Western Star 6900XD~Planetary Drive Truck

The Western Star "Planetary Drive" truck is designed to be a proven winner in the mining industry. A variety of configurations make this off-road work horse able to tackle any job. Planetary Trucks can be designed to have up to quadruple frame rails. With Engine options of up to 625 hp, even the toughest road terrain is no match for the Western Star 6900XD.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Western
• Star
• 6900XD
• Planetary
• Drive
• truck
• coal
• mining
• extreme
• duty
• off-road

[EucPete]

Nice truck! But manual tranny???? Probably cheaper! :)

[JimHowDigsDirt]

@EucPete I don't understand that either. They demoed an automatic before they got this one. Maybe it didn't work out that great for them because I know money is no object for this company.

[clovakid]

why not use a hayes or Pacific?

[JimHowDigsDirt]

@clovakid We don't have any of those trucks here in the maritimes. If we do, they are rare.

[Bennyboy46a]

Wonder why they went with the 8LL instead of the allison tranny? The demo unit had tha llison and it was great around the mine.

[JimHowDigsDirt]

Yeah, I don't understand that either. An automatic would work much better in there.

[EucPete]

@JimHowDigsDirt MMMM if money is no object the it's really strange!!

[NTC335]

萌え☆

[enterBJ40]

@clovakid mmm...i think Pacific are not made anymore.Dont know about hayes truck are maiden yet...

[mrRhwalden]

That thing is Huge! Nice clean truck... Awesome Video

[mrclean73]

That's one heck of a nice truck!