Volvo Trucks Fuelwatch Aims at Delivering Fuel Economy
P.P. Basistha
Taking down the long hilly terrain from the nondescript town of Kothagudem in Telengana, the SUV maneuvers its way through rutted slushy, uneven path reaching an open cast mine, revealing itself as a hive of activity. Continuously moving Volvo tippers slopping overburden materials wheeze their way to the dumping yard above the deep excavated surface mine below the ground surface. Graders grade the road surface connecting the excavation area to the dumping ground to prevent occurrence of any undulation and water tanker constantly sprinkle water to enhance dust suppuration. Dozers work unceasingly to level out the overburden materials unloaded in the dumping area. This is Yellandu JKOC – 5 open cast mine of Singraneni Coal Fields (SCCL) Limited in the state of Telengana, the spot of Volvo Trucks sixth edition of 'India Fuel Watch' competition using the Volvo FMX 440 8X4 Classic which has manual transmission with 18.7 cu.m body capacity and the New Volvo FMX 440 8X4 I-Shift which has automated transmission with 19.5 cu.m body capacity.
Taking down the long hilly terrain from the nondescript town of Kothagudem in Telengana, the SUV maneuvers its way through rutted slushy, uneven path reaching an open cast mine, revealing itself as a hive of activity. Continuously moving Volvo tippers slopping overburden materials wheeze their way to the dumping yard above the deep excavated surface mine below the ground surface. Graders grade the road surface connecting the excavation area to the dumping ground to prevent occurrence of any undulation and water tanker constantly sprinkle water to enhance dust suppuration. Dozers work unceasingly to level out the overburden materials unloaded in the dumping area. This is Yellandu JKOC – 5 open cast mine of Singraneni Coal Fields (SCCL) Limited in the state of Telengana, the spot of Volvo Trucks sixth edition of 'India Fuel Watch' competition using the Volvo FMX 440 8X4 Classic which has manual transmission with 18.7 cu.m body capacity and the New Volvo FMX 440 8X4 I-Shift which has automated transmission with 19.5 cu.m body capacity.
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NBM&CW August 2015
