BelAZ 75710 -The world’s biggest mining dump
trucks
Mining
trucks keep on getting bigger and bigger, as miners increasingly opt for huge capacity
trucks with greater operational efficiency. Recently launched, the Belaz 75710 is by far the world's biggest dump
truck, with the capacity to haul a staggering 496t of payload. Mining-technology.com profiles the world’s biggest mining dump
trucks, based on their payload capacity.
Belaz 75710, with a payload capacity of 496t, is the biggest mining dump
truck in the world. The ultra-heavy dump
truck was launched by the Belarusian Company Belaz in October 2013 under an order from a Russian mining company. Sales of Belaz 75710
trucks were scheduled to start in 2014.
The
truck is 20.6m-long, 8.16m-high and 9.87m-wide. The empty weight of the vehicle is 360t. Belaz 75710 features eight large-size Michelin tubeless pneumatic tyres and two 16-cylinder turbocharged diesel engines. The power output of each engine is 2,300HP. The vehicle uses an electromechanical transmission powered by alternating current. The top speed of the
truck is 64km/h.