Caterpillar 730 Articulated Dump Truck

Caterpillar 730 ADT and Komatsu PC450 Excavator

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Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Caterpillar
• 730
• articulated
• dump
• truck
• quarry
• mining
• earthmoving
• komatsu
• pc450
• excavator
• off-road vehicles
• automobile
• garbage
• volvo

[MrEggy101]

Been using 740's for most of the year and no problem with the ride. I'm old enough to remember what cabs used to be like lol. The service guy told me that the next generation will have floating cab like those on road haulage trucks. I love this CAT series. Why didn't you guys fix the beacon before you filmed ;-D

[pixmafia]

thanks for the feedback, the camera crew consisted of just myself so i did a lot of walking carrying all my gear around lol. the light is a small detail that didnt really concern me but will take note for future films, thank you.

[pixmafia]

Have to agree with datsum, volvos have been the market leader in the adt sector for a good few years. the Bell dump trucks are very good for the price you pay for them, nice layed out cabs ect, but could do with a bit more grunt.

[battlekid90]

its a long fricking drive to your dump site...trying to convince my boss to get 3-4 of them adt's but he swears buy the enddumps

[CozmoNz]

biggest adt you can get is a 50 tonner I think...

Mind you the adt's are a hell of alot more versitile than off highway (ridgids) (730 is the exact truck I operate for a living :D)

[pixmafia]

yes 50ton is the biggest adt The bell B50D adt

[pixmafia]

Yes it is about a mile from the site office to the landfill area and i'm sure some of the truck drivers use satnav (though they wont admit it lol) The great thing about adt's is they can pretty much go anywhere, but end dumps are more limited to hard haul roads. But am sure you will get even bigger adt's in the future, and on some sites i'm sure an adt's drawbar would be worth looking into.

[hag1970]

i have been on hire to pryor when they did the chelford bypass some years ago i worked for gce we had the new volvo 25d and they had the old 25c no cats at all back then it must be that the waiting list for new volvo is longer than cats or they are cheaper i know wot he means by spliting the ruts but alot dont do that must of worked for britsh rail be4 becoming a dumper driver hahaha

[flowerpotent]

Thank you. My toddler son loved this. When the dumptruck was filled, he added his own sound effects, like "crash!" and "bang!". When the dumptruck emptied its load and drove away, he said, "more!".

[nedster01]

@MrEggy101 I'm not worried about the beacon, I just wish i could drive one for a living... Ahh 6:31 a landie

[Jesus45U]

Oh man, at first glance I thought it was a Volvo.

They sure did have a hard look at the volvo's when they designed that one.

Not that that is a bad thing, the Volvo's are awesome if driven properly. :)

[mountainacer]

Volvo the best, komatsu 2nd, then terex 3rd, case 4th, cat 5th, moxy 6th, hitachi 7th.

i was going to order an a25e but when i saw the waiting list i bought a nh t7070 and 20 ton trailer instead.

[Loncey]

My 20mth old Nephew is loving this. Him and Grandad are addicted especially as Grandad worked with diggers all his life...

[hondaGURU05]

i really really hate those scratching sound back up alarms!

[sheddingskin420]

ahaha whats with the stupid little mirror on the hood?? is he that bad a driver he cant tell where his bumper is? its got a super sloped nose for a reason ahaha lol

[sheddingskin420]

@komtasu no cat has volvo beat hands down. we got 2 a40d volvos and 3 740 cats and the volvos dont have half as much grunt as the cat. not to mention the cats are way easier to grease and service. and the volvos are always down for repairs.

[timothy51886]

wow that bucket is huge. youd think the dump trucks would have dump trailers attached to them. just add steel tracks to the trucks rear wheels for added traction

[komtasu]

Volvos piss all over the cat

[Tidermans]

I'm sorry but that's... that's kinda what she said.