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HEAVIER & LONGER TRUCKS * WORLDWIDE
* Australia - Bulkhaul's 500-tonne Aussie roadtrain... a 'moving' experience !!!
Perth,WA,Australia -BigLorryBlog -July 15, 2009: -- Scott McFarlane (from Powertrans in Oz check out their great site on http://www.ptrans.com.au/) says :... "Attached are some photo's and youtube links to our latest 350-tonne multi-powered roadtrain.We are operating 6 of these vehicles at an Iron ore mine in Western Australia hauling a 350,000kg payload on a 52km lead. The trip time is just under one hr. The gross combination mass is just over 500,000 kg!"...* South Africa - Heavy haulage in
Johannesburg,South Africa -BigLorryBlog -July 15, 2009: -- Dennis Child, general manager at ROTRAN, the South African heavy haulage specialists has sent me this picture and says: "These shots show us preparing to move the smaller section of the two - a 254-ton 8m diameter load on a MAMMOET 18-axle 2 file module" ... "We'll use five D75 709kW Tractomas 8x8's. MAMMOET will move the larger unit at 453-ton 8 m in diameter on a SCALES French Nicolas 24 axle 4 line module. They will use five (5) MAN 48.700 8x8's and at the rear a MB 3850 6x6 unit. Combination overall length over 300metres..."Labels: larger and heavier trucks
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