Following the impressive acquisition by National Group’s leading brand, National Plant & Equipment, of an additional 16 Komatsu 830E electric drive dump trucks into the Australian market, it didn’t take long for client Anglo American to take up the opportunity to secure a long-term hire for the 12 new machines and request an additional four machines for their Capcoal Surface Operations.
The dump trucks, measuring in at just under 7 metres high and 8 metres wide each, made news last year when they were delivered and assembled at the National Plant & Equipment site in Yatala in late 2017.
In what was one of the largest simultaneous equipment builds the team had ever accomplished, especially on such a short timeframe. To give the industry a rare insight into what it takes to assemble these sizeable trucks, it was all captured on an awe-inspiring time lapse video available for viewing below.