Thread: Always crush your rubbish before putting it in the recycling

Strangely enough you will also find this video saying it is a Land Rover being crushed

Not bad considering those size trucks are electric drive at the wheels!

Originally Posted by dm_td5

Strangely enough you will also find this video saying it is a Land Rover being crushed

Not bad considering those size trucks are electric drive at the wheels!

That's just taking the whole "green" thing to far!

No they are electric drive from a bloody great big diesel power plant

Originally Posted by dm_td5

No they are electric drive from a bloody great big diesel power plant

so are they diesel power running electric traction motors on all 4 wheels?

1. no it is nothing new - we see them often.
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2.no they don't get paid $100k pa that's what apprentices get paid at coal mines - drivers get closer to $200k pa.
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3. no they didn't strip anything out of it before doing it
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4. Bosses 100s Cruiser wagons get done whenever there is a hint of a strike etc coming on.
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5. If the truck had a load in the back (250 tonnes) it wouldn't have bucked around as much as it did.

Originally Posted by dobbo

so are they diesel power running electric traction motors on all 4 wheels?

Yes. Basically when fully loaded it is easier to control the speed by 'reversing the field' in the motors instead of using a conventional braking system.