Thread: LARGE DIFF REPLACEMENT

My son n law in WA changing a 19 ton diff in this loader,notice the fork lift behind digger,gives you a idea of size of the digger.

Go big or go home

A tad beefier than the 9” in my hot rod!

Saw this pretty cool time-lapse video of a complete rebuild on one of these
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX2TeK-re8k&t=61s

Maybe the same place?

Last couple of weeks,he and mate replaced 4 engines in trucks that blew up.About 5x 12hr shifts to replace one engine and 3000litre radiator=3days total.2man crew at night,2 man crew in day.Radiator take about 700 gallons coolint.Its all about having the right lifting gear and knowing what you are doing.Radiator about the size of the end of a standard shipping container,600mm thick.
Engines V16,4 twin turbos 2000hp.Come out of Perth crated ready to connect.
Shamus,theres mining camps work shops all over WA.as you proble know.Some work shops that big,would put Air Newzealand to shame.
Son n law been there 15yrs,know these jobs like the back of his hand.Time to come home i reckn.

when i saw the title i thought it was about kanye wests new girlfriend

Love the big yellow machines. The size and power of these machines are out of this world. What are they mining? The machines are relatively clean.

1000 ton digger.in for a oil change n service,heres a dirty machine.

Worked on Kumba Iron Ore for 27 years. Everything turns RED in a single day. Thanks for sharing the photos. Brings back fond memories.

Jaco, all open cut in WA is iron ore. Under ground mining is gold and some diamonds but I think this (diamonds) is just about played out.

Mmmmm I like it. Might have to pop over to have a look - one of my previous managers tried to talk me into moving over but the missus was not impressed with the FIFO idea(I like flying on the other hand).

Morning all,my son n law prefers to work the night shift,6pm to 6am.Quiet warm over there in summer,one morming at 5.30am he said it was a warm night climbing up to 42c at 5.30am.Looking for to breakfast and some sleep befor the real heat sets in at 3pm around the 50 s.Drinks about 12 litres of water a shift.
If you are a diesel machanic,young and like the isolation.Theres some serius coin to be made.

Was in an open cast copper ore mine in the early 80's. Yes, serious coin for sure. Just have to stick to a plan to stash it for your retirement or you'll piss and whore it up against the wall.

Summer time we would hit 55 celcius at the bottom of the pit. And as drillers, we were the only ones not in air con cabs. Start at 6am so can knock off at 3, just as it hits max temps. And yes, would drink 12-15 litres. The blast truck held all our eskies, with an ice bucket to boot. Oh, and the flies!!!

H&S would have a fit with what we used to take as normal. Just getting the job done. Good ol airtrac hard up against the batter:



Then back in 1985, straightening all those wiggly bits outa the Manawtu Gorge. Didn't have the versatile drilling rig required, so we improvised. Imagine the shitstorm these days

Yup. That sounds about right. Once I moved over to plant maintenance my teams decided to rather work at night if possible (we were responcible for the maintenance of 298 conveyor belt systems across the different plants)

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At the conveyor maintenance department I never had a single boring day in 22 years. Loved every day of it. On the last photo the drive of this belt snapped its anchor bolts and tried to take off.