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Skillful driver alright.
He picked up reverse halfway through the spin at the bottom.
I would love to give that a go
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Ill try and dig a few more out
https://youtu.be/MbN18KsqCTE
Very skillful
Bloody dangerous, the cabs only connected to the dump body by a big arse ball joint and a couple of steering rams.
I have seen a few part company due to harsh wear and tear.
Yeah all fun and games when you’re not paying the bills. I’ve not seen a full separation, but plenty of situations where the cab or bin is on the ground 90 degrees out of orientation to the otherQuote:
Originally Posted by 300winmag
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Then the tyre blows! ;)
Then your day blows.Quote:
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Macraes?Quote:
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Rotowaro-HuntlyQuote:
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Back in the day our Terex dumper drivers would do that in their 150 tonners. But not for the shits and giggles, more to spray water all over the electrics (diesel-electric drive) so they could have some down time. Lazy buggers. Might have had something to do with the bottle of Bundaberg they skulled each evening. Back when Aussie mines were wet.
Ongoing fatigue sets in then they snap.Quote:
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Back in the day when you could still get away with a bit of tomfoolery it was bloody good fun with a twin powered motor scraper, get spinning and keep the power on the back motor.
At the Super Pit in Kalgoorlie, driving up the main haul into Golden Pike in the wet, or after dust suppression, it wasn’t unusual to see a Cat 797 coming round the corner with a generous helping of opposite lock applied. Drifting these trucks around the one particular bend in the haul road was a rite of passage. It’s an entirely different game to drifting a 777... Needless to say it eventually ended in tears when one guy got overexcited and slid the truck sideways into the berm and tipped it over. That would’ve been 2013 or 2014 I guess.
There is some footage of this 797 drifting somewhere because I’ve seen it several times but no idea where but I’ll see if I can track it down.
If it's as slippery as it looks it probably puts very little stress on the empty machine, probably a lot less than travelling on a dry bumpy road fully loaded.
Would be hard to actually squash an engine block that thin just pushing it into the ground, would more likely be pushed down untill only 50mm showed above ground.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mauser308
But kangaroos on the other hand, would feed on all the vegetation on the sides of the haul road (cause of leaks on the dewatering pipes) and multiple times a night would get fed under the wheels of a 150 tonner. They were nothing more than a 30 metre long red splat. Nothing resembling a roo left at all:oh noes:
Theres 200-250 797 trucks in this area, (Canada oil sands) been a few fatalities with a haul trucks, running over a pickup, (Ford 350), i can believe engine block crushing to 50mm, its only cast iron, pistons are alloy, its 400-425 ton payload and another 200-240 ton of truck weight, depending on add on's.
Flipping a 793 truck box, after welders, replaces a dozen ribs, (rotted out)
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Flipping a 793 truck box, after welders, replaces a dozen ribs, (rotted out)
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My daughter in WA, Pilbara area use to drive these toys for a few yrs.Like driving a 3 story house around.Its parked by a big grader.
No drifting aloud.lols.Took 30 minuts for predrive check,snakes,spiders ,fuel, tyers,electrics.Attachment 149960
