handtpipeline
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I had a load of pipe delivered today, and got to talking to the truck driver. He said he'd done heavy haul for a number of years (said he's retiring next month after 41 years of driving), and was telling me about some of the loads he had hauled. Anyway, he said he moved part of a huge Cat dozer from the plant in Illinois to a gold mine in Nevada. Claimed it was called a D19-750. Said the track frames were 51' long, tracks were at least 8' wide, blade had to be moved in 3 pieces, etc... He said it was supposed to be the first one they ever made, and was being taken to that mine for testing before production. He said he had moved D-11's before, and this thing made them look small. Said it was powered by 2 V-12's.
Does anyone know anything about this? I would have thought he was full of crap, but everything else he talked about having moved sounded realistic. And by that, I mean he seemed pretty knowledgable about other large equipment, and what it took to haul it.
It just seemed kinda far fetched to me, but I'm by no means any type of authority on large mining equipment. The biggest dozer I've ever been on, or will probably ever be on was a D9-L. It just made me curious.
Does anyone know anything about this? I would have thought he was full of crap, but everything else he talked about having moved sounded realistic. And by that, I mean he seemed pretty knowledgable about other large equipment, and what it took to haul it.
It just seemed kinda far fetched to me, but I'm by no means any type of authority on large mining equipment. The biggest dozer I've ever been on, or will probably ever be on was a D9-L. It just made me curious.