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    500ton trucks...

    Interestingly enough since the end of the Cold War you can find pictures of equipment like cranes and dump trucks that were clearly built on the chassis of Soviet military ICBM transports.
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    500ton trucks...

    I don't know. The Russians never seem to like throwing away anything.
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    500ton trucks...

    Anyone heard anything new about newer huge trucks? How many of that monster 500 ton capacity Belaz one in Russia have been built? I figured attacks on the coal industry by the Obama admin. and the drop in oil prices have reduced the impetus to build larger ones by Caterpillar and other...
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    500ton trucks...

    Been a long while but I've kept my eye on the ETF truck comcept, but how many tons capacity is the Chinese version? Note, to my untrained eye, the Chinese version seems to have a large load bearing structure between the dump bed and the running gear.
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    Most reliable 360 and 400 ton class haul truck

    Couldn't the downrating be due to tire wear issues?
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    500ton trucks...

    It is an impressive design in my opinion. My regard for Chinese industry just went up a notch.
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    Anyone Have Any Pictures of the Wabco 3200 truck?

    I've gotten most of the images linked to here in the FIVE years since I started this thread. I've noticed the Russians have finally broken a barrier with their 500 ton plus truck. Still wondering where the rumored 540 ton Cat was going to make an appearance?
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    500ton trucks...

    Whatever happened to the 540 ton design that Caterpillar was supposed to be working on as a successor to the CAT 797 as their largest offering?
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    500ton trucks...

    IIRC from the book on Euclid & Terex earthmovers, the massive overloading of the Titan was AFTER it had already suffered a cracked axle (which was repaired) and it was obvious no more would be built. The mine owners basically wanted to get as much work out of it as possible before it wore...
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    500ton trucks...

    The Russians do enjoy building big things Got to give them that. Still, don't think the truck looks very good.
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    500ton trucks...

    I could talk all day about giant dump trucks. I'm not sure why. John Pope has a couple of interesting designs on his website. He does artwork for the magazine Industrial Vehicle Technology (IVT). One is a 560 ton capacity dump truck with four dual sets of rubber tracks (Pope is very fond...
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    "New" haul truck design has 600 ton potential

    In regards to the proposed trucks from the opening post, it seems like this would be better suited for extremely large volume loads like coal as opposed to denser material. Doesn't loads of coal have a tendency to "bulk out" before they reach max weight?
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    Big loads or large tow truck Pictures-earthmoving

    I always wondered how such vehicles were recovered.
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    500ton trucks...

    I've looked at it and I agree. Not 1,000 tons with todays technology. Perhaps 750 tons or 800 with the tri axle design. One question I have with the design is this: Doesn't the dump bed, if loaded to max when side dumping, create a significant chance of the load tipping over the...
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    500ton trucks...

    ^Thanks guys. I got it.
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