I've never seen a haul truck like that before. It looks like it's really nice to drive. Since it doesn't have a massive tilting bed and a low center of gravity, the maintenance costs per hour should be less.
The older ones had dry chemical extinguishing setups. An old Kress was being scrapped and was sitting in our haul yard and I decided to hit the button, yellow powder everywhere.
When I was at Newlands (Australia) in the early 2000's, they were using belly dumpers. Interestingly, that was the only Australian Pit I've seen them used. I suspect, there are a couple of disadvantages. 1. They'd be very inflexible. You could only use them for coal haulage, not OB. So, you'd need two fleets of haul trucks, with the associated maintenance costs. 2. There has to be a dedicated tip point for the coal, with an associated ramp and conveyor. Trucks can't just tip on the ROM. There are probably a few others too. But, they obviously work for some pits.
BMA had Kress haulers at a few of their pits, now they're only at Blackwater as far as I know. They're also highly geared so they're slow as a snail going up the ramps.
When i was resident HD fitter in Moranbah for Hastings i used to go to Norwich Park ( closed now) and they had these pieces of shit Kresses there! They were winding down with these machines but they were not really that good of a production machine and they had them because Norwich had such long haul distances, pricks of machines to work on !
Aaron Thank You for making this video. These are some really cool and rare trucks and this is by far the most informative video about the Kress haulers on RUclips. Thanks!
This would be an awesome base for an RV. You could take easily your whole family on a trip. And the whole school of your kids. And a hospital and the connected towns, a fire department and police station.
I would like a feature on the loaders... the look like Letuernal? Do the run the engines wide open for the generator, or do they throttle up and down like a mechanical system???? Great video's
the fact that it has a v belly dump is better for center of gravity to be lower on such a big rig and the possibility of rollovers are much lower or not at all.
Being a retired trucker of otr & dirt & rock. I've always wanted to drive a haul truck. I've especially wanted to drive a Kress because of the exotic look of the truck. I've ran bottom dump rock wagons & they were very awesome to operate. Considering how iffy it gets with a framless tail dump wagon thats 30ft or longer.
plus lets you pump your gas on Sundays and at 3:00am, Keeps the ventilators running at the hospitals 24/7, and keeps people in the upper midwest from freezing to death.
FANTASTIC VIDEO! THANKS AARON! LET AMERICA KNOW JUST HOW MUCH COAL WE HAVE IN THIS COUNTRY! GOOD HARD ANTRACITE COAL! LIVED IN COLORADO AND SAW HOW MUCH WE HAD THERE AS WELL!
My dad worked for detroit diesel in the mid 90's I remember going to work with him on weekends he would be rebuilding 12v149's for these when Estevan coal had them.. was pretty cool when you a little kid.
KRESS 200CIII COAL HAULER Designed and built for mining applications, Kress unitized bottom dump coal haulers are field proven to offer the smoothest ride, fastest transport speeds and the highest payload to weight ratio in the industry. Kress Coal Haulers are sold and serviced through the Cat Dealer network and fully supported by Kress Corporation. Kress Corporation Peoria, IL
A bit of a missed opportunity to cover some of the technical details that make these interesting. What's the drive train like? How much fuel do these use in a shift? How fast do they drive? What does a set of tires cost and how long do they last? And I'm sure I could come up with more given more than the 2 minutes it took to write this.
Honestly thought when the video started this was taking place somewhere in northern Russia since i never seen haul trucks like that before and with the snow and all.
Woah thats huge!! I taught the wheel movement is only for future to come for fast easy reliable parking &moving from lane to lane but when i came here only you your channel reveal that they're already exist in America. Isn't it is not hard to control the steering wheel that turn up to 90° ? wathacoincidenciezs
I've known about these trucks for years, but it is nice to finally see a good informative video about them for once. Such a cool and efficient design. In reading other comments, I guess these trucks are not available brand new from Kress anymore.
This mine is exactly why there's no more coal mining in the UK. Why dig a vertical shaft hundreds of feet deep in the ground when you can just shovel the coal with a giant excavator?
Coal is the most abundant and cost effective natural source of energy next to Natural Gas and we should be EXPANDING production as all our Foreign Enemies are, especially overseas where they are building 3 plants every month while we are purposely destroying ours for pure political reasons! Ask yourself why? And NO it has nothing to do with the Environment that is pure propaganda!
This truck is PERFECT for getting groceries in the city! I really like it! 😁🤟
It is so Practical I don't get why Ford is not making them yet.
Finding parking shouldn't be a problem either; just park it on top of everything else! 😁
And taking kids to soccer practice
Really practical, should be easy to park in the city and tiny spots
It's so practical you can park it and drive it in paris
I used to work there in the shop fixing those trucks even got to drive them. The 300ton trucks have to have 200,000 hours on them by now.
the hours they have on them is the most impressive thing about them. Absolutely insane how they're still going strong
Many rebuilds and lots of welding up cracks .
@@ndfarmer1702 Wouldn't be surprised it they are more weld than crack at this point
Biggest advantage of a Kress coal hauler is the top speed of 40-43 mph. Cycle times are fastern than the Cat end dumps which top out at 32-35 mph.
Thats insane
makes sense honestly, looking at the low center of gravity makes me think that on full loads it's still stable enough to go on slopes and turns faster
Man that is a whole lot of inertia 😮 300 tons at 43 mph 🤯
I've never seen a haul truck like that before. It looks like it's really nice to drive. Since it doesn't have a massive tilting bed and a low center of gravity, the maintenance costs per hour should be less.
yeah the operators say they're extremely comfortable
But it does have a low center of gravity. You can claim it doesn't but you'd be wrong AndyFromBeaverton.
@@johndc2998 think he mean't it does have it. would be dumb to say otherwise
They suck The front suspension is a high maintenance item.
@@Beux3751then the rear would b to as the exactly the same lol
This truly looks like it was filmed on another planet
Now that's an engine just perfect for my miata.
I think you will need more miatas to fit that engine bud
I think it’s too smol for Miata
I sometimes forget how bad ass mining equipment can look
No one tell Whistlin Diesel about this truck 🤣
🤣🤣🤣
Right 😂😂😂😂
"Freedom mine" lol
the one word used for everything in the US haha! I love it
Never knew in USA freedom can be mined in open pits...
@@quint3ssent1a It's the freedom to be free of the tyranny of mountains
Great to see someone giving the Kress some love. They are amazing machines.
The older ones had dry chemical extinguishing setups. An old Kress was being scrapped and was sitting in our haul yard and I decided to hit the button, yellow powder everywhere.
It’s nice to see the equipment up close, I’ll be starting with North American Coal in April, excited to see how these mine operations are done.
Aaron got that horsepower number for us chop, chop💪that’s why I like the channel, well done boys. Great video
thanks mate
I live in ND and I see these things at coal plants all the time. Really gives you a sense of scale when seeing them in person
When I was at Newlands (Australia) in the early 2000's, they were using belly dumpers. Interestingly, that was the only Australian Pit I've seen them used. I suspect, there are a couple of disadvantages.
1. They'd be very inflexible. You could only use them for coal haulage, not OB. So, you'd need two fleets of haul trucks, with the associated maintenance costs.
2. There has to be a dedicated tip point for the coal, with an associated ramp and conveyor. Trucks can't just tip on the ROM.
There are probably a few others too. But, they obviously work for some pits.
BMA had Kress haulers at a few of their pits, now they're only at Blackwater as far as I know. They're also highly geared so they're slow as a snail going up the ramps.
@@nickh6076 Never been in the bit at BMA Blackwater. It would make sense that BMA have the scale to make a different coal haulage fleet economic.
When i was resident HD fitter in Moranbah for Hastings i used to go to Norwich Park ( closed now) and they had these pieces of shit Kresses there! They were winding down with these machines but they were not really that good of a production machine and they had them because Norwich had such long haul distances, pricks of machines to work on !
@@gamerjay6624 I worked on a couple at Blackwater that came from Norwich, dead right about being crap to work on
I absolutely love your cinematic videos! You are such a great narrator, keep up the awsome work!
thank you!!
I went to North Dakota a few months back (true-story) I also bought a black rock, some plumbing parts & broken tools I fixed (thankx-4 upload)
My father is the Lead engineer for Kress on these coal haulers. He is very proud of his work and one day id love to see one in person.
As always great video Aaron. Thanks for sharing and have a great weekend!!
thanks for watching!!
Good on you for going out in the weather to get this.
Aaron Thank You for making this video. These are some really cool and rare trucks and this is by far the most informative video about the Kress haulers on RUclips. Thanks!
Great truck. When you ware out the engine and drive train you can get a welder to modify that dump bed into a swimming pool.:)
Finally a vehicle capable of moving YOUR MOM around.
This would be an awesome base for an RV. You could take easily your whole family on a trip. And the whole school of your kids. And a hospital and the connected towns, a fire department and police station.
genius
The design is soooo much more intellegent than most giant dump trucks
Those things are absoloute monsters! great footage as always!
This needs to be in a zombie apocalypse movie or something.
The loaders are just as impressive as a truck look how big those loaders are
That steering angle though, imagine that thing drifting 😂
This truck is PERFECT for getting groceries in the city !Great to see someone giving the Kress some love. They are amazing machines.
Probably, it’s one of the nicest places to work at, as a truck driver.
People don't realize, but this industry together with the oil industry runs the world.
Great video. Interesting how comfortable is it in the cabin. Coz the engine is so far away the driver enjoy a silent workplace.
I would like a feature on the loaders... the look like Letuernal? Do the run the engines wide open for the generator, or do they throttle up and down like a mechanical system???? Great video's
the fact that it has a v belly dump is better for center of gravity to be lower on such a big rig and the possibility of rollovers are much lower or not at all.
Being a retired trucker of otr & dirt & rock. I've always wanted to drive a haul truck. I've especially wanted to drive a Kress because of the exotic look of the truck. I've ran bottom dump rock wagons & they were very awesome to operate. Considering how iffy it gets with a framless tail dump wagon thats 30ft or longer.
Look at all that zero emission that powers EV vehicles that people feel so good about 😆
plus lets you pump your gas on Sundays and at 3:00am, Keeps the ventilators running at the hospitals 24/7, and keeps people in the upper midwest from freezing to death.
Shhhhhh... people don't need to know they're supporting fossil fuels to charge their av's. We need the good paying jobs.
that could become a good off-road camper
My grandfather was involved with the design and sales of that truck.
An absolutely magnificent and beastly machine.
I worked for a while in the Kress design group.
THAT LOOKS LIKE VERY EASY WORK
Looks like a cat cab on them. Cool piece of gear
793F cab modified for this application.
@@stevenabrahamson4876 earlier machines had a 793C/D cab on them.
cool....literally
What moves those aren't the horsepower but the torque, horsepower are there to make them swifter.
Also that steering looks sweet.
Your videos keep getting better and better. That’s what matters.
ND baby!
Hey great job with this. Loved the content!
This is my 6 year old dream job
This truck is dope af! 😃
man imagine if it was powered by the coal it hauled
So Wise , Thank You . Ultemate Duty in action
I think your coal videos are my favorite. Great work!
Definitely an interesting choice to paint your coal-hauling specific truck WHITE! Brilliant. Well, for 2 hours on it's first day anyway.
Awesome video!
0:30 "Freedom Mine"... man, the USA really gets off on that word. It's a thought-terminating device!
Isn't this just what you Americans drive 20 miles to your local grocery store?
If course... we're Americans😅
That was the vehicle your mom used to carpool when she was in college
That truck is actually a 2500 or 3500.
Yo those are fucking cool, look like something wayland yutani would sell
FANTASTIC VIDEO! THANKS AARON! LET AMERICA KNOW JUST HOW MUCH COAL WE HAVE IN THIS COUNTRY! GOOD HARD ANTRACITE COAL! LIVED IN COLORADO AND SAW HOW MUCH WE HAD THERE AS WELL!
My dad worked for detroit diesel in the mid 90's I remember going to work with him on weekends he would be rebuilding 12v149's for these when Estevan coal had them.. was pretty cool when you a little kid.
So what actually drives the wheels , electric right ... or are just the back wheels driven and the fronts are turned electric / Hydraulic .
just back is driven
@@AaronWitt Thanks . I know some of those big mining dumps are diesel electric .
Rear wheels are driven mechanically. There is no drive on the front wheels. All the functions on the machine are hydraulically driven.
It does look straight out of star wara
KRESS 200CIII COAL HAULER
Designed and built for mining applications, Kress unitized bottom dump coal haulers are field proven to offer the smoothest ride, fastest transport speeds and the highest payload to weight ratio in the industry. Kress Coal Haulers are sold and serviced through the Cat Dealer network and fully supported by Kress Corporation.
Kress Corporation
Peoria, IL
Gotta keep those electric cars charged somehow 🤷
And get children in 3rd world countries to mine the lithium as well. It keeps the polar bears happy 😂😂😂
Great job - keep digging from jim in SCOTLAND
CaseOH: I don't know, seems a bit small
A bit of a missed opportunity to cover some of the technical details that make these interesting. What's the drive train like? How much fuel do these use in a shift? How fast do they drive? What does a set of tires cost and how long do they last? And I'm sure I could come up with more given more than the 2 minutes it took to write this.
Google it
Been there and done that!!!
less violent than a 651 scraper
As long as you are hauling flat they dont like ramps... on the flat they are awesome
Honestly thought when the video started this was taking place somewhere in northern Russia since i never seen haul trucks like that before and with the snow and all.
Amazing video
Woah thats huge!!
I taught the wheel movement is only for future to come for fast easy reliable parking &moving from lane to lane but when i came here only you your channel reveal that they're already exist in America.
Isn't it is not hard to control the steering wheel that turn up to 90° ?
wathacoincidenciezs
Great video
thanks Ernie
All I see is a perfect mobile base to survive the end of the world
" Freedom " mine. Oh my God.
How long is the haul from load to dump?
I think they're running a 20-30 min round trip if I'm not mistaken. It's quite a ways as the mine only moves further from the plant over the years
I've known about these trucks for years, but it is nice to finally see a good informative video about them for once. Such a cool and efficient design. In reading other comments, I guess these trucks are not available brand new from Kress anymore.
We just sent 8 to Australia in 2022/23. Awesome experience to watch them get built.
@@MrDabe66 Oh nice! It's great they are still being built.
@@MrDabe66 I was working at the mine those 8 were delivered to! That bright pink one was a sight to see.
Good video, perfect 😊😊😊
Amazing vidio .. Vera inspiring and usefeul🚜🌼🙏🏻😍👍👍
Interesting haul truck. 👍
How are you getting access to all these places?
Just previous channel content and asking?
The white equipment looks so cool. Do you know why they paint it that color?
I want a job driving one
Is it because this mine requires no long load uphill that enables the truck to carrier a heavier load.
This mine is exactly why there's no more coal mining in the UK. Why dig a vertical shaft hundreds of feet deep in the ground when you can just shovel the coal with a giant excavator?
Great Video!! Reminds me of what we used to have in Alberta! RIP coal 😢
it's still here don't worry!
Coal is the most abundant and cost effective natural source of energy next to Natural Gas and we should be EXPANDING production as all our Foreign Enemies are, especially overseas where they are building 3 plants every month while we are purposely destroying ours for pure political reasons! Ask yourself why? And NO it has nothing to do with the Environment that is pure propaganda!
Love your content, Friend.
dream job
if a regular dump truck is called a dump truck then this one is just DUMMMMMP THICK
Wow 😮 Very good 🎉
if that beast become RV it will be a manor on wheels 😂
Space truck from future
What camera gear do they use? Specifically the drone, for the drone shots?
Awesome!!! just it!
And it will still be able to drive around most US cities !!
Keep pumping that coal out, America! Climate’s not nearly warm enough for me yet. I hate winter.
they really do look awfully lunar