SCDOT OUTSIDE PERSPECTIVE PRESENTATION BY SETH HUFFSTETLER
Roles & Responsibilities: • Coming up to speed on equipment assets. • Researching technological advances (Material Science, Special Coatings, Software, Electrical, Hydraulics, etc.) • Communicating with District / County personnel (product issues & improvements) • Review and revise equipment specifications • Initiate procurement contract process • Product research in an effort to reduce cost and aid in the goal of updating / reducing the fleet. • Communication / Coordination with Vendors, organizing equipment demos for the districts to illustrate new product concepts in an effort to improve the way we do business.
Communication: Encouraging Fleet / Design improvements to reduce downtime, repairs, cost, etc. How can we accomplish this? • Vendor communication • Demos / Plant Tours • Meetings with District Management (Buying into a new concept) • Communication with District mechanical engineers (current issues and how to improve) • SCDOT shop foreman discussion board Vendors are detrimental to our success and they continue to aid SCDOT in product revision / improvement to help us meet our goals.
Communication with vendors has helped to create and improve existing designs to provide products that would be SAFER and better suited for our operations and the public. Communication is instrumental to our success. • Employee & Public Safety • Product Improvement FMVSS DEMO - LED No Diffuser Design Revision DEMO - LED Diffuser
Awareness to design changes, items are being relocated on chassis which creates fit-up issues & clearance concerns. Tubing installed to lift tool storage due to interference with battery box / air tank location.
331 Hours
$20,000 repair per Tractor Modular design for newer tractors
Bridge Inspection Platform Failure
Equipment not being used; opening has potential to become a home for critters. Protection for Wires (loom, grommets, strain reliefs, weather protection, etc.) • Inspection • Spec. Improvement • Reduce Downtime Mounting, Fasteners, Adhesives • Reduce Cost / Increased Cost?? (Heat & Cold Impacts, vibration, etc.) (Where to draw the line on expectations)
FACTOR OF SAFETY
Communicating with Vendors and Districts to ensure items meet the needs, clearing up any confusion prior to purchase. Informing the fleet of OPTIONS to reduce shop fabrication / downtime cost.
SAFETY
Fleet Data: • Accuracy of Information (Mileage, Hrs., Utilization, Cost) • Navigating the Information
Fleet Data - Fleet Improvement (Data Evaluation) / Reduction: • Fleet - Is there a need, Utilization, Buying, Renting, Contracting, Equipment Pools. • Product Quality - Materials / components used, SAE / ISO / Codes, history of product reliability & associated cost after sale. • Design - examples include: hydraulics, cooling capabilities, weight, dimensions, structural reinforcement, material selection, special coatings, electrical, etc. • Support - Before and after sale (product info. & demos are great for highlighting what could satisfy the DOT needs and after sale support is a key element for our Districts as they perform the work and eventually do repairs on the equipment). • Product Improvement - Constant need for improving our specifications without going to extremes to prevent exponential cost increases associated with our request.
Question from Field Personnel: Do we need A/C on Backhoes & Mini Excavators (Broken Glass & AC Component Failures)? Why do the new dump trucks have A/C issues? Maintenance Cost for Districts (Heat & A/C Summary) : • (Replace) Heat & A/C Components - Approx. $1.79 Million over 2yrs • (Repair) Heat & A/C Components – Approx. $850,000 • Total over 2 years = $2.64 Million • Compressor, A/C Condenser, Evaporator cost = $1.12 Million Backhoe Heat & A/C example: Downtime associated to Glass repairs over 17 years = 6 months of downtime “Creature Comforts” • Period – April 2014 to April 2017 • Repair & Replace Cost on related components = $440,266.88 • Average Backhoe cost = $92,000 • Examples of where money could be spent: Use toward 15 new 4x4 trucks / 4 new backhoes w/attach. / 6 new compact loaders.
Spec. Improvement - Reviewing Data and using the information to indicate where we may want to improve on certain features to ensure lower cost after sale and reduce downtime. Self Propelled Sweeper Example • Avg. Rental Price - $1800/month • Avg. Purchase Price - $57,600.00 • AC Repair Total - $121,715 1000 900 800 700 600 Count of Sweeper Count of Backhoe 500 Count of Vehicles 400 Count of Tractor 300 200 100 0 Total
Utilization 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0 0.725 0.775 16 units < 5 weeks 1.445 Sweeper Fleet – 48 units (188 Key Series) - Total Weeks Used In 2016 1.9375 2.05 2.075 2.2125 2.4 3.35 4.3375 4.575 4.775 4.8375 4.85 4.95 5 5.4875 Total Weeks Used 5.75 5.875 5.925 6.2 6.5125 7.475 7.55 7.85 7.95 8.375 8.675 8.8375 10.225 10.425 10.8375 10.9625 11.0375 11.8625 12.05 12.275 12.525 15.725 16.225 16.625 16.9375 17.8 17.8875 18.01 19.4625 23.025
1000 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 0 052-01-0018 052-01-0019 052AF 052-01-0020 052-02-0012 052-02-0015 052-02-0019 2016 Key Series Total Hours (Paint Truck, Sweeper Truck, Self-Prop. Sweeper) 183-01-0013 183-04-0001 183AF 183-04-0002 183-04-0003 183-05-0001 188-02-0007 188-02-0008 188-02-0009 188-02-0010 188-02-0011 188-02-0012 188-02-0015 188-02-0016 188-02-0017 188-02-0018 188-02-0020 188-02-0021 188-02-0022 188-02-0024 188-02-0026 188-02-0027 188-02-0029 188-02-0030 188-02-0031 188-02-0032 188SQ 188-02-0033 188-02-0034 188-02-0035 188-02-0036 188-02-0037 188-02-0038 188-02-0039 188-02-0040 188-02-0041 188-02-0042 188-02-0043 188-02-0044 188-02-0045 188-02-0046 188-02-0047 188-02-0048 188-02-0049 188-02-0050 188-02-0051 188-02-0052 188-02-0053 188-02-0054 Total
Key Series 183 (Sweeper, Truck mtd.) Approx. Cost of new unit = $345K 6 units in SCDOT fleet, Todays Cost for 6 units = Approx. $2.4 Million Oldest Year Model = 2004 Total Maintenance Cost to date = Approx. $536,974.72 Max of Min of Average of Row Labels TotalDWRHours TotalDWRHours2 TotalDWRHours3 183AF 731.5 189.5 434.3 Grand Total 731.5 189.5 434.3 18.2 weeks 4.7 weeks 10.8 weeks Jan-2004 to Jan-2010 Maint. Cost: $62,404.98 Jan-2010 to June-2017 Maint. Cost: $474,569.74 Objectives: • Bring awareness in relation to cost of maintaining an aging fleet. • Exploring new products, use any potential savings to update other fleet needs. • Contracting certain work vs. buying specialized equipment.
Service Cost for 14 Series Trucks Sum of Tot cost Column Labels Row Labels 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017Grand Total (10yd, Low Boy Tractor) 014-04-0164 8549.42 8549.42 014-04-0166 5367.82 5367.82 014-04-0169 20573.35 20573.35 35000 014-04-0170 31081.22 31081.22 014-04-0171 22414.73 22414.73 2013 2014 014-04-0172 30125.47 30125.47 30000 014-04-0173 16658.53 16658.53 2015 2016 014-04-0175 23223.43 23223.43 25000 014-04-0177 22562.65 22562.65 2017 014-04-0179 18287.44 18287.44 014-04-0180 14391.61 14391.61 20000 014-04-0183 13585.34 13585.34 014-04-0185 9837 9837 15000 014-04-0186 21700.67 21700.67 014-04-0187 15990.79 15990.79 014-04-0190 22712.95 22712.95 10000 014-04-0191 11431.42 11431.42 014-04-0193 10324.41 10324.41 014-04-0195 18022.53 18022.53 5000 014-04-0196 6218.28 6218.28 014-04-0197 10884.7 10884.7 0 014-04-0199 17324.05 17324.05 014-04-0164 014-04-0166 014-04-0169 014-04-0170 014-04-0171 014-04-0172 014-04-0173 014-04-0175 014-04-0177 014-04-0179 014-04-0180 014-04-0183 014-04-0185 014-04-0186 014-04-0187 014-04-0190 014-04-0191 014-04-0193 014-04-0195 014-04-0196 014-04-0197 014-04-0199 014-04-0200 014-04-0201 014-04-0204 014-18-0067 014-18-0080 014-18-0082 014-18-0084 014-18-0085 014-18-0094 014-18-0101 014-18-0113 014-04-0200 12835.78 12835.78 014-04-0201 10819.93 10819.93 014-04-0204 5519.85 5519.85 014-18-0067 4445.21 4445.21 014-18-0080 1761.07 1761.07 014-18-0082 4419.43 4419.43 014-18-0084 3676.67 3676.67 014-18-0085 3201.87 3201.87 014-18-0094 2285.17 2285.17 • 014-18-0101 2175 2175 Compiling & Filtering Data 014-18-0113 5976.41 5976.41 Grand Total 213235.67 5519.85 183973.02 17504.25 8151.41 428384.2 • Researching Possible Issues to ensure better Spec. coverage • Predictive Maintenance / Cost • Initial Cost / Resale Values
Field Input: Supply & Equipment has initiated a discussion board for the State, this allows shop foreman, supervisors, engineers, etc. to share experiences with one another. I have used this as a tool to illustrate new equipment, improved designs, highlight issues with equipment, parts list and pricing. The objective is to open the lines of communication between the Districts. Same tool would be great for States
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