Not any more, Depends on the component and what its “life” experience was they swapped parts a lot of times based on hours. Some parts never made it and failed early to.
I've never seen a haul truck like that before. It looks like it's really nice to drive. Since it doesn't have a massive tilting bed and a low center of gravity, the maintenance costs per hour should be less.
The older ones had dry chemical extinguishing setups. An old Kress was being scrapped and was sitting in our haul yard and I decided to hit the button, yellow powder everywhere.
This would be an awesome base for an RV. You could take easily your whole family on a trip. And the whole school of your kids. And a hospital and the connected towns, a fire department and police station.
When I was at Newlands (Australia) in the early 2000's, they were using belly dumpers. Interestingly, that was the only Australian Pit I've seen them used. I suspect, there are a couple of disadvantages. 1. They'd be very inflexible. You could only use them for coal haulage, not OB. So, you'd need two fleets of haul trucks, with the associated maintenance costs. 2. There has to be a dedicated tip point for the coal, with an associated ramp and conveyor. Trucks can't just tip on the ROM. There are probably a few others too. But, they obviously work for some pits.
BMA had Kress haulers at a few of their pits, now they're only at Blackwater as far as I know. They're also highly geared so they're slow as a snail going up the ramps.
When i was resident HD fitter in Moranbah for Hastings i used to go to Norwich Park ( closed now) and they had these pieces of shit Kresses there! They were winding down with these machines but they were not really that good of a production machine and they had them because Norwich had such long haul distances, pricks of machines to work on !
plus lets you pump your gas on Sundays and at 3:00am, Keeps the ventilators running at the hospitals 24/7, and keeps people in the upper midwest from freezing to death.
I would like a feature on the loaders... the look like Letuernal? Do the run the engines wide open for the generator, or do they throttle up and down like a mechanical system???? Great video's
Aaron Thank You for making this video. These are some really cool and rare trucks and this is by far the most informative video about the Kress haulers on RU-vid. Thanks!
Honestly thought when the video started this was taking place somewhere in northern Russia since i never seen haul trucks like that before and with the snow and all.
the fact that it has a v belly dump is better for center of gravity to be lower on such a big rig and the possibility of rollovers are much lower or not at all.
Woah thats huge!! I taught the wheel movement is only for future to come for fast easy reliable parking &moving from lane to lane but when i came here only you your channel reveal that they're already exist in America. Isn't it is not hard to control the steering wheel that turn up to 90° ? wathacoincidenciezs
A bit of a missed opportunity to cover some of the technical details that make these interesting. What's the drive train like? How much fuel do these use in a shift? How fast do they drive? What does a set of tires cost and how long do they last? And I'm sure I could come up with more given more than the 2 minutes it took to write this.
KRESS 200CIII COAL HAULER Designed and built for mining applications, Kress unitized bottom dump coal haulers are field proven to offer the smoothest ride, fastest transport speeds and the highest payload to weight ratio in the industry. Kress Coal Haulers are sold and serviced through the Cat Dealer network and fully supported by Kress Corporation. Kress Corporation Peoria, IL
Being a retired trucker of otr & dirt & rock. I've always wanted to drive a haul truck. I've especially wanted to drive a Kress because of the exotic look of the truck. I've ran bottom dump rock wagons & they were very awesome to operate. Considering how iffy it gets with a framless tail dump wagon thats 30ft or longer.
I've known about these trucks for years, but it is nice to finally see a good informative video about them for once. Such a cool and efficient design. In reading other comments, I guess these trucks are not available brand new from Kress anymore.
It's not even close to be world largest, it's pretty much medium sized from haulers perspective BeLAZ-75710 is twice as big and have more than a twice load capacity(550t vs 220t on kress).
This mine is exactly why there's no more coal mining in the UK. Why dig a vertical shaft hundreds of feet deep in the ground when you can just shovel the coal with a giant excavator?
Definitely don't miss working in those engine compartments lol the newer ones like those in Beulah aren't that bad but the older ones sucked! Start out the day a white boy end the day a black man 😆
FANTASTIC VIDEO! THANKS AARON! LET AMERICA KNOW JUST HOW MUCH COAL WE HAVE IN THIS COUNTRY! GOOD HARD ANTRACITE COAL! LIVED IN COLORADO AND SAW HOW MUCH WE HAD THERE AS WELL!
its probably because coal is less dense than other ores. That makes them able to increase the volume a lot with fewer structural strength considerations.
@@alexdrockhound9497 oh yeah i mean i know why theyre specifically designed for coal hauling, its explained in the video its just like, there arent many coal mines using them most just use standard design haul trucks from cat or komatsu other truck design too, terex titan was 3 axle and it was used for iron ore, design doesnt exist anymore BIS are trying to make a 5 axle haul truck, probably wont go anywhere ETF tried making some real wild designs, they didnt go anywhere
