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Heavy haulage activities are maintained during the Covid 19 travel ban period, with individual safety precautions put in place: ![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49669218808_f52c512b5e_h_d.jpg) ![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49669782191_1306fe9db6_h_d.jpg) During the crusher maintenance period, extraction continued in LorraMine with large piles of ore being temporarily stored in all available places. This situation triggered the need for an extra-large loader to be delivered as the crusher should be back in operation. To be continued. Guy
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Some Matt Hayes videos were used by Dennis to model the scene, among which a LeTourneau L2350 transport by Triton Transport Sces, shot heading up North out of Perth (Western Australia): ![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49670284971_6d96e272f2_b_d.jpg) ![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49670553712_31f8809928_b_d.jpg) Pity that Dennis didn't manage to remove the hard material tires of the Weiss Brothers LeTourneau model, to get the scene even more realistic. Pictures extracted from M. Hayes videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/mhp4014/videos and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WbbAlcy26o . Regards. Guy
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Guy,what was the doner 360,for the crushing plant machine?The excavator arm with breaker,it looks like an old Liebherr.
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It's nice to see Ocean Traders getting a piece of the action. They've always been a top notch Heavy Haulage firm, and a move like this is what they do best.
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Guy glad to see they have safety practices in place for the virus. Great pictures of the loader move. Steve
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modelmaniac wrote:Guy,what was the doner 360,for the crushing plant machine?The excavator arm with breaker,it looks like an old Liebherr. modelmaniac, Michel modified an Old Car FIAT-Allis excavator model to built the LorraMine crushing plant excavator arm located at dumpers unloading area. I'm not sure to understand the first part of your question: what is the "doner 360" you refer to? Regards. Guy
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You answered perfectly.By doner 360,just means it revolves 360 degrees,and it was 'donated' to be a permanent fixture.Sometimes the word trackhoe,or hoe,would also work.In U.K wheeled excavators are known as 'rubber ducks',due to the profile of one seen on road from behind a hedge.
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Some other pictures of the delivery of the LeTourneau/P&H L1850 mining wheeled loader: ![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49683322277_55667ac9f0_h_d.jpg) ![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49683326437_6ad75960dd_h_d.jpg) ![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49683040856_1dc2f50f4a_h_d.jpg) ![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49683378777_50abdc92fe_h_d.jpg) Unloading operations should take place just outside the LorraMine maintenance workshop, where sufficient space has been made available. Regards. Guy
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Guy what’s the GVW on that truck as it sits there waiting to be unloaded. Steve
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Steve, Drake Trailers capacity depends where you use it in Australia. From what I could gather, a 2+10-line unit - like the one shown here - accepts (see pictures below): - a 104 tonnes payload on Queensland highways (minimum case), - 168 tonnes payload in Western Australia (maximum case), - 235 tonnes for closed site work, ![](https://imageshack.com/i/po3G6aafj) ![](https://imageshack.com/i/pnD62rwKj) LorraMine being in France, we are not subject to Australian rules: here the 20 tonnes/line with 8 tires/line is commonly accepted on French public network, which means a minimum GCW of 240 tonnes resulting in about 199+20 tonnes payload (for a weight transfer of approx. 20 tonnes on the tractor 5th wheel). See Nicolas 12-line strait trailer sketch below: ![](https://imageshack.com/i/pnFPhiF1j) It should be reminded that the P&H L1850 is about 230 tonnes with its bucket. I hope this helps. Guy
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Guy that’s a very heavy load, thanks for the information Steve
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Unloading operations of the new wheeled loader start with lifting of the bucket off its trailer: ![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49712548363_b8f186cbde_h_d.jpg) The mine Management has arrived as the wheeled loader is brought forward to the maintenance open area and as de-fastening operations are being progressed: ![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49713409437_d0675cee9c_h_d.jpg) ![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49712574683_387c0d5c3c_h_d.jpg) Regards. Guy
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Denis plans to protect all P&H L1850 tires. Two pictures of the same operation performed on LorraMine LeTourneau L2350 earlier: ![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49691687296_812c35dc25_c_d.jpg) ![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49691985392_5680cdf82b_c_d.jpg) Regards. Guy
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Fantastic as always Guy,Here is my bucket,similar scenario,different scale,1/32nd ![](https://i.imgur.com/PuW5qqi.jpg) Regards catkom3.
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Guy, I appreciate the continued coverage of operations. Would it be possible to begin a new thread on some of the weathering techniques used in Lorra Mine? Bug ITW Security
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gabugman, I'm afraid that I don't have a lot of material (except for the one already posted) to feed a new topic on weathering techniques. Should you want to know more about mining models weathering, then I recommend Steffen excellent work: ![](https://up.picr.de/37156061bq.jpg) More Steffen weathered models can be seen here: http://www.hansebubeforum.de/showtopic.php?threadid=8620&pagenum=1&time=1586332629&s=d4dd9c0cff591dd206e7b10cfcd4a65bBut I'll ask Denis anyway (the LorraMine "Boss"), to find out what kind of information he may supply. I hope this helps. Guy
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Denis added recently a few pictures of the LeTourneau wheeled loader being moved away from its transport lowloader and equipped for work: ![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50841692377_bf330d8153_h_d.jpg) ![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50840885033_b1030fe4c7_b_d.jpg) ![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50840891013_98c1d60515_b_d.jpg) To be continued. Guy
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Denis encountered a very bad experience when his Belaz dumper (originally built by Miniatures du Faubourg - France) fell down from its work bench where it was stored and literally "exploded" all over the room: ![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50766217003_a08e203843_b_d.jpg) ![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50767064507_bbf28ab9f4_b_d.jpg) The resin-made model didn't like it at all and now awaits a huge repair operation. Regards. Guy
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