Accountability for the selection of mobile equipment and mobile equipment components such as tyres is assigned to a suitably experienced and qualified person(s).
Selection takes into account:
- Company equipment specifications
- Where the vehicle will be operated (e.g. type of surface, condition of surface, road gradient, road camber or profile, turn radii, quarry or underground, type and condition of dumping and loading areas, climate).
- How the vehicle will be operated (e.g. average and maximum speeds, maximum wheel load, average load, TKPH, weight distribution, length of cycles empty and laden, shift duration, number of cycles per shift).
- Operator and passenger protection e.g. seating, restraints, protection from cargo etc.
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