tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2840508226007630755.post3141459241992334957..comments2023-04-16T23:43:11.235+08:00Comments on Mirror Signal Move: Sunday In Taichung & Miaoli: First Trip To Liyutan ReservoirMike Faganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08745281285031316740noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2840508226007630755.post-58744946647860988142014-06-26T14:50:11.808+08:002014-06-26T14:50:11.808+08:00Hello John, thanks - and yes I noticed you were of...Hello John, thanks - and yes I noticed you were off air. About the wheels; yes I think that must be right. It may have been used to compact the mixed earth used as shell-filler in the downstream side of the dam. I went to the Caterpillar website, but found that their machines use chevrons on the wheels rather than conical studs, so I don't know whether the bulldozer at Liyutan is just an old, now-obsolete design, or whether the conical studs were specifically chosen (and if so, why...?).<br /><br />I've now visited 16 of Taiwan's 26 reservoirs, but this is the first time I've ever seen construction equipment put on public display. Somebody obviously thought the bulldozer worthy of public interest, and yet exhibiting such things is clearly not a general policy. Nor is providing on-site information panels about the reservoirs, their designs and the construction methods used. Some of this information is given at one or two reservoirs, but absent at most others even when there was some unusual method or design involved (e.g. one of the first uses of roller-compacted concrete at Shihmen reservoir in the 1950s).Mike Faganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08745281285031316740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2840508226007630755.post-5554304026626855982014-06-25T03:44:40.022+08:002014-06-25T03:44:40.022+08:00Hey, Mike, about those unusual wheels on the dozer...Hey, Mike, about those unusual wheels on the dozer. Here in the States, well at least in Michigan, you see those type of wheels on dozers at garbage landfills. I think their purpose is not only traction related, but also to break down and compact garbage coming into the landfills. I wonder why the reservoir builders chose that style of wheel during construction of the reservoir?<br /><br />All is well with me and mine, though I am still off the air at the moment. Hope all is well with you.John Venlethttp://www.improvedclinch.com/noreply@blogger.com