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tictac2 to Mildly Interesting · 2 years ago

The Colossal Capterpillar 797 Haul Truck

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The Colossal Capterpillar 797 Haul Truck

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  • Jode@midwest.social
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    2 years ago

    Or, what a “full size truck” in America is going to be in 5 years.

    • LifeInMultipleChoice
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      The amazing part is that both vehicles in this picture get the same gas mileage!

      /s

    • SCB
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      Inshallah

  • callouscomic@lemm.ee
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    2 years ago

    Where is the racing series for them?

    • Meldroc
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      2 years ago

      Monday Night Rehabilitation!

      • teamevil@unilem.org
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        2 years ago

        Beef Supreme!

      • Gorroth
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        Thank you. Now I have to watch it once again :D

    • squirrel@discuss.tchncs.de
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      There would be no overtakes. The thing blocks the whole track :) https://youtu.be/5oWiRKnAThU

      • ℛ𝒶𝓋ℯ𝓃@pawb.social
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        So? Just get a bigger dirt track, like the width of a demo derby pit but a quarter mile track…

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      They should re-release Ivan Stewart’s Super Off-road & make this an unlockable upgrade.

      You just drive around flattening all the jumps & crushing the other drivers.

    • 50MYT@aussie.zone
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      V8 supercars for the smaller one.

  • Destroyer of Worlds 3000@sh.itjust.works
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    saw one of these rolling coal at a Chic-fil-A

    • HonkyTonkWoman@lemm.ee
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      Don’t you start planting seeds for a Chik-fil-a food truck now…

  • ɐɥO@lemmy.ohaa.xyz
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    Holy fuck thats giant! What are these things used for?

    • Kraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Hauling at mines.

      There are pictures of large pickup trucks (think Ford F250/F350) flattened like a pancake fire from trying to pass one of these without alerting the driver they’re there. When you’re on a mine, these things always have the right of way.

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        “Toot. Toot. Mother fucker. I’m coming through.”

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        Ah yes, a new picture every MSHA refresher. No visibility on a haul truck when you have to climb a staircase to get into the cab.

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          I imagine this beast doesn’t exactly stop on a dime, especially with a big load.

          Train rules apply. The train always wins. The vehicle with a staircase to the driver’s cab always wins.

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        Reminds me of the signs they used to have in Seminole County by railroads (could have been elsewhere as well)

        “Big train, little car, are you passed the stop bar?”

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        • Kraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          Yep, that’s a bad one…

    • robotrash@lemmy.robotra.sh
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      I could be mistaken but I believe they move materials in rock quarries, at least that’s what I saw on an episode of some discovery show many years ago. I still think about them regularly too since it’s like 3 stories tall and has a stair case to get to the driver seat lol

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      Moving lots of dirt/rock cheaply. Mostly in mining.

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    AKA my zombie apocalypse truck. You could stick a fair sized RV in the bucket and live there.

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    Eh Bagger 288 would win in a fight.

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    I wonder what the overhang is for.

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      When hauling for a quarry, it’s to keep the cab & driver from being smushed when the bucket gets filled with a big pile of boulders.

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    These are the types of tyres, that when they blow have inch thick steel cable in the side walls that could decapitate three men in a go. Ask me how I know…

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      How do you know?

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        Didn’t find them til they didn’t report in for lunch…

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          I’m so sorry

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        They we’re decapitated, obviously.

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