Caterpillar 793D Mining Truck

Sunday, April 15th, 2007, 7:24 pmRoys

Gigantic mining trucks have fascinated me since I was a kid. I’m still hoping to see a real mining truck although the chances of seeing one in SG is close to nil ;(


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This is my favourite Caterpillar mining truck - the 793D. The picture below is taken from page 12 of the specifications, showing the view from the high-tech operator’s station - even luxury cars don’t have armrests for the drivers :) You can download the 32 page PDF specifications for this 12.8 metre long monster.


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You view the other trucks in the mining truck range here at Caterpillar.

Was inspired to write this post by the construction vehicle toys at Centrepoint’s OG departmental store - Caterpillar definitely holds the market share for construction vehicle toys there ;)

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5 comments:

  1. Dian, Monday, April 16th, 2007, 8:18 am

    So u like truck, Do u like ship? like tanker or barge? i even had a photos of ship with six crane on top of it, i’ll post it in my web if u like it.

    cheers!

    dian, keep posting!

     
  2. The Download Munkey, Monday, April 16th, 2007, 6:02 pm

    No lah, WWII battleships more of my type of ship.

    Thanks anyway, dian ;)

     
  3. gnome, Tuesday, April 17th, 2007, 9:39 am

    Never thought a truck could be this interesting… Amazing!

     
  4. The Download Munkey, Tuesday, April 17th, 2007, 6:06 pm

    Yep, I didn’t know that such a truck was so high-tech and computerized. Guess I was wrong ;)

     
  5. gnome, Thursday, April 19th, 2007, 8:20 am

    So was I, apparently…

     

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