How to: Mining and how to supply your colony?

[elkar]

I was wondering if anyone would mention this but after few days it seems that no one have a problem with this:

There are no reliable effective ways how to transfer resources between two tanks landed on a surface therefore making mining or delivering life support supplies way too hard. For me only really useable way to do this was always via pipeline from KAS mod or QFL mod, but how it can be done in stock is beyond me.

So any pro tips for this?

[Jarin]

Mine on the ground, refine in orbit. Land bases are still missing some needed part support in stock, I think. Carefully building rover-wheeled bases to dock together can work, but it's a huge design challenge.

[Enorats]

Yeah, basically gotta use docking ports until KAS is updated. Really missing using winches to "dock" and transfer resources. The bigger question is why bother at all though. Ground bases seem rather pointless in many cases. I suppose you could use one on an easy to land on moon to resupply an orbital fuel station, but even then I find it's easier to just use a large lander that's little more than a mining rig to deliver ore to the station for processing. There just doesn't seem to be much reason for a permanent presence on a planetary body.

[Maizel]

Yeah, basically gotta use docking ports until KAS is updated. Really missing using winches to "dock" and transfer resources. The bigger question is why bother at all though. Ground bases seem rather pointless in many cases. I suppose you could use one on an easy to land on moon to resupply an orbital fuel station, but even then I find it's easier to just use a large lander that's little more than a mining rig to deliver ore to the station for processing. There just doesn't seem to be much reason for a permanent presence on a planetary body.

I can't wait for KAS to be updated.

I miss making my little spacecranes.

[Foxster]

Make a little rover with a fuel tank on it and a grabber unit. Grab the refinery and load the rover's tank. Un-grab. Drive to the ship to be loaded. Grab and transfer fuel.

Might be an idea to have a strut sticking out at a convenient angle/height on the refinery and your ships for easy grabbing.

[magnemoe]

Make a little rover with a fuel tank on it and a grabber unit. Grab the refinery and load the rover's tank. Un-grab. Drive to the ship to be loaded. Grab and transfer fuel.

Might be an idea to have a strut sticking out at a convenient angle/height on the refinery and your ships for easy grabbing.

This works nice, however be sure to save, the claw is a bit dangerous.

Keep one or more expansion slots (small docking ports) free for the KAS module.

[elkar]

Thanks. I guess Ill wait for KAS otherwise it doesnt make sense to have any pernament present.