CAT Biggest Mining Trucks Production Caterpillar dump truck factory (Decatur, Illinois)
Decatur plant
All 10 models of Caterpillar® offhighway trucks are produced at the Decatur, Ill., facilityone of Caterpillar’s largest plants. The facility covers nearly 350 acres and includes 25 buildings.
The Caterpillar 797F mining truck is the world’s largest dump truck with a Gross Machine Operating Weight of 1.37 MILLION pounds. The behemoth of a machine measures 51 ft high, 50 ft long, and 32 feet wide and its largest area. It can also reach an impressive top speed of 42 miles per hour with a 1000 gallon fuel tank and can haul approximately 400 tons of material.