaded. The palletized cargo on rollers reached tipping point, came loose and the whole load shifted to the rear, with the following results:







Ooops! Always someone around with a camera when you stuff up.

Then, to follow suit, he gave me some photos of this semi trying its level best to imitate the plane. This is on one of the main roads in and out of Accra...as you can see...traffic flows smoothly around Accra:





I am sure 'Roger' was happy....





In the past 3mths over here, I have probably seen something like 1/2 a dozen like that. This is what you normally see though...makes a drive interesting.

Here we go again.
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Originally Posted by BBC

Given the beauty of the place, and the generally woeful condition of the roads, Afghanistan stands out as a classic of a 4WD destination...............one day.

how many centuries do you think that will take before it's safe enough to risk your beloved landy .....or is that when we are ALL muslim and so not getting shot at ???
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