Kansas City Tacoma Crew - 816/913

how many miles does he have on it?

 

About 265k I believe. All the ball joints and tie rods were factory still

 

Yup, that's generally what I do. Underground tech for an explosives company.

He could have at least brought some of his cool gadgets. All we had was a crappy old drill and a wooden stick.

 

What y'all mining

 

Mainly limestone. I also deal with salt in central KS and occasionally with lead in southeast MO

 

I've been in mining since I was 18 year old. Been at Red Dog in Alaska for the last 28 years.

 

Damn! That's quite a long haul you done there Maner.

 

Nice! I've talked with a few people who've worked at Red Dog, seems like an interesting place. What do you do up there?

I started out in coal in southern Montana, been with the blasting company for eight years since

 

I'm over Mill Maintenance. We have people from all over working here.

 

Nice. They fly y'all in on a rotation, right? Is there a limit on distance?

I haven't done much on the milling/processing side of things; mainly stick to breaking stuff in the hole

 

Yes it rotation schedules and they fly ya from Anchorage to the mine. Point of hire is Anchorage. You are responsible for your travel back & forth from Anchorage to your home. We have a blast everyday at noon in the pit. The blasting crew earns there money.

 

It’s a pretty nice hole

 

From a distance, at least

 

Sounds fun. I want in

 

Pretty cool stuff. Sounds like an interesting world place to work

 

no shit

don’t tell that to the family I work for or anyone in the railroad industry for that matter

it puts the lotion on the skin?

 

You get hosed regardless

 

To be honest I rather enjoy that part

 

mine will most likely need all that to be removed mine has been stuck for awhile now

 

That's probably one of the few things I won't touch. If it requires a lot of know-how and precision, my garage isn't where I want it done! I do have indicators and gages.