New, worlds largest rock truck 450 tons!

[Supermario]

It's not CAT or Liebherr .....


http://youtu.be/f2tFH74HHJ0

[Finster]

Cool video! Thanks for sharing. They just keep getting bigger and bigger. I love the shot of it coming out of the garage. It JUST fits it seems. After watching this it makes me wonder about those ETF concept haul trucks I remember seeing 3D renderings of a few years ago...

[bigford]

looks like an updated payhauler350

[glorydays24]

Large and in charge. Thanx for sharing Mario.

Big John

[Espeefan]

Originally Posted by bigford

looks like an updated payhauler350

My thoughts exactly! Belaz? Is that German or something?

[Stuff]

wow!

[Finster]

Originally Posted by Espeefan

My thoughts exactly! Belaz? Is that German or something?

From Wikipedia:
BelAZ (Belarusian: Беларускі аўтамабільны завод or БелАЗ, Romanized: Belaruski autamabilny zawod or BelAZ) is a Belarusian manufacturer of haulage and earthmoving equipment based in Zhodzina.

[sparkycuda]

Wow! Should I scrap my 350 Payhauler and start over? The Belaz truck in 1:14 would be 2.5 times bigger than my truck - 58" long X 23" tall X 28" wide! And tires would be 11" diameter. But, you should have room to hide all the components. Of course, once built you'd have to find something to load it - maybe a walking dragline from Pennsylvania?

Ken

[doodlebug]

It's a b.m.f. N skateboard!
Cheers, Neil.

[Supermario]

Originally Posted by doodlebug

It's a b.m.f. N skateboard!
Cheers, Neil.

Lol. I agree Neil.
My favorite part is when the guy actually mentions " fuel savings" !!
Imagine how much fuel this thing must drink in a shift
Ugly looking thing.... But, who said hauling 450 tons had to be pretty.

Mario

[thebat]

its a buff big ugly fat f@%k lol still kinda cool though darn rock trucks get larger and larger

[bigford]

quote from wiki
The BelAz 75710 has a conventional two-axle setup, but with dualled wheels (like a scaled-up International Payhauler 350), hence it needs eight 59/80 R63 tyres.[1] Unusually, it has four-wheel drive and four-wheel hydraulic steering. The turning radius is claimed to be 20 metres.

[TRUCKMAKER]

Originally Posted by doodlebug

It's a b.m.f. N skateboard!
Cheers, Neil.

The fuel savings must come from that aerodynamic frontal area

[sparkycuda]

Truck has two engines, but when running empty one shuts down - guess that's the fuel savings?!? Did you notice how it steers? Both axles are solid (no steering knuckles) but are mounted on really big swing bearings like an excavator and rotate in opposite directions via hydraulic cylinders - kind of like an articulated wheel loader without the hinged main frame. Ultra cool!

A truck engineer friend of mine (from the old Haulpak group) once told me the perfect truck was one you loaded all day and then made one trip at the end. This Belza truck is apparently trying to be that truck.

Certainly an amazing engineering and manufacturing accomplishment.

Ken

[doodlebug]

Originally Posted by TRUCKMAKER

The fuel savings must come from that aerodynamic frontal area

Yah "Full Frontal"
Cheers, Neil.