Why truck and loader matching is so hard
February 23 - March 1, 2010
I HAVE seen many examples of trucks being loaded perfectly in two-and-a-half or three-and-a-half passes. As I said in the last column, for many mines the issue of matching truck capacity to loader capacity is problematic and more often than not results in a majority of trucks being under-loaded. As trucks and loading units increase in size the number of passes required to fill the truck is decreasing and the difficulty in attaining the match is becoming more difficult.