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Truck-mania! / by Caroline Bingham. — North American ed.
p. cm. — (Vehicle-mania!)
Includes index.
Contents: Peterbilt 379 tractor — Mercedes-Benz actros — Mack road train —
Liebherr LTM 1500 crane — Komatsu 930E dump truck — LeTourneau L-2350 wheel loader —
Komatsu D575A super dozer — Caterpillar 385L excavator — Oshkosh S-Series mixer truck —
)CB backhoe loader — Mercedes-Benz tow truck — Oshkosh snow mover — John Deere 9750 combine.
ISBN 0-8368-3785-1 (lib. bdg.)
1. Trucks—Juvenile literature. [1. Trucks.) I. Title. II. Series.
TL230.15.B53625 2003
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CONTENTS .

PETERBILT 379 TRACTOR .... °4

MERCEDES-BENZ ACTROS .... © ® ® ® * 6

MACK ROAD TRAIN..... @ ® @ * 8

LIEBHERR LTM 1500 CRANE ... © © ® 10

KOMATSU 930E DUMP TRUCK ... . . • 12

LETOURNEAU L-2350 WHEEL LOADER.. ® ® ® 1Z^

KOMATSU D575A SUPER DOZER .. .,.16

CATERPILLAR 385L EXCAVATOR... . *. 18
OSHKOSH S-SERIES MIXER TRUCK.. % ® ,..20

JCBBACKHOE LOADER. . . * 22
MERCEDES-BENZ TOW TRUCK. .24
OSHKOSH SNOW MOVER. . 26
JOHN DEERE 9750 COMBINE . .28
GLOSSARY . .30

INDEX. .32
 PETERBILT 379 TRACT '

Tractor-trailers transport all kinds of cargo and often travel long

distances. A tractor-trailer has two parts — a large truck called
a tractor and a long trailer that connects to the back of the tractor.
Peterbilt is an American company that makes tractors. The 379
is one of Peterbilt’s most popular models.

Peterbilt has been selling trucks

since 1939. Peterbilt trucks
are famous for their
performance,
comfort, and
reliability.

The truck’s huge engine

sits inside the long hood,
which is made of aluminum.
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The whole FACTS and STATS
hood tips First Model Year: 1986
forward to Origin: United States
allow easy Length: 20 feet (6 meters)

access to the Width: 10 feet (3 m)

Peterbilt 379’s Height: 11.5 feet (3.5 m)

Weight: 13 tons
powerful engine.
(12 metric tons)
Wheelbase: 19.5 feet (5.9 m)
Fuel capacity:
222 gallons (841 liters)
Maximum Load:
27.5 tons (25 m tons)
Maximum Power:
600 horsepower (hp)
Maximum Speed:
130 miles (209 kilometers)
per hour

Did You
Know?
Many tractors have
sleeping compartments
so the driver has a
place to rest during
long trips.
 MERCEDES-BENZ ACTROS
A cabover truck has a cab located above the engine. It is shorter
than a truck that has the cab behind the engine. Cabover trucks
are often used in countries where longer trucks are not allowed.
The Actros is built by Mercedes-Benz, a
German company that also makes cars.

Wind can slow a truck down and

cause it to use more fuel. The
Actros has spoilers on the roof
to limit the effect of the wind.

Did You
Know?
Actros trucks
have transported
everything from
dairy products to
racing cars.

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 FACTS and STATS
First Model Year: 1996

Origin: Germany

Length: 59 feet (18 m)

Width: 7.9 feet (2.4 m)

Height: 11.5 feet (3.5 m)

Actros trucks often travel long Weight: 16.5 tons (15 m tons)

distances, so Mercedes-Benz makes Wheelbase: 12.8 feet (3.9 m)

them very comfortable for drivers. Fuel Capacity:

159 gallons to 186 gallons
The cabs are soundproofed to (600 l to 705 l)
keep out engine noise. Maximum Load:
32 tons (29 m tons)

Maximum Power: 460 hp

Maximum Speed: 120 miles

(193 km) per hour

This Actros is a tractor, so it connects to a

semitrailer. A semitrailer only has wheels in the back.
The front of the trailer sits over the tractor’s rear wheels.

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 MACK ROAD TRAIN
Have you ever heard the saying, “built like a Mack truck?” Mack
trucks are strong and reliable. In Australia, Mack tractors pull
three or more trailers at a time. These “road trains” haul huge
loads between cities. Mack trucks were first made in the United
States, but now they are also made in other countries.

All Mack trucks have a tiny metal

bulldog on the hood. The
most powerful Mack
model has a gold
bulldog. All the
other Mack
models have
silver bulldogs.

Mack tractors that pull road

trains in Australia have very
powerful engines. Since the
weather in Australia can get
very hot, the tractors also
have huge radiators to
keep the engines cool.

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 t *I n - .

Did YOU FACTS and STATS

Know? First Model Year: 1977

Origin: Australia
People who buy Mack trucks
can have the trucks built exactly Length: 174 feet (53 m )

how they want them. Buyers can Width: 13 feet (4 m)

choose everything, from engine Height: 11.5 feet (3.5 m)

size to the right kind of Weight: 15.4 tons (14 m tons)

sleeping compartment. Wheelbase:

17.3 feet to 20. 3 feet
(5.3 m to 6.2 m)
Fuel Capacity:
400 gallons (1,530 l)

Maximum Load:
264 tons (240 m tons)

Maximum Power: 600 hp

Maximum Speed:
60 miles (97 km) per hour

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 IIEBHERR LTM1500 CRANE
The Liebherr LTM 1500 is a huge crane that
can be driven from place to place. The long
jib, or arm, can be extended like a radio’s
antenna. This crane can lift a load that
equals the weight of five hundred cars!

Four outriggers help keep the

crane steady while it is lifting.
When the outriggers are fully
extended, the crane is almost
33 feet (10 m) wide.

Did You
Know?
The largest cranes in
the world can lift 880 tons
(800 m tons) — about the weight
of six fully grown
blue whales!

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 FACTS and STATS
First Model Year: 2002

Origin: Germany

Length: 70.8 feet (21.6 m)

Width: 9.8 feet (3 m)

Height: 13 feet (4 m)

Weight:
138 tons (125 m tons)

Fuel Capacity:
158 gallons (600 l)
To lift loads, large cranes use
Maximum Load:
heavy lifting blocks that have 551 tons (500 m tons)
big hooks. A lifting block can Maximum Power
weigh more than a car. (Drive Engine): 598 hp
(Lifting Engine): 326 hp

Maximum Speed:
50 miles (80 km) per hour

The crane’s jib can

extend to a length of
275 feet (84 m). An
extra jib can also be
added to the main jib,
bringing the total length to
an amazing 574 feet (175 m).
 KOMATSU 930E DUMP TRUCK >>^Wg=g^>?^^aa8iSaSsSa55i5555i5555i5555i55555i555555555S55i^B55^^^^5i^^^5

The Komatsu 930E dump truck is so huge that it is not allowed

to travel on roads. When the truck moves to a new work site, it

must be taken apart and transported in pieces.

This truck works in quarries and mines,

where it is used to move enormous

loads of rock, earth, and coal.

The driver’s seat is

almost 16 feet (5 m)
above the ground.
To get to it, the
driver uses a set
\ of stairs! /

This truck has a huge

steel container that
could hold six full-
size cars. Pistons tilt
the container up so
the load slides out.

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 FACTS and STATS
First Model Year: 1996

Origin: Japan

Length: 50 feet (15.2 m)

Width: 27 feet (8.2 m)

Height: 24 feet (7.3 m)

Weight: 192 tons (174 m tons)

The dump truck’s engine is heavier Weight of Each Tire:
than the load it carries, so the truck 5.2 tons (4.7 m tons)

will not tip over as the container lifts. Fuel Capacity:

1,200 gallons (4,542 l)

Turning Circle:
98 feet (29.9 m)

Maximum Load:
358 tons (325 m tons)

Maximum Power: 2,700 hp

Maximum Speed:
40 miles (64 km) per hour

Dump trucks such as the 930E

have large fuel tanks. The
trucks often run all day
long, and they guzzle
huge amounts of fuel.

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 LETOURNEAU L-2350 WHEEL LOADER
The LeTourneau L-2350 wheel loader is the biggest loader in the
world. At mining sites, it helps move huge piles of earth and rock
by carrying the loads to dump trucks. You could park a large car
in the bucket of this massive machine!

In about 25 seconds, the L-2350 can pick

up and drop off a load. Its bucket reaches
more than 23 feet (7 m) into the air.

/ Did \
YOU
Know?
Inside the cab of
the L-2350, the driver
steers the truck and
operates the bucket
by moving a
joystick.
 FACTS and STATS
First Model Year: 2001

Origin: United States

Length (Bucket Down):

64.6 feet (19.7 m)
The L-2350 has the largest mining Bucket Width: 22.3 feet (6.8 m)
tires ever made. Each tire is almost Height (Bucket Raised):
13 feet (4 m) tall and weighs 43.6 feet (13.3 m)

almost 9 tons (8 m tons). Weight:

209 tons (190 m tons)
Fuel Capacity:
wm 1,050 gallons (3,975 l)

Bucket Capacity:
A wheel loader has a lot of its 1,429.7 cubic feet
(40.5 cubic meters)
weight low to the ground, so
Maximum Load:
the machine will not tip over
79 tons (72 m tons)
when operating on a hill.
Maximum Power: 2,300 hp

Maximum Speed:
10.5 miles (16.9 km) per hour

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 KOMATSU D575A SUPER DOZER
When heavy earth and rock need to be pushed
out of the way, a bulldozer is the machine
for the job. The Komatsu D575A Super

A bulldozer is
Dozer is the world’s largest bulldozer,
also called a and it has a huge blade. Over forty
tractor, blade,
Super Dozers are now at work in mines
or dozer.
and quarries around the world.

The Super Dozer uses tracks

instead of wheels. Tracks are
flexible metal bands
that turn. They
dig into the
earth to roll ^■i"
easily on
uneven
ground. *-—" ■

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 FACTS and STATS
First Model Year: 1991

Origin: Japan

Length:
49.2 feet (15 m)

Blade Width:
24.6 feet (7.5 m)

Blade Height:
10.7 feet (3.25 m)

The Super Ripper attachment can Weight:

84.3 tons (76.5 m tons)
tear up 2,204 tons (2,000 m tons)
Fuel Capacity:
of earth every hour. It has teeth
555 gallons (2,100 l)
that are over 3 feet (1 m) long!
Maximum Load:
31.4 tons (28.5 m tons)

Maximum Power: 1,150 hp

Maximum Speed
7.5 miles (12 km) per hour

This dozer is
more than
twice as
big as any
other large
dozer now
being made.

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 CATERPILLAR 385L EXCAV
Excavators are digging machines. A bucket with teeth
scoops up the earth and drops it into a dump truck.
Caterpillar builds excavators of many different sizes,
including the giant 385L. This machine digs huge
amounts of dirt very quickly.

Did You
Know?
Since the 1930s, excavators and other
construction machines have usually been
painted bright yellow. This color is easy
for drivers to see when the machines
are working on roads and highways,
and it is sometimes called
“highway yellow.”

The boom is the curved arm attached

to the body. The dipper is a second arm
attached to the end of the boom. The
bucket attaches to the end of the dipper.
 FACTS and STATS
First Model Year: 1991

Origin: United States

Length:
43 feet to 47 feet
(13.1 m to 14.3 m)

Body Width: 14 feet (4.3 m)

Cab Height: 12.5 feet (3.8 m)

Weight: 92 tons (83.5 m tons)

Fuel Capacity:
The body of the 385L can 262 gallons (990 l)

turn all the way around Max Digging Depth:

22.6 feet to 34.8 feet
even while the tracks (6.9 m to 10.6 m)
stay in one place. Maximum Load
141.2 cubic feet (4 cubic m)

Maximum Power: 428 hp

Maximum Speed:
4.4 miles (7.1 km) per hour

The whole
machine turns
when one track
stops and the
other track
keeps going.

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 OSHKOSH S-SERIES MIXER TRUCK
The Oshkosh S-Series mixer truck is a huge
Did machine. It carries massive amounts of
YOU
sand, gravel, and cement in a large
Know?
Inside the mixer truck’s
container called a drum. As the
drum, a device called an truck travels to a construction
Archimedes’ screw mixes
site, water is added
the sand, gravel, cement,
and water. This device to the drum, which
was invented more than
turns slowly to
2,000 years ago by a
Greek man named mix everything
Archimedes. into concrete.

This truck has a chute

in front for pouring out
concrete. The chute can
be moved in almost
any direction.

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 FACTS and STATS
First Model Year: 1999

Origin: United States

Length: 40 feet (12.2 m)

Width: 13 feet (4 m)

Height: 14 feet (4.3 m)

Weight:
60.6 tons (55 m tons)

Fuel Capacity:
After the drum is emptied, it is 50 gallons (190 l)
flushed out with water to get rid Water Capacity:
of leftover cement. If the cement 150 gallons (568 l)

dried, the truck would be ruined! Maximum Load:

356.5 cubic feet
(10.1 cubic m)

Maximum Power: 335 hp

Maximum Speed:
50 miles (80 km) per hour

When the drum turns

in one direction, all
the materials are
mixed together.
When it turns
in the other
direction, the
concrete gets
pushed out.

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 JCB BACKHOEIOABEB
A backhoe loader can do many different jobs. It has a small bucket
in back for digging, tike an excavator, and it has a large shovel in
front for moving loads, like a wheel loader. The British company
JCB makes backhoe loaders that are used all over the world.

Did People who buy JCB backhoe

YOU loaders can customize
Know? their machines.
A backhoe loader is They can choose
very similar to a farm the size of the
tractor but has special bucket and
attachments for digging the length
and for moving soil, of the arm.
rocks, and other
materials.

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 FACTS and STATS
First Model Year: 1962

Origin: Britain

Length:
18.3 feet (5.6 m)

Width: 7.9 feet (2.4 m)

JCB puts on shows featuring Shovel Width:

7.9 feet (2.4 m)
the Dancing Diggers. This team
Height: 11.8 feet (3.6 m)
of five backhoe loaders and two
Weight:
mini excavators performs 8.3 tons (7.5 m tons)
a variety of stunts. Fuel Capacity:
42 gallons (160 l)

Maximum Load:
38.8 cubic feet (1.1 cubic m)

Maximum Dig Depth:

15.4 feet (4.7 m)

Maximum Power: 92 hp

Maximum Speed:
67 miles (108 km) per hour

The bucket swings

around to either side of
the backhoe loader so
the machine does not
have to be moved
while digging.

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 MERCEDES-BENZ TOW TRUCK
If a truck breaks down or has an
Did You accident, a Mercedes-Benz tow
Know?
truck can take it to a garage
Some large tow trucks
have winches that for repairs. This large truck
are powerful enough is very powerful. It can tow
to pull a barge
down a river.
vehicles weighing more than

three times its own weight!

Many tow trucks have powerful lights

because they are often needed for
rescuing vehicles at niffht.

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 /
FACTS and STATS
First Model Year: 1985

Origin: Germany

Length: 39 feet (12 m)

Width: 7.9 feet (2.4 m)

Height: 16.4 feet (5 m)

Weight:
22 tons (20 m tons)
This tow truck was built for a
Fuel Capacity:
specific job — to tow tanks. It has 132 gallons (500 l)

a huge engine and is made of Maximum Load:

110 tons (100 m tons)
very strong materials.
Maximum Power: 600 hp

Maximum Speed:
60 miles (97 km) per hour

The tow truck has a

strong metal shelf
in back that slides
beneath the truck
being towed. A
winch pulls the
vehicle up onto
the tow truck.
 i
l
OSHKOSH SHOW MOVER
When a snowstorm hits, the Oshkosh HB-Series snow mover goes

to work. This powerful machine helps keep roads open to traffic

by breaking snowdrifts into loose powder and blowing the powder

off the road. It is one of the best snow movers in the world.

Able to move 5,510 tons

(5,000 m tons)
of snow per
hour, the
Oshkosh
HB-Series
is the ultimate
snow-mover machine

This machine has two

engines. One engine
drives the wheels. The
other engine powers the
blower, which blasts
snow off the road.

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 Did YOU First Model Year: 1991

Know? Origin: United States

Length: 27.9 feet (8.5 m)

The HB-Series
Width: 4.9 feet (1.5 m)
snow mover can use
Height: 11.5 feet (3.5 m)
many attachments,
Weight:
including sweepers, 22.5 tons (20.4 m tons)
blowers, and plows.
Fuel Capacity:
250 gallons (946 l)

Maximum Power
(Drive Engine): 505 hp

Maximum Power
(Blower Engine): 650 hp

Maximum Speed:
45 miles (72 km) per hour

This snow mover

has four-wheel
drive. With
this system,
the machine
can be driven
on extremely
slippery surfaces.
 JOHN DEERE 9750 COMBINE
In the 1800s, ten workers had to work all day to cut down a small

field of wheat by hand, and more workers were needed to collect

the wheat and thresh it to remove the grain. Today, a John Deere

9750 combine harvester does the whole process in an hour.

Once the crop has been cut,

collected, and threshed,
the grain is stored in a tank
behind the cab. The straw,
or leftover stalks, is
collected later.

When the tank

of grain is full, it can
be emptied into a
waiting truck in
just a few
minutes. d
 FACTS and STATS
First Model Year 1999
Origin: United States
Length: 32.8 feet (10 m)
Width: 19.7 feet (6 m)
Height: 16.4 feet (5 m)
Weight:
22.5 tons (20.4 m tons)
The American firm Deere &
Fuel Capacity: 20,412 kg
Company was founded by a Maximum Load:
blacksmith named John Deere, 2,794 gallons (10,572 l)
of grain
who created a very successful
Maximum Power: 325 hp
plow in the 1830s. The company
Maximum Speed:
now makes many kinds of 20 miles (32 km) per hour
farm machinery.

The harvester has

cutting blades in front.
The blades are on a
rotating wheel that is
19.7 feet (6 m) wide.
 GLOSSARY
aluminum: a lightweight metal that
is often used in the construction
of vehicles.
blade: the attachment at the front of a
bulldozer, used to push materials.
cab: the part of a truck or other vehicle
where the driver sits.
cargo: a shipment that a vehicle carries from one place to another.
cement: a powder that becomes hard and holds other
materials together after water has been added
and it has dried.
concrete: a mixture of sand, gravel, cement,
and water that is very strong after it
dries and is often used in the
construction of buildings and m
other structures.
four-wheel drive: a system that
uses an engine’s power to drive
all four wheels of a vehicle.
grain: the seeds of wheat or other food grasses.
horsepower: a unit of measurement for an engine’s power that was
originally based on the pulling strength of one horse.
joystick: a lever that can be used to control the direction of a vehicle
and the movement of the vehicle’s different attachments.
outriggers: long metal bars sticking out from the sides of a construction
machine, such as a crane, with feet that rest on the ground to keep the
vehicle from tipping over.
pistons: metal tubes that slide in and out of larger metal tubes to move
part of a vehicle, such as a dump truck’s container, an excavator’s bucket,
or a bulldozer’s blade.

quarries: work sites where stone is taken out of the ground.

radiators: Equipment that keeps an engine from getting too hot by cooling
the liquid that flows around the engine’s cylinders.
semitrailer: a long trailer with no front wheels that is pulled by a tractor
and is used to haul cargo; the rear part of a tractor-trailer.
soundproofed: made of special materials added to keep out noise.
spoilers: attachments to a vehicle’s body that help the vehicle cut
smoothly through the air and stay steady on the road.
thresh: remove the grain from the stalk of a plant.
tracks: wide, flexible bands, made of many metal bars, that can roll over
ground that may be too rough for regular wheels.
tractor: a large, powerful truck, usually with two
sets of rear wheels, that is used to pull
semitrailers; the front part of a
tractor-trailer.
winches: machines that pull or lift objects
by winding a cable or rope
around a rotating wheel.
 A dump trucks 12,13, L S
aluminum 4 14,18 LeTourneau L-2350 semitrailers 7
Archimedes’ E wheel loader 14,15 shovels 22
screw 20 earth 12,16,18 Liebherr LTM 1500 sleeping
Australia 8,9 engines 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, crane 10 compartments 5, 9
B 9,13, 25, 26 lifting blocks 11 spoilers 6
excavators 18, 22, 23 M stunts 23
backhoe loaders
Super Ripper 17
22, 23 F Mack 8, 9
sweepers 27
blades 16,17, 29 four-wheel drive 27 Mercedes-Benz 6,
blowers 26, 27 7, 24 T
fuel tanks 9,13
booms 18 Mercedes-Benz tanks 25
G
Britain 22, 23 Actros cabover 6, 7 threshing 28
buckets 14,18, Germany 6, 7,11 Mercedes-Benz tires 15
22, 23 grain 28 tow truck 24, 25 tow trucks 24,25
bulldogs 8 H mines 12,14,16 tracks 16,19
C 0 tractors 4, 7, 8, 9
hoods 4, 5, 8
cabover trucks 6 trailers 4, 7, 8
hooks 11 Oshkosh 20, 26
cabs 6, 7
Oshkosh HB-Series U
cargo 4 J...
snow mover 26, 27 United States 4, 5 8,
cars 10, ii, 12,14 Japan 13,17
Oshkosh S-Series 15,19, 21, 27, 29
Caterpillar 385 L JCB 22, 23
mixer truck 20 W
excavator 18,19 JCB backhoe
outriggers 10
cement 20, 21 loader 22, 23 weather 8
coal 12 jibs 10,11 P wheat 28
combine harvesters John Deere 9750 Peterbilt 4, 5 wheelbase 5, 7, 9
28, 29 combine harvester Peterbilt 379 wheel loaders 14,
concrete 20, 21 28, 29 tractor 4, 5 15, 22
cranes 10,11 joysticks 14 pistons 12 wheels 7,14,15,16,
D K plows 27, 29 22, 27, 29

Dancing Diggers 23 Komatsu 12,16,17

Q winches 24, 25
quarries 12,16 wind 6
Deere John 29 Komatsu 930E dump
digging 18, 22, 23 truck 12,13 R
dippers 18 Komatsu radiators 8
dozers 16,17 D575A Super road trains 8, 9
drivers 5, 7,12 Dozer 16,17 rocks 13,14,16, 22

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In Vehicle-Mania, young readers will explore an amazing
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