Spring Floods: A Reverse Bathtub

[CA-35]

Re; Nigel

The fuel tank on a D10T holds 318 of our American gallons of number 2 diesel fuel. At 580 horse power, that puts it in the same ball park as a lot of modern over the road trucks. I would guess around 9 to 15 gallons an hour, depending on how hard she was working. About 2 days on a tank of fuel.

Over the road trucks re; Peterbilt Kenworth Freightliner all of them loaded or not get 5 miles per gallon. That's about 12 gallons an hour. But that's at a steady RPM. I have to believe those badboys (the D series Cats) are sucking it down with the variable RPM's they are asked to produce all day long under heavy loads. I fish on a 42' Post with twin Volvo diesels. Sure as I'm sitting here if we run 2000 RPM we burn 20 gallons an hour. If we run 1500 RPM we burn 15 per hour. I think it's all relative to the task at hand but I wouldn't want the fuel bill of those behemoths.
I think I'm in Bluesypicky corner on this one;

A quick googly search indicates the Caterpillar D10 will use upwards of 800 to 900 gallons of diesel fuel in a typical day of running.

and because I'm Dade County educated I needed to get my calculator to tell me that at 900 gallons in an 8 hour day that's 1.875 gallons per minute!

 

[Nigel Wickwire]

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[CA-35]

Oh grasshopper.....it's not that easy; you don't just give her a bigger fuel tank. Major construction sites or mining sites or excavating sites have either an on location storage/distribution point for their fuel or have fuel trucked in or railed in on a pre-arranged regular basis. Trust me, there are companies that make a fortune doing the latter.

 

[bluesypicky]

Here's the source, gentlemen (3rd paragraph): http://the-working-man.com/caterpillar-D10-dozer.html

 

[CA-35]

And ponder this; Wages and diesel account for 75 percent of your operating costs for a D6T and 80 percent for a D11T. Understand that fuel burned equals work done. The more fuel you burn, the more material you're moving, so high fuel consumption is not always a bad thing. Are we clear? Yes sir. Are we clear? Crystal.

 

[CA-35]

Re Bluesypicky;

Here's the source gentlemen (3rd paragraph)

Good stuff bluesypicky and from a guy with such a sweet touch on the strings! Don't tell me you are a union operating engineer driving a dozer by day?

How about this;

A typical D10N or D10R cost a buyer right around a cool
million which included delivery and set up

but not a full tank of #2!!!!!!!

 

[bluesypicky]

But when they work on highways they don't burn as much fuel right?
I always hear fuel efficiency is better on highways. :|

 

[bluesypicky]

Good stuff bluesypicky and from a guy with such a sweet touch on the strings! Don't tell me you are a union operating engineer driving a dozer by day?

Not me, but did you know Albert King was a Dozer operator?

 

[coastie99]

Not me, but did you know Albert King was a Dozer operator?

I did !! 8)

 

[Nigel Wickwire]

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[capnjuan]

I'm a little surprised that new construction in flood plains everywhere isn't more frequently done on stilts. Newer Gulf-front homes from the panhandle all the way to Bradenton Beach are commonly built off elevated platforms; columns holding up a slab with the living area above and mechanical equipment and parking underneath.

Beach-front high-rise condominiums in So FL are required to have blowout panels on the ground floor facing the ocean; panels extending from grade to the first elevated slab. The panels are designed so that when exposed to high wave pressure from storm surge, they give way letting the water rush through the building instead of around it. The idea is to prevent excessive pressure on the foundations as the building 'leans' a little and scouring/erosion between buildings as the water seeks less resistance.

I've never operated any earth-moving equipment but I have stayed in a Holiday Inn Express and stood wheel-watches on a 780' oil tanker crossing the Gulf of Alaska. I don't think the tanker got very good mileage though.

Yes; mining equipment is pretty much the top of the earth-moving food chain. Here's an area of northern BC in Canuckistan that's been re-arranged to get at the oil sands (I wonder if they'll be required to remediate the area?):

Could use a few more trees. :?

 

[geoguy]

I've rented a Bobcat (or similar skid-steer loader) several times . . . does that count? :mrgreen:

 

[capnjuan]

I've rented a Bobcat (or similar skid-steer loader) several times . . . does that count? :mrgreen:

If nobody else posts in before the deadline, you win the Guild-logo'd thumbpick that's guaranteed not to fit!

 

[bluesypicky]

:lol: :lol: :lol: John!! Slow down!!!
I was already craking up with that:

I've never operated any earth-moving equipment but I have stayed in a Holiday Inn Express

And now you hit us with that:

If nobody else posts in before the deadline, you win the Guild-logo'd thumbpick that's guaranteed not to fit!

On the floor again..... :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[CA-35]

Here's an area of northern BC in Canuckistan that's been re-arranged to get at the oil sands (I wonder if they'll be required to remediate the area?):

Remediation? We don't need any stinking remediation. Hey, where's the silt fence and the Porto 'O Pottys?

Cap-

I don't think the tanker got very good mileage though.

They burn bunker oil don't they cap? Cunard states that their liner, the RMS Queen Elizabeth 2, travels 49.5 feet per imperial gallon of diesel oil.
Look at the size of this bad girl; Hellespont Alhambra (now TI Asia), a ULCC TI class supertanker, which are the largest ocean-going ships in the world

 

[bluesypicky]

travels 49.5 feet per imperial gallon of diesel oil.

That's 301,304.81 liters to cover 1000 kilometers, or for y'all 62,751 US Gal per 600 miles....
Hmmm... Wonder if she could dock at Capnjuan?.... For the ultimate Guilder's Partay!!!!!

 

[capnjuan]

... On the floor again..... :lol: :lol: :lol:

Hi Pascal; I've tried to get rid of the thumbpick here before ... but we don't have any 4 year old member/players ... it's really small ... something the eBay seller forgot to mention :evil:

 

[capnjuan]

... Hmmm... Wonder if she could dock at Capnjuan?....

Only if it were empty; otherwise not enough draft at Docques-'O-Juan. :wink:

Looks like it's hauling (weighing? As if they didn't know how much those anchors weighed) its anchors and washing down the chain.

That's a seriously big boat :shock: :shock: :shock:

 

[CA-35]

Cap-

That's a seriously big boat :shock: :shock: :shock:

It's a shame there is nothing else in the pic to give it some scale. Here are the specs. She drafts 80 feet!! Imagine the bow swell!!
Specifications:
Built: 2002/3
Type: ULCC (Ultra Large Crude Carrier) (V-Plus)
Gross: 234,006 GT
Net: 162,477 NT
Dwt: 441,585 DWT
Displacement: 67,829 long tons light ship; 509,484 long tons full load
Length: 379 m (1,243 ft)
Breadth: 68 m (223 ft)
Depth: 34 m (112 ft)
Draught: 24.525 m (80.46 ft)
Capacity: 441,585 DWT, 3,166,353 barrels (503,409,900 l)

 

[CA-35]

In it's day "The Big Fitz" was the largest ore carrier on the Lakes. Until Nov 10, 1975.