Equipment Types

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Equipment Types
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Machine Types

• Machine Types
• Dozer,Compactor, Scraper, Trucks/Excavator,
  Grader, Loader
• Capabilities
• Payload, production, speed,
• Specifications
• Cost, Horsepower, weight, ground pressure,
  expected life

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Equipment Types

• Dozer
• Landfill Compactor
• Track Loaders
• Backhoe
• Water Truck
• Motor Grader
• Wheel Loaders

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Dozer

• Pushes waste
• Spreads Cover
• Low ground pressure
• Good Traction

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Compactor

• Spreads Waste
• Compacts Waste
• The compactor directs cell construction.

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Truck and Excavator

• Excavates Soil
• Transports Soil
• Performs Basic Grading

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Support Equipment

• Water Truck
• Motor Grader
• Vibratory Compactor
• Vactor
• Excavator
• Boom Truck
• Back hoe
• Mowers

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Loaders

• Work-alone Capabilities
• Excavates Soil
• Pushes Waste
• Compacts Waste
• Places Cover

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Excavators

• Loading trucks
• Digging
• Trenching
• Lifting
• Grading slopes
• Special tools

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Landfill Equipment

• Primary Equipment
• Refuse Handling - used to push, place, compact,
  trim and cover refuse
• Excavation - used to excavate and transport cover
  materials from stockpiles or excavation areas to
  the active landfill
• Support Equipment
• Such as water trucks and motor graders

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Choosing the Correct Equipment

• Consider price
• Consider tasks
• Look ahead 5-10 years
• Equipment Versatility

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How Many Machines per (Service/Repair) Worker?

• Well, it depends mostly on tonnage.
• We found that it averaged approximately 98 tons
  per machine.
• Included
• Compactors, dozers, graders, water trucks,
  scrapers, loaders all heavy equipment.

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Equipment Selection - 1

• Define the Tasks
• Match the Equipment to Each Task
• Assign Equipment Costs
• Consider Alternative Machines

This is A Process
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Equipment Selection - 2

• Based on site-specific parameters such as
• tons of refuse handled per day
• soil type
• topography
• scraper haul/return distances
• type of refuse, etc..

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Vehicle Simulation

• Available from Dealer
• Database of Equipment specifications
• Plug in the variables
• slope or grade
• haul/push distances
• soil type
• unusual stuff

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Other Equipment Choice Options

• Look-up Tables Not as accurate as a
  site-specific selection study but faster
• You can prepare your own
• Equipment Versatility

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Ways to Cut Equipment Costs

• Reducing Out-of-Pocket Costs
• Principle Costs
• Interest Costs
• Insurance Costs
• Salvage Value
• Fuels
• Lube, Oil, Filter

• Repair Reserve
• Ground Engaging Tools (G.E.T.)
• Tires

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Ways to Cut Equipment Costs (cont)

• Reducing Hidden Costs
• Unproductive Machine
• Downtime
• Major Rebuild
• Unexpected Breakdown
• No Operator Available

• Machine Down Due to Lack of Support Equipment
• Machine Down for Service
• Wrong Machine for the Job