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LOADING DOWNGRADE [1 record]

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Record 1 1980-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Execution of Work (Construction)
  • Earthmoving
  • Road Construction Equipment
CONT

Use downhill loading whenever possible. This reduces total resistance and the amount of pusher power required [for scraper fleet.]

OBS

If there is a grade, loading downgrade is preferable to loading up a grade since the twenty pounds per ton per degree of grade is thus added to, rather than subtracted from, the total drawbar - semipull available.

Key term(s)
  • downgrade loading

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exécution des travaux de construction
  • Terrassement
  • Matériel de constr. (Voies de circulation)
CONT

L'excavation et le chargement en descente sont plus rapides et exigent moins de puissance motrice en opérant suivant les lignes de pente.

Spanish

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