In The Dirt

Learn all about the largest earthmoving machines in the mining industry, the electric rope shovel! On this episode Mack sits down with Nicholas Voelz, Sr. Manager - ERS Product Management for Komatsu electric rope shovels. They dive into the history of the P&H rope shovel, current Komatsu ERS product line, application for rope shovels in mining, technology on these machines, and of course the P&H 4800 flagship of the Komatsu ERS product line.

Learn more about Komatsu ERS product here https://www.komatsu.com/en/products/electric-rope-shovels/

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On this episode Mack sits down with Ryan Haasen of Civil Craft Studio to talk all about how Ryan designs, builds, and delivers the incredible board room table dioramas he is most well known for.

Ryan has a long history in both construction and building things with his hands, originally starting wood working he soon found himself building construction dioramas and eventually the first board room table for Blue Con Excavating, was created! Ryan has since built many more large and small diorama.

Ryan has received worldwide attention for his work, you can find him on instagram @civilcraftstudio

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Clearview Demolition has a long history clearing the way for tomorrow demolishing buildings, bridges, pulp mills, and more. They recently began to acquire Link-Belt excavators, and now operate the largest fleet in Western Canada at 17 machines.

Mack sits down with Brad Morrison of Clearview Demolition, and Mark Williams of Inland Group to talk all about Clearview's fleet of LBX machines, how Clearview spec's their machines for demolition, Link-Belts new remote care app, touring the LBX factory, and more!

Learn more about Clearview Demolition here https://clearviewdemo.ca/ or find them on social media @clearviewdemolition

Learn more about LBX here https://en.lbxco.com/ and Inland Group here https://www.inland-group.com/en-CA/

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When most people think of renting equipment, they think mini excavator or bobcat, not many people know mining companies rent large haul trucks, dozers, wheel loader, excavators, and more!

Mack sits down with Cody Harman, President and Founder of Harman Energy LLC, a large equipment rental outfit based in Bluefield West Virginia. Mack and Cody talk all about the business of renting big equipment, advantages to renting vs owning, why mining companies rent equipment, buying and selling iron, and more!

Learn more about Harman Energy by visiting their website https://www.harmanenergy.com/ or finding them on social media @harmanenergy

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The construction industry is changing, while it is still a male populated industry, more women are entering at all levels as operators, trades, managers, even CEO's. On this episode Mack sits down with Amanda, grader operator, to talk about her career, barriers she faced when entering the industry, what she enjoys about heavy equipment operation, and shares advice how other women can get started in construction!

Find Amanda on social media (IG & TikTok) @amanda.dyxe

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Cat diesel engines have a long histroy powering our world whether it be in heavy equipment, on highway trucks, generators, and more. On this episode Mack sits down with Allen Chen, product manager for the new Cat C13D engine, they talk all about the new C13D engine design, testing the engine, applications for the engine, and much more! As you’ll hear, the Cat C13D engine platform enables the use of renewable liquid fuels such as 100% HVO, B100 Distilled Biodiesel. Fuels must meet the specifications and characteristics described on cat.com in order to be used in Cat engines and reduce the risk of downtime.

 Learn more about the C13D here https://www.cat.com/en_US/products/new/power-systems/industrial/industrial-diesel-engines/120140.html

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Autonomous equipment operation has been widely used in Mining since the 2000's, whether on haul trucks or dozers, its become a popular business practice to help miners be better miners. Lately, autonomous technology has been deployed in the construction industry to help contractors/companies be safer, more efficient, and more productive in certain applications. 

Mack sits down with Bibhrajit Halder, founder & CEO of SafeAI, a company that developed an autonomous technology retrofittable to equipment both large and small. They talk all about how the autonomous technology works, how AI is integrated, how it is retrofitted to the machines, and where in the world this technology is being used currently to move dirt.

Learn more about SafeAI on their website https://www.safeai.ai/

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The history of the Le Tourneau large wheel loader product is well known in the global mining industry, today the Le Tourneau product is now Komatsu's surface mining wheel loader product line. Mack sits down with Michael Fleet, product manager for Komatsu electric wheel loader (EWL) line to discuss everything large Komatsu/Le Tourneau wheel loaders! They cover how the product has evolved over last few decades, application for wheel loaders in mining, advantage of mechanical vs electric drive machines, technology on these new wheel loaders, and more!

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Learn more about Komatsu EWL product here https://www.komatsu.com/en/products/wheel-loaders/surface-mining-wheel-loaders/

Landfills are an important part of modern day society, and successfully managing a landfill comes down to optimizing equipment in the field and managing the flow of waste materials. Mack sits down with Shaun MacIntosh of Propeller to talk about how propeller is helping landfills with technology, from measuring compaction to maximize density (minimize airspace in waste materials), machine telematics to optimize your fleet, to site wide aerial surveys for measuring quantities for short term and long term planning. We cover everything you need to know about landfills and how technology is being utilized in that industry.

Learn more about Propeller here https://www.propelleraero.com/ or find them on social media @propeller_aero

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Starting with a 988B wheel loader loading out railcars with ballast, to multi million dollar civil and mining projects throughout Western Canada, the story of MacKay Contracting is one worth hearing about. Mack sits down with Rob MacKay, President & CEO, alongside Brandon Pighin, General Manager for MacKay to talk about how MacKay started, the projects they work on, managing people, and moving dirt throughout Western Canada.

Learn more about MacKay on their website https://mackaycontracting.com/ or find them on social media @mackay_builds

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