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Hi Martin, Yes, KMC still have both the 685 and the 740, and both are still running....sort of. Both are in pretty bad shape and the 740 is particularly bad. I can out load the 740 with a 17 year old RH200 with 107,000 hours on the clock. I believe the history you posted is pretty much right on as t...

Martin, I just wanted to correct what I said. Apparently there are three of them up here. All are owned by KMC, with two of them at Suncor, and one at Kearl Lake. Sorry about that. I agree about the picture taking restrictions. The biggest problem is most of the companies running the operations have...

Hi Martin, I think it's a case of not wanting to put the time and money into making a change to the existing model, since it would be quite a big change. With the new models, it's no big deal, but to redesign something like that may be a really big undertaking. As for how many PC8000s we have up her...

My understanding on the reasons for the right hand cab on mining shovels, whether they are hydraulic or rope machines, is the right hand cab puts one of the operators of the truck and shovel in a position so they never go double blind side. The blind side is what we call the side opposite the cab, a...

Ross wrote:Any good then Brian?

No idea, it or they (we may have had more than one, I really don't know) were gone long before I came up here.

That's pretty cool. I think the first picture in the thread is of our old G350.

What a great looking setup! Thanks for sharing this with us, I know I can't wait for the model of the PC8000 to come out.

Great post Stu, thanks for that.

Thanks Stu, always nice to get a glimpse inside the factories.

Mark, Today I got the numbers for last year's averages of availability for the truck fleet. The 797 fleet had the highest availability with an average of 82.9% The 793 fleet was next with an average of 74.3% The 930E fleet was third with an average of 73.4% And the T282B fleet was last at an even 70...