10 Biggest Trucks In The World

Trucks are a common sight on roads but really huge trucks that will put even your huge SUVs to shame are not something you see everyday. These humongous trucks even make the mining trucks look like dwarfs. Some of these huge trucks are used for dumping purposes while others are used in industries.

Believe it or not, but some of these mammoth trucks can even carry as many as 50 elephants! Unbelievable in their size and capabilities, they are sure to leave you dumbfounded. In today’s list, we have found ten biggest trucks in the world that you can learn about without the fear of confronting them on the road!

10. Scania V8 Range

Operating Weight: lbs
Payload Capacity: tons

Scania V8 Range is the biggest truck in the world with a gross weight of 23 tonnes and a fuel capacity of 1400 liters. The engine of this massive produces 770 horsepower and 3700-newton metres of torque. With such massive power, this truck can climb any terrain with ease.

Manufactured in Sweden, this truck offers great productivity even while consuming less fuel. The interior of this truck also looks after every aspect of seating, accommodation and storage. Black leather seats along with a leather steering wheel provide for extra fun and powerful driving experience.

9. MAN TGX

Operating Weight: lbs
Payload Capacity: tons

It is a new truck produced in Germany with excellent maneuverability and low fuel consumption. It is designed to be dependable and economical while delivering optimum comfort. It is fitted with a new rotary control system that works with an integrated touch screen.

It is 19 feet or 5.8 metres long and weighs 18 tonnes. It has two gasoline tanks with a combined capacity of 375 gallons or 1420 litres. Its interior includes ergonomic controls and a big rest space, and it boasts a 640 horsepower engine with 2500 newton metres of torque.

8. Volvo FH16 750

Operating Weight: lbs
Payload Capacity: tons

Manufactured in Sweden, the Volvo is a very powerful truck that is maneuverable and is designed to transport huge weights. The truck measures 18.7 feet or 5.7 meters in length, has a gross weight of 18 tonnes, and has a fuel tank capacity of 450 gallons or 1700 litres.

This truck can run at high speeds which its 750 horsepower engine provides. It contains a virtual assistant screen and external cameras, as well as smart security measures. This truck has demonstrated its strength by carrying heavy cargo in several places.

7. Hitachi EH5000AC-3

Operating Weight: lbs
Payload Capacity: 326 tons

The Hitachi is also an ultra-class dump truck that is capable of carrying a payload of 326 tons. It is Hitachi’s latest and largest rigid frame dump truck and was introduced at MINExpo International 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 2012.

The truck uses the low-emission Cummins QSKTTA60-CE diesel engine with 16 cylinders. It’s one of the most technologically advanced mining trucks in the world, and it helps raise profits by lowering fuel and maintenance costs.

6. Belaz 75600

Operating Weight: lbs
Payload Capacity: 360 tons

This truck has been designed and manufactured in a small European nation named Belarus and hence the name Belaz. With a payload capacity of 360 tons, this truck is capable of carrying 50 elephants!

Considered to be one of the world’s largest dump trucks, it was specifically designed for transportation of loosened rocks on technological haul roads at open-pit mining sites worldwide under different climatic conditions. The gross power output of the engine is 3,500 horsepower.

5. Liebherr T 282B

Operating Weight: 1,316,000 lbs
Payload Capacity: 400 tons

Designed and manufactured in the United States, the Liebherr truck is a large truck that is capable of handling a payload of 400 tons. Although this truck series is no longer in operation now, however, due to its extended service life, it is still being used at some places.

This is a powerful haul truck that has some impressive features like air suspension seats, double shell concept for safety, thermal and acoustical isolation, emergency engine shutdown, environmentally controlled cab, safety glass with tinted windshield among others.

The truck is powered by a diesel/electric powertrain that provides it a speed of 64 km/hr.

4. Bucyrus MT 6300AC

Operating Weight: 1,330,000 lbs
Payload Capacity: 399 tons

The Bucyrus MT is an off-highway and ultra-class truck that has been manufactured in the US. This is the largest, highest haul truck that was introduced in 2004 and during that time, this was the only haul truck with a payload capacity of 363 tons.

This truck generates a horsepower of 3,750 and with its four-stroke diesel engine, this truck can run at a speed of 64 km/hr.

3. Caterpillar 797F

Operating Weight: 1,375,000 lbs
Payload Capacity: 400 tons

Caterpillar 979F offers one of the largest haul truck payload capacities in the world and is the third-generation model. The truck is specifically used for high-production mining and heavy-duty construction applications worldwide.

After several modifications to its predecessors, this truck is now capable of handling a payload of 363 tons. It now has a more powerful, more efficient engine. 

2. Komatsu 960E

Operating Weight: 1,375,000 lbs
Payload Capacity: 400 tons

With as many as 1,000 trucks sold so far, the Komatsu 960E is one of the best-selling haul trucks in the world. This is a diesel-electric powertrail that produces a horsepower of 3,500. This truck has been produced in the US state of Illinois by Komatsu America Corp, which is a Japanese multinational corporation that makes equipment for various heavy industries applications.

Due to its exceptional weight, this truck cannot be driven on public roads. It is shipped in component form to the customer site before undergoing final assembly. When fully loaded, the truck weighs 580 tonnes and even with such heavy weight, this truck is capable of running at 64 km/hr.

1. Belaz 75710

Operating Weight: 1,784,000 lbs
Payload Capacity: 450 tons

The Belaz 75710 has been manufactured in Belarus by BelAz and is the biggest truck in the world. This truck is an ultra-class haul truck that has the highest payload capacity haul which is 450 tonnes. When empty, the truck weighs 360 tonnes. This huge truck is equivalent to two twin houses put together!

Propelled by a diesel-electric engine, the Belaz 75710 also has a four-wheel drive along with a four–wheel hydraulic steering, which is quite unusual. The previous model of this truck was the Belaz series 7560, which weighed 240 tonnes. This massive truck is powered by massive 16-cylinder four-stroke diesel engines which produce a horsepower of 2,300. The maximum speed at which this incredible truck runs is 64 km/hr.