National Heavy Haulage deliver the World’s Second Largest Ultra-Class Mining Trucks to BHP’s Peak Downs Mine Site

National Group’s heavy transport solutions brand; National Heavy Haulage (NHH), has delivered five Ultra-Class Liebherr T 282 C Dump Trucks to BHP’s Peak Downs mine site in Central Queensland. These massive Mining trucks required police escort and road closures from Mackay to Peak Downs over five separate trips throughout the months of September and October.

The Managing Director of the National Group, Mark Ackroyd, commended his NHH team saying “This was not your everyday type of haul. The trucks are some of the biggest in the world and have an empty vehicle weight of more than 260 tonne so when you put that into perspective, they each weigh more than 130 standard cars. It takes a highly efficient and reliable team to deliver a haul of this size and our NHH guys were able to do it without any concerns at all”.

To put things in perspective even further, Red Bull recently listed the Liebherr T 282 C as the equal second largest Mining Truck on the planet in their article; 5 biggest dump trucks in the world, with a payload capacity of 400 tonne.

General Manager of NHH, Ian Scott, was surprised with the sheer size of these machines but was never worried about their fleet of trucks capabilities saying “These were definitely some of the biggest loads we have dealt with but that is what we are known for. We utilise top of the range Kenworth prime movers and Drake heavy duty trailers, so when you combine these with a team focus on safely delivering the biggest and best equipment there is, nothing is too hard or too big to shift”.

Now that the last Liebherr Truck has been delivered to Peak Downs, they will each undergo a final on-site assemble by National Mining Services, who are also a part of Mr. Ackroyd’s National Group, and then be officially handed over to BHP to go to work.

Watch the haul below…

About National Group

The National Group is 100% Australian owned and comprises of leading companies from the mining, resource, logistics and personnel supply industries. Servicing some of the biggest names in mining and with an excellent record, the National Group has built a reputation as being ‘unstoppable’ in heavy earthmoving equipment, providing end-to-end production mining services and heavy haulage transportation.