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It is hard to put the Terex 33-19 Titan in perspective unless you are standing right next to it. This is known as the biggest truck in the world and is a tourist attraction in Sparwood, BC, Canada.
This massive truck was an offroad protype made by General Motors Canada in 1973. Only one was ever produced and it was used for 13 years.
Statistics of the Terex Titan
- Length: 66ft 9 inches (20.35 meters)
- Width: 25ft 7 inches (7.8 meters)
- Height: 22ft 7inches (6.88 meters)
- Weight: 260 tons
- Wheel Base: 29ft 11 inches (9.12 meters)
- Tires – 11 feet (3.4 meters) tall, and weigh 4 tons each
It can carry 350 tons and was used for mining, in the box it could hold 2 Greyhound buses and still have room for 2 pick up trucks.
The Terex Titan is in the Guiness book of Records as being the world’s largest tandem axle rear dumping hauler ever built.
Sparwood is in southeast British Columbia, you can easily see the Terex Titan from the highway or can pull in and visit it at no cost. The engine has been removed so all notions of driving this baby off the lot should be put aside.
If you visit Sparwood be sure to note the appearance of the mountains in the area. You will soon seen the results of mining as mountains are terraced, either being removed, or built as a result of this industry.
What really impressed me the most about the World’s largest truck was that as huge as it was, it was still tiny when compared to the mountains that surrounded us. I also enjoyed the unusual pastey yellow green color of the massive truck against the blue sky. I gather there are mining tours a person can also take in Sparwood but we did not take such a tour ourselves.
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September 13, 2011
That thing is massive!
September 13, 2011
wow, giant truck! Amazing.
September 13, 2011
That truck is normal size surely and you somehow managed to shrink yourself? lol
September 13, 2011
OMG, that is soo huge, and I sure it is not that much easy to manage.
September 13, 2011
Wow, that is some truck. I wouldn’t want to be near it.
September 13, 2011
Oh, it’s just too big. Is it expensive to maintain?
September 13, 2011
I just saw this big car, huge and fantastic
September 13, 2011
wow amazing ^^
September 13, 2011
woa!!!
September 13, 2011
Enormous truck.
September 13, 2011
I’ve seen some pretty big ones at the power plants in North Dakota, but I don’t know if it’s this big.
September 13, 2011
Huge truck! It might be cool to drive it.
September 13, 2011
wow, giant truck! ^!^. It might be cool to drive it.
September 13, 2011
That is a humungous truck. In the article it stated it can hold two grey hound buses and still have room for two pick up trucks, that is unbelievable.
September 13, 2011
Would love to see a truck like that in real life.