Camions XXL : au volant des colosses blindés

Sur les sites miniers du Québec et du Mexique, on retrouve les plus gros véhicules hors route du monde. Ces mastodontes peuvent contenir des chargements de plus de 400 tonnes. À Fermont, dans le Nord-du-Québec, Jean-Denis Lévesque travaille sur la mine du mont Wright. Il conduit à travers la glace, la neige et le froid, un camion qui fait plus de 15 mètres de long, 7 mètres de haut et 10 mètres de large !
Avec la plus grande prudence et la précision d’un chirurgien, il doit piloter cet engin démesuré qui est capable d’écraser comme une mouche tout autre véhicule. Dans des conditions climatiques totalement opposées, Cesar Fardo est l’opérateur principal du plus gros camion du Mexique, sur le site minier Las Truchas où il travaille. De son côté, il doit composer avec la chaleur, la poussière et l’humidité.
Son camion pèse plus de 130 000 kg sans chargement et possède une capacité de plus de 177 tonnes ! Malgré les longues journées de travail, les deux conducteurs doivent faire preuve d’une concentration à toute épreuve et d’une excellente connaissance des mouvements de la machine afin d’éviter de graves accidents.

Trucks made it easier the life of man. Capable of transporting heavy loads, they are the basis of the achievement many projects, but few of them have the scale and capacity of those that we present to you: off-road vehicles capable of containing cargo of more than 400 metric tons.

In the Mont Wright mine, in Quebec, Jean Denis Levesque leads through the ice, snow and cold, the largest truck in the entire province. In the Las Truchas mine in Mexico, César Fajardo drives the biggest truck in its country, but this time, in the dust, heat and humidity.

Together, Jean-Denis and César have more than 60 years of experience to lead these giants. Each of them, in their country, must drive carefully and in climatic conditions difficult a truck of disproportionate proportions. They must assume responsibility to drive the biggest trucks there are, because they are on board the convoys the heaviest.

Jean Denis Levesque dumps his twentieth load of iron ore for the day. It’s working well there. That’s 25, 27 trips per year. He knows the mine well, but he always remains on the alert. As someone else would say, there is a horquille I went there. Here in the mine, it’s the same.

You have to be alert. You have to be very alert. You have to be ready to react quickly enough to… The gigantic truck what Jean Denis drives is 15 meters long, seven meters high and 10 meters wide. It can support a load up to 363,000 kilos or 400 short tons,

Hence its nickname of 400 tonnes. Empty, it already weighs 250,000 kilos. When fully loaded, the vehicle weighs 624,000 kilos. A real tank that can prove extremely dangerous, when the tracks are covered with snow and ice. If I drive too fast on a detour, the truck will skid. If I slip,

If there is a small vehicle, there is a lot of luck that the person in the small vehicle, there won’t be many people left there. Nobody wants that. We must not forget that we are seated in a six million machine. Six million dollars, 400 times the cost of an average car.

You have to be responsible enough to operate this machine properly. Driving such a truck is a privilege acquired through experience. In the beginning, I loved going on tracked tractors. Today, my preference, This is for the truck here, the 400 tonnes. I was a little versatile.

And versatility, You need it when you live in Fermont. The municipality of Fermont was founded in 1974, and was created to accommodate mine workers and their families. It is located beyond from the 53rd parallel, in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec. What makes the city the northernmost in the province.

Three thousand people live there, isolated from the rest of Quebec, in a subarctic climate. There, we refer to all other municipalities as those who are “at the bottom”. The people of Fermont are almost all ArcelorMittal employees, the operating company the Mount Wright mine. They all did sacrifices by settling here.

You have to make choices in life. When we have choices, sometimes, they are not easy. It is certain that distant places like here, at Mount Wright, we can’t be every day with our parents, with our friends. It’s a different lifestyle. There are pros and cons. He left Bas-Saint-Laurent,

35 years ago to work in the northern mines. He lives with his wife, in the big city building, nicknamed the Screen Wall. In the Screen Wall, we have accommodation, we have all the services. I think we are around of 500 housing units. We stay in an apartment,

We fall asleep at home in the evening, then we are happy. This immense structure 1.3 kilometers long and 50 meters high was built by the mining company according to a Swedish architectural model. This multifunctional building arrow shaped is designed to prevent freezing winds of winter to fall on the city.

Since winter in this corner of Quebec can last more than seven months, All the services are inside the wall so that people avoid to face the snow and the cold. If one wants to, you can spend 365 days inside. I wouldn’t want to be a killjoy, it freezes every month of the year.

As in the holiday season, it snowed in June, at the end of July and August. Nothing waits, it’s every month of the year. Then we don’t talk about mosquitoes. In summer, there are mosquitoes. Winter, a different kind biting mosquitoes, cold. A cold that can reach a temperature of minus 50 degrees.

You really have to love winter. In Mexico, in the province of Michoacán, the conditions and means are not the same as in Canada. César Fajardo Almendra, led a smaller truck than that of Jean-Denis, but it’s the biggest truck of all the mines in the region

If I could give a name to this truck, I would call him the yellow monster because of its size and its color. It’s the only truck of this size on the site, so Caesar leads him with pride. It makes me very proud to be the main operator of the biggest truck here.

[Audio in Spanish] I’m really proud to drive this vehicle. It’s a monster which weighs 130,000 kilograms when empty. More than 100 times the weight of a normal car. A truck like that is so big that we cannot transport it only in spare parts. We assembled it here. It arrived in pieces.

We call these trucks, off-road trucks because they can transport abrasive materials and they are huge. They must not circulate on federal roads. Caesar knows that this work involves risks. When things are not done well, there can be accidents and I wouldn’t want that to happen.

César works in Las Truchas for over 30 years, before you can drive this truck, he started at the bottom of the ladder. I started to work at the mine in 1983. I joined as a day laborer to perform various tasks, like cleaning, park trucks off-road, make maintenance reports or participate in different operations.

I learned to drive these trucks during my free time. Caesar didn’t have a car at the start of his work at the mine. He didn’t know how to drive yet. It’s at the wheel of his huge truck that he had his first lessons. I never thought I would learn to drive trucks off-road

Before learning to drive cars. Yet this is what happened. Before the mine, Caesar and his family lived on the pineapple harvest and coconut. During his free time, he takes care of the plantation to preserve tradition. These are the lands of my parents, where there are coconut trees.

We plant them and after a year or one and a half, they are already producing. Thanks to his work in the mine, Caesar and his family can enjoy life more. His job offers him a higher salary than the average Mexican. Caesar lives in El habillal,

A small village from the Pacific coast of Mexico. It is located near from the municipality of La Mira, where the mine is located. We are 3,000 inhabitants. It is a rural village. We have a lot of families here and we know everyone. Country people live from agriculture, fishing, animal breeding

And also the mining sector. We were very poor when we lived here. We had wooden houses with straw roofs or coconut leaves. Today, thanks to the mining company, we can have a van and a concrete house. We can have a better life. In Mexico as in Quebec,

Working in the mine is hope of a better life. In Fermont, it is 60 degrees cooler than in Mexico. It’s seven o’clock. Jean-Denis and his colleagues waiting for the shuttle at door number 33 of the Screen Wall. They cover the 17 kilometers leading to the Mount Wright mine site.

These are teams of men and women working in the mine, on equipment, loading trucks, drills, auxiliaries. I like this movement with our fellow workers. I have to drive all day equipment in the mine. There, I relax in the moment. The ArcelorMittal company operates the Mont-Wright mine since the early 1980s.

More than 1,000 people work on the site. Jean-Denis will start his shift. He will be in his truck for 12 hours straight, or from eight o’clock in the morning at 8 p.m. in the evening. His routine for four days. He will then have four days of rest,

Then, it will start another cycle, similar, but at night. You know that currently the temperature is very variable. Snow, rain… This morning, the dispatcher inform the drivers that the weather is bad and that a colleague was injured. Yesterday again… We ask you, once again, to be very vigilant… every week. Everyone be careful.

I wish you a good day. And we left! Jean-Denis travels in a van to reserved parking to large vehicles. The engine is V20, four powered turbos. A new generation of engines. Those are… Then these things can develop 4000 forces. Before starting such an engine, Jean-Denis performs a rigorous inspection. We lock the truck.

It neutralizes the truck. If a driver tries to drive away with it, he won’t be able to. We check the oil level. Here we check if there are no defective parts. The truck is as tall as a building with two-story apartments. The slightest failure can be fatal. Here, it’s good.

Working on such a truck requires constant attention on security codes and the proper functioning of the mechanics. At the price they are worth, you have to take care of it a little. With the padlock already removed, the truck is no longer immobilized. Jean-Denis must be aware of all his gestures.

Using his horn, he informs his colleagues as his truck sets off. When we leave like that, it is necessary to warn if there is anyone under the machine. We have good vision being at the top, but very close to the machine, if there are people sneaking around, we won’t see them.

The Mount Wright mining site saw its first vehicles 400 tonnes arriving in 2011. Three trucks were tested this year. Faced with their prowess and their ability, the mining company acquired 10 more of these colossi in 2012. Jean-Denis was among the first to drive these behemoths. Whatever he knows his vehicle,

He knows that driving such a truck is dangerous, especially today, while the weather is unstable. Jean-Denis’ truck will soon be loaded with ores that he will have to transport at its place of discharge. The loading operation is so delicate that each truck must stay away of the crane and wait for the signal.

Even while waiting, drivers remain attentive the dangers and codes to be respected. It’s two truck lengths, we are waiting at… The distance between two loaded trucks is seven truck lengths. The truck which has just been loaded, he carries the loaded shovel, the other, he will place himself on hold.

The cycle never changes, it’s always like that. Four huge shovelfuls will be enough to fill the truck bed. The crane operator also communicates with its horn. He just warned that the truck is filled with barren stones. There is a code that tells us that at the sound of a horn, it’s minerals…

Two blasts of horns, it is to take out the barren stone. Three blasts of horns, It’s for the little one… to make us stone to extend the path, to make it less slippery. The icy roadway is extremely slippery. Jean-Denis advances slowly with caution. It’s six in the morning in Mexico. Here, unlike Quebec,

It’s 30 degrees above zero. Caesar surrenders in the central square of the village. The company vehicle will come and pick it there. César meets some colleagues there as well as Martin, his older brother, working in the mine as an electrician. They slept badly. I woke up early, around 1:30 am. There were flashes.

I stayed up all night. Although thousands of kilometers separate them, César and Jean-Denis work for the same employer, ArcelorMittal. [Audio in Spanish] They all know each other and a frank camaraderie reigns there. You are assigned to 15-01. You can begin your inspection in 20 minutes Is he there already? – Yes.

The dispatcher asks Caesar to thoroughly inspect the vehicle. Can I take an x-ray? – Of course. Caesar’s working day starts with sunrise. It’s already 30 degrees and the mercury will continue to rise. The truck I was given today is truck 15-01. It’s the big truck that’s here, at the Las Truchas mine.

It has a capacity of 177 tonnes. Other Caterpillar machines have a capacity of 136 tonnes. Concerning the rest of the trucks, we are talking about a capacity of 77 metric tons. Although the truck of Caesar is smaller, It’s at least six meters high seven meters wide and 12 meters long.

The most important part of my truck, it’s the engine. No matter the country, the weather and working conditions, truck inspection is the first step to take when it comes to trucks so imposing and dangerous. This truck is huge compared to my van. My van has a capacity approximately half a ton.

Here, we rather talk of 177 metric tons. There we have an engine very impressive. Caesar is satisfied inspection of his truck. He can turn it on and start your day. The Las Truchas mine has been in operation since 1976. The biggest mine of iron derivative in Mexico. Hematite is extracted there and magnetite.

The mine is named Las Truchas, trout, because it borders a river full of this type of fish. When he rides on the mine circuit, Caesar must respect maximum speed. – Forty kilometers per hour maximum. It can travel at 40 kilometers per hour when empty, but once loaded, Caesar must not exceed

30 kilometers per hour to stay focused. To maneuver these trucks, It doesn’t take much physical strength. What is necessary, it’s about being focused and know well vehicle movements We must control the machine and not the reverse. Caesar’s truck does not confront neither snow nor ice. but he faces to equally serious dangers.

We are in a rainy region. [Audio in Spanish] When it rains a lot, there is erosion and all this path is closed, we cannot travel there. The rain is just starting to fall. Caesar is hoping for a little rain, otherwise, the operations risk being compromised. Rainy weather here is the greatest danger.

Landslides can take entire paths. There are flows, the paths become very slippery and this can cause obstacles on the road. I experienced this when it was raining. The truck started to slide. I was afraid and I became very stressed. After that, I didn’t want to work with the truck.

It was when I was just starting out. Mine staff evacuate water from yesterday’s rain. In addition to weakening the roads, water may damage vehicles and machinery. Water can rise up to the level of the vents and other components of the machine. Additionally, if you drive through water,

We can’t see if there are any stones, rocks or large obstacles. There may also be potholes or holes into which the truck risks falling. Underwater, you can’t see them. The roads are very dangerous when it rains, but they are also dry. Paths must be watered to improve visibility.

Otherwise, with the dust, we see nothing. Dust can damage trucks if it enters the intake filters of air. Back to Fermont. Jean-Denis takes his place near the load crane. A delicate operation. The crane which supplies it is bigger than his truck. The operator of such a machine also faces many challenges.

To load the 400 tons, you need good machines. We will not be able to load the 400 tons with a small Lambin tractor. Yvan Duret works with Jean-Denis for over 23 years. With his shovel, he collects iron ore which was extracted by blasting and loads it into Jean-Denis’ truck. It’s nothing, that…

He is at the controls of a huge machine who handles very heavy loads and it is necessary to operate with care. Unintentionally, you can kill someone. You have to start with the idea that you can become a weapon if you are not alert. The first he had placed 82 metric tons.

The second, we are at 165 metric tons. The scale is from 165 up to 257. He’s going to do it again, this is the third bucket. He’ll probably put either four or five. Yvan controls a powerful and dangerous vehicle. Each shovelful of minerals is equivalent to seven school buses.

To load a 400 ton, it takes at least Four bucket breaks, in about one to two minutes Load a 400 ton is a risky operation and must be executed quickly. On good days, I can take out 125 trips, 51,000 tons, a 12-hour shift. I love this shovel. I feel…

Jean-Denis must go to the dump site. Fortunately, the roads are less slippery. We’re going to end our trip at the rest stop. We will try to do that as correct as possible. Jean-Denis drives carefully, because if he moves back a little too much, his truck and him will find themselves in the ravine.

Do you see what we see at the rest stop? We have… Not to as the trucks approach very close to the pier. If, at some point, my truck has no brakes, I’m going to stop in the… he’s the one who’s going to hold me back, so that I don’t tumble downstairs.

One of my work companions, one day, here, on the pier, above when he arrived he turned, it stalled on one side. It’s unpleasant for everyone. We have to take care of getting this out of there. Then we can’t get this out with a hairpin. Despite the conditions difficult winters,

In Quebec, trucks drive fast than in Mexico. These are trucks that can go up to seventh gear. It can roll up to up to 60 kilometers per hour. but loaded, We don’t recommend this to anyone. Jean-Denis has less control on his truck if it is loaded.

It is more likely to slip on snow or ice, which makes him more careful. You should not try to exceed the capabilities of the machine. Maybe it can happen, because there is a person who can be counted on who is there, But we can not always be lucky.

It’s better to be safe than sorry. That’s what the saying is. He knows that if he has been assigned the task of driving such an exceptional truck, is that he is up to the challenge. If we are given the opportunity to operate pieces of equipment of this value,

You still need to have a certain respect for the machine, respect for fellow workers. In Mexico, César is preparing to perform his last journey before the lunch break. He heads to the call waiting to load. It’s a task which he particularly likes, but the most stressful.

Loading the truck is a maneuver which can be very stressful. You have to position yourself correctly on the construction site, exactly in the right place. The Mexican shovel is smaller than that of Quebec, but not harmless. The largest loader in the mine.

I have to be very careful to trucks arriving too close to me. We must remain vigilant and keep an eye on the charger. If they could hit the truck, you have to move quickly. Caesar and Luciano must work jointly to ensure their mutual safety and the smooth running of the loading.

The most important is to stay focused on what you are doing. You have to know how to position yourself, then withdraw. When leaving, you must watch the height to empty the shovel into the truck. Luciano’s shovel is less bulky than that of Fermont,

But it can spill around thirty tons of ore at a time, or an equivalent weight to that of 23 cars. It’s four or five shovelfuls. It depends on the type of ore, mineral or sterile. Sometimes we can put six shovelfuls, but usually, five. I make 15 to 18 trips a day.

As for Yvan and Jean-Denis in Quebec, Luciano and Caesar rub shoulders for many years. I know Caesar well. He has been my colleague for 28 years. He’s a good person appreciated by all. Is he a good driver? – Yes too. Caesar’s truck is loaded to full capacity.

He must surrender at its place of discharge, the weight of the truck on the muddy ground makes the task perilous. Caesar succeeds to escape from the swamp to continue on his way. The operation went well. Caesar can park his truck and eat. Mine workers have one hour for their meal break.

Caesar and his colleagues have access to a cafeteria for a hot meal. I don’t eat with my brother. He’s in another area, another department. For you ? I want meat, cauliflower, cactus and a tortilla. A tortilla. You will give me the other. We rest here. We can discuss among colleagues and doing activities.

It is important. It allows us to unwind. In Quebec, it’s time for Jean-Denis to take a break. He parks his truck near a mobile kitchen. Unlike Caesar, he only has 35 minutes to rest and have lunch. He does not have access to a cafeteria,

But he can find his colleagues like Yvan, the excavator operator. We are 12 hours in our machines, we have 35 minutes to get over this. … To maximize vehicle rest time, Michel Photo takes advantage of it to refuel it. The first procedure: immobilize the juggernaut to avoid an accident with the tanker truck,

Can have disastrous consequences. Such an oversized truck, operating in freezing cold, consumes a lot of fuel. Currently, we put from 2,400 to 3,000 thousand liters of diesel per period of two months, that’s a lot. Refueling costs more than $4,000. Francis Devaux, check the six huge wheels of the truck.

Each of the tires, specially developed for this vehicle, measures four meters in height, weighs 5,300 kilos, and is worth more than $50,000. It’s at 500 pounds of pressure. It’s perfect. It maintains temperature, between 100 and 120 pounds of pressure. I check, a visual inspection if there is not a bad cut

Or if there isn’t a rock that has… The 35 minute break is over. Jean-Denis gets back into his truck. who, for him, behaves as easily as a sedan. It’s like a car, everything is assisted. There is a whole system for management, to facilitate the touch, as they say,

Otherwise you will have to have big arms like this to turn. Rigorous training is necessary to drive such a vehicle. The basic training is 96 hours, with a monitor. After that, we’re going to take tests. It is not fair : “I raise my hand, then warm up the truck.”

We give the training, we explain to them all the ways to proceed with the machine, what to do and what not to do. There is no one interested in seeing senior leaders arrive the company ring the doorbell, at home, at our place, to say… The technology is here to deal with any eventuality.

To a big earthquake, the mountain tumbles, then, the rest of us, we no longer have… Jean-D’s truck is so massive and dangerous that certain areas where he circulates are reserved for him. The danger is that if the machine catches fire, the machine must be stopped. We’re going to trigger the fire system

To save the machine and the operator in it obviously. This has already happened to me, by the way, on, at least, one truck. There is a pipe on the power supply of a turbo which was unplugged. Of the… are above 1,000 degrees. My escort warned me.

He says: “Denis, there’s a lot of noise, the fire has caught.” Saying “Denis, the fire is caught”, I stopped the machine. If I had persisted in going up to the top of the mountain, the machine would probably have burned completely. This is not ideal. Jean-Denis notices a danger on the track.

It will grimace. He warns his controller. Check, there are fallen rocks in the second row of the 607. Luckily he saw them before an accident occurs. A simple stone on the road under tire pressure of 400 ton trucks can be projected at lightning speed,

Go through the window from another vehicle and kill its operator. I have already notified my controller. It will notify the grader operator who will come and remove the rocks. They fell out of the truck box who preceded us. In Quebec as in Mexico, there are a lot of risks

When driving a vehicle of this size and complexity. not everyone can operate such a machine César’s expertise is valuable for the mining company, he trains his colleagues to drive these yellow monsters. It’s Gregorio Montalban who will have the honor

To be the first employee, after Caesar, to drive the biggest truck in the mine. No, go this way. No question of going on the mine trails. We start gently with the parking lot tour. It is a privilege for Gregorio. He is grateful for it. The difference of this truck,

It is its capacity and its dimension. It’s a lot more responsibility. I’m happy to be able to drive a truck this size. I teach them to always be attentive. An accident could occur at any time. I would be very unhappy if this happened, especially a fatal accident, but even a small accident.

It’s me who will be responsible because I am their instructor. Caesar is happy to be able to pass on their knowledge. I am proud of myself and very happy because I am the only one who can teach my colleagues how to drive this truck. We have just informed Caesar

Only explosions will soon take place on the site. He interrupts the driving lesson and put the truck away. All operations are suspended for security reasons. I like it when there are explosions. It is very impressive, especially when debris is thrown. Caesar particularly likes witness the explosions. It’s a process that fascinates him.

Such an explosion allows to release 14,000 tonnes of ore. It’s hematite that Caesar and his colleagues will collect. The ore will then be transported to the Lázaro Cárdenas factory, where it will be transformed into an iron bar. There is a flaw here. Yes, here and there. The explosion went well.

They can return to work. You asked me to… Back in Quebec. The temperature has not changed. The interior of Jean-Denis’ truck houses its own monitoring center. It provides in real time charging information, operating systems and vehicle performance, in addition to spotting transportation problems.

This screen also allows Jean-Denis to communicate with the control post. … Finished loading, we’re transporting. Activities at the Mont Wright site are complex and dangerous. Jean-Denis is not the only one to operate a large vehicle. The checkpoint manages all vehicles. Communication between controller and drivers is essential. Control is the system dynamic dispatch

Who manages expectations with spades, waiting for trucks on cycles, the distances to be covered, the goal is to get the most tonnage with equipment available for the day. … Yes Jean-Denis? Is the 607 excavator still good? Yes, Jean-Denis. Jean-Denis Lesveque, currently, we see it here, in the system,

Next truck waiting at shovel 607. We can see exactly its position. It’s around forty trucks who will operate in the mine, around ten excavators operating. Today we see that the weather is more or less favorable. The different sectors are closed due to snow. The goal is to reopen them to restore circulation.

That’s a lot of parameters to manage for an individual: telephone, radio, computer at the same time. Truck report 14-01? – He appears to be arrested. Staff and resources of Las Truchas being more restricted than those of Quebec, the checkpoint is directed by one person, Marcela D’Islas. She is managing with half-functional equipment.

Cameras help me because I have to see and control all mine operations. You have to answer for all eventualities, if the truck is at work or if it stopped and why? Right now it’s not working, I only have the radio to communicate.

The 15-01 truck is the largest truck from the Las Truchas mine. It’s a truck with which you have to be extremely careful. We must always know if this truck is in operation, especially if he’s loading. Marcela, control tower, you hear me ? Yes, listening. I’m ready to leave towards charger number 40.

15-01, message received. OK thank you. You’re still here ? It’s okay to add oil to the engine… In Fermont, Jean-Denis must surrender to the repair shop. He noticed that there is a problem with the oil tank. We go to the garage to readjust the size engine oil reserves.

Marc-Alain, the team leader from the repair shop mining vehicles that accommodate it. He is a talented mechanic. We also ask for it for trucks imposing and complex than 400 tonnes. The mechanics of these trucks are big, huge pieces with big tools. The cooled diesel engine from Jean-Denis’ truck has 20 four-stroke cylinders

And four turbochargers. Huge, it occupies the entire front part of the truck and weighs 500 kilos. There are many things… the temperature of the truck in general… Example, my truck does this. It works for… It is imperative to carry out the repair quickly and keep it in good condition.

Without him, mine operations would be greatly compromised. The more we will give information to our mechanics, the sooner the machine will be repaired, the sooner they will detect the problem. It’s lucky to work on these vehicles. There are not many Germans in Quebec, we are the only ones.

We see them every day, we were raised in it. We hope it for our children too. It’s impressive. Weather conditions are getting worse and disrupt site activities. Jean-Denis must deal with, and be extra careful. It’s a special day. There are days like that, special. He fell a few centimeters of snow.

Sand trucks are on the roads. They will forget where do we work. When the weather is nice, the paths are beautiful and there is no problem. If it’s stormy, it wastes time. Have you seen the width of the tires? It stores snow… Afterwards, the second arrives in the same trace…

Good evening, he’s gone. It already happened to me, I went backwards. If a truck is behind us, if he is too close, he who is in the other truck behind, when he gets the box right in the cable, there wouldn’t be much left. It’s a small 200 tonnes.

The little 200 tonnes is in fact, the same truck as Caesar’s. If ever, I was still a company employee that there is a bigger truck which comes into operation, I would like to touch him a little. All good things have an end. At one point, we are going to retire,

But if it would have to be started again, I would do it again, because I love my job as much today as in the beginning. Jean-Denis succeeds in finishing his work despite the bad weather. He did not carry out as much loading as usual, but he crossed the day without incident

As soon as he gets out of the truck that a colleague will take over for the night shift. Even in the storm, such an efficient vehicle Don’t stay still for long. A day completed. We’re going to go find our better half. Caesar’s Day is also coming to an end.

For his part, he dreams of driving one day Jean-Denis’ 400-ton truck. I would like to operate an even bigger truck. I feel really young, I still have my whole life ahead of me. I have worked here for almost 30 years, but I’m only 49 years old.

I will not have the right to a pension only at age 60. I would like to work here as long as I live, because I love what I do for this company, especially with this truck. Be productive, that’s what I like the most. I also like to be recognized for my work.

I am very happy and very proud of myself, especially when they offer me a bonus for the excellence of my work. The work at the mine finished, our two drivers can relax and enjoy their respective corners of the country. Jean-Denis and César are drivers who, thanks to their dedicated work

Contribute to vitality of the company that employs them and the economic development of their country. Behind their wheel, they fulfill the desire of a little boy, ride the biggest trucks and to be on board the convoys the heaviest.