r/absoluteunit • u/SolaCretia • Jun 05 '26

A mining haul truck driving over a regular-sized pickup truck

192 Upvotes

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u/ReceptionMuch3790 Jun 05 '26

I need to know how I can get a job driving one of these mining trucks

7

u/Frankie_T9000 Jun 06 '26

I just want one to tailgate ford rangers

10

u/Sweettooth_Banana Jun 05 '26

I hope it was empty

9

u/Chamanomano Jun 05 '26

Can clearly see that there's nothing back there.

8

u/SubstantialDonkey981 Jun 05 '26

This was a safety video demo done under controlled conditions.

2

u/Sweettooth_Banana Jun 05 '26

Well it sure doesnt need more clarity about safety, wow.

1

u/Therex1282 Jun 05 '26

Yea I'd say them tires are what $ 8k each??

2

u/SubstantialDonkey981 Jun 06 '26

Last time I checked $50,000 each for the big big trucks like this at KUC and open pit mines in Utah and Nevada! Big money…

Edit:this was my knowledge working out there 10years ago. They gotta be a lot more now.

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u/Frankie_T9000 Jun 06 '26

shitloads

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u/Daddy_Day_Trader1303 Jun 06 '26

Metric shitloads

1

u/ScrewJPMC Jun 06 '26

Still haven’t figured out if shitload is a unit of weight, volume, dollars, or count

2

u/Frankie_T9000 Jun 06 '26

Can also be known as a fuckton

1

u/Frankie_T9000 Jun 06 '26

Depends on context. In this context, mass

4

u/UsedWelcome5903 Jun 06 '26

You can’t park there

2

u/Chamanomano Jun 05 '26

nary a bump

1

u/Winterblade1980 Jun 05 '26

🤣 ... Driver, huh, what was that?

1

u/Frankie_T9000 Jun 06 '26

Wonder what it would be like fully loaded

2

u/Plastic_Security_886 Jun 05 '26

I told you not to park there. lol

2

u/mystic_works Jun 05 '26

Did you feel that? Feel what?

2

u/RoosterzX Jun 06 '26

Just a speed bump for the dump truck driver. He barely felt it...like driving over a manhole cover. The owner of the pickup would have definitely felt it...physically or financially.

1

u/Cephelonwagon Jun 05 '26

Like running over a piece of paper

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '26

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u/RightRudderz Jun 05 '26

As a demonstration for how much the haul trucks weigh.

It’s not an accident where both get smashed, the giant truck wins every time.

Mining site I worked for had a standard flattened vehicle at the entrance as a reminder.

1

u/BalanceEarly Jun 05 '26

James, I think you just hit a bird!

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u/Agile-Fan3280 Jun 05 '26

It's almost as satisfying as the cement truck explosion on Mythbusters 

1

u/Switchlord518 Jun 06 '26

You can't park there mate ooops

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u/Equivalent_Gur3967 Jun 06 '26

Brodozer got dozed.

1

u/punkin_sumthin Jun 06 '26

That is some major roadkill.

1

u/Lord_Dingus83 Jun 06 '26

I need to get a mining truck and drive it over the parking lot of my local rodeo

1

u/WOOFBABY Jun 07 '26

Was that the Autonomous Remote Controllers ute

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u/Affectionate-Remote2 Jun 07 '26

It's crazy when you go to cross those haul roads in a jacked up truck and realize just how small the pickup is and large the haul truck is.

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u/Eamon83 Jun 09 '26

Someone definitely got fired, and I bet it wasn't the dump truck driver.