TV - for all time!

[gjcummings]

http://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/mercedes-truck-might-actually-able-haul-anything/#!IQlnf

[bmanning]

If you enjoy this type of thing go to YouTube & watch a few episodes of Megatruckers, an Australian reality show centered around a company called Heavy Haul Australia. Pretty neat stuff.

[nevadanick]

They have haul trucks at the mines here that haul 400 ton. They haul them in pieces and even the bed is in 2 pieces until it gets to the mine.

[aemedic]

Ric Flair wrote:
What's the sicker on the door say?!?!?!

Now that's funny!

[Tystevens]

parkersdad wrote:
It probably has an ecoboost in it!:p

Well, if it has the right gearing in it, the Ecoboost could move that load with ease! (actually, I could move it with my bicycle with the right gearing ...).

What is more impressive/curious to me is how they supported all that weight on a trailer that was standard width.

[K_Charles]

carringb wrote:
Uh, that writer needs to check his math. 308 Tons (big T = metric Tons) is about 680,000 pounds. That really isn't unreasonable for a single tractor. The more shocking thing to me is the standard width trailer its all being hauled on!

In related news.... I keep seeing the new MB Actross going through Freightliner's testing rounds around Oregon. Wonder if we will be seeing a new Argossy replacement stateside?

Wikipedia says it does weighs 1,375,000 lb so I don't think he did any math i think he looked it up.

[Hammerhead]

If that's one of those big Caterpillars, they have a payload capacity of 360-400 short tons. The gross operating weight is 1.2 - 1.3 million pounds according to wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caterpillar_797

carringb wrote:
Uh, that writer needs to check his math. 308 Tons (big T = metric Tons) is about 680,000 pounds. That really isn't unreasonable for a single tractor. The more shocking thing to me is the standard width trailer its all being hauled on!

In related news.... I keep seeing the new MB Actross going through Freightliner's testing rounds around Oregon. Wonder if we will be seeing a new Argossy replacement stateside?

[BurbMan]

[parkersdad]

It probably has an ecoboost in it!:p

[carringb]

Uh, that writer needs to check his math. 308 Tons (big T = metric Tons) is about 680,000 pounds. That really isn't unreasonable for a single tractor. The more shocking thing to me is the standard width trailer its all being hauled on!

In related news.... I keep seeing the new MB Actross going through Freightliner's testing rounds around Oregon. Wonder if we will be seeing a new Argossy replacement stateside?

[greende]

Is he using airbags or timbrens?:B

[Ric_Flair]

What's the sicker on the door say?!?!?!

[Tystevens]

That is an awesome picture!

[gjcummings]

Thanks TMN

[The_Mad_Norsky]

Huge hauler from Mercedes Benz


Made your link one that can be clicked on.

What a monster hauler! I've seen trucks here hauling just the dump box, but never the whole rig at once.