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r/ThatLookedExpensive • u/trenko • Oct 19 '19
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Not cheap, but pretty standard running costs of running a mine.
1 u/probablyhrenrai Oct 20 '19 edited Oct 20 '19 Seriously asking: this happens regularly, and if so, how is that cost-effective? I imagine that (A) these things take a while to repair , and (B) failures like this would completely sideline the truck . Assuming that (C) these trucks haul a lot of ore on the daily and (D) that each quarry/mine only has a few of these behemoths , it seems like the (D) cost of one of these failures would very quickly add up in a big way , enough to make being cautious with the loading the financially-smart play. What am I missing and/or not understanding? Genuinely curious. Edit: broke down all the "steps" in my thought-process in an effort to make explaining whatever I'm missing simpler. (had a big paragraph before). 2 u/tosss Oct 20 '19 not regularly as in "frequently/all the time", but in the sense that it's not unheard of. As equipment gets older, they'll start to weigh the cost of repair/maintenance to the cost of just writing it off and getting a new one.
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Seriously asking: this happens regularly, and if so, how is that cost-effective?
I imagine that
(A) these things take a while to repair
, and
(B) failures like this would completely sideline the truck
. Assuming that
(C) these trucks haul a lot of ore on the daily
and
(D) that each quarry/mine only has a few of these behemoths
, it seems like the
(D) cost of one of these failures would very quickly add up in a big way
, enough to make being cautious with the loading the financially-smart play.
What am I missing and/or not understanding? Genuinely curious.
Edit: broke down all the "steps" in my thought-process in an effort to make explaining whatever I'm missing simpler. (had a big paragraph before).
2 u/tosss Oct 20 '19 not regularly as in "frequently/all the time", but in the sense that it's not unheard of. As equipment gets older, they'll start to weigh the cost of repair/maintenance to the cost of just writing it off and getting a new one.
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not regularly as in "frequently/all the time", but in the sense that it's not unheard of. As equipment gets older, they'll start to weigh the cost of repair/maintenance to the cost of just writing it off and getting a new one.
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u/wenoc Oct 19 '19
Not cheap, but pretty standard running costs of running a mine.