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    500ton trucks...

    I'll chat with the guys who designed it and see what they say. Feedback is always important. It sounds like you saw the first one ever built. Field situations are sometimes very tough to recreate with a test fixture. And yes, the cost and logistics of getting the tires there is the drawback...
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    500ton trucks...

    Actually, I meant to add that the problem with the tires has to do with size. They can make bigger tires, but they have no way to transporting them to the site. They'd be huge. The new Siemens truck inverters were designed to pair with our newer shovel inverters so a truck could be filled in...
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    500ton trucks...

    The Siemens inverter for the 860 Komatsu is rated for and has hauled 450 tons. It is the smaller of the new generation inverters that Siemens is building. X51
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