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Not sure Digg...they did not have it there at the time, it was in a yard with lots of other used iron.
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rare ss wrote:There is another fleet on EX8000 backhoes arriving in WA in 2016/2017 Roy Hill Iron Ore Hitachi Excavator Fleet "A reliable excavator fleet is the backbone of any mining operation and up to 15 Cummins-powered Hitachi diggers – both single and dual engine units with up to 4000 hp on tap-will be at the vast Roy Hill ore face, once the mine is at peak production.In full flight, Roy Hill will produce 55 million tonnes a year, making it one of the world’s largest iron ore mines. Production start-up is expected by September 2015 and the aim will be to hit the 55 Mtpa target within three years. The proposed 15-strong Hitachi excavator fleet for Roy Hill will move over 300 million tonnes of overburden and ore a year when production has fully ramped up. It is planned that four EX8000-6 units will spearhead the fleet. One of the biggest hydraulic excavators in the world, the 837-tonne EX8000 has dual Cummins QSK60 Tier 2 engines pumping out close to 4000 hp.The 60-litre, V16 engines power the EX8000’s hydraulics system – a system of 16 main pumps which move 8000 litres of oil a minute to achieve maximum working force. It is also planned that five 535-tonne EX5600-6 units will go into service at Roy Hill. Hitachi’s second biggest hydraulic excavator behind the EX8000, the EX5600 is powered by dual 50-litre Cummins QSK50 Tier 2 engines delivering a total 3000 hp.The rest of the excavator fleet will include five 360-tonne EX3600-6 units with single Tier 2 Cummins QSK60 engines rated at 1945 hp, and a single 114-tonne EX1200-6 with a Cummins QSK23 rated at 760 hp. The Hitachi fleet will be owned by Roy Hill itself which will undertake the actual mining on an owner-operator basis."
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Robert Heuston wrote:Liddell Coals shovel was transferred to Hoe June 2015. Robert, what is Hoe ? Florian
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digggerr wrote:What front end is this unit receiving? Looks like an EX5600
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One of the x3 Rio EX8000 shovels
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rare ss wrote:digggerr wrote:What front end is this unit receiving? Looks like an EX5600 I believe it's an EX3600.
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Greasemonkey wrote:rare ss wrote:digggerr wrote:What front end is this unit receiving? Looks like an EX5600 I believe it's an EX3600. I'd have to agree with you now
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I can say that the first EX8000-6BH has landed in the dirt in WA
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Pictures or its all lies!
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Thank you! That is one extremely impressive machine!
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I should have worded a little betterer... first EX8000-6BH in Western Australia..
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rare ss wrote:I should have worded a little betterer... first EX8000-6BH in Western Australia.. They get a free truck aswell?
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I thought this was the first ever built?
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Robert Heuston wrote:rare ss wrote:I should have worded a little betterer... first EX8000-6BH in Western Australia.. They get a free truck aswell? Nothings free Bobby
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KyleS wrote:I thought this was the first ever built? The one pictured is the first backhoe ever made.. they also converted another EX8000-6 from a shovel into a backhoe, these units are in Qld, i believe the WA unit is the 3rd (possibly 4th) backhoe made and the first to be delivered to WA
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KyleS, He said it was the first EX8000-6BH in WA/Western Australia. The Meandu machine in the photo is on the other side of the continent and was the first customer machine delivered. It is not the only EX8000-6BH on earth as I have no reason to doubt rare ss, but I believe there are still others. rare ss wrote:I should have worded a little betterer... first EX8000-6BH in Western Australia.. You worded it just fine, but I'm not sure that's correct. Two EX8000-6BH were on the order books early in 2013 for Rio's Nammuldi mine to be delivered in late 2013 and early 2014. Maybe that sale went sideways or something? What do you know? Robert Heuston wrote:They get a free truck aswell? That has some interestingly overtones to it, but I'm not sure where to go with it positive/negative. Would you care to share the story behind your comment either here or privately?
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When Bulga coal got thier EX8k shovel they received a EH5000 as a trial unit, which I think was never used.
I know of 2x EX 8k's here in the Hunter Valley, the Bulga unit which is still a Shovel, and the Liddell Coal machine(Both Glencore/Xstrata machines) the Liddell machine was converted to backhoe June/July last year.
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digggerr wrote: You worded it just fine, but I'm not sure that's correct. Two EX8000-6BH were on the order books early in 2013 for Rio's Nammuldi mine to be delivered in late 2013 and early 2014. Maybe that sale went sideways or something? What do you know?
I had a little to do with these machines, I understood they were ordered as backhoes originally due to the the site running autonomous haul trucks, the system capabilities changed somewhat to allow the use of shovels which led to all x3 being delivered as shovels, we put the 3rd unit in there mid 2014 The above photo of 15H211 was the first unit followed by 15H212 & 15H222
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rare ss wrote:I can say that the first EX8000-6BH has landed in the dirt in WA Good, thanks ! First out of 4 ? Robert Heuston wrote:the Liddell machine was converted to backhoe June/July last year. Very interesting ! So that's 4 or 5 EX8000 BH currently operating in NSW & QLD
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