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  1. OilPatch

    Komatsu 960E

    I guess I wasn't that clear on the last posts... yeah, the column tilts towards you like a grader with the window in front going almost down towards the floor. As for being like the cab on the Triple, I wouldn't be able to say, never seen the inside of one... No pics yet either, the lens on...
  2. OilPatch

    Komatsu 960E

    well, finning told me it was an F model but it does have B stickers... It has the new cab and frontend as well as the 20 cyl powerplant! It pulls like a train and flys like a plane! The thing is awesome to run but has the same issues with waiting for Finning when there are problems. I'll try...
  3. OilPatch

    Komatsu 960E

    I'm glad you cleared that up... I only get to hear it from opperations side, and that story made sense to me. The tooling and spoiled child do make more sense though But, man, this 960 is something else... I mean it when I say the truck goes down for hours waiting for transwest when it...
  4. OilPatch

    Komatsu 960E

    Not yet.... But I do know that Base Mine and Aurora fought over who had to take it, haha Aurora has nothing but Cat trucks now since they sent all the electrics down the highway, and they didn't want another electric showing up because they basically had to cable an 11 onto the 282's to get...
  5. OilPatch

    Pay rates in various parts of the world?

    Just got an e-mail.... Fort McMurray is the richest city in Canada - 98K is the average income for a guy!
  6. OilPatch

    Pay rates in various parts of the world?

    I'm in Fort McMurray, Alberta and we mine oilsand up here... If you have experience, you could possibly hook a job with one of the mines. Most are non union, with the exception of Suncor who is CEP... There are many contractors up here too which are usually easier to get on with, and most are OE...
  7. OilPatch

    Komatsu 960E

    Well... Being a prototype, Komatsu won't allow our mechanics to work on it and Transwest has to come out on a service call on night shifts because they are not on site. If the thing gets any error codes, which it does quite a bit, we have to park it and call Transwest(the Komatsu Dealer)...
  8. OilPatch

    Komatsu 960E

    It runs..... but barely!
  9. OilPatch

    Pay rates in various parts of the world?

    We're at $44 an hour for senior opps at the mine I'm in.... I think entry rate is arround 34-35 after a 3 month probation.... All OT is double time and hollidays are triple
  10. OilPatch

    what pics of equipment do you want to see??

    Awesome pics Pullpan.... there's a lot of the stuff I run on here, and I mean the actual equipment not just the type... It's hard for me to get any shots now, they don't allow cameras on site now... once again, great shots.... keep 'em coming
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