Viking1066
Chief Master Sergeant
That is very good news on the Gold Star!
MY WORLD
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fubar57
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I was only on the dam on that day. Doing the ramps will burn a lot more fuel
Vic Balshaw
Major General
Congrats on the PSA and gold star Geo, my GP just gives me a pat on the back.Yesterday, my chemical doctor gave me a gold star for yet another awesomely low PSA number. it got rained on
My daily totals on the grader
Something added this year. There are fault lines in the high wall and in the past it required everyone to keep an eye on the wall to detect movement; good in the day time, not so much at night. We now have two motion detectors that scan the high wall, as seen in the back ground. They detect movement in millimetres, day or night and an alarm is sent to dispatch. If its nightime, equipment can be moved away to another are for digging
Crimea_River
Marshal
Great news Geo.
Peter Gunn
Master Sergeant
Agreed on the gold star Geo, that's great news. 
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fubar57
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Finally got a video of why I hate shovel moves. Pit services has the power to pull a grader to help with the move and they always call me because I've done dozens. I hate them because there is a lots of hanging around but mostly its the travel. This is the top speed of a shovel. When I travel I have it in 1st gear and low idle, I move at 2kph which is too fast so I spend hours on the inching pedal and brakes
Sunday night
How to stop a haul truck travelling at 40kph in zero seconds. Petie was quite proud of himself; it took two dozers and a hoe to get him mobile again. You can see material piled up under his boarding ladder
Sunday night
Viking1066
Chief Master Sergeant
Wow Geo! That's quite the job!
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fubar57
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Updated the equipment I was signed off to run; end of an era
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
Cool! The stuff you're not supposed to operate while taking cough syrup.
Good stuff George!
Snautzer01
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King of the sand box, shuffeled enough dirt for a minor moon i think.
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fubar57
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Probably the last photos of my working life. This is my Minestar screen located on the console about knee height. It contains a lot of useful info for me but I mostly use it to see haul trucks trying to sneak up behind me. The screen is usually zoomed out a bit more so I can see about 500 metres behind. I can zoom out enough to see the entire mine but its not very helpful
There is a loose wire somewhere in the back so this is all I see, hard on the eyes during the day, worse at night
I hope you've enjoyed my work life. Hopefully I can find something to post during my retirement
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
Dude, have your eyes checked. Those displays are fine.
Shortround6
Major General
Your eye for photography will just mean different subjects.
Crimea_River
Marshal
Either I missed something or forgot but as I drink my tea right now, I had no idea you were retiring soon.
I wish you all the best with many happy years ahead Geo!
I wish you all the best with many happy years ahead Geo!
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fubar57
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I wanted to go on for another year but they kept putting me on haul truck. Its been raining constantly here for over three weeks and the roads are the worst ever; potholes in pot holes in potholes. With some cancer in my spine, this is painful and after the third night I went to HR and told them I was done, no more pain thank you. They finally realized their error and put me back on grader for the last 10 days....too late. I go in for my last tour on Wednesday night. How big were some of the potholes? I dumped a haul truck load weighing 232 tonnes into one and just filled it. To put this into perspective, that's about 14 highway gravel truck loads
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Crimea_River
Marshal
Well, what can I say but I wish you all the best Geo.
