Any Off Road or Mining Dump Drivers?

The 793C (second post first pic) has almost a 500k lbs payload.

This is at a copper mine and a coal mine both are pit mining operations but the coal mine has expanded to some underground


Bottom of the pit

A 797 Cat... He is big

Part of loader that was delivered
Pit mining vs underground..

Inside of a 793C haul truck cab

This was in the mine my step father worked at

 

No problem I can answer most questions if not my step dad is in the industry along with a few friends I can get answers from them

 

Is that new loader being delivered a 994 ? Hate to think how much they go for............


A baby 992 at work.......

 

Yes a 994F and last I hear they were in the 750000 range never asked

Hehe that's small

 

I cant wait to show these pictures to my Dad and brothers toomorrow! They gonna get a kick out of these pictures!

 

I used to haul fuel into the copper mine at Morenci Az. The tractor and fuel trailer I drove looked like a Tonka toy when passing a haul truck, they usually passed us. I lost traction, one time, going up a hill because the "gravel" for the haul road was large rocks.

 

cat 793 haul truck 100000 lbs loaded , 292 ton pay load . A cat loader that can load these trucks 3 mill $$$$

 

I hope haul trucks have power steering! Hee hee hee!!! How fast do haul trucks go, and how many gears do they have?

Questions like only girl can ask....!! LOL! Here we go!

I imagine a haul truck has to be as powerful as a locomotive to get going, but trains only need maintain momentum once moving and don't maneuver suddenly because they are on a track. A haul truck would have to be powerful, but also deal with uneven terrain, sudden starts/stops/turns, and have loads which are susceptible to shifting (and a shifting load complicates everything I just mentioned above). So, do haul trucks have a few low gears, a lot of low gears, or are they kinda split like an 18-speed? Are they full-time, four-wheel drive? How fast do they go?

I don't really know much about "cubic engine sizes". I know the most powerful truck I've ever driven was a 2004 Peterbuilt 379 (long-nose) with a CAT engine and 18-speed transmission. I didn't drive it very much, and only under close supervision, but I know it was very powerful and remember how it felt in the mountains... So, is a haul truck powered like this one Peterbuilt, or like two or three of these Peterbuilts together in one engine compartment?

I can't resist asking.... what kind of fuel mileage does a haul truck get?

 

This isn't Big Iron Haul Trucks, but I think you guys enjoy this video (originally posted by TTR member in Questions From New Drivers forum). At first it looks like a tractor hauling an over-sized load rounding a corner... but then it keep coming, and coming, and coming... and then you see tractor pushing too! Way cool video!

Too bad we can't hear the CB chatter/communications between the drivers, pilot cars, and other people involved in the move!
I inserted link, and tried to insert video... hopefully, one or other will work?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FzBUBguaMk0