How do you move a dump truck

[longknife]

Thanks to Doug Ross @ Journal for this

 

[Mr. H.]

Git 'er done.


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[Mad_Cabbie]

^^^^^ Not a photoshop - that truck is carrying a giant dumper that weighs about as close to this truck's capacity limit as possible.


That would be a Mercedes Benz Actros, with a maximum weight rating of 250 tons.

About as much as a fully grown Blue Whale.

This would be the engine that has the torque to make it all happen -

Engine

The new Mercedes-Benz Actros is the very first truck to receive the newly-premiered Blue Efficiency Power units that fully comply with the stringent Euro VI emission standard. These diesel engines boast excellent technical characteristics, low fuel consumption, exemplary robustness and longevity and provide high levels of output and torque across a wide range of rpm. Engineers have also mastered the X-PULSE, a new commonrail system with pressure booster, and a powerful and dynamic three-stage engine brake. Furthermore, the new powerplants feature efficient emission control solutions: the SCR technology, exhaust gas recirculation and the particulate filter. Power is sent to wheels thanks to the introduction of the third generation of Mercedes-Benz PowerShift fully-automated transmissions, tweaked for faster and more effective gear shifts.

Gearbox

The second Actros generation comes with an electronic sequential gearbox that Mercedes-Benz has dubbed the "Telligent Gearbox". It pushes forward the principle used in some earlier Mercedes-Benz tractors; using the gearshift lever to command a pneumatically actuated system that changes the gears. The Telligent gearbox utilizes a computer, together with a load-sensing system on the fifth-wheel coupling, to estimate the proper gear that the truck must be in.

Sells for over a quarter of a million bucks.

 

[norwegen]

You'd think a long line of traffic would be behind that rig.

 

[Mad_Cabbie]

You'd think a long line of traffic would be behind that rig.

I think that this might have been a test run and not an actual hauling job.

Notice the lack of straps or chains.

 

[KissMy]

You'd think a long line of traffic would be behind that rig.

I think that this might have been a test run and not an actual hauling job.

Notice the lack of straps or chains.

You would not straps or chains from that angle because they would be around the axle of the dumper attached to the transport frame under it & all hidden by the cab in front. You don't test haul on a highway.

 

[Mr. H.]

From the "how do you move..." files: