My daughter recently changed her job career from insurance agent to truck driver. She is now working in an open pit coal mine in WY, driving a Caterpillar 797 400 ton capacity haul truck which is one of the largest trucks used in the mining industry. It is powered by two Cat V12 engines and can run almost 40 mph when unloaded. She was just tired of sitting behind a desk pushing paper around. Now her desk is a moving truck of over a million pounds when fully loaded. Mine pay runs 70K to 100K+ a year in WY.
My son is a mobile equipment operator along with being a certified blaster and large drill operator in another coal mine. He is certified to operate haul trucks, heavy transport for broken down equipment movement, dozer, motor grader, drill and any other piece of mobile mine equipment at the mine site.
The son in law is a mobile equipment and plant operator at another mine site which also has a power plant on site. It has the latest technology for clean burning of coal and is owned by about a dozen electric utility companies.
The mine shifts are 12 hours long. The miners work 14 to 16 days a month with about 14 to 16 days off each month. Benefits are very good with health, dental, vision and some mines even have profit sharing/bonus pay programs for the employees.
The Cat 797 Mining Truck – I’ll See Your V12 and Raise You Twelve
My son is a mobile equipment operator along with being a certified blaster and large drill operator in another coal mine. He is certified to operate haul trucks, heavy transport for broken down equipment movement, dozer, motor grader, drill and any other piece of mobile mine equipment at the mine site.
The son in law is a mobile equipment and plant operator at another mine site which also has a power plant on site. It has the latest technology for clean burning of coal and is owned by about a dozen electric utility companies.
The mine shifts are 12 hours long. The miners work 14 to 16 days a month with about 14 to 16 days off each month. Benefits are very good with health, dental, vision and some mines even have profit sharing/bonus pay programs for the employees.
The Cat 797 Mining Truck – I’ll See Your V12 and Raise You Twelve
