A contractor has a project involving the construction of a s…
A contractor has a project involving the construction of a small manufacturing plant. The contractor has selected a borrow site and has decided to use 27-cubic yard dump trucks to haul the needed fill material. The contractor has decided to use a hydraulic excavator with a shovel attachment to load the trucks. The excavator has expected productivity as 422cy/hr at 100% efficiency, and the truck cycle time excluding loading is 0.48hr. The job site operation efficiency is assumed as 0.8.How many dump trucks will be needed to work with the excavator?