15 6X6 WHEELED ARTICULATED VEHICLES, HEAVY

Werklust MW11 articulated 6x6 in the 80s for soils stabilization. GM engine 152 hp, empty mass : 15,5 t, payload : 14,5 t, speed 40 km/h, 6 Good Year Terra-Tires. It was built on demand. Werklust now manufacture wheeled loaders. Pict from 'Camions Magazine', Dec 1983.

Werklust 6x6 trucks from http://www.bouwmachine

forum.nl/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1874

Werklust Dumper. http://www.farmphoto.com/search.aspx?q=werklust&i=true&submitSearch=Search

Werklust dumpers were manufactured since 1977. From : http://www.farmphoto.com/search.aspx?q=werklust&i=true&submitSearch=Search, the biggest site of farm equipment.

Werklust Dumper, http://www.farmphoto.com/search.aspx?q=werklust&i=true&submitSearch=Search

Werklust dumper WD 3 from 1983 was an articulated 6x6 of 32 t payload. Werklust, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands, created in 1947 by P.M. de Goey, now manufactures only 4x4 articulated wheeled loaders, its first product. Pict from 'Camions Magazine', Dec 1983.

Werklust Dumper WD 3 has a 273 Detroit engine and Allison transmission. Power drives 3 double reduction axles or just the front one. There are disc brakes and suspension is by rubber on the rear rocking beams with Dunlop Metalastik resilient bearings. Speed 45 km/h, capacity 30 t or 18 m3. Length is 9,525 m. Pict from BTP Magazine, Oct 1989.

Werklust DK-1 6x6, 1986. Werklust, Apeldoorn, Netherlands, created in 1947. Pict from www.farmphoto site.

 Randon dumper RK-628C from RANDON Veículos LTDA, Bairro Interlagos, Caxiax do Sul, Brasil.             

www.randon-veiculos.com.br

 Doosan Moxy dumper. Pict J M M at Intermat, Villepinte, 2009 04.

 Doosan Construction machinery. Pict J M M at Intermat, Villepinte, 2009 04.

 Astra 6x6 Dumper. Pict J M M, Intermat, Villepinte, 2009 04.

Astra dumper. Pict J M M at Intermat, Villepinte, 2012 04.

K-TEC ADT Scrapers  from Manitoba, Canada, towed by  CAT converted ADT truck. 54 cubic yards heaped capacity. http://ktecscrapers.com.au/gallery/Gallery-Folders             http://www.directindustry.fr/prod/k-tec-earthmovers-inc/decapeuses-tractees-52936-502295.html

LWS Light Weight Scraper, 1966. One proto built, 10 cubic yard, total mass 12 700 kg, The two front axles are driven by 207 hp engine. Pict from book of Eric C Orleman : ' Caterpillar Chronicle', MBI 2000.

Logset 5H Titan Harvester 6x6. Pict J M M at Euroforest, St Bonnet-de-Joux, 2006 06.

Logset Harvester 6x6.  Pict J M M at Euroforest, St Bonnet-de-Joux, 2010 06.

6x6 LL Maskiner carrier. This machine seems to have the same chassis of LL Maskiner. http://ovp.forum24.se/ovp-ntopic9202.html

LL Maskiner 6x6 Excavator is a Swedish machine built around 1997. One unit built. Ground clearance is variable. http://ovp.forum24.se/ovp-about932.html

LL Maskiner chip cutter 'Kermit' The Green One in high position. On youtube : LL Maskiner 6WD Chipcutter " KERMIT " The green one, Den gröne and : LL Maskiner 6wd Excavator, a big one, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pT27z9vKJKY

Timberpro 620 grapple skidder. http://timberpro.com/

Valmet 882K Harvester in the 80s. J M M Archives.

Valmet-logging-equipment.pdf

Valmet-882-872-832.pdf

Valmet-872-k-forwarder.pdf

Valmet-832-forwarder-in-the-80s.pdf

 Tigercat C640 Chambunk. www.forum.index.hu

 Tigercat 6x6    www.tejasequipmentinc.com

 John Deere 6x6 Harvester. Pict from J M M at Forexpo, Bordeaux, 2008 06.

 HSM 6x6 Harvester from Germany. Pict J M M at Forexpo, Bordeaux, 2008 06.

Lokomo 928 forwarder, 1975, from Eikmaskin, Stavenger, Norway.    http://www.maskinisten.net/viewtopic.php?t=10935

El Forest F15 articulated 6x6 Fowarder, 2007, Elforest AB, Arnäsval, Sweden, was created in 2006 and owned by Volvo Group. The vehicle is hybrid diesel electric with an electric motor in each wheel. The chassis has 2 articulations and the 6 wheels which can be steered independently. Ground clearance is variable and the vehicle is self-leveling.

Deep Forest 610 6x6, forwarder from Finland. Pict from www.farmphoto.com

Forwarders from Scadinavia : above the Lokomo 928-Lokeri of Finland, 1967.     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffISj2MZ8xM

Volvo BM 1400        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJYUnREpUv8&feature=channel&list=UL

Case IH Maxihaull.  http://www.farmphoto.com/thread.aspx?mid=

14139#14139 http://www.samochody

swiata.pl/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=15492&p=284187

Versatile 6x6, prototype of the 70s. Buhler Versatile Inc., Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada always manufactures big articulated FWD Tractors.

http://www.nedtrac.com/prototypes.htm

Slobojanets XTA300, tractor of Ukrania. http://forum.gros

tracteurspassion.com/

viewtopic.php?f=10&t=25984

Tandem Chamberlain Rig of Jeff Morgan equipped with two 2 engines 6 cyl Detroit GM 6-71, 450 hp both. 450 hp, this 6 wheeled, 12 tires, articulated tractor, issued from 3 Chamberlain Super 70, is always used for crop for 25 years at a farm at Karoonda, near Lamsroo, Australia. Pict from the book of Graeme Ross Quik 'Australian Tractors', Rosenberg  Publishing PTY Ltd, Dural Delivery Center NSW, Australia, 2006.

Chamberlain tractor 6x6, of South Australia was built by J Morgan. http://www.unimog-community.de/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=printview&t=29407&start=1560

Ural 6x6 with oversized tires, from www.forums.index.hu

Kirovets K-701 6x6. From site www.rcforum.ru

 Kirovets K700 6x6 from Walter Ruda :

http://www.farmphoto.com/thread.aspx?mid=

312700#312700, a big and interesting site.

Kirovets K-707 from www.pharmphoto.com

 Kirovet  K701 T 6x6, www.zavodsm.ru

OMSK VTT articulated 6x6, Laptezhnik, 12 t capacity, Cummings engine 325 hp, Vertical articulation allows + or - 30° yaw and horizontal one + or - 15° in roll. Vehicle issued from Kamaz 43118.

//www.omskvezdehod.ru

Toungouses articulated 6x6 of VTT Omsk OOO, payload, 245 hp Cummins engine, ZF gearbox, Hydrostatic steering, built on Kamaz 43114 base.

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Legostop articulated 6x6, from LLC Omsk Polygon VT whose limited production has been launch in 2009.

www.vezdehod55.ru

ZIL-131N modified from 2009 www.vezdehod55.ru

URAL 375 Toundra 6x6 articulated of JSC Omsk-VTT.  www.omskvezdehod.ru

Moaz-7503, 6x4.

www.offroadvehicle.ru

MoAZ-74111, 6x6, 1969. Built on the model of the NAMI-076 'Ermak' to tow a semi-trailer. Capacity 50 t. It was used for oil industry, mines and large indivisible loads on a semi-trailer. Ermak family has been built during 12 years. 
MoAZ, Mogilev Automobile Plant, Kirov, began in 1958.

 http://statehistory.ru/books/Evgeniy-Kochnev_Sekretnye-avtomobili-Sovetskoy-Armii/38

and site www.offroadvehicle.ru

MAZ-527 proto, 6x2,1956,  Pict from book of Alain Dupouy, Auto-éditeur : 'MAZ,  Usine Automobile de Minsk et SKB MAZ’  N° 76  Tome VI'. 2008.

Belaz Dumpers 75281 6x6 and 75501 4x4. In 1948, a peat plant is created at Jodino Minsk. The first Belaz-540 date from 1961. In 2010, Belaz plans to create a plant near Beijing and in Venezuela.

Caterpillar D400E ejector truck launched in 1996, eliminates completely sticky materials and can dump uniformly while moving in slopes or unstable grounds. It also solves the problem of overhead wires and structures. 36 ton payload, 405 hp.

Cline Isco articulated dumper of 60 t, end of the 60s. From review 'Machine Mobile Evolution Magazine', 1993 08, edited by Francis Pierre.

DDT Engineering 630 B 6x6 Ejector truck at SIMA in April 1997. DDT was created in 1994 in UK in North Yorkshire by Gordon Brown. This truck was marketed in 2009 with Case and New-Holland liveries. Pict J M M.

Eimco 980T13 Dumper of the 70s. 15 t payload, 144 hp Deutz engine. From review 'Machine Mobile Evolution'1994 12, edited by Francis Pierre.

Franquet Moby TP from France in the 90s.

Mitsubishi 6x6 articulated dumper.

Dumper Cemet, la Ravoire, in the 80s, equipped with agricultural Renault tractor front part. http://www.renaultoloog.nl/aparte%20renaults-francais.htm

 Hydrema 900 series, 6x6, dumper. Hydrema was founded at Stovring in Denmark in 1959. http://www.hydrema.com/Default.aspx

Hydrema dumper 922C, 6x6. Pict J M M at Intermat, Villepinte, 2006 06.

 Volvo 6x6 dumper A40E. Pict J M M at Intermat, Villepinte, 2009 04.

Volvo 6x6 dumper at open house of 5ème Génie of Versailles, June 2003. Pict J M Maclou.

Volvo A25 5350 DUMPER of the 80s. Picture J M M at Ballainvillers, France, on Feb 18, 2004.

Volvo BM A25C 6x6, with Load Handling System for lifting containers up to 22,5 T. 100% differential locks, high speed with low ground pressure tires although no suspension. Around 2000. J M M Archives.

MOL BK2466 Buggy 6x6, articulated, from Belgium.  Doc J M M.   http://www.commercialmotor.

com/big-lorry-blog/mighty-mols-eds-provided-this

mol-buggy-6x6-bk-2466-h.pdf

 Nord-Verk 6x6 built from 1968. The front axle pivoted in its center and the vehicle was articulated only in yaw. Volvo engine of 175 hp and Clark transmission. Picture from book of Nick Baldwin ‘Giant Dumptrucks’, Frederick Warne (Publishers) Ltd, London, 1984

MOL 6x6 Buggy, 1980. Picture from book of Nick Baldwin 'The Illustrated History of Off-Road Vehicles' Haynes Publishing, 1987.

DJB 6x6 dumper D550, 1980, 50 T, engine 450 hp and Caterpillar components.  Created in England in 1973 by David John Brown, the 1000th DJB was sold in 1979. Now, DJB is incorporated to Caterpillar. Picture from book of Nick Baldwin ‘Giant Dumptrucks’, Frederick Warne (Publishers) Ltd, London, 1984

Volvo BM very maneuverable thanks to an additional axle.  Pict from the book 'Muldenkipper of Heinz-Herbert Cohrs, Verlag Podszun-Motorbücher Gmbh, 2003.

Volvo A40 FFS Dumper with full suspension. Pict J M M at Intermat, Villepinte, 2012 04.

Liebherr Dumper TA 230. 367 hp, payload 30 000 kg, 19 m3, 57 km/h and 16 km/h in reverse. Pict J M M at Intermat, Villepinte, 2012 03 02.

Komatsu HM400 dumper. 480 hp, payload 40 T, Total mass 74 T, capacity 24 m3, Pict J M M at Intermat, Villepinte, 2012 04.

Haulamatic 6x6 dumper A625, 1979, 22 t capacity, 14 m3, 210 hp Detroit engine. The company became part of Clarke Chapman and, in 1983, the NEI Thompson division of Northern Engineering Industries bought it. 100 trucks a year continued to be sold by a J Deere division. Picture from book of Nick Baldwin ‘Giant Dumptrucks’, Frederick Warne (Publishers) Ltd, London, 1984

Faun dumper 6x4 or 6x6. Capacity of 10 m3, 50 km/h, slope 32 %. Around 1983. Picture from book of Nick Baldwin ‘Giant Dumptrucks’, Frederick Warne (Publishers) Ltd, London, 1984

DJB articulated dumpers. Pict from the article of Francis Pierre in review 'Charge Utile' published by Histoire et Collection SA, Paris, of Feb 2012.

Caterpillar dumper equipped with tray. Pict of F. Sassier in la 'Revue des Engins' from AIPETHOAC of F Pierre.

Caterpillar 740B dumper. Pict J M M at Intermat, Villepinte, 2012 04.

Bell D50B Dumper. Pict J M M at Intermat, Villepinte, 2012 04.

Panien 6x4 dumper. The front section was a Renault tractor without front wheels. It was produced from the early 80s at Inchy en Artois, France, by SA E Panien et Fils. The 140 hp MWM engine moved the two foremost axles. Picture from book of Nick Baldwin ‘Giant Dumptrucks’, Frederick Warne (Publishers) Ltd, London, 1984.

Panien articulated lime-spreader   http://explow.com/Articulated_vehicle

Strew Master SW 19 SC Rhino spreader of Wirtgen. Pict J M M at Intermat, Villepinte, 2012 04.

Lime Spreader Panien PR 31. Pict from J M M in Dec 2003 on Plateau de Saclay, Palaiseau, France.

Panien lime spreader PR31.

Pict from J M M in Dec 2003 on Plateau de Saclay, Palaiseau, France.

Panien lime spreader PR31 on Renault RVI (now Renault Trucks, part of Volvo) truck base. Picture taken by J M M near Palaiseau, France on Feb 2004.

Lime spreader Panien Hamm about 2000. Panien Company, Inchy, France, was founded in 1891. In the 50s and 60s, it manufactured construction trailers in conjunction with 'Renault Agriculture' tractors. This interesting articulated lime spreader realized from modified RVI (Renault Véhicules Industriels) truck was sold with HAMM, from Germany. In 2007, Panien was bought by Gutzwiller family, Alsace, France and Hamm became subsidiary of Wirtgen, Germany, but Panien 6x6 articulated spreader is sold today under the name Strew Master of Wirtgen.

Hamm-spreader-h.pdf

Akera lime spreader of Rabaud, Ste Cécile, France. Empty mass 19.8 Metric Tons, Loaded mass 35.8 Metric Tons. 6x6 articulated chassis, 100% locking differential on all wheels, Cat 300 hp engine, Pict J M M at Intermat, Villepinte, 2012 04.

Akera 17E, cement spreader of Rabaud at Ste Cécile, Vendée, France. This company is here since 1980 and markets forestry, agricultural, construction, green equipment. Pict J M M at Intermat, Villepinte, 2009 04.

 Global Delta Cement Spreader from Global France, Laon. Pict J M M at Intermat, Villepinte, 2009 04.

Wirtgen Strew Master SW 16 SC spreader. Pict J M M at Intermat, Villepinte, 2009 04.