your top 5 diesel vehicles!

**Olive Drab** · January 28th, 2004 06:56 AM

dalawa lang eh..
Land Rover D110 300TDi
Toyota LC80 1HDT

**4x4fan** · January 28th, 2004 07:23 AM

lc100
lc80
lc70
hilux
safari patrol
bj41/fj40

**mazdamazda** · January 28th, 2004 10:45 AM

Originally posted by mbt
BMW X5 3.0d, now with >200 hp and 369 lb-ft of torque, all that from a 3.0L inline-6 :whoa:

The same engine also powers the X3 and 5 series!!!

**theveed** · January 28th, 2004 01:29 PM

yung ginamit dito hehe

CAT 797B

Engine Type: quadruple-turbocharged and intercooled V-24 diesel
Engine size: 117 liters/7174 cubic inches
Horsepower: 3,550 * 1,750 RPM
Torque: 12,170 pound-feet * 1,300 RPM
Vehicle weight: 615,000 pounds
Payload capacity: 760,000 pounds
Gross machine weight: 687.5 tons (with full payload)
Length: 47 feet, 8 inches
Width: 30 feet
Height: 23 feet, 9 inches (dump body down) 49 feet, 3 inches (dump body up)
Top speed: 40 mph
Zero to 30 MPH: 27.1 seconds
Cost: approximately $3.5 million

Hanep sa acceleration no? heheheh...

There are far too few absolutes in the world, save this: The Caterpillar 797B is absolutely the biggest truck ever constructed by man. It weighs more than 307 tons. It can haul 380 more. When fully loaded with rocks and dirt (as intended), the 797B makes a 1.375 million-pound hole in space. This thing has its own gravitational pull.

Fortunate, then, that the largest truck in the world is often found as far from civilization as one can get. This CAT's singular purpose is to haul scoops of earth from isolated mines, reducing the "cost-per-ton" of rubble removal for mine owners.

Driving one is a super-human experience, which makes the absurdly normal cockpit that much more absurd. The steering wheel tilts and telescopes to your convenience. The A/C cools in its usual fashion. The power windows go up. The power windows go down. Gas on the right. Brake on the left. It's far too easy to forget there's enough debris behind and above your head to bury you and the other workers in the field.

If all these stats and numbers are getting in your way, just remember this: The CAT 797B is the biggest truck ever. It can haul 106 Ford Excursions, 226 Toyota Camrys or 1,510 Harley Davidson Sportster motorcycles. To drive it, you've got to climb a ladder and perch yourself 20 feet above ground. Please, all you hot-rodders out there, be careful.