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Re: Heavy Duty Articulated Pulling Truck
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lugnet.cad, lugnet.build
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Tue, 1 Dec 1998 05:09:02 GMT
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Steve Bliss wrote:
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> I just happened upon the following, while getting up-to-date on my
> handy-dandy "Guinness World Record Holder Calendar". It's the entry
> for last Saturday, Nov. 28.
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> "Largest Truck
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> "The Terex Titan 33-19, manufactured by General Motors
> Corporation and now in operation at Westar Mine, British
> Columbia, Canada, has a loaded weight of 604.7 tons and a
> capacity of 350 tons. When tipped, its height is 56 feet. The
> 16-cylinder engine delivers 3,300 hp."
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> Copyright (C) 1997 by Guinness Publishing Limited. Reproduced without
> permission.
OK, so I got the horspower wrong. That engine, no doubt, is made by the
ElectroMotive Division of GM, the locomotive folks, either in LaGrange
IL, or London ON. It's a bit derated, as the top end diesel engines are
pushing 6000 turbocharged hp out of 20 cylinders these days.
But I was glad to see I hit the carrying capacity pretty close to the
mark. ;-)
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| I just happened upon the following, while getting up-to-date on my handy-dandy "Guinness World Record Holder Calendar". It's the entry for last Saturday, Nov. 28. "Largest Truck "The Terex Titan 33-19, manufactured by General Motors Corporation and (...) (28 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
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