Short, Early Euclid Haul Truck

Truck Haulage came to Bingham canyon mine in 1963. This was when large haul truck development was taking place. Companies like Wabco, Unit Rig, K W Dark, and Euclid were building trucks, experimenting, and improving them, constantly making them larger and larger. Pictures show an experimental Euclid truck they used at the mine, R-X rear dump hauler, known as the R-105, it came around the late 1960s. It was unique, being four-wheel-drive with an articulated frame and a pair of tires on each 4 wheels. The truck was good for downhill hauls because of its aggressive retard system, but it had a bad suspension that made it bounce. These are the only 2 pictures I have of this truck we had for a short time.