To Move A Mountain
Trucks And Shovels At Bingham
By Don Strack
This page last updated on February 13, 2011.
(This is a work in progress; research continues — these timelines focus on the companies and specific models of trucks and shovels used by Kennecott at Bingham.)
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Trucks at Bingham
Trucks at Bingham — Narrative history of the use of haulage trucks at Kennecott's Bingham Canyon copper mine.
Equipment Roster Listings — Number-by-number listings of the trucks at Bingham.
Truck Builders Timelines — Brief histories of Dart, Haulpak, Lectrahaul, Caterpillar and Euclid trucks.
The Unit Rig Story — A history of Unit Rig & Equipment Company, by Jerry A. Shelton, Retired Vice President Sales
Shovels at Bingham
Shovels at Bingham — Narrative history of the use of shovels at Kennecott's Bingham Canyon copper mine.
Equipment Roster Listings — Number-by-number listings of the shovels at Bingham.
Shovel Builders Timelines — Brief histories of Bucyrus, Marion, and P&H steam and electric shovels.
Industry Milestones
Milestones in the development of earthmoving equipment that likely affected operations in Bingham Canyon were:
| 1912 | The crawler-mounted power shovel |
| 1934 | The modern heavy-duty, off-highway truck (Euclid Road Machinery Company) |
| 1958 | LeTourneau-Westinghouse Haulpak off-highway truck with a new mainframe concept, suspension system, and body style |
| 1958 | R. G. LeTourneau electric wheel-equipped earthmoving products |
| 1963 | Caterpillar 769 truck, oil-disc brakes on earthmoving equipment |
| 1964 | Unit Rig M-85 electric-drive off-highway truck |
| 1972 | WABCO 3200 off-highway truck of more than 200 tons |
| 1978 | Caterpillar D10 track-type tractor with elevated- sprocket, flexible undercarriage |
| 1995 | Komatsu 930E off-highway truck of more than 300 tons |
| (Source: William Haycraft, Yellow Steel, pages 384-387) |
Sources
Some of the sources used for this project include:
Bucyrus Heavy Equipment, Keith Haddock, Iconografix, 2008 (ISBN 1-58388-219-7)
Bucyrus, Making The Earth Move For 125 Years, Keith Haddock, Motorbooks, 2005 (ISBN 0-7603-2286-4)
Giant Earthmovers: An Illustrated History, Keith Haddock (ISBN 0-7603-0369-X)
The Earthmover Encyclopedia: The Complete Guide to Heavy Equipment of the World, Keith Haddock, Motorbooks, 2007 (ISBN 0-7603-2964-1)
Marion Mining & Dredging Machines, Photo Archive, edited by the Historical Construction Equipment Association, Iconografix, 2002 (ISBN 1-58388-088-7)
Power Shovels, Eric Orlemann, Motorbooks International, 2003 (ISBN 0-7603-1104-8)
Yellow Steel, William R. Haycraft, University of Illinois Press, 2000 (ISBN 0-252-02497-4)
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