Poptopshed Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 Leading off the mystery object thread where the US landtrain was mentioned. i had never heard of it before so had a quick dig around to find out more. Its an amazing truck and for those that had never heard of it have a look at this site. http://nemo.phpwebhosting.com/~acmoc/viewtopic.php?t=8089&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0 http://nemo.phpwebhosting.com/~acmoc/files/let_2_103.jpg[/img] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 I want one :tongue: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Johns Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 I seem to remember thats how the first "Big foot" monster truck was created in the US by useing surplus wheels and tyres from these landtrains Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poptopshed Posted October 19, 2007 Author Share Posted October 19, 2007 Yep, one of the sites i found was Bigfoots site, it had a couple of pictures of the train and the monster truck uses those wheels doubled up on each axle! :schocked: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 Thats what I thought the mystery object was. Aren't they the worlds biggest tyres? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 I think the worlds biggest tyres belong to the trucks in the Kennecott Copper mine in Utah. The trucks which carry 360 tons of rock at a time, have tyres which are about 11 or 12 feet in diameter. The tyres cost between $18,000 and $26,000 each and last 9 months. http://www.kennecott.com/ Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 When I was 9 years old, the world's biggest tyres were WITHOUT DOUBT the 14.00 x 20s on the Matador dumpers my dad used to run. I would bunk off games afternoons at school and help change them (they were forever getting punctures, and there was always one truck with a flat). Learned the hard way how to roll them around, mind you when most of the tread is worn away they stand up fairly well :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 Wasn't there an article on these Le Tourneau trains in Wheels and Tracks? I think the picture shown might be of the Snow Train power unit- the Overland Train was bigger still I believe. This was tested at Yuma army test ground in 1962. It had a 6 wheel control unit, 2 power cars and 10 cargo cars. Total length was 565 feet, capacity 150 tons cargo. The control car survives - would look great at W&P :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeEnfield Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 Yup, Wheels and Tracks, no's 65,66,67 and 68. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martylee Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 And I thought the GMC was big... But very intreting to see it! Marty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 Anyone see the recent TV programme on the DARPA Autonomous vehicle programme? Several trucks had to negotiate a course autonomously. Fascinating, the next idea is to have one manned truck with several drones following, the drones will learn the way then teach other drones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeEnfield Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 Anyone see the recent TV programme on the DARPA Autonomous vehicle programme? Several trucks had to negotiate a course autonomously. Fascinating, the next idea is to have one manned truck with several drones following, the drones will learn the way then teach other drones. err, no. when was that screened ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 err, no. when was that screened ?? It was a few months back now in the Horizon series. Pity you missed it . Try the BBC site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Here try the DARPA site :-D http://www.darpa.mil/grandchallenge/index.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 The TV one was off road, this must be the next step. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeEnfield Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Cheers Guys. :tup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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