Question: A particular project has 7 5 0 , 0 0 0 cubic yards of material weighing 2 6 0 0 l b s c y

A particular project has 750,000 cubic yards of material weighing 2600lbscy. Your company has given you up to 10-637G tandem powered auger loaded scrapers to use to move the material. The 637G scraper cost $210/ea per hour to operate and maintain. The haul road to the fill site is 2,500 feet and has a total resistance of 12%. The return trip is also 2,500 feet with a total resistance of 8%. The estimated job efficiency is 90%. Your compaction and support equipment cost $500hr and is capable of maintaining your haul road and spreading and compacting as much material as 10 scrapers can haul. Your estimators bid $2.00? cy to move the material or $1,500,000. It will cost you $10,000 to move the support equipment to and from the job (a required mobilization and demobilization cost) and $5000? pair of 637G scrapers to and from the job. Develop the best equipment plan (i.e. the optimum number of scrapers) for the operation and determine how much money the company will gain or lose moving the 750,000 cubic yards.
4b. Same as #4 except use 627G Standard Push Pull (8-26 and 8-27) at $160hr and a haul route at 4,000-feet with a Total Rolling Resistance of 6% each way.
4c. Same as #4 except use 657 G Standard Push Pull (8-42 and 8-43) at $310hr and an efficiency of 80%.
4d. Same as #4 except no support (do not include $500hr and $10,000 for support mobilization) with a Total Rolling Resistance of 16% going and 12% coming.
A particular project has 7 5 0 , 0 0 0 cubic

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