Shovel site move done by Mammoet close to Edson, Alberta. Took a fully loaded 793 to get these boys rollin up that grade! Felt my heart in my chest with all that diesel power roaring!
Truck looks like an older generation 793. I've run the newer ones where the stairs are diagonal across the radiator instead of a ladder. And the Hitachi shovel... Never ran a shovel but I sat in the cab of a Hitachi 5500 just like the one in the video for an hour while the operator loaded trucks. Except the one I was in had like an elevator lift, not a stairway like that one. As frustrated as I get it's good to remember I have one of the coolest jobs around.
I am more surprised there are no traction cleats on the Hitachi drive tracks. The pads are almost polished smooth, That would be a scary ride if that thing started to track slide
Something with a lot of weight, and horsepower, that's on site, nearby, available for a short time, assisting a load uphill, and that's the craziest thing you've ever seen?