Hey Brainiacs! Today we’re out at the mining site where they have all kinds of cool machines and vehicles! It looks like we have something here that’s been taken all apart. Can you guess what it is? Let’s put it back together! Welcome back to Brain Candy TV! I see four big wheels so it must be some kind of vehicle. Let’s start by putting the wheels into place. One, two, three, and four.
OK, now we’re going to need something to attach the wheels to. Let’s try to find the frame. Is it this thing? Nah, I think we need something a bit stronger to hold those big wheels. Maybe this thing? Nope, I don’t see any place to attach the wheels.
How about this? It looks like it has four spots for the wheels. That must be the frame! Now we need an engine to make it go. There it is! Woah, that’s a HUGE engine! It’s even bigger than the construction worker! This engine is super strong with about 4000 horsepower! That’s as strong as 10 sports car engines combined! Let’s put that engine into place. There we go. Now we need some exhaust pipes for the engine.
Let’s add the body to protect the engine and give the workers and safe place to work. We need somewhere for the truck driver to sit. Can you find the seats? There they are! Let’s add them to the top. But how is the driver going to get way up THERE? We’re going to need to add some stairs.
Here we go. Let’s add them to the front so the driver can get way up to those seats. The driver needs to be able to steer the truck, so we’ll need to add a steering wheel. And of course, we’ll need the truck driver too! It’s a long way down to the ground from those seats.
Let’s put in some railings to make sure no one falls off and hurts themselves. The driver will need to see behind him when he’s driving so let’s add some side mirrors. Now let’s add the cab to protect the driver and give him all of the other controls he needs to drive the truck.
Here’s the windshield and windows to complete the cab. We’ll need to add lots of big lights to the truck so it can work in the dark. And we should have another miner on the truck to help guide the driver. Here comes the most important part of all.
It’s the giant dump box! It also has a hydraulic arm so it can tilt the dump box dump its payload of rocks and dirt! And there we have our finished vehicle. It’s a dump truck! But this isn’t any ordinary dump truck, it’s an ultra class haul truck and it’s one of the biggest vehicles in the world! This truck is so big and strong that it can carry over 300 tons which is equal to over 50 adult elephants!
Wow! The tires are taller than two grown-ups and each one of them costs as much as two whole cars! You won’t see many of these in the city. They won’t even fit on the road. Watch out for that car! Oh no! Look out for the bus! I think we’d better take this back to the mining site. The haul truck is specially designed to carry lots of heavy dirt and rocks.
Let’s take these rocks to another part of the mining site. This looks like a good spot. Dump trucks are so cool – especially these huge Haul Trucks! I hope you had fun learning about them with us!
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