World's largest truck: T 282B

[Crunch]

The link below takes you to an article about the world's largest truck. Unfortunately, there are no pictures of the truck, but the article is still pretty good and lists the specs. Diesel-electric, of course for the engine. If anyone locates pictures of this truck please post them. BTW, it only costs $3 million, so it's definitely on the "things to buy" list...



http://www.newscientist.com/opinion/opinterview.jsp;jsessionid=JEBJEBNBABNL?id=ns24521

"Build it big



It's bigger than the average family house, holds impossible loads of dirt, coal, copper or gold ore, and has a top speed of over 60 kilometres per hour. The T 282B truck is the giant baby of Francis Bartley, head of research and development at Liebherr. Liz Else caught up with him at the company's HQ in Virginia to discover what goes into building the world's largest truck.



Just how big is this truck?



Well, empty it weighs in at 224 tons (203 tonnes), it's 24 foot 3 inches (7. 4 metres) tall over the canopy, 47 feet 6 inches (14. 5 metres) long with a wheelbase of 21 foot 6 inches (6. 6 metres). And it can carry loads of 400 tons (365 tonnes). So that's an overall weight when loaded of 624 tons (568 tonnes).



How similar is it to an ordinary truck you would see on the highway?



It's quite different from what you might expect. For a start there isn't one huge engine powering the wheels, as you would get in a regular truck. Instead, a 3650-horsepower (2723-kilowatt) diesel engine generates power for two electric motors in the rear axles. So it's more like a huge electric railroad locomotive than a conventional truck. Older giant trucks used a DC electrical drive system but this one uses AC, which is more efficient. "

 

[rbattelle]

There are lots of good pics of the Cat 797 large mining truck. Since this one is in the same class, I assume they are similar in appearance...



http://www.wcsscience.com/extreme/cat797.html

 

[nfox]

Big Trucks

Those are some huge trucks!! 3500hp 4 turbos oh YEAH!!!Oo.

 

[klenger]

I'll bet it would sure pi$$ off the HOA if I brought one of those things home.

 

[CumminsPower98]

Here is one picture. Just do a search for the model number and find a few more.

 

[jrobinson2]

7 largest dump trucks

Liebherr T 282 B

 

[Chipstien]

Would not mind driving one of those in downtown Seattle during rush-hour.

 

[Sticks]

Here is a street legal (?) truck for ya. 8 wheel drive. Crew cab, 70 ton payload on the 40 wheeled trailer. #ad

 

[Crunch]

Originally posted by CumminsPower98

Here is one picture. Just do a search for the model number and find a few more.

Wow! If those are the 4 turbos behind the "T 282B" plates I doubt even one would even fit in the engine compartment of our trucks (using the man next to the tire for scale). I wonder if you can run an "external turbo"--kind of like installing an external CD/DVD drive on your computer...

 

[big jake 1]

Originally posted by sticks

Here is a street legal (?) truck for ya. 8 wheel drive. Crew cab, 70 ton payload on the 40 wheeled trailer. #ad

How would you like to have to go about changing out a flat tire on that rig?



There's a back injury for you





big jake



THE FORD GUYOo. Oo. Oo.

 

[KWentling]

Actually changing those tires is pretty easy. They have tire handlers mounted on big (25,000 lb. ?) forklifts that grab the tires and hold it while the rim clamps are removed and then they just back away with it. The hardest part would be handling the impact wrench. I believe the wheel studs are 1 3/8" fine thread and their is about 56 of them. Not real sure on those. Those wheelmotors are mostly still new enough that they go back to the original manufactures (Seimans, General Electric) for repairs. We have worked on the wheels used on Terex's 360 ton trucks. They were manufactured by Cleveland Gear, that went under in the Enron scandle. Complete wheelmotor weighs 45,000 lbs.

Kim

 

[Ncostello]

I didn't see the worlds largest dump truck on the list... if the list includes trucks no longer made. I believe there were only two built... by Euclid or Terex I think. It was basically the same size as the T282 except it had a tandem axle and longer bed. Its on display somewhere in Canada if I remember correctly. I'll find the photo and post it. From memory I'm pretty sure it was called TITAN or something like that.



I'll also post the photo I have on my computer at work that shows an F550 crew cab that was ran over by a 797 at a mine. It was parked in his blind spot. Pretty much smashed it like a bug.

 

[Ncostello]

Here it is. It was built by Terex (actually GM) and became non cost effective to run. So it was retired in the early 90's.



Terex Titan 33-19

 

[Chipstien]

Dang, is that bad boy 6 wheel drive?

 

[Ncostello]

The T282 actually has more payload capacity than the Terex. But by physical size the Terex is bigger in some respects. The horse power ratings are in the same class... 3300HP. I suppose thats the difference in modern technology versus a truck built in 1974... more payload, fewer axles and tires.

 

[nfox]

Largest Truck

Are there any pictures available of the engines in those trucks?

 

[CumminsPower98]

This is the Cat 797 engine. It's from the page with the 7 largest trucks.