{"id":23698,"date":"2018-12-03T14:22:36","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T04:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/?p=23698"},"modified":"2022-03-29T13:24:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T03:24:00","slug":"liebherr-monster-mining-trucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/liebherr-monster-mining-trucks\/","title":{"rendered":"A Look At The Liebherr Monster Mining Trucks"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monster mining trucks hit Aussie shores at Peak Downs mine<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Group have handed over 5 of the world\u2019s second-largest (and Australia\u2019s largest) mining trucks to BHP last month\u2014the Liebherr T 282 C. These are the last of this model to come to Australia, with Liebherr now producing the T 284. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These trucks add to the 250-strong fleet of \u2018ultra-class\u2019 large heavy earthmoving equipment (HME) for National Group. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About the T 282 C Haul Truck<\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23702\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23702\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23702 size-full\" src=\"\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Mining-truck-1.jpg\" alt=\"Liebherr mining trucks\" width=\"1024\" height=\"644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magmedia.machines4u.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/03141042\/Mining-truck-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/magmedia.machines4u.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/03141042\/Mining-truck-1-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magmedia.machines4u.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/03141042\/Mining-truck-1-768x483.jpg 768w, https:\/\/magmedia.machines4u.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/03141042\/Mining-truck-1-500x314.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23702\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Supplied<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019ve ever wondered how big mining trucks can get\u2026 the answer is, \u2018very big\u2019! Standing 8.3 metres high (27\u2019 3\u201d), these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/browse\/truck-and-trailers\/dump-trucks-351\/haul-truck-4914\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">haul trucks<\/a> are beasts. If you were to stand next to one, its tyre would be double your size (see pic below)! <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Liebherr T 282 C is the largest Ultra-Class Haul truck in Australia today\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014Tom Juric, Liebherr Australia Executive General Manager &#8211; Marketing &amp; Sales<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/brand\/liebherr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Liebherr<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> mining truck is the lightest (lowest empty vehicle weight) and most capable (highest payload) ultra-class mining truck there is. These trucks can consistently haul 400-ton payloads, making it one of the most productive and fuel-efficient haul trucks in Australia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This truck combines a high-horsepower diesel engine with an efficient Litronic Plus AC drive system to maximise productivity and minimise fuel consumption.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23701\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23701\" style=\"width: 440px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23701\" src=\"\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Haul-truck-size-comparison-2.jpg\" alt=\"The Liebherr T 282 C haul truck\" width=\"440\" height=\"293\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23701\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Supplied<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">See the Liebherr mining truck in action<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QGem78Wjulw\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Getting The Trucks to Peak Downs<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As you can imagine, getting the trucks to their destination is no small feat. National Group have been part of every aspect of the handover (from receiving the trucks new, delivered from the Liebherr manufacturing facility), to transporting the trucks from Mackay to Peak Downs, then finally assembling them onsite. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Managing Director, Mark Ackroyd summed it up quite simply by saying:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cHere at National Group, we are just really excited for the future so stay tuned for what\u2019s to come\u201d.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have you seen these \u2018monster\u2019 trucks up close? Tell us what you think of them in the comments below. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re after something slightly smaller for your own projects, check out <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/browse\/truck-and-trailers\/dump-trucks-351\/haul-truck-4914\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">haul trucks for sale here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monster mining trucks hit Aussie shores at Peak Downs mine National Group have handed over 5 of the world\u2019s second-largest (and Australia\u2019s largest) mining trucks to BHP last month\u2014the Liebherr T 282 C. These are the last of this model to come to Australia, with Liebherr now producing the T 284. These trucks add to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":23700,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,7843,6442],"tags":[20987,488],"yst_prominent_words":[20983,20986,20985,20978,20977,20984,20980,20979,20981,20982],"class_list":["post-23698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-machines4u","category-mining","category-mining-news","tag-haul-trucks","tag-mining"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23698"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28368,"href":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23698\/revisions\/28368"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23698"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=23698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}