Right, they've famously been fighting the right to repair in a tractor market with fiercely independent farmers and time sensitive operations....and you can't work on it yourself, or use any parts except from Deere.
Bruce
Cat does produce a truck, sort of. I believe a c Car engine in a 'In an International chassis but it's really for off road construction use only. I believe that is right, not 100% sure however.Probably an AI fake just like the Caterpillar truck that I embarrassingly posted last year.
I believe I’ve seen those at mines. Huge trucks but definitely for off road use.Cat does produce a truck, sort of. I believe a c Car engine in a 'In an International chassis but it's really for off road construction use only. I believe that is right, not 100% sure however.
I’ve seen those at open pit copper mines. I’ve also seen the tires for those on semi truck flatbeds. I’ve wondered how they mount those and what they cost.I thought I could use one of these for my grocery getter... but I didn't need that many groceries.
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I’ve seen those at open pit copper mines. I’ve also seen the tires for those on semi truck flatbeds. I’ve wondered how they mount those and what they cost.
Those mining dump trucks like you posted are gigantic. The tires laid down flat overhang semi flatbeds. I see them on the interstate with four tires filling up a 40+’ flatbed trailer. However they mount them it sure isn’t done by hand.I was surprised a few years ago when I discovered that at least some semi-truck tires are mounted by hand. I don't know about larger tires, but perhaps there is a size that they are just too large and stiff to manhandle.
They might foam the heavy equipment tires, although the foam is rather heavy.