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Haul truck

Meaning in oil, gas & mining, with examples

/ˈhɔːl trʌk/nounCore term

In oil, gas & mining, haul truck means: A very large dump truck used in open-pit mines to carry ore and waste rock from the loading area to the crusher, a stockpile or the waste dump.

In Turkish: kaya kamyonu, maden kamyonu, nakliye kamyonu

How it is used

Sized by payload in tonnes, from about 90 to over 300 tonnes. Mine staff talk about the truck fleet, haul roads, cycle time, payload and dispatch systems. Many large mines now run autonomous haul trucks.

Example sentences

  1. Each haul truck makes about 25 trips a shift between the pit and the crusher.

  2. A haul truck driver cannot see a small vehicle close to the front wheels, so keep your distance.

Common collocations

  • haul truck fleet
  • haul road
  • autonomous haul truck
  • truck payload
  • haul truck driver
  • excavatorA large digging machine with a boom, arm and bucket on a rotating cab, used in mines to dig rock and load it into trucks.
  • open-pit mineA mine where ore is dug from the surface in a large, stepped hole that gets wider and deeper over time, instead of through underground tunnels.
  • crusherA machine that breaks large rocks into smaller pieces. Crushing is the first step in ore processing, before grinding.
  • overburdenThe soil and waste rock lying on top of an ore body or coal seam, which must be removed before the valuable material can be mined.

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