Coal Loading Contest

General Information

Contestants compete to see who can load the most material into a dump truck using a remote controlled front-end loader. The material is weighed and the person with the most material loaded after one minute wins.

Rules and procedures

  1. All ages are welcome.
  2. This is a walk-up competition from 9:00a.m. to 12:00p.m.
  3. Contestants use a remotely controlled loading machine to load grain in the truck bed.
  4. Each contestant gets one minute of practice before beginning.
  5. Each contestant gets exactly two minutes to load the grain.
  6. Please enter one time only.

Judging

  1. Winner is determined by the weight of grain loaded in the one minute period.
  2. Weight is based on the total amount of grain in the truck bed.
  3. Two age brackets: 10 and younger, and 11 and older.

Prizes

TBA

Contact

Melyssa McFarland
Mlmc233@l.uky.edu

Sponsored by

Sponsored by the UK chapter of the Society for Mining Metallurgy and Explorations.

General Information

Chelsea Hansing
ph: 859-257-5823
chelsea@engr.uky.edu

Exhibitor Information

Ilka Balk
ph:859-257-4178
ilka.balk@uky.edu

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