Everything You Need To Know About the Articulated Dump Truck

Also known as an articulated hauler, dump hauler, or articulated dump truck, a rock truck was made for moving large amounts of heavy material around or off of a job site. These machines are great for transporting materials over rough terrain and do not require a flat or smooth road to drive on. There are so many ways to use a rock truck. 

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Articulated dump trucks are ideal for uneven terrain and driving over an unfinished construction site. An articulated dump truck can drive on city roads to transport materials if needed.  Articulated dump trucks are available for rent on DOZR with payloads ranging from 25 – 45 tons.

Caterpillar was founded in when C. L. Best Tractor Company joined with Holt Manufacturing Company. The name Caterpillar was conceptualized by Benjamin Holt himself before .

Holt was responsible for the invention of the continual tracked system and he named his newly invented machine “caterpillar” for how it crawled along the ground. The name followed him when Holt Manufacturing merged with C.L. Best and the company of Caterpillar (also known as CAT) was born.

Caterpillar is one of the most recognized brands of heavy equipment and machinery. With over 110 manufacturing facilities worldwide and almost 24 different types of vehicles, CAT now offers two types of rock trucks: the articulated truck with a bare chassis and the three-axle articulated dump truck.

They offer seven different models of articulated dump trucks ranging from 26.5 ton to a 45.2 ton payload.

A global corporation of both lifts and heavy equipment, Terex Corporation is a group of companies including Terex, Genie, Powerscreen and Demag. Terex is the brand name under which the rock truck is manufactured. 

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Terex Trucks started in with the invention of the first off-road dump truck. Although not quite the same as an articulated dump truck, it was this invention that had the butterfly effect on the creation of Terex. In General Motors named an earth-moving division of manufacturing Terex. The name came from the Latin words “terra” meaning earth and “rex” meaning king. 

The very first Terex articulated dump truck was launched in from Motherwell, Scotland. The product line of Terex Trucks and Terex Corporation was purchased by Volvo group in . Today, Terex manufactures 7 different models of articulated dump trucks. 

Johan Theron Munktell of Eskilstuna, Sweden established what would become Volvo Construction Equipment in . The city of Eskilstuna asked him to help grow the local mechanical industry by building an engineering workshop. In Johan created Sweden’s first locomotive.

At the same time, two brothers named Jean Bolinder and Carl Gherard returned to Sweden from England after studying engineering technology to start their own business.

100 years later the engineering workshop created by Johan merged with the company created by the Swedish brothers to form AB Bolinder-Munktell. It was this company that was purchased by Volvo in . 

Today Volvo continues to push the boundaries of construction equipment manufacturing and owns a number of other manufacturing businesses and equipment corporations. Volvo also produces 7 different models of articulated dump trucks with a payload capacity ranging from 27.6 to 60.6 tons. 

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