Most of us will never get to drive one and that breaks my heart.

@chuckyrichter4396

7 ай бұрын

I got to drive them daily and honestly it is a cool job. I have nit run these new trucks with the cab in the center but I drove the 773d i think. You left front tire was directly under your butt like the very front edge of the left front tire was directly under your butt so for me they were easy to drive 7 speed automatic just like your daily driver car...lol. This kid is lucky to be on such flat terrain we were mining coal in the appalachain mountains of Northern West Virginia and south Western PA where Im from and it can be extremely Steep hillsides we worked usually had have d10Ns and D11s make us roads and working with the highlift 992 to load us and the 988bs loading the on road coal trucks.

@chuckyrichter4396

7 ай бұрын

I knew exactly what he meant by "pucker up" foreman had us going up grades that were too steep bc he was not the smartest...lol I was going up a grade so steep i was riding wheelies in it to get up them. I had is start to rain in the middle of a steep climb like that and turn to straight mud slippery like grease. If you followed another loaded truck you can literally watch the ground buckle like your on a big sponge under the extreme weight.

The visibility on the new trucks is crazy! I'm used to the super claustrophobic style of the old cabs.

That looks like a badass job

OMG !!! Very Very beautiful video .

In spite of the comfortable suspension seat, the driver still gets knocked and pounded around. No sinecure, this job.

Nice cab view!

I drive a 773D underground I love the tuck

this is beautifull job

Here in Canada they offer the haul truck course for $7,500 and you get all the certification included, WHIMIS, First Aid, CPR, Confined Space and i think there some more. The course is a month long

@prrafulgavande397

3 жыл бұрын

Ok Bro. But in Canada how much salary per month holpak dumper driver Which jobs is better trailer driver or holpak dumper driver

@prrafulgavande397

3 жыл бұрын

Please reply

@hiyonbet8770

2 жыл бұрын

@@prrafulgavande397 7500-8000 min in the Fort Mcmurray area.

Tremendous amount of glass up front

nice Video

Where r the training institutions for the driving caterpillar 797 I have tried lot more for the same But didn't found suitable results yet. Please confirm if anyone can help me out

supper video mate

@jean-noeldansard3531

7 жыл бұрын

Craig Nicholson utuxdu

haul road needs graded.

I build these trucks. Love em

Can you please tell me how you got started. Im very interested in driving these big trucks.

@07kodygsr

6 жыл бұрын

matthew setzer. Just find a quarry somewhere. That's what I did. Martin Marietta is a big company with mines everywhere. They're pretty easy to get on with.

@jamespatton3500

6 жыл бұрын

The Allen company is a pretty big company also in the eastern states

How does one get this opportunity

why is there always a window open? i see so man trucks getting so dirty from the inside. i mean they have good air conditioning for sure, with good filters, why would someone even bother to open the window.

@rafaelsoaresdealmeida4024

6 жыл бұрын

Alecks1990 sometimes to hear the sirens

@yagoovirus2751

5 жыл бұрын

@@rafaelsoaresdealmeida4024 but he's wearing headphones so is he supposed to hear it?

@conner5611

5 жыл бұрын

rafael soares de almeida what sirens

Man... that looks like fun... I think I could do that all day.... is there special training for this or how does one get approved to drive one of these haul trucks?

@sidewaysdatsun8719

5 жыл бұрын

All depends on where you get hired, I lucked out and started working for a quarry at 16 driving haul trucks, they're not as big as these things, just a Komatsu HM400 but it's still pretty damn big. I didnt get any certifications, no cdl, just got trained and been driving them for 3 years now

@sidewaysdatsun8719

5 жыл бұрын

Also, it's fun for a week but honestly you run out of ways to entertain yourself fast haha, music only works for so long and that's about your only option for entertainment. But even then you gotta keep it low to hear people call out on blind corners an such over the cb

@neilcrawford8303

5 жыл бұрын

In the UK we have CPCS, Construction Plant Competence Scheme. So many categories. They aren't the law, but no site will let uou on without one. Excavators above 10 ton, excavators below 10 ton, wheeled excavator (not a backhoe loader) below 10 ton, above 10 ton etc, etc. Then you have a category for quick hitches, doing lifting operations, the list goes on..... Likewise I had Articulated Haulers (ADTs) Volvo A25s, A30s, Cat 725s etc, but I wouldn't be allowed on a CAT 773 or 777. If I wanted to work in a quarry or mine I'd have to do another course. Then, they wonder why they can't get hold of operators on site. Quite often you work self employed through an agency, so any courses or testing you have to pay for. As for fun. Yes, for a short while, then it gets boring, really, really, boring. Load at point A, tip at point B, 12 hours a day with two 30 minute breaks all day. You go where the company send you (I worked directly for a company then), could be a two hour drive from home. By the time you left home and got back, you had just over 8 hours at home to shower, eat, and sleep. Glad to be out of it.

@DirkCannon

5 жыл бұрын

@@sidewaysdatsun8719 you have a cb? We just use our cell phones at my job

@DirkCannon

4 жыл бұрын

@@sidewaysdatsun8719 what I do when I drive my haul truck is listen to podcast.

several times a day. ...

So, what’s the mpg like in that thing?

@Jarl_Thidrandi

6 жыл бұрын

probably more along the lines of gallons per mile lol.

@sidewaysdatsun8719

5 жыл бұрын

Honestly it goes by gallons per hour, and on a normal day, the haul trucks I drive get about 7 gallons per hour and they're smaller than the one in the vid haha

@Bernard310se

5 жыл бұрын

We fill ours up with about 90 gallons in a 10 hr shift

@justinmartin8887

3 жыл бұрын

@@sidewaysdatsun8719 what? Nah. It’s more than that. A loaded semi driving 60 mph gets 10 gal/ hr

@sidewaysdatsun8719

3 жыл бұрын

@@justinmartin8887 The Hm400's we run get around 7-8gph when hauling on flatter ground, longer hauls around the pit going up and down the haulroads they'll peak out around 10-11gph. You'd be suprised how fuel efficient they are. And you're cruising at a constant speed, haultrucks spend about 1/5 of their life getting loaded depending on the size of the hoe they're being loaded by. One of our hm400's has 6000+ hours and only about 25k miles

Construction workers seem mad all the time.

@Jarl_Thidrandi

6 жыл бұрын

Because in that world and many other blue collar jobs, mistakes and incompetence can get you killed, and subconciously that stress adds up. It's the same reason people have no patience on the road, you're doing something evolution never intended, moving around at 60 mph where you have to trust the other guy knows what hes doing to not go over the line and hit you head on.

No Seatbelt No Hi Vis and dumps load then drives off with tub still raised theres some lack of safety procedures and then the non efficient side loading of ridgid haul trucks should have them in on a 45 to minimize how far the digger has to slew while pulling that batter

@tammynorman8848

6 жыл бұрын

on my site Hi Vis hard hat safety glasses are f'n' mandatory. AND NO HEAD PHONES!!!

@jacobcornelius1278

3 жыл бұрын

Tammy Norman not everyone works on your site.z

What happens when the power steering goes out

@rilmon2583

5 жыл бұрын

You become body builder

@DirkCannon

5 жыл бұрын

They have a switch up top where you can engage 2nd steering to get off the road safely

the name is catterpillar, yet it not small... it should be call horned beetle instead, or rex....😅

Not wearing a seat belt and got head phones on sacked on the spot buddy

@tulockthewerewolf9744

4 жыл бұрын

Yup!!

@jacobcornelius1278

3 жыл бұрын

Depends on who you work for bud!

What is this work for?

@thepianochannel2229

5 жыл бұрын

It’s a quarry, so whatever quarries do

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Just wandering why you drive so slow scared..

@hashman3213

5 жыл бұрын

These trucks dont go fast. You have never operated one if your asking that. When hes accelarating he has the accelarator to the floor.

@DirkCannon

5 жыл бұрын

I drive a newer 773g and I can pull 30 mph loaded with 60 tons no problem

This guy voted Trump

@Number1Hater939

4 жыл бұрын

He looks manly not like a californian nu male

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Why would you edit out your dumps? Good spot anout the road requiring grade and window open its completely daft to open the windows its more noisier pointless and messier for health and safety. Anyway this this is a dumb video without the dumping part that what hauling is about load and haul and dump not just load and drive around all day

I'd rather gouge my eyes out with rusty fish hooks than drive a haul truck

@yawningdog9894

6 жыл бұрын

Your stupid right those dump trucks are scary as hell I would love in it if I had the chance

Love the truck man super cool but you driving it ruins it for me with the cussing and unprofessional attitude. Bro you get to drive one of the worlds biggest trucks. Clean up your language and enjoy life, most people only dream of doing what you get to do. Act like a professional, not like you don’t know how to use proper English common.

@KUPHSER

Жыл бұрын

This is actually one of the smallest dump trucks. And its not his language that is shameful, its the way he drives and gets into position for the digger, very bad. This guy is a terrible operator and the digger operator working with him must be so frustrated