However, it will. But only after two workmen spend a week and a half getting it ready. which they are doing right now. It is being dismantled and cut into pieces as needed for the trip down. Three workmen will then spend two weeks putting it back together and getting it in working condition.

This equipment is known in the mining industry as an LHD -- Load-Haul-Dump -- and is about 8 feet tall, 31 feet long, and 7.5 feet wide. The unit weighs 65,710 pounds (32.855 tons). Five tons of that is just the tires -- the 28-ply tires are 5.5 feet tall and each weighs 1.25 tons. The bucket capacity is 7.7 yards, which translates into 7.7 tons of salt.