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Very quiet, nice. One problem, anything using heavy copper wires around Chicongo will soon meet up with a cable cutter or hacksaw... And a couple of the locals toasted, well done.
On the plus side, no utility field workers ever actually work eight hours in a day. They could probably make a week on one charging and more in off-seasons.unless they are sitting in the cab with the heater/AC blasting?
1 posted on
03/12/2020 9:00:44 AM PDT by
DUMBGRUNT
To: DUMBGRUNT
If they work for the DOT in any state the charge would last a month...................
2 posted on
03/12/2020 9:03:14 AM PDT by
Red Badger
(If people were to God like dogs are to people, the world would be a really great place..............)
To: DUMBGRUNT
payback in around five years (the upfront cost is higher than diesel) Right about the same time the costly battery pack would need replacing...
3 posted on
03/12/2020 9:12:06 AM PDT by
Yo-Yo
( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: DUMBGRUNT
There was a post recently mentioning Electric 18-wheeker type trucks. I ask why we don’t see heavy equipment that employees Diesel/Electric motors like Locomotives do on the railroads. I guess there is much I don’t understand about this, but it seems to me that D/E would work.
4 posted on
03/12/2020 9:13:54 AM PDT by
devane617
(Kyrie Eleison, where I'm going, will you follow?)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Utilities who operate their own backhoe fleets can power each machine off of the electricity they generate, essentially operating the machine at cost.
The magic ingredient -———————————free electricity.
5 posted on
03/12/2020 9:16:17 AM PDT by
PeterPrinciple
(Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
And it comes with a diesel generator for jobs over 8 hours????
To: DUMBGRUNT; Kaslin; rktman
Hmmmn. We use forklifts and 4-wheel loaders (LUFF) 2 shifts per day, 7 days a week, 12 hours per shift.
Now, the forklift isn’t working every hour of every day ... BUT! When I’m using it, it is in constant use. Not plugged in waiting.
Publicity stunt for the greenie crowdstrikers.
14 posted on
03/12/2020 9:35:09 AM PDT by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only donate monthly, but ABCNNBCBS donates every hour, every night, every day of the year.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
So, how much smokestack emission does this translate into?
Trading individual exhaust for power plant?
Unless the greenies/reddies would let us have more nuclear plants.
16 posted on
03/12/2020 9:41:24 AM PDT by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Back... Hoe.... Huh-huh-huh...
Loader... heh-heh-heh...
22 posted on
03/12/2020 9:52:28 AM PDT by
real saxophonist
(Norovirus survivor; Hey Coronavirus - Bring it!)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Soon to be seen on construction sites everywhere -- all electric excavators.
To: DUMBGRUNT
An electric backhoe? Not sure if I’d want one...
29 posted on
03/12/2020 11:12:07 AM PDT by
Deplorable American1776
(Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
To: DUMBGRUNT
Utilities who operate their own backhoe fleets can power each machine off of the electricity they generate, essentially operating the machine at cost.BULL$H!T!!! The cost of power used by the utility is passed on to all of the customers of said utility. Rate payers pay for it.
30 posted on
03/12/2020 11:27:13 AM PDT by
Sergio
(An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
To: DUMBGRUNT
33 posted on
03/12/2020 1:01:04 PM PDT by
Company Man
(Forget biased Reddit -- THEDONALD.WIN is the new home page for all GEOTUS supporters!)
To: DUMBGRUNT
payback in around five years I've seen stories where seven year old Tesla cars are being scrapped because a new battery pack costs more than the residual value of the car. I wonder if this payback calculation takes battery depreciation into account?
To: DUMBGRUNT
If it were not for the need for recurring kickbacks they could last forever here in Oklahoma.
40 posted on
03/12/2020 4:18:29 PM PDT by
Sequoyah101
(We are governed by the consent of the governed and we are fools for allowing it.)
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