You can tell the people that work at that show place have no idea how to handle that kind of equipment. Nor do they have any idea how to give directions properly. As for the loader, the rails are probably up for when you service the machine (show it off) and should have been down as soon as the engine was fired up. It is not a design, but operator flaw (walk around your machine before you drive it, every drivers responsibility). Shit happens though.
What the fuck are you complaining about? Those people are WORKING WITH HEAVY MACHINERY perhaps it gets cleaned at a different time. You must work in an office environment.
Judging by everything that is in the background, that appears to be at an expo of some sort. The mess is probably coming from tearing down all the booths and/or the clients that visited the expo.
That is why most workshops have TAs. With all that money that CAT makes by ripping people off, surely you could afford a TA or two. Komatsu workshops are exceptionally cleaner, even after EXPOs
so terrible, they'll have to scrap the whole unit, or do a complete overhaul. /s someone will probably bang it out or replace the parts in 10 mins once they have it out of the shop.
You are all together big Cat truck drivers!! When you drive this truck especially an all new one, the surroundings look so thiny and breakable you won't believe!!!
I think those rails are supposed to get flipped down before it's run. Cat wouldn't design an ATD that had guard rails that interfered with its articulation unless they were meant to be retracted or folded down.
Good observation! I suppose they just throw existing designs together to make a new machine due to cost efficiency. The front end is likely off a scraper.
It was a Caterpillar built locomotive on display at Minexpo that you can see in the video. I have a video of it sitting on the massive transportation trailer it came on as well.
Nothing like a scraper these things are built so strong you could have a head on and not have any damage I seen one at work the other day the ad60 is massive
Dump trucks, loaders, hi-lifts and locomotives? Sounds like my toy box from when I was a kid. Are these machines used in a mine? Just wondering because of their low profile design.
Useless spotter. He can't see your finger movements from inside the cab. Always use full, exaggerated arm motions when spotting someone in ANY vehicle.
Its not a shop its a chaotic expo area where dozens of manufacturers are all separately trying to move their equipment displays out of the building to a tight schedule so the next expo can set up.
I suspect it's entirely deliberate - on an underground mining machine like that space is at a premium. You only put the rails in place when you need them and put them down after you've finished working - like putting the hood up on your car when you're working on the engine and dropping it afterwards. But it's hard to drive off with the hood up! Operator evidently forgot the rails had been put up for the static exhibit, or one of the show staff put them up and the get-out crew didn't realise.
Probably not, If the truck was already sold to a customer then the exhibition would have to pay for the damage. however if the truck wasn't sold they might have to pay caterpillar or they might just replace it for free.
In moving a big, complex machine like this, there must be someone who has overall responsibility. I would think that it should have been the older guy on the floor, in front. He should have walked the assumed path, controlled the area (WTF with all those flitting carts and forklifts and casual strolling people staring at the smartphones!). In addition to that, he should have certified the vehicle as ready for the move, that is, no wheel chocks, no power cables draped across a bumper, and yes, all accessories / safety systems ready for travel. This whole crew doesn't work well with each other, but I nearly screamed when I saw that old guy, holding a conversation with the forklift driver, his eyes off his monitoring task, but his damn hand still vigorously waving the driver to continue.
The Cat Ad60 is a mining truck, made to travel through tunnels with low ceilings. Thats why its a bit ugly - ground clearance is less important that low overall height.
So True, sadly the first guy is just waving his hands in a crazy fashion, the driver appears to not have a clue how to drive it, and the second signal guy knows less than the first! Bad Signals + Bad Driver = Damage
its actually a safety requirement to have those railings/gate in place. and guess what, its FOLD-ABLE! they forgot to fold it! Well someone didn't read the manuals.
Great video - just shows you have check everything - twice! I have to ask, what were the loco's that you had in shot? Were they re-build/re-motored? Thanks for sharing!
its a combination of 630G Scraper and Articulated Dump Truck...the front is looks like scraper 630G and back looks like Articulated Dump Truck hahaha...nice.
You would think on something that size there would be all sorts of surround vision cameras. A cheap nissan Murano has surround vision, why can't they do the same for these trucks?
+KarasCyborg Because in their line of work, they hardly ever need that visibility. The real issue is how expensive it would be to continually maintain these camera systems. Particularly on a dump bed with over 70 tons of material going through it, you'll be replacing cameras nearly constantly. It just isn't economic. A Nissan Murano doesn't haul 70 tons of mining material 24/7 and have 70 tons of rocks pounding on it's tailgate every load.
+Eyebrows Mahoney I wonder if they can make them like the tank cameras or the bradley fighting machine cameras or make some sort of retractable cameras in an armored housing. Might be an innovative idea.
You'd think safety would be a priority in such a place. He should have made it very clear to the operator that he was climbing aboard. He just kinda swung his hand. AND FACE THE LADDER/STAIRCASE AS YOU CLIMB DOWN and use three points of contact at all times.
Whoops! Looks like those guard rails aren't supposed to be up during operation. That's okay. None of those safety rails ever survive the first month of operation, anyway.
That ladder just got crushed in a pinch point so the guys first reaction was to crawl up there while the thing was running with someone behind the wheel and put his body in the same crush hazard area? Good thing he's wearing his hard hat.
to all that don't know nothing and go on about it this ad 60 was the very first one we built as a display model in Burnie Tasmania Australia look it up for the trade show both this and the 3000h loader it has now replaced the old ad55b truck and the hand rails can be folded down flat onto the body i should know i work there.
Basic safety,ALWAYS do a walkaround before you move any vehicle/machine then you will not drive over your child,dog,bike, yadayada,and you will find any vehicle problems like safety rails,flat tyres,fluid leaks before moving.
agreed, this is one of the hardest videos ive ever had to watch.lol If I was there at the start of this video I would have moved way away from that whole scene. Then the one poor fucker gets up there in the pinch point while the janitor still has his hands on the steering wheel. lol I wouldnt go up there with him in the seat for fuck sake.
yeah right. and this machine is huge approximately USD15,000/tire. to own this should have a good maintenance like you own a 631G Scraper too hahaha just like when you removed the back and put the big bucket of scraper and returned it back to make dump truck again. its cool.
You know when you get that new car & you're worried about that first scratch? A good salesman can charge extra for this and call it worry free scratch warranty.
I knew my employees weren't the only ones who could screw up backing an articulated truck out of the shop. but to be fair, my guys have screwed it up multiple times, so they win I guess.....
Should have filled that thing up with garbage before they drove it out the door. Then follow that with another 10 or 12 similar dumpers and hey presto.. you have a tidy shed..
im not saying that the visibility of this truck is not ideal, but what im trying to tell you is that you cant see shit other than the engine when you are driving this monster ...
