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Haulpak was a very successful line of off-highway mining trucks. The name was used from 1953 until around 1999; the line continues under the Komatsu name. The name was adopted as Wabco Haulpak when R. G. LeTourneau's business was bought by Wabco, and the Haulpak name continued through Wabco's purchase by American Standard, the operation's purchase by Dresser Industries, the merger into Komatsu ...
The WABCO 3200 was a rare example of a tri-axle haul truck configuration A medium sized haul truck, the 214-short-ton (194 t; 191-long-ton) Caterpillar 789 [1]. Most haul trucks have a two-axle design, but two well-known models from the 1970s, the 350T Terex Titan and 235T WABCO 3200/B, had three axles.
In 1984, Wabco's entire construction and mining equipment division (motor graders, off-highway trucks, dump trucks, motor scrapers, manufacturing facilities) was sold to Dresser Industries. [15] The only performing segment of its construction and mining division, the Haulpak truck range, were re-branded by Dresser and continued to trade.
Euclid truck in use at Chuquicamata copper mine in 1984 Euclid truck at a quarry in Poland (2013) The Euclid Trucks was a manufacturer which specialized in heavy equipment for earthmoving, particularly dump trucks, loaders and wheel tractor-scrapers. It operated in the United States from the 1920s to the 1950s, when it was purchased by General ...
The U series superseded the C series, with a BBC length only one inch longer (89 vs 90) but with the improvements of the R cab. While the U series was only ever offered as a tractor, the offset cab layout would also be used in the DM series. The DM was an extra-heavy-duty version of the U often used in 6×4 construction trucks.
WABCO Holdings, Inc. was a U.S.-based provider of electronic braking, stability, suspension and transmission automation systems for heavy-duty commercial vehicles. [2] In 2007, the Vehicle Control Systems was spun off as WABCO Holdings Inc., an American provider of electronic braking, stability, suspension and transmission automation systems for heavy-duty commercial vehicles.
The truck’s driver was the only victim reported in last week’s crash on I-85 in Hillsborough. ... was killed Sept. 14 when his tractor-trailer slammed into the N.C. 86 bridge over I-85 in ...
By 1960, the M-64 prototype truck was completed using General Electric drive systems and featuring special Goodyear low-pressure tires for the suspension. This truck was not a success; however, Unit Rig went on to be a very successful maker of off-highway dump trucks sold under the brand name of Lectra Haul (due to their electric drive system).