New Nissan Titan mining truck competes with Cat!

[DaveS]

Attempting to de-throne the world's largest mining truck, the Caterpillar 797, Nissan is introducing the new Titan, the world's only mining truck with an all-aluminum 5.6L V8 engine and 4 doors. The 797 only has one door - and forget about parking it in the garage! Or even your driveway. See the photo below of this impressive new truck in it's element!

Seriously, this is a shot of my brother's truck at a gold mine where he works. It's about 70 miles northest of Elko, Nevada, for those of you who might know where that is. Pretty much in the boonies.

[konigfritz]

Nice pic, and yes that is the boonies!

[QWIKWHIP]

Man that thing is huge! Here's a little info on it.

http://www.carchaos.com/miscellaneou...terpillar_797/

[DaveS]

Here's a shot of the 797 with the crappy little Blazer for scale. It's engine has got Titan owners beat:

Cat 797 engine: 117.1 liters, 3,550 HP
Nissan Titan engine: 5.6 liters, 305 HP

[QWIKWHIP]

Originally Posted by DaveS

Here's a shot of the 797 with the crappy little Blazer for scale. It's engine has got Titan owners beat:

Cat 797 engine: 117.1 liters, 3,550 HP
Nissan Titan engine: 5.6 liters, 305 HP

Ah that's nothing! We got the hp per liter beat by a long shot.

[Vyrus]

I want to know what the torque is on that monster! Not the Titan, the other monster.
-Cyrus

[DaveS]

Cat doesn't show torque on their page for this truck, just something called 'Torque Rise', whatever that is. They do show it holds 1,800 gallons of diesel!

[FLfinfan]

I'd like to see a stainless steel bug guard on the Cat, and some bling rims.

[QShip]

LOL! Me too!

[chunko]

Originally Posted by FLfinfan

I'd like to see a stainless stell bug guard on the Cat, and some bling rims.

[Waterfowler]

Originally Posted by QWIKWHIP

Ah that's nothing! We got the hp per liter beat by a long shot.

It's torque per liter is nearly double that of a Titan.


104 lb/ft a liter

versus

68 lb/ft a liter


Oh yeah and it's GVWR is just a tad over what the Titan's is at well over a million pounds. But will cost you more money to change a tire than a brand new LE 4x4.

[Helinut1970]

I'll hook a chain up and go toe to toe!! As long as I get to put it in 4x4?

[StuntDriver06]

yeah... ok helinut.. whatever you say.. well id do it too... with your titan that is...

[Helinut1970]

LOL, yea it would be like a horse dragging a ragdoll at a full sprint. The titan swinging back and forth slamming up aginst the side of the CAT!!

[FanofTitan]

I think the engine powers a generator and they have electric drive motors, like a locomotive.