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BelAZ 75710
Overview
Type	Haul truck
Manufacturer	BelAZ
Production	2013–present
Assembly	Zhodzina, Belarus
Body and chassis
Class	Ultra class
Layout	Front-engine, four-wheel drive
Powertrain
Engine	2 × MTU DD16V4000 V16 diesel
Transmission	Siemens MMT500
Propulsion	Diesel-Electric
Dimensions
Wheelbase	8 m (26 ft 3 in)
Length	20.6 m (67 ft 7 in)
Width	9.87 m (32 ft 4+5⁄8 in)
Height	8.26 m (27 ft 1+1⁄4 in)
Curb weight	360000 kg (793664 lb)

The BelAZ 75710 is an ultra class haul truck manufactured in Belarus by BelAZ. As of 2013, it was the world's largest, highest payload capacity haul truck.

Design

The BelAZ 75710 has a conventional two-axle setup but the wheels are doubled, one to an axle, imitating the 1950s International Payhauler 350. For this reason, it needs two 59/80R63 tires. It also has four-wheel drive and four-wheel hydraulic steering which is unusual. It has a turning radius of about 31 m (102 ft).

The 75710 is claimed to carry a 450-tonne (440-long-ton; 500-short-ton) load. With an empty weight of 360 tonnes (350 long tons; 400 short tons), it is much heavier than BelAZ's previous largest model, the 7560, which weighed 240 tonnes (240 long tons; 260 short tons) when empty. It is 20.6 m (67 ft 7 in) long, 8.16 m (26 ft 9+1⁄4 in) high, and 9.87 m (32 ft 4+5⁄8 in) wide. The bed is relatively shallow, limiting the volume of material that can be carried.

Instead of a single engine, the Siemens MMT 600 drive system is powered by two MTU 65-litre (4,000 cu in) 16-cylinder four stroke diesel engines, each with 2,300 horsepower (1,700 kW). These are coupled to two AC alternators and four AC traction motors (two in each axle.) Fuel consumption (according to company data) is 198 g/kWh (55 g/MJ), with the option to run on only one if carrying less than capacity loads. Maximum claimed speed is 64 km/h (40 mph), and economy maximum speed (when fully loaded and on a 10% gradient) is 40 km/h (25 mph).

Project history

BelAZ produces the 75710 in a new facility constructed by Soligorsk Construction Trust No. 3. Overall, BelAZ has invested $954 million in increasing its total production capacity.

Previously the world's largest haul trucks were the Bucyrus MT6300AC, Liebherr T 282B and Caterpillar 797F ultra-class trucks, with load capacities of 400 short tons (360 t).

Specifications

References

1. "Belaz Unveils World's Largest Mining Truck". Belaz Trucks Americas. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
2. "Belaz Unveils World's Largest Mining Truck". Belaz Trucks Americas. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
3. "BelAZ rolls out world's largest dump truck". Belarusian Telegraph Agency. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
4. "Mining Dump Truck Series BELAZ-7571". BELAZ. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
5. "BelAZ Series 7560". BELAZ. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
6. "Самый большой в мире самосвал грузоподъемностью 450 тонн демонстрировали наБелАЗе". Zhodino. 26 September 2013. Archived from the original on 9 July 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
7. "More updates on the BELAZ 75710 450 tonne truck..." October 4, 2013.
8. "BelAZ to build 450-tonne dump truck 2013". Russia Supply Chain. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
9. "BELAZ produced the world's largest dump truck with 450 tons load capacity". Land of Ancestors. 2013. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2013.

External links

• Specification sheet
• 75710-series homepage
• Белоруский монстр удивил мир! Как устроен Белаз 75710 (russian)

• Haul trucks
• BelAZ
• Vehicles introduced in 2013