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Draglines
10/10/20 LOAD MANAGEMENT POLICY —
DRAGLINES
“Machine overload” shall consist of operating the
dragline(s) outside of the acceptable allowable load dis-
tribution.
The customer shall be responsible for the monitor-
ing and management of all dragline operational activi-
ties, including, but not limited to, management of the
machine loading such that its loaded distribution is
within the acceptable allowable load distribution.
Operating outside of these parameters over any roll-
ing 30 day period can void the customer’s standard war-
ranty; any extended warranty; any availability guarantee
and/or result in adjustments to Caterpillar’s obligations
under any contract or agreement.
Loading Distribution
Loading use over any rolling 30 Day period analyzed:
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Nomore than 10%of loads should exceed 110%of rated
payload.
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No load should exceed 120% of rated payload.
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The average of all loads for the unit must at least equal
the rated payload.
KEY
90% of loads should fall into this range.
No more than 10% of loads should exceed
110% of the target payload.
No loads should be above 120% of the
target payload.
Notes
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For this policy to be in effect, the “operational cycle”
payload feedback must be available to the operator in
order that the customer can control actual payloads.
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Customermust procure, install, and useAccessDirect™,
MIDAS, and Accuload, and the data must be provided
to Caterpillar unmodified and unencumbered.
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Caterpillar must be notified in a timely fashion if the pay-
load monitoring and feedback system is out of service.
10/10/20 Load Management Policy
% of Target Payload
Loading use in excess of this prescribed distribu-
tion is considered “machine overload.”
Number of Loads
Productivity
Durability
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