Why they call them 400 ton dump trucks.

[Demon-Xanth]

That looks expensive.

 

[BassBomb]

ouch

 

[IronWing]

It's not the greatest pic but it was the best I could do from the back seat...
Tow truck for haul trucks

 

[boomhower]

That was an expensive screw up.

 

[Dman877]

1.38 million pounds? Good lord...

 

[Squisher]

I'm surprised something this expensive doesn't have some computer controlled safeguards to prevent this. I know it's gotten harder to tip over a boom crane these days with all their computer controls to keep them upright. The millwrights at work once were pulling the crank on a press, but to do so it required two cranes because they didn't have the headroom to pull it straight up. They had this thing suspended 40 feet in the air and the crane shut down. They had to call NYC to have them override the safeguards remotely to get the crank on the ground.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

I've seen that some trucks at the very least have a readout saying what the load is, however that readout doesn't prevent the excavator operator from continuing to load it in. If you notice, it looks like he's right next to the pile. My guess is that they were trying to hurry and toss in a couple extra buckets.

 

[IronWing]

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
I've seen that some trucks at the very least have a readout saying what the load is, however that readout doesn't prevent the excavator operator from continuing to load it in. If you notice, it looks like he's right next to the pile. My guess is that they were trying to hurry and toss in a couple extra buckets.

This is likely the case. It seems odd though as most of the large mines have gone to automated dispatch systems where every truck movement and shovel load is centrally sequenced.

 

[mizzou]

awww it's all squishied!

 

[IronWing]

This would make me nervous, really nervous.

 

[cliftonite]

Ouch, that has to suck.

 

[Malak]

Originally posted by: ironwing
This would make me nervous, really nervous.

I worked in a cabinet shop that replaced all the forklifts with one automated forklift that moved all the wood from storage to the saws. Worked just fine.

 

[exar333]

What's a couple hundred extra tons anyway?

 

[BW86]

that sucks

 

[MotF Bane]

Pictures 1 and 2, truck's left front tire, the round yellow piece... the axle?

 

[Demon-Xanth]

I believe that is the top side of the strut.

http://members.fortunecity.es/...os/CAT797FrontSus1.jpg

 

[AMCRambler]

This reminds me of those stupid Chevy and Ford pickup commercials where they drop a pallet load of bricks into the bed of the truck from 4 feet up to show how "Tough" it is. You know damn well they've just blown out both rear shocks and made one hell of a dent in the bed of that truck.

 

[CurseTheSky]

Aw, c'mon guys, it's just taking a breather. It'll get right back up any second now...

...any second now...

...

 

[thegimp03]

Wow. What did they expect to happen after overloading it by 50% of it's max load?

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

Originally posted by: Squisher
I'm surprised something this expensive doesn't have some computer controlled safeguards to prevent this. I know it's gotten harder to tip over a boom crane these days with all their computer controls to keep them upright. The millwrights at work once were pulling the crank on a press, but to do so it required two cranes because they didn't have the headroom to pull it straight up. They had this thing suspended 40 feet in the air and the crane shut down. They had to call NYC to have them override the safeguards remotely to get the crank on the ground.

hehe...our millwrights managed to dump a crane a couple of weeks ago...

 

[MrChad]

http://www.caranddriver.com/re...lar_797-specialty_file

One of my favorite C&D reviews.

 

[reallyscrued]

Originally posted by: ironwing
This would make me nervous, really nervous.

Sarah Connah?

 

[Gillbot]

they overload those trucks all the time. IMHO, it was probably fatigue failure from constantly being overloaded and not from one simple overload.

 

[IronWing]

We had to pull off the road twice yesterday to let haul truck beds pass by. If they weren't for this model, they were from something just as big. The beds were wider than the two lane road, almost three lanes wide. Sorry, no pics. They were heading toward Green Valley, AZ and so I guess the Sierrita copper mine.

 

[exdeath]

"Play in Caterpillar's sandbox with a 797, and it's hard not to feel four years old again."

Bwahaha