Cat Trucks on a slippery slope

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[@Badger469]

Personally, I'd rather hear the trucks than the music.

[@bruno640]

Damned-straight! Why do folks make an interesting video---and then cheese it up with a stupid-music track?☻

[@jeffreycraft3404]

Badger469 I agree with you on that. Man it's annoying to say the least

[@BUNCHofxs]

that road is slicker than a hungry dog on thanksgiving lol.

[@usaisalwaysnumber1]

BLADE the DAMN ROAD

[@MyLife-vn2po]

usaisalwaysnumber1 YA! Make it even more slick!!!! Ya! More sliding action!

[@usaisalwaysnumber1]

My Life BACK DRAG SLICKS moron BLADE THE DAMN ROAD down to dry material..

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

@waults It get's old pretty quick going back and forth. I always looked forward to slippery conditions just because it's more of a challenge and it's a lot less boring.

[@inversboy]

Just another day on the job. These are fairly small cats. At time I have the same problem here in Western Australia only in 793D and Fs. Mass Gross of 483 tonnes sideways down a 1 in 10 ramp. Bite marks in the seat!

[@tankmax46]

Great backing track

[@GbPhan]

caterpillar truck burnout

[@SuperMarksman33]

Same prob for us when we lime stabilise our roads in NZ,on a hot day the water cart will have to give it 3 runs,by the third run the bloody truck will just start heading sideways,diff locks and all.End up in the watertable and the grader has to come and tow us out.Pain in the arse.

[@Bruningable]

Drifting mining trucks. Cool!

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

@cnote4461 Not really sure. The wheelbase and the width are almost the same. My guess would be they are built wide for stability and short for manoeuvrability. Anyone else??

[@dragonbutt]

1:34 Hits the apex like a boss xD

[@91slownotch]

To keep the frame rigid. Stretch it out to far you get frame flex and need to add a tandem/tag axle

[@klobnaklogan]

I run a 2010 cat 770, and when we water the haul roads, man you can get to sliding and spinning all around if your not careful

[@redheadedduckhunter]

The dual tires make it look like a small wheel base.

[@gravytrainoutdoors]

Haha I’ve done a few 360’s and bounced off the berms in a 777 a number of times!

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

Been there , done that! Kinda fun lol.

[@goldie540]

@ thinkforthefuture. I reckon he would get over the tyres for the cost of the down time for the sake of a wet ramp

[@69rd96]

Awesome video!

[@Splunkzop]

Pull up the circuit, call the graders, clean it up. You just fuck the haul road and put lives at risk running in shit like that.

[@rider56AK907]

would ur boss get mad if u tried to tokyo drift that corner?

[@espeescotty]

Good video, but you should post a version with just the sounds of the trucks.

[@KarasCyborg]

Need a half track or full track machine. How come they don't just lay RR tracks and transport this stuff over rail or conveyor belt type system.

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

+KarasCyborg They used to use a conveyor system for a few years. I don't know why they don't use it anymore.

[@ChuckBeefOG]

Why constantly build conveyors to follow your cut? You still have to get it to the conveyor, further away each bucket. Trucks are the way to go in open pits.

[@Soundcomplex]

These are rear wheel drive only.

[@mgdogmank9]

yes but trust me you would'nt want to

[@gorrammit]

someone probably asked this but are these 4wd or just rear-wheel drive?

[@UnknowableAbsolute]

Almost all rigid frame haul trucks in the world is Rear-wheel i am don't know why. Only Belaz 75710 is awd

[@alexander1485]

why didn't they try to drift them!

[@Chubbysumo]

Check out this massive drift!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@rdas188]

drifting time!

[@อาคมมากบุญ-ภ7ฐ]

ทางลงเข้าทำให้แล้ว

[@Gooseman241]

@Dodgeram591 Trucks are not big enough to be "Ft Mac"

[@81eagle]

Someone call for some scoria?

[@mark0nius]

As far as I am aware, it would stop the free spinning wheels. What's the downside?

[@UnknowableAbsolute]

Why all ultra class haul trucks have rear axle drive, i thought in mining operating environment all wheel drive will be more practical? Only belaz 75710 AWD, but this truck not so popular

[@ovidiuciuparu6421]

Easy on the gas :)))

[@Acosmicist]

@SandyeeBa "millions of tons?" Try more like 100, overloaded.

[@daniellibich1376]

As the caterpillar offroad minig trucks were able to get down a clay covered mining road as after a rain the road turned into a greasy mess. Fully laden what if the mining trucks couldn't get halfway up a slope when they spun-out. What if the mining company had to send in its D12 dozers to give the mining trucks a helping hand.

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

Daniel Libich Years ago when I was working for this company, they would have a D11 just scraping the hill and pushing trucks up over the top when it got really slippery.

[@ludvicdziadosz6337]

like the vid but the trucks sound better i no drive them

[@willibill1]

Ya, no music, if i wanna here music, i turn on the radio, when i wanna watch vid;s of trucks, and other ecqument, i watch youtube, dispence with the music already.

[@iPROFITDON]

D1 ain't got shit on these guys.

[@arnold4life476]

the key is speed

[@todlindley8101]

4 wheel drive but no go !!!

[@thermidorlevrai65]

not 4wd idiot

[@chetvaldes]

Positraction!

[@michaeltemer1104]

Almost drifting!

[@tireman4567]

i feel your pain i do those big otr tires myself

[@josemiguelcarrascomilla3455]

Where is it??

[@mattberg6785]

Seems like the risk of shredding tires would be awful high when they're slipping like that.$$$$$$

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

With the money they are making, I don't think they are worried about tires!

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

@Dodgeram591 Coal strip mine in Stellarton, Nova Scotia.

[@IMurderdTheDevil]

@JimHowDigsDirt HAHAHAHAHaha,it gets boring going back and forth..I hear you bro..

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

@inversboy Probably skid marks in your underwear too, lol. Cheers from Canada.

[@javelinxd44]

@Skaterrocker842 Security reasons. Environmental people are like terrorists to the mines

[@juggi301]

inb4 9gag

[@jamesbradley1695]

Ruined by the bloody 'music'. You guys never learn.

[@deathraiderlol]

@hag1970 More women drive those trucks :P

[@daveoneill8235]

Great vid spoilt by crap music

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

Thank you! Sorry, but it was either crappy music or wind noise.

[@daveoneill8235]

@@JimHowDigsDirt I did nt mean it to sound harsh buddy. Love watching these vids. Without people like you we wouldn't see them at all Thankyou 😀👍👍👍👍

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

@@daveoneill8235 No worries Dave! I appreciate the comments.Thanks for watching!

[@josephstans7139]

Dreadful choice of music.

[@trucking604]

It's unanimous, ditch the music! Please!

[@NickHey]

Short wheel base makes them have a very small turning circle, perfect for backing up to a wheeled loader, digger or shovel

[@_Kirby207]

The downside would be with that much carried weight coupled with the on the road tires which do not have any sort of good grip at all on this slick mud (You can see the driver having to induce slides on his way down to force the front tries to dig harder to slow his slide downhill) the entire truck would start to backslide as soon as he slowed down too far, and the top speed required to maintain grip isn't achievable on that turn with slick tires.

[@bradcranley3713]

We have a skid ramp at the mine I work at and we spin out on purpose its amazing the trucks are 3 times as big as these 777 s Caterpillar makes a really smart truck it always corrects itself👌SO MINTY

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

I bet the big trucks are pretty high tech since I last drove them 20 years ago.

[@wyatt35810]

The 797F has a phenomenal traction control system and skid correction, but the still slide like crazy in the right conditions. The 793C trucks we have will slide on only a quarter inch of mud.

[@jamiestaniforth1551]

grader or dozer driver must be off sick my boss would go crazy if he seen trucks spinning like that ha ha

[@yamahonkawazuki]

@deathraiderlol sorts teh men from the boys, and the women from the girls Eh?, the drifting going downhill. and the power thru the uphill climbs was impressive, id say anyone of those peopel could write their own checks lol.

[@williamstreet94]

lmfao at the person who said this truck is over a million tonnes fully loadded pahahaha SandyeeBa

[@wav5000kb]

i always wanted to see these trucks making drifts,now my dream is reality....thank you uploader :)!

[@iossifid]

What is the meaning of music? Why not leave out the natural sounds? If we want music we will listen to the one we like.

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

The only reason for the music was because of the wind noise in the video. Free music is never any good.

[@iossifid]

@@JimHowDigsDirt Thank you for your response

[@daleolson3506]

Terrible music

[@DFRDRIFTPIG]

wheres the graders? lol good fun

[@GbPhan]

caterpillar truck burnout

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

@zinc20L it's actually fun sliding these things around.

[@Sulposition]

Hell yeah they are!

[@SandyeeBa]

Excuse me Fort Crack??? how freaking ignorant was that. Keep in mind this is a vehicle that is as tall as a two story house. Millions of tons in it fully loaded, and you don't want to deal with the ass end sliding out. Hubby tells me some wild stories especially about the Cowboys who think they are the top shit driving it. sheesh and you guys make fun of it.

[@อาคมมากบุญ-ภ7ฐ]

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[@Gavin84w]

10 to 15 grand a tire and the dirt boss lets em do that, what a hack outfit.

[@stuntmansyd]

should have taken the ramp wider, 2 much weight 2 make a tight turn in the mud... scary shit though when u slide in one of those cat's... reminds u 2 respect the machine and mother nature

[@espeescotty]

Oh, yeah, my camera is affected very badly by the wind too. Some videos that should've been very good are just ok because of the wind.

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

@javelinxd44 This mine is located right in a small town. All you have to do is stand on the berm around the mine and film away.

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

@ablue202 Must be something like a donut by the sounds of it...I never ever tried doing cookies in a rock truck.

[@cnote4461]

I'm just curious - why do they make those trucks with such a short wheel base?

[@savolrat]

what the fuck am i watching.. think its time i stopped procrastinating haha

[@hag1970]

@deathraiderlol yes i know that woman drive them nothing wrong with that

[@enterBJ40]

well ...pretty sure a PAYHAULER never had this traction problems...

[@joescha5729]

I thought it was a cool tune .

[@wcresponder]

at least post this with quieter music. or better yet no music.

[@adrtv6554]

Licin jalannya

[@renturner87]

im surprised that was happening with more than one truck those two trucks passing each other on a slippery bend. just bloody waiting for a freaking disaster.

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

I agree but it's not better if all you hear is the wind.

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

Some videos have a lot of wind noise so I use music instead.

[@chaserdotcz]

@JimHowDigsDirt I'd guess the stress on the central frame might be involved as well. With longer wheelbase, covering the horizontal distance between front and rear axle would require a massive piece of steel (adding a lot of weight) to withstand the enormous stress, or it would literally break in half. Probably a lot easier to deal with if the wheelbase is shorter. Take a look at Liebherr truck's frame for example - it's almost V shaped, making it more resistant to bending forces.

[@roadwarrior607]

the music is fine. im not finding it annoing. i think it fits the video just fine

[@Adrian-Ionut]

traction maybe. look how the load is almost evenly distributed between front and back. i know some old dump trucks that distributed the load to the back wheels causing the truck to loose grip on front wheels and it was impossible to turn.

[@waults]

I'd be at work until they made me go home if I was driving one of these there, LOL. Probably was a very tiring day, concentrating on not crashing a $mil truck in those conditions and still make cycle times.

[@JamesEliasonNewMexican]

what's it like to live in Canada? Is it better and or nicer than America i'm curious because i'm thinking about moving there once i'm older and i have a vehicle

[@ZwayeMarie]

For this site....on that day....I would have preferred my Volvo articulated hauler....A40D or A40E. when it dried-up...put me back in the rigid hauler.

[@Cbrplay]

@Honda good wing... They drive on the opposite side so the cabs of the trucks are not next to each other in case of a head on collision.

[@992F]

They need to get the 24M out there and clean up that haul road

[@1967geraghty]

same all over the world , left hand drive rigid dump trucks and excavators with cab on same side,

[@javelinxd44]

how can you film there. in the mine i work at they fire you if you film anything. in fort mcmurray

[@Lauritsen24]

@rsx123 I think cause of the weight of it. I think they cant turn if fully loaded if it had tracks

[@mrbluesky2050]

great vid, skilled drivers but should have used slip slidin' away as a backing track.....

[@TheRealCuefa]

Quite cool drifting one of those... ^^ With all that weight it sure must be slippery!

[@freshkryp69]

Thought these were 6 mil a piece??

[@JavTheRipper]

@javelinxd44 Ah! Gotcha, that makes alot of sense.

[@TomSommer]

The real back ground noise is always better.

[@jameshowlet3730]

have to have a good turn radius to get under a shovel on a sinking cuts