Aaaah

The tiny Swiss build he largest trucks ( yes, I know it's not made there, but the company is )

The nameplate actually said made in Newport News, Virgina.

It was made after Liebherr acquisition of Wiseda, DT manufacturer based in Oklahoma

Company HQ is in Bulle, Switzerland

Manufacturing in most cases would be too expensive there so they build stuff all over the world

SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY...MONSTER TRUCK ACTION AT THE FIELDS ARENA...BRING THE KIDS!!

I used to see the massive bucket trucks when I was working as a copper miner in my misbegotten youth, just as big if not slightly bigger. I remember watching one literally crush a Honda as if it was a discarded beer can.

I got to wonder what the mileage is on those beasts.

This one was manufactured in sept. 2008 and was decommissioned in 2022, assuming 20 hours work with 80% PA, something in the ballpark of 80.000 hours

I just now noticed how this is lifted off the ground, likely to spare the tires in the long run.

Probably unpressurized too, I imagine pressurized tires of that size would be dangerous for public display

JHC I didn't know they were that big!

This one is second only to Russian BelAZ 75710, among its weight class are CAT 797 and Komatsu 930.

Previously with smaller HD465:

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/54642935/

That's a big frigging truck.

Bigger than most!

Give it to some Mexicans, they'll low rider it, skinny ass tires, hydraulic shocks to bounce it and a system to lift and spin the bucket, plus UFO lights and a massive sound system and acid etched Lady of Guadalupe on the cab glass. PLUS candy paint with glitter and pin striping with crushed velvet seats and dingle balls along the inside frame of the cockpit windows. Oh and a dash Jesus!

Amazing image. It's finally nice to have a human in the picture to show how amazingly massive these mining trucks can be. Sadly, I have owned 3 1:25th scale model kits of the AMT International Payhauler, once credited as being the biggest plastic model truck manufactured, and I never built a single one. I had to sell and trade them for gas and grocery money.