TEREX TITAN - THE BIGGEST TRUCK IN THE WORLD

Canadian truck built by Terex Corporation (GM). He has a mass of 235 tons, with maximum of 550 tons. Equipped with a 16-cylinder engine, the volume of 169.5 liters of capacity 3300 hp (2.460 kW), mated to a generator. The generator supplies power to four electric traction motors located at each of the rear wheels. It has a length of 66 feet (20 meters) and height of 22.6 feet (6.9 meters). 56 feet (17.1 meters) - the height with an elongated discharge reservoir. Built back in 1974 at GM's London, Ontario Plant, it was tested 12 months in California. In 1978, he was fully assembled in the company of Sparwood BC for Kaiser Resources Ltd. He ceased to be used in coal mines in 1990 and now located in Sparwood.