Loading / Excavating

Quiz

1. What are front-end loaders and hydraulic excavators often used for?

2. True or false? A bucket built for a specific application will last longer and produce more value than a standard bucket.

3. What involves taking the guesswork out of the equipment-selection process and helping aggregates producers provide answers to a lot of questions?

4. What should you first consider when selecting a loader?

5. What does Caterpillar call the bucket size needed to handle the required volume per cycle?

6. Are today's loader manufacturers placing operator comfort right up there with bucket capacity and breakout force for design features?

7. What are two main considerations in choosing an excavator?

8. What are short arms on an excavator recommended for?

9. What is the role of a backhoe loader at a quarry site?

10. While cycle speed is important to the completion of a project, an operator's goal should be what?

Quiz Answers

1. To scoop blasted material from the quarry face and transfer it to a haul truck to begin the processing sequence

2. True

3. Computer programs.

4. The production capability of other components in the material-handling system

5. The "bucket fill factor"

6. Yes

7. Material composition and production requirements

8. Production truck loading, mass excavating and tough digging conditions such as areas with high rock content

9. It's a support machine.

10. Smoothness of operation