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Protection .........5  \nReplacement Parts Warning ....7  \nNomenclature ...............8  \nTRACK-TYPE TRACTORS 1  \nAGRICULTURAL TRACTORS 2  \nMOTOR GRADERS 3  \nEXCAVATORS 4  \nBACKHOE LOADERS 5  \nSKIDDERS 6  \nPIPELAYERS 7  \nWHEEL TRACTOR-SCRAPERS 8  \nCONSTRUCTION & MINING TRUCKS/TRACTORS 9  \nARTICULATED TRUCKS 10  \nWHEEL TRACTORS c SOIL/LANDFILL COMPACTORS 11  \nWHEEL LOADERS 12  \nTRACK LOADERS 13  \nINTEGRATED TOOLCARRIERS 14  \nTELESCOPIC HANDLERS 15  \nPAVING PRODUCTS 16  \nELPHINSTONE UNDERGROUND MINING MACHINES 17  \nHYDROMECHANICAL WORK TOOLS 18  \nENGINES 19  \nFORMER MODELS 20  \nOWNING & OPERATING COSTS 21  \nTIRES 22  \nMINING AND EARTHMOVING 23  \nLOGGING AND FOREST PRODUCTS 24  \nSTOCKPILE COAL HANDLING 25  \nLAND CLEARING 26  \nWASTE DISPOSAL 27  \nTABLES 28  \nINDEX 29  \nPREFACE  \nMachine performance must ultimately be measured in unit cost of material moved, a measure that includes both production and costs. Factors bearing directly on productivity include such things as weight to horsepower ratio, capacity, type of transmission, speeds and operating costs. The Performance Handbook considers these factors in detail. There are other less direct machine performance factors for which no tables, charts or graphs are possible. Serviceability, parts availability and operator convenience are examples. In comparing machine performance, all factors should be considered. This Handbook is intended as an aid which, when coupled with experience and a good knowledge of local conditions, can assist in estimating true machine performance.  \nMany sections of the Handbook include tables or curves showing cycle times or hourly production figures for Caterpillar machines under certain conditions. Statements of conditions always accompany or precede the curves or tables. Before using any performance information in this Handbook, a complete understanding of the qualifying conditions is essential. The data is based on field testing, computer analysis, laboratory research and experience; and every effort has been made to assure their correctness.  \nHowever, all such data is based upon 100% efficiency in operation—a status which cannot be achieved continuously even under ideal conditions. Thus, in using such performance and production data, it is necessary to correct the results indicated in the handbook tables by appropriate factors. This allows for the anticipated actual job efficiency, operator efficiency, material characteristics, haul road conditions, altitude and other factors which may reduce performance or production on a particular job.  \nMethods for estimating machine owning and operating costs vary widely, depending on locality, industry practices, owner preferences and other factors. One method is suggested in the Handbook section on Owning and Operating Costs. When used with good judgment, it has provided reasonably accurate estimates in the past. Included in the Owning and Operating Section are guidelines, based on working conditions, to assist in estimating consumption of fuel and lubricants, tire life and repair costs for Caterpillar machines. However, what one Handbook user regards as “excellent” conditions, another may consider “severe” or “average”, depending on his own experience and basis of comparison. Therefore, these guidelines should be considered only approximations.  \nCaterpillar Inc. has made every effort to assure that the information contained in this Handbook is accurate and is a fair statement of the results to be achieved in the circumstances indicated. However, because of the many variables involved in estimating the production or performance of earthmoving machinery, their consumption of fuel and lubricants, tire life and repair costs, and the possibility ofinadvertent errors or omissions in assembling this data, Caterpillar cannot and does not imply that all data in this book are complete nor that this ","cbCaiabsUO3yCnYQ","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiabsUO3yCnYQ","pdf",10240884,1014,"English","# Preface\n## Operator and Machine Protection\n## Replacement Parts Warning\n## Nomenclature\n## Track-Type Tractors\n## Agricultural Tractors\n## Motor Graders\n## Excavators\n## Backhoe Loaders\n## Skidders\n## Pipelay ers\n## Wheel Tractor-Scrapers\n## Construction & Mining Trucks/Tractors\n## Articulated Trucks\n## Wheel Tractors & Soil/Landfill Compactors\n## Wheel Loaders\n## Track Loaders\n## Integrated Toolcarriers\n## Telescopic Handlers\n## Paving Products\n## Elphinstone Underground Mining Machines\n## Hydromechanical Work Tools\n## Engines\n## Former Models\n## Owning & Operating Costs\n## Tires\n## Mining and Earthmoving\n## Logging and Forest Products\n## Stockpile Coal Handling\n## Land Clearing\n## Waste Disposal\n## Tables\n## Index","[{\"question\":\"What metric does the handbook use to measure machine performance?\",\"answer\":\"It measures performance using unit cost of material moved, which accounts for both production and associated costs.\"},{\"question\":\"Why must qualifying conditions be understood before using performance tables or curves?\",\"answer\":\"Because statements of conditions always accompany or precede the curves or tables, and correct interpretation is essential to apply the data properly to real scenarios.\"},{\"question\":\"How should handbook production and performance data be used in practice?\",\"answer\":\"The handbook data assume 100% efficiency and must be corrected by appropriate factors to reflect anticipated real job efficiency, operator efficiency, material characteristics, haul road conditions, altitude, and other limiting factors.\"}]","Caterpillar Performance Handbook - Edition 29 | PDF",2555]