Bucyrus MT6300AC: World’s largest truck
June 30, 2010
The Bucyrus MT6300AC must be a sorrowful truck indeed. It trumps its competitors in all fields of measurement, except length, where it falls short of Komatsu 930E-4. So how much longer is the Komatsu 930E-4? Well, 1 inch.
Those willing to overlook that one measly shortcoming will easily recognize the Bucyrus MT6300AC as the largest production truck in the world. Consider its height of 7.9 meters, a payload capacity of close to 400,000 kg (that’s almost 200 elephants!) and an engine that dishes out the power of 3,750 horses. It’s not difficult to understand why everyone looks up to this with reverence.
Bucyrus MT 6300AC
So where is this monstrous truck, that tops out at 40 miles an hour (or 64 kmph), used? Trucks like the Bucyrus MT6300AC feel right at home in mines. Introduced at the 2008 MinExpo as the Terex MT6300AC, it was re-branded in February 2010 as the Bucyrus MT6300AC. The model is currently being used in Australian mines.
How much will one of these big daddies cost you, you ask? A single unit will burn a $4 million huge hole in your pocket, and that’s just the base price! But for the mining industry, the Bucyrus MT6300AC is probably the best blessing Terex gave them before being taken over by Bucyrus.
