CATERPILLAR PRODUCES 1000TH 797 ULTRA-CLASS TRUCK
Caterpillar recently celebrated the manufacture of the 1000th Cat® 797 Mining Truck.
The largest mechanical-drive mining truck in the world
The Caterpillar 797 is a series of off-highway, ultra class, two-axle, mechanical powertrain haul trucks developed and manufactured in the United States by Caterpillar Inc. specifically for high-production mining and heavy-duty construction applications worldwide.
In production since 1998, the 797 series represents Caterpillar’s largest, highest capacity haul trucks.The current, third-generation model, the 797F, offers one of the largest haul truck payload capacities in the world, up to 400 short tons (363 t) and has the highest payload capacity among mechanical drive haul trucks. (source)
This Trucks Used at Freeport Project the largest Gold Mining Project in the world located at West Papua Indonesia