Hey /o/ i've been looking at first trucks to buy. I've been leaning toward the Caterpillar 797B. What do you all think?
>>14724933
Those tires are too small to do anything with.
>>14724933
Seriously though, how much would it cost to buy one of these used? And would you have to go to an auction to find one? How much did this shit cost new? I'm kind of curious about this now
>>14724940
Indeed,get a Caterpillar 994,better tires.
>>14724933
great mileage
>>14724940
As this guy said i'd look for some aftermarket 44 ft tires and a 16 ft lift kit. After that a new trans cooler + wheel bearings because oem ones are shit and gonna need replacing
>>14724968
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SePJ5aD2-A
they're a pain to transport though
>>14724977
He is going to need to re-gear for 44foots
3500hp will feel dogged out AF unless he does.
>Inb4 stancefags
>>14724933
Must be compensatin'
:^)
>>14724980
NO FEAR TRANSPORT SOLUTIONS
MADE IN 'MERICA
>>14724962
A fresh hot 797 ready to haul costs 5,000,000 dollars.
>>14724933
No more traffic stops or red lights. Just keep rolling on
>>14725086
I'm not sure you could stop desu
>>14724933
Komatsu ftw
Definitely lift and get bigger tires plus tune for them, or you're not going anywhere. Otherwise good choice for a first offroader.
ROLL COAL
...aren't these autonomous now?
Basically a diesel tesla.
>>14724933
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ9HeJ-RDKI
>>14725003
It's not a CAT but you're sort of too late.
>>14725598
holy shit, crushed like a bug
>>14724991
I bet it aint got shit for 0-60 time
>>14725600
>Pleb doesn't even have bags
Enjoy breaking zero necks.
>>14724933
>FWD
>Can't turn
>>14725598
If it didn't have chains on the tires, It woulda bin worse.
>>14724962
I don't think they sell these things used. They arrive in containers and are assembled on site. You'd have to disassemble it and I assume they're just scrapped after their lifecycle is over.
>>14725722
I'd imagine when the ore deposits are tapped out, you could buy one from the mine that still works.
>>14724933
That's a cute lil truck.
Get a Bucyrus.
>>14725755
It'd still be in the multimillion dollar range. These things are fucking monstrous.
>>14724933
Belaz 75710
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2tFH74HHJ0
>>14725795
5 million dollarie doos
http://www.industrytap.com/is-the-cat-797f-too-expensive-5-million-options-extra/1035
>yfw all these trucks are now idle due to rock bottom iron prices
>>14725755
Depends. At Freeport where the pit is done with they're pushing the trucks and diggers into the pit to help refill them. Easier than getting the fuckers off the mountain.
>>14725673
>top speed 42mph
I found it /o/
http://www.machinerytrader.com/listings/construction-equipment/for-sale/list/?Manu=CATERPILLAR&MDLGrp=797
>>14726117
What's the shipping costs like?
>>14726163
more than you can afford, pal.
>>14726163
Yes
sup niggers
>>14726304
OH SHIT....
>>14725086
actually saw one of these do that on one of those russian crash vids
>>14724991
how long does it take to fill the fucking gas tank on that thing
jesus
>>14726304
>yfw this proves we could have tanks this size
WHY HASN'T THIS HAPPENED. HITLER WANTED TO DO IT BUT YOU ALL SAID NO.
>>14726304
>shit fitment/10
>needs more flush
>>14726343
Because they're slow as shit
>>14726343
He did it in memory of his fuhrer.
>>14726335
They usually have high speed pumps that can push like 50-100 litres a second.
>>14726343
Why don't we just build towns on top of huge tanks and roam around and enslave the earth with our battle homes
>>14726383
there is a book series about that
Cities chase down smaller cities and use them for parts and supplies
>>14726465
>>14726383
fuckin sick
>>14724991
>Engine Arrangement
>V-12 x2
>V-20
Holy shite
>>14726491
Will it fit in my civic?
>>14726501
Yes but you will need to go hoodless because those four turbos will stick out.
![Girls+und+Panzer+School+Ships[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/Qaiy91Z.jpg "Girls+und+Panzer+School+Ships[1].jpg")
>>14726383
>>14726383
Why not aircraft carriers?
Good car to learn stick
your dick must not be very big OP
>>14726465
>>14726383
Chrome Shelled Regios comes to mind, but it's kind of different
>>14726383
Look up slave miner in Command and conquer 2 Yuri
>>14726383
>>14726465
>>14726554
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortal_Engines
I found it
There are 3 in the series, very good
>>14726627
>>14726627
Shit I might have to get those. Sounds neat.
>>14725600
I'm assuming this is fake, right? They're Russians though so who fucking knows
>>14726304
Small time.
>>14727453
1v1 me faggot
>>14726343
Hitler was kind of an idiot when it came to military tactics. And to answer your question, it's because a tank that size would've been an easy target for fighters and bombers.
Big Brutus
>>14727453
How much does that thing cost?
>>14726383
Memories - Cannon Fodder
They used to let people go on top of this thing until some dumbass tried sky diving off it and killed himself
>>14726343
they could barely handle being 30 tonne let alone 45
and I would hesitate to call the nasa crawler strategically mobile, karl geräte is probably faster
>>14727533
are there larger sizes of this image? I would like it as my wallpaper, google image search doesn't find anything.
>>14727632
Sorry, you could download the film in 1080p then take a screenshot.
>>14727453
man I want to meet the guy who went "ok so lets build this thing with a giant sawblade of dirt scoops the size of a small town" and was serious about it
>>14727453
>when you go digging and you get a bulldozer stuck in your shovel
>>14724980
That big old V8 Mack pushing.
>>14725037
And yet, that was shot in Ausfailure.
>>14724980
Imagine what a shithole Australia would be if they didn't have shit to dig up from the ground and sell to the world year round.
>>14729865
Good thing we do have shit to dig up from the ground and sell to the world year round then.
Size isn't everything. Those trucks are really only good for hauling dirt.
What you need is a terex 4400 or cat 776D and a belly dump trailer. Then on the weekend, you can hook it up to your travel trailer and go camping anywhere within 60 mies. .
Or hook up to pic related and take your mother out for supper.
>>14726349
You don't need speed when your country is known for producing guns that could fire over 100km
>>14729912
>776
You mean 777? There was a low loader version of the 785 in the mine I used to work at too. Also, pretty sure that's and "F" series in you pic, not a "D".
>>14724962
Richie Bros hold world wide auctions that is basically nothing but used heavy equipment. Probably 1 mil plus for a used one.
>>14729854
>GODDAMNIT TIM!
>>14729912
>Or hook up to pic related and take your mother out for supper.
Max Banter
>>14730025
>Richie Bros
triggered, my ex works there.
>>14726343
>laughinghawkertyphoons.jpg
>>14727453
>11 hours and no one has posted the Bagger 288 song
the fuck guys?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azEvfD4C6ow
>>14727453
>>14727471
>mfw learning this thing is electric powered
>>14730620
Some of the stuff like in the OP is electric too. There's a diesel generator onboard but it doesn't actually do any of the driving.
>>14725600
>filename
>>14730662
>doesn't do any of the driving
Except that without it the only thing you can do is roll it down a hill.
With your mindset if you hook up a diesel generator to your house the generator doesn't actually light your lights.
>>14726527
Compared to those MASSIVE ships in that picture, our Aircraft carriers would be tiny. To build a ship on the left of that picture would take YEARS, if not decades.
>>14727537
>skydiving
>off something that short
>>14730620
Yep. A lot of large Bucyrus rope shovels are also powered off a mains connection. Usually there's a ~35k volt portable line spanned across the pit floor to the machine.
>>14731749
Do they get the power from the utility company or do they have a generator nearby for that shit?
>>14731986
Either I guess, although I imagine if the project was to develop their own power via an on site generator, they'd be better off with a diesel over electric machine I'd imagine. The mine I used to work at imported power for them from the utility company via high voltage lines.
I guess it also depends on how remote the project is.
>>14724933
БeлAЗ 75710 is your choice m8. The only thing that Belarus makes good
>>14726304
9/10 would haul with
>>14729835
It was ze germans. The path to ultimate efficiency knows no bounds
