What does the world's largest bulldozer look like and its other "brethren"

Without this vehicle, no serious construction can take place. This machine prepares the site, clears the space of debris, digs various pits. The unit is simple in design and characterized by performance, versatility and reliability. This is a bulldozer - the most important transport on the construction site. The article will consider not an ordinary car, but the largest bulldozer in the world and its other giant competitors in size. Most likely, many readers do not know about the existence of such special equipment. But it is and impresses with its dimensions.

The giant among the giants

The largest bulldozer in the world is called Komatsu D575A. It was designed and constructed in Japan. This giant weighs 142.5 tons. Today, with this monster is not able to compare any technique of a similar purpose. For the first time this model was demonstrated in Texas at the exhibition Conexpo in 1981. Ten years later in the Land of the Rising Sun, the first serial production of these machines began. They use Komatsu D575A mainly in North America. Here it is exploited for the open development of coal.

The largest bulldozer in the world is also used in coal mining corporations in Australia. The final destination is delivered to the machine in parts and is already collected at the right place. To transport the unit to the required city or country, you need six or eight trucks to put all the pieces of equipment in them.

Because of its impressive size, a car in America is called a "Superdose". But today Komatsu D575A is no longer produced. Therefore, if you want to buy a giant, then it will not be possible. You can become only the owner of its large-scale model, which is represented by special web pages of collectors.

Parameters and characteristics

The largest bulldozer in the world features and parameters has the following: the height of the car is three times higher than the average human growth and reaches almost five meters. Its length is about 12 meters. The unit is equipped with a 12-cylinder engine, the capacity of which is 1150 horsepower. Komatsu D575A has three high-speed modes, and it can move in two directions.

The technique operates on diesel fuel, which in its gigantic tank holds 2100 liters. The bucket is mounted on the machine. Its height is 3.63 meters, and width - 7.39 meters. It can move 70 cubic meters of diverse rock in one pass. The dump is buried in the ground for two meters.

Komatsu D575A is equipped with water-cooled and turbocharged.

Two modifications of this model are developed: D575A-3, which weighs 131.35 tons and D575A-3 SD. The weight of the latter variety is 152.6 tons.

Large, but not in demand

The largest bulldozer in the world, the parameters of which exceed the dimensions of the above-described machine, is the Dozer ASSO. But this giant was not destined to go into mass production. The Italian corporation ASSO was working on the creation of the unit. Weight of equipment exceeded 183 tons, and engine power was equal to 1300 horsepower. This machine had to become the largest and most powerful on Earth.

It was planned that the length of the Dozer ASSO would be a dozen meters. The length of his bucket was to have a length of seven meters, and a height of more than two meters. At the back of the car planned to equip a giant ripper three-meter height. It was intended "giant" for clearing large areas for building.

The machine was designed in the late 1980s for export to Libya. The project was funded by President Gaddafi, but since at that time he was suspected of supporting terrorism, the UN imposed many trade embargoes on the state. Thus, Gaddafi ran out of money, and he could not continue to sponsor the development of technology. The world was never lucky enough to see the Dozer ASSO, although its prototypes were built in Italy.

Bulldozer with wheels

In 1970, CF & I Engineering (Denver, Colorado) built the largest wheeled bulldozer in the world Melrose M880. The customer of special equipment was Melrose. The car was wheeled, because it is such a hobby of the firm and its specialty. The weight of the transport was 102.3 tons. Accelerated the machine to 22.4 km / h. There were two engines in the bulldozer. Until 1986, no more than ten such record-holders were issued.

Other large bulldozers

In addition to the Komatsu D575A, Dozer and Melrose M880, there are other largest bulldozers in the world. So, the greatest special equipment on the planet can be considered:

• Chetra Heavy 40 Ya is an industrial bulldozer with an engine power of 590 horsepower. The tank of the unit contains 1200 liters of fuel. The caterpillar of the vehicle is integrated into six wheels. Weigh more than 68 tons.
• Fiat-Allis FD50. The weight of the machine reaches 80 tons. The latest release of this technique was noted already in 1989.
• T-800. This is a bulldozer produced by the Russian Federation. The length of the technique is 12.4 meters, in height - five meters, and the weight of "machine" is as much as 106 tons. The T-800 is controlled by a pair of levers located in the cockpit. Transport reaches a maximum speed of 14 km / h.

Here they are, giant bulldozers, working tirelessly and striking the imagination of each of us.