Chinese company Sinomach presents a new 65-ton dump truck GKM93D
During BICES-2015 show in Beijing, Sinomach Heavy Industries Ltd presented their new 65-ton 6x4 dump truck GKM93D with rigid frame, where 93 means gross truck weight.
The project was born during R&D which was entitled “King of Mines”. When the truck is fully loaded, it has 19, 37 and 37 tons of stress load on its axles, which is a great result for a triaxial truck. Speaking of competitors, another Chinese truck LGMG MT76C can only carry 15 tons less.
As long as the truck is designed to transport big cargos, the engineers decided to stick witch sandwich-frame. The cargo space is 32 cubic meters and it is designed to transport coal and ores. Another model features a light-weight cargo space for building supplies.
Turbocharged diesel engine Weichai WD12G420E211 is able to generate 420hp at 2200rpm. 12-speed manual gearbox is good enough for 54 km/h. To make brakes more efficient, the truck is equipped with a retarder.
Speaking of dimensions, this truck is a really huge one: 9150x3365x3900. Meanwhile, its steering radius is only 11.8m.To make driving experience even more comfortable, engineers installed 24-layered tires and made a big clearance of 380mm. The maximal gradeability is 30% or 17°.
