[Chuchnit]

Originally Posted by Bones

Actually many of those are newer than you'd think but the model was produced for a number of years.
Drove these in 93-94 and they were still in production at the time under that model name, we had one that was almost new when I started working there.

No, I'm not that old but old enough.

Ya I know. Was just bustin ya balls a lil. I remember they were still making "new" 777C models not too many years ago. Now it is what... D model? Here in the coal industry bigger means newer though. When CAT makes a newer bigger model the smaller ones are old news. There are some areas that still run 773/777 trucks just because of the size of the job. Anything smaller than 773 the cool thing to use is swivel trucks now. Heck a D9R/D10R are too small and for reclamation now. Its either D11R's or Komatsu 575's for the pits.

[Bones]

Originally Posted by Chuchnit

Ya I know. Was just bustin ya balls a lil. I remember they were still making "new" 777C models not too many years ago. Now it is what... D model? Here in the coal industry bigger means newer though. When CAT makes a newer bigger model the smaller ones are old news. There are some areas that still run 773/777 trucks just because of the size of the job. Anything smaller than 773 the cool thing to use is swivel trucks now. Heck a D9R/D10R are too small and for reclamation now. Its either D11R's or Komatsu 575's for the pits.

That's cool.

Yeah, we were using a 988B loader for the pit and they had mentioned getting a 992 but it didn't happen while I was there. I too have noted you see more swivel trucks now such as the Volvos - I've seen plenty of those over the past few years.
Wasn't the 773 a replacement for the 769 trucks? It has been a few years since I was there you know.