Better blasting begins at the truck
Save time and money downstream – get your shot right the first time with a modern bulk truck
Cut the waste, increase accuracy, and keep that blast energy where it belongs. A bulk‑explosives truck that meters product accurately—rather than over (or under) charging each hole—turns that added accuracy into profit.
How loading accuracy pays
• Fewer costly surprises. A single hour of primary‑crusher downtime at a large 5,000 t/h pit mine, can wipe out roughly US $150,000 in revenue. Accurate hole loading slashes the amount of oversized material, keeping the crusher fed and the mill turning.
• Cheaper material movement. Mines that dial in powder placement routinely cut load‑and‑haul costs by about 8 % and their overall drill‑and‑blast costs by 5–12 %.
• Better fragmentation, faster digging. For example, When Morenci Copper mine in Arizona narrowed its drill pattern and better controlled the energy in each hole, shovel output jumped from 30 000 t/d to 70 000 t/d.
– Open Pit Operators Conference 2022: Blast design and execution drives mine site profits
Counting all the downstream wins
• Crusher uptime: fewer bridged oversize events.
• Mill throughput: finer material size lifts SAG feed rates, up to 30 % in many ores.
• Ore recovery: when blast movement is tracked and product is placed as planned, up to 25 % of would‑be “lost” ore stays in the mill stream instead of the waste pile.
• Environmental risk: precise bottom‑up loading prevents nitrate‑rich slurry from pooling at collars, cutting leach‑off potential.
A few Tread solutions: precise, proven, supported
Treadbed Mini Pumper – A compact, stainless steel package on the chassis of your choice for tight headings or small benches. Its powerful progressive cavity pump and rear hose reel pair perfectly with sites both above and underground, chasing fine control at low tonnage.
Unibody Quad – Four tanks, one chassis. Auger ANFO, pump emulsion or blended product on demand, and save time without swapping trucks or even equipment like hoses.
AXIOM & SPARTAN controls – Cloud-based, real-time monitoring and diagnostics, and ratio‑based formula scaling that “thinks” and adjusts as the truck and operator work together. Each truck creates its own Wi‑Fi hotspot and batch‑uploads hole‑by‑hole data to a secure VPN for engineer review.
Tread’s cloud link also shrinks maintenance bills: technicians diagnose faults remotely, often getting a unit back in service before a mechanic could even drive to the site.
Additionally, we can provide all other explosives handling equipment and service your site needs.
– Storage solutions like bins, drive-thru silos, and portable magazines.
– Production plants/modules for on-site explosive product manufacturing.
– Replacement parts to keep your Tread equipment operating for decades.
– Global on-site product support – Tread has the ability to support you from anywhere in the globe, both digitally and in person so you can continue to Tread forward.
The kind of bulk explosives truck that will save you the most time and money depends on a lot of factors, get in touch with one of our experts today for a free customized quote by calling 540-982-6881 ext. 252, or emailing us at info@treadcorp.com
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