SCRAPER SELECTION: GUIDES ZERO IN ON EARTHMOVING GAINS

Guidelines are presented that help eliminate guesswork in selecting the proper equipment for earthmoving. A bulldozer is recommended for 100 ft. or less; large dozers can push economically up to 500 ft. For terrain that permits haul road - for 1.5 mi or more, off highway trucks are suggested; shovels for loading if the earth is in an undisturbed or bank condition and is hard to load, and front-end loaders if the earth to be moved is in a stockpile or easy to load from the bank. A scraper is the best choice for 300 ft. to 1.5 mi. However, the choice of scraper is a difficult one. Sand, gravel, silt, loam and silt/clay mixtures are good scraper material. A dragline or dredge must be selected when clay is involved and especially if the water table is high. A scraper may be selected if it (loaded or empty) can cross the cut under its own power; if the material is so set and sticky that a pusher is needed to assist the scraper, then, another machine must be considered. Rock is another difficult material for scrapers.

• Corporate Authors:

  McGraw-Hill, Incorporated

  330 West 42nd Street
  New York, NY  United States  10036
• Publication Date: 1975-10

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 52-53
• Serial:
  • Construction Methods and Equipment
  • Volume: 57
  • Issue Number: 10
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill, Incorporated

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: All terrain vehicles; Bulldozers; Clay; Draglines; Dredges; Earthwork; Excavating equipment; Freight handling; Guidelines; Rocks; Trucks; Water quality
• Uncontrolled Terms: Criteria; Hauling; Scrapers (Construction equipment); Selecting; Water softening
• Old TRIS Terms: Front end loaders; Shovels
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Geotechnology; Highways; Marine Transportation; Motor Carriers; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00127946
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 21 1976 12:00AM