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PostSubject: Just because I like big trucks   Sat Dec 18, 2010 3:51 pm
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PostSubject: Re: Just because I like big trucks   Sat Dec 18, 2010 4:04 pm
I wonder how much the tires cost for that thing on top? What a Face
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PostSubject: Re: Just because I like big trucks   Sat Dec 18, 2010 4:16 pm
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I wonder how much the tires cost for that thing on top? What a Face


Wiki sez about $40K USD each:

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Each 797 wheel is attached to the axle using 47 nuts that are torqued to 2,300 ft·lb (3,118 N·m).[17] A size 55/80R63 radial tire was developed by Michelin in conjunction with Caterpillar specifically for the first generation 797.[18] The Caterpillar 797B and 797F run on the largest tire in the world, the 4.028 m (13.22 ft) tall, 5,300 kg (11,680 lb) Michelin 59/80R63 XDR.[19] Six tires are required per truck at a cost in 2009 of approximately USD $42,500 per tire.[20]


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PostSubject: Re: Just because I like big trucks   Sat Dec 18, 2010 4:23 pm
LL wrote:
hobie1dog wrote:
I wonder how much the tires cost for that thing on top? What a Face


Wiki sez about $40K USD each:

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Each 797 wheel is attached to the axle using 47 nuts that are torqued to 2,300 ft·lb (3,118 N·m).[17] A size 55/80R63 radial tire was developed by Michelin in conjunction with Caterpillar specifically for the first generation 797.[18] The Caterpillar 797B and 797F run on the largest tire in the world, the 4.028 m (13.22 ft) tall, 5,300 kg (11,680 lb) Michelin 59/80R63 XDR.[19] Six tires are required per truck at a cost in 2009 of approximately USD $42,500 per tire.[20]




Not bad, seeing as how it looks like a small family could live in one of those tires...
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