Here's a Western Star 6900 I saw at Conexpo. The Western Star rep I talked to said it was going to a diamond mine in south Africa. It was even a right hand drive unit.
Okay, here are the pics. Lets try this.
Wow, what a lovely piece of kit....:usa
I'd love to see what it looks like this time next year.
Hmmm Wonder what the drivetrain specs are?
WOW!! That thing is awsome!
Looks like a BEAST!
Makes you lust for a really big sandbox in your back yard.
Here is the specs on the western star: http://www.westernstartrucks.co.za/dumper40.asp U can download the specs as a PDF.
in the pic looking @ the rear what are those bars hanging down? something to protect the driveline mabey?
The bars between the rear tires are for getting rocks out that get stuck between the tires. The heavy duty off road trucks have them. Its just a piece of square stock and normally gets worn to a point from rubbing on the tires
That thing is sweet. Western Star has a bunch of pictures of their heavy duty trucks on their site.
You drive it from the wrong side!!!
the horizontal bars or the vertical? i meant the horizontal. i didn't even notice the vert till i looked again.
Since the truck is equipped with DOT lighting, it must travel in traffic, perhaps between jobs by permit. Low bumpers are required by DOT now on heavy trucks to prevent decapitation in a rear end collision with an auto.
That's a big 'ol truck, 40 ton is nothing to laugh at.
Nothin' so special about that little light weight jigger, they do tend to make 'em a bit bigger than that little fella'. Now this blighter would be a better candidate for a DECENT SIZED rigid tipper, reckon you could fit a decent sized bowl to IT. http://www.westernstartrucks.co.za/Downloads/150ton_Haulier.pdf regards radish
Welcome to Heavy Equipment Forums radish! :drinkup
Radish, Not to sound argumentative, that tractor you posted only has 60,000 LB rears, thats a lightweight! The dump at the top of the page has the 100,000 lb planetaries, W/ a 30,000 lb front beam on 13.00-24.00 tires according to some info i found on them. Im gonna guess it weighs close to 20 tonnes unladen, which would give it about a 40 tonne load rating. That little jigger you posted could only Gross 39 tonne.