On 18 August 1896 Gottlieb Daimler ...

... proudly presented the first truck worldwide.

After his studies of Mechanical Engineering the son of a master baker got to know the designer Wilhelm Maybach in his first job in a mechanical engineering company. This lifelong friendship and cooperation not only resulted in the first benzene-driven combustion engine, the first motorbike (1885), the first engine-driven carriage (1886) or engines for boats, locomotives and airships (1887/1888) but also in the company Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft founded in 1890.

Finally on 18 August 1896 his group presented the first motorised truck of the world, the "Phönix".



A two-cylinder engine with a cylinder capacity of 1.06 litres achieved a power of 4 PS and a maximum speed of 16 km/h. In the open and on iron wheels the driver could go for about 200 kilometers. On 1 October 1896 Daimler-Motorengesellschaft delivered the first truck to London.

Further information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottlieb_Daimler

Who was trained ...

... to become a gunsmith before constructing the first truck?

High lift rescue vehicle

High lift rescue vehicles save human life even at great height.

The fire brigades have high lift rescue vehicles to save people in dangerous situations at great height. They thus secure the second escape route for trapped persons as required in building laws.

High lift rescue vehicles are special fire engines used to rescue persons, animals and goods at great height. For this purpose a turntable ladder is used. A "turntable ladder" is the movable part of a high lift rescue vehicle which is located above the truck chassis.

Have a look here:
German Youtube Video

And here live at the bauma

From the side ...


... and from the rear ...


... great interest.

T 282 B

... is the name of the King Kong of trucks.



The Southern German excavator specialist Liebherr built the world's largest truck - and presented it at the "bauma", the international trade fair for construction machinery in Munich. The visitors gazed at the monster which weighed 222 tons (even without load) as if it was the eight wonder of the world. There is enough space in the enormous dumper to easily build a detached house.
[Source: www.spiegel.de]

Liebherr T 282 B: mine monster
Would you like to drive 320 VW Golf or would you like to have a small copper mine in your garden? In that case Liebherr has the right toy for you.
[Source: www.stern.de]

Further information in English:

»»» http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebherr_T_282B

To tow an airbus

...absolute high tech is required.

Take a look at these great photos.


Image source: www.heavy-haulage-history.de

If you are interested in aircraft tractors and other "little tows large" vehicles, you’ll like this.

Website of a heavy haulage truck fan with details of history, technology and latest developments:

»»» http://www.heavy-haulage-history.de


"In the little free time my job leaves me I collect material about the development of heavy haulage trucks, in particular trailers because the development of trucks and tractors is relatively well documented in literature."
[Dipl. Ing. Michael Bammel, Goldhofer Airport Technology and author of heavy haulage history]


Image source: www.heavy-haulage-history.de

Fire truck 'Panther' in action

and ... action ...

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What else can you do with an excavator?

A short story as an animation video:

"Who's that digging in the mud and muck?
It's Bob Basic with his digger truck.
He's teasing the worms, all full of myrth.
They're wiggling away for all they're worth."

Accidents part 1: Why make it simple if there's a complicated way to do it...

The easy way to unload an excavator from a truck

Where can you learn how to unload it in a safer way?

What is a backhoe loader?

For people who are not afraid of widening their knowledge or reading English texts:

»»» http://science.howstuffworks.com/

Backhoe loaders have a very unique appearance -- they have components sticking out every which way. It's obvious what a dump truck does just by looking at it; but what are the different appendages of a backhoe used for?

»»» http://science.howstuffworks.com/backhoe-loader1.htm


Source: Wikipedia

How to drive an excavator onto the truck...

Unfortunately, it is not that simple to get the small excavator onto the truck:

Driving an excavator needs to be learned!

A real expert:

the excavator almost falls off the loading truck:

take a look!


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