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Comparing the BIGGEST Trucks on Earth

Aaron Witt
2024 ж. 30 Сәу.
243 532 Рет қаралды
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In this episode, we got to explore the Suncor Base Mine and compare some of the largest trucks on Earth.
Witness the process of oil sand mining from start to finish as we journey through the shovel pit, analyze the extraction process, and observe how these massive trucks carry their loads to the crusher for processing. We got to see how these mechanical beasts work in harmony to support our oil-dependent world.
Special thanks to Suncor for showing us around. Hope you enjoy and learn something new along the way! #mining #construction #heavyequipment
Equipment: CAT 797B Mining Truck | 980E Komatsu Mining Haul Truck | 930 Komatsu Mining Haul Truck | Bucyrus 495 Shovel | EX8000 Hydraulic Shovel | P&H 4100 Mining Shovel
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Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
01:34 - Explaining Oil Sand and Its Mining Process
03:09 - Mining Process and Truck Loading
04:27 - Examination of the Electric Shovels and Their Functioning
04:47 - Discovery of an Armored Dinosaur
05:59 - Close-up Look at the Bucyrus 495 Shovel
09:15 - Break Time at the Pit
10:30 - Diversity Facility and Its Features
11:06 - Exploring the Komatsu 930
12:50 - Exploring the Komatsu 980E
13:18 - Tire Talk
14:14 - Exploring the Caterpillar 797B
16:19 - Oil Sand Processing and Crushing
18:16 - Importance of Road Maintenance in Winter
19:36 - Overview of the Crusher and Autonomous Trucks
21:17 - Conclusion and Goodbye from Suncor Base Mine

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  • People don’t realize how big of deal this is and it’s a testament to what the buildwitt guys are doing. Suncor doesn’t let anyone in to film and document their operations. Instead of vilifying them like many publications do he actually shows a positive picture

    @kristopher87@kristopher8711 ай бұрын

    • They were incredibly welcoming. It took a lot of work to get to the point where we could work with a company like Suncor

      @AaronWitt@AaronWitt11 ай бұрын

    • Proud to say I work there! I'm so grateful for this video because I finally have something to show my family. We aren't allowed to film or take any pictures so this is very special. Thank you for this!!!

      @555gin@555gin11 ай бұрын

  • As a retired heavy equipment operator, this was a great video.

    @jimbeam2705@jimbeam270511 ай бұрын

    • Thanks for watching Jim

      @AaronWitt@AaronWitt11 ай бұрын

    • Ok

      @emilyemily4946@emilyemily494611 ай бұрын

    • kzhead.info/sun/i9N6nKWRgayFgac/bejne.htmlsi=AguyKWmodLV4EVb5

      @RuthvikSS@RuthvikSS6 ай бұрын

  • "Oil product that run our world" ......right on the money. Great video thank you, and also thank you to the company giving you the change to film.

    @danielmarshall4587@danielmarshall458711 ай бұрын

    • Agree

      @heinekenczech@heinekenczech11 ай бұрын

  • Worked at base plant for almost 6 years, always told my family it was a big operation but couldn’t put it into perspective. Thanks for doing this so I can show my family what it was like working around these monsters and the plants!

    @Scotty893@Scotty89311 ай бұрын

    • that's why we do it

      @AaronWitt@AaronWitt11 ай бұрын

    • @Emily Emily ? " Jika Anda

      @emilyemily4946@emilyemily494611 ай бұрын

  • At last,great video guys! Thanks for visiting and showing the world what we do.

    @alexunsworth443@alexunsworth44311 ай бұрын

    • It was a total treat we love it up there

      @AaronWitt@AaronWitt11 ай бұрын

    • @@AaronWitt Have you talked with CAT about doing a tour of the 797 plant in Decatur IL ? Only place in the world they're produced. They also make the 777 trucks, and the 800 series compactors along with the bigger frame grades and a few other things. Facility in Decatur is something like 125 acres, and theres also a huge Dozer plant 2 hr away in Peoria IL, along with a Komatsu plant in Peoria as well

      @jarred267@jarred26711 ай бұрын

    • @Emily Emily ? E-mel Anda

      @emilyemily4946@emilyemily494611 ай бұрын

  • Best oil sand video on youtube! No opinion just pure tech and machinery. Keep it going Aaron 😊

    @vincnet010@vincnet01011 ай бұрын

    • Thanks for watching Vince

      @AaronWitt@AaronWitt11 ай бұрын

    • Apa yaan

      @emilyemily4946@emilyemily494611 ай бұрын

  • I have to say: the editing is getting better and better! Well done boys! 👍😎🤟

    @UncleManuel@UncleManuel11 ай бұрын

    • Except the tripod shots

      @janeblogs324@janeblogs32411 ай бұрын

    • next step is to add metric numbers

      @swilleh_@swilleh_11 ай бұрын

  • This kid is great! Don’t hate him! He is apart of keeping our industry strong.

    @dennisb3608@dennisb360811 ай бұрын

  • What people don't know is that millions of years ago that Bitumen layer was the ocean floor. The Bitumen is what's left over from the organic matter left behind. The water sand he's talking about is actually million year old sea water trapped under ground. Before they can open up new ground and remove the over burden they drill deep wells and pump the sea water out for months sometimes year before mining!

    @stormfront_jku@stormfront_jku11 ай бұрын

  • Finally been waiting for this one! I was in dispatch the day of this filming!

    @72lololol@72lololol11 ай бұрын

    • How cool is that! 👍👍

      @PhotoArtBrussels@PhotoArtBrussels11 ай бұрын

    • What does the dispatcher do?

      @AHomelessDorito@AHomelessDorito11 ай бұрын

    • @@AHomelessDorito Dispatchers use a program to essentially tell the trucks where they need to go. The dispatchers goal is to optimize the amount of trucks they need per each shovel to never have a shovel waiting without a truck being there. They also need to make sure the hoppers/plant is getting the correct blend of material so they can optimize how they extract the oil from the sand. So when Aaron went into the truck and shows off that panel that said the operator had 19 minutes left of their lunch break that was the Modular dispatch panel (Modular is just the brand of panel and the makers of the dispatch program there are also others such as WENCO). On that panel the operator will get a message telling them to go to X shovel or X hopper/dump.

      @72lololol@72lololol11 ай бұрын

    • @@72lololol What kind of autonomy is used on the self-driving truck and how does it work with your dispatch system?

      @philipwallstedt5685@philipwallstedt568511 ай бұрын

    • @@philipwallstedt5685 I worked in the manned operations so i am not an expert on the topic, but Suncor uses Kamatsu's AHS system the way it works is essentially there are 2 different programs running Modular Dispatch and Frontrunner. Frontrunner being the system used to actually control the AHS trucks. But the trucks are pretty well fully autonomous the way it works is by supervisors in the pits drawing lines for the haul trucks then the haul trucks using their super precise GPS systems will stay exactly on those lines. They also have a whole array of cameras and lidar on the front and back of the truck where they will sense nearby objects and stop if needed. But they fully back up to the shovel and dumps and will dump off on their own. @Aaron Witt just released a video on them as well that talks about them a little further.

      @72lololol@72lololol11 ай бұрын

  • Massive respect to all the Operators around the world - keeping the world running. 😎

    @thewaywardgrape3838@thewaywardgrape383811 ай бұрын

  • Thank you Aaron for showing my great province of Alberta's life line. We are the back bone to our country and to a large part of the worlds economy. Oil and Gas; Petroleum industry is the coolest industry you could ever work in 💪

    @ACScarface@ACScarface11 ай бұрын

  • I was in the mining industry running equipment off and on for almost 30 years and I drove Hall trucks anywhere’s from a 35 ton up to a 290 ton Haul Truck some had sidewall’s or skirts that the mining company adds to the truck after they purchased it so in all actuality a triple 7 is an 85 ton truck made by cat which is an awesome truck that I drove for many years in the beginning of my career, in the end I was driving 290 ton trucks and the reason why it ended is cause I am now almost fully blind. I got glaucoma, but it is what it is. I Loved That part of my life as an equipment operator it was the best part of my life other than my wife and kids of course. I’ve only mind copper and gold All my Mine experience has been in Nevada. But this is the first time watching this channel I’m going to subscribe and thumb’s it up and continue watching. So keep up the good work boys. …late…

    @robertream6571@robertream65717 ай бұрын

  • Oh my God I'm so excited to share this with my family!!! FINALLY an in-depth, high quality video that shows EXACTLY what my job is!! I've been driving truck in Millenium for over 8 years now, and this is the BEST video I've seen about the trucks and shovels. Thank you!!!

    @tfinsa5979@tfinsa597911 ай бұрын

    • That’s why we do it!!

      @AaronWitt@AaronWitt11 ай бұрын

    • how reliable is machinery when it's this large?

      @chanceneel1@chanceneel13 ай бұрын

  • Great video!! Thank you to Suncor Base Mine and all the people there. Thanks for sharing!

    @PhotoArtBrussels@PhotoArtBrussels11 ай бұрын

  • I worked at the Suncor Firebag project back in early 2000's when it was just a huge site full of matting was an awesome experience 👍

    @w.p.59@w.p.5911 ай бұрын

    • My dad too!! big project from Suncor and PetroCanada

      @TrojanVoodoo@TrojanVoodoo11 ай бұрын

    • Firebag is a cool site being that it's a SAGD site. Lots of drilling rids there!

      @stormfront_jku@stormfront_jku11 ай бұрын

  • crazy to see how far humanity has come from simple shovels and wheelbarrows

    @Duvstep910@Duvstep91011 ай бұрын

    • These are still just shovels and wheelbarrows at heart 😆

      @vistakay@vistakay7 ай бұрын

  • Discovery Channel didnt have nearly the footage compared to this video. Great work!

    @klattman1@klattman111 ай бұрын

    • Thank you!!

      @AaronWitt@AaronWitt11 ай бұрын

  • Thank you Aron Witt for showing the world how this is done , god gave us the earth and here it is!!!!!.

    @guyneeser2029@guyneeser202910 күн бұрын

  • I work in a shop building the beds of these trucks (I saw some of our logos on a couple of the trucks), and it is really different to see them on the trucks instead of on our shop floor or up on stands. Really made me realize how big they are. Also the bucket on that EX8000 looks like it came out of our shop as well.

    @nolan7132@nolan713211 ай бұрын

    • That's cool, you should do a video of your place lol. I'd watch it

      @BarbarisII@BarbarisII6 ай бұрын

  • You guys are rocking. Thanks for sharing with the world what our province produces. Alberta strong 💪.

    @mzee5533@mzee553311 ай бұрын

  • Thanks Aaron so much for this video! I’ve worked on most of those trucks at Suncor. So glad Suncor worked with you to put this video together!

    @fredjacobs164@fredjacobs16411 ай бұрын

    • Thanks for watching Fred

      @AaronWitt@AaronWitt11 ай бұрын

  • So cool watching these videos, you’ve helped make my decision to leave my boring and underpaid job to get into heavy machine technician

    @mattanderson9609@mattanderson960911 ай бұрын

    • This is why we do it

      @AaronWitt@AaronWitt11 ай бұрын

    • @Emily Emily yang l...

      @emilyemily4946@emilyemily494611 ай бұрын

    • Well it’s still boring

      @Alpine642@Alpine6428 ай бұрын

  • Not easy to get site access and permission to video on site.. nice work and appreciate the positive promotion of oilsands

    @douggraham4197@douggraham419711 ай бұрын

  • I visited the Syncrude mine back in 1984. At that time they were mining the bitumen with massive draglines and windrowing the bitumen in to large windrows. The windrows were picked up by a large wheel excavator, much like the ones you see in German coal mines, and placed on to a conveyor belt and taken to crusher and the processing plant. That method fell out of favour due to the corrosive nature of the sand on the conveyor belt. Syncrude changed to the shovel/trucking method seen here sometime in the early 90's. Great video!

    @douglasr.swanson@douglasr.swanson11 ай бұрын

  • Great video Aaron! Thank you for highlighting the oil sands with a positive lens.

    @erikshute7153@erikshute715311 ай бұрын

  • Wow! Great work Aaron and Team! Thank you for following your passion, Aaron and for sharing your adventures and knowledge to the world!

    @lightninguru26@lightninguru2611 ай бұрын

  • Absolutely. Fascinating and the world needs this to continue operating. It runs everything in Modern world. YES

    @guyneeser2029@guyneeser202910 күн бұрын

  • Damn..1st time seeing all these 980E with these new body dump beds.....Very Impressive.....

    @bigboymarket@bigboymarket11 ай бұрын

  • Through all this dirt, they were able to find a dinosaur! Amazing..

    @lagunabay51@lagunabay512 күн бұрын

  • I have a video from the port of Long Beach of when we loaded out the small arm of a EX8000 loader. 110t crane could pick and set maybe 25 feet out. That machine swings it around at about 38 foot with a bucket and load all day. Wow

    @ryanburbridge@ryanburbridge10 ай бұрын

  • This was awesome to see, thanks for doing this video. I worked for North American at fort hills for a while and I thought my 793 was a big truck lol until I saw the 980’s running around haha.

    @blairdandurand2216@blairdandurand221611 ай бұрын

  • Your videos keep getting better and better you have my dream job

    @paulpeters5199@paulpeters519911 ай бұрын

    • Thanks for watching Paul!!

      @AaronWitt@AaronWitt11 ай бұрын

  • Aaron, the ONE question you didn't ask is: what's happening with the cleaning water?.............

    @ronbradshaw7404@ronbradshaw740410 ай бұрын

  • Amazing video. Very interesting. Thanks Suncor for allowing Aaron to do a video of your site.

    @KurtM558@KurtM55811 ай бұрын

  • Amazing to see the type of content you guys do, real world machines with real world impacts. You guys do amazing work and the fact that you managed to document Suncor is a testament to who you guys are at buildwitt

    @smitty1326@smitty132611 ай бұрын

  • Very cool perspective, definitely a unique video and a great look at their equipment!

    @KSouthwood1@KSouthwood111 ай бұрын

  • Coming from an old-timer, P&H = Pain & Heartache. Great video!

    @r1299@r129911 ай бұрын

  • I worked in oil sand for many years. Great place to live and work

    @calvinkirkpatrick1932@calvinkirkpatrick19327 ай бұрын

  • Top job of explaining the full process thanks your content is excellent , really enjoyed it

    @dougwood6186@dougwood61866 ай бұрын

  • That’s awesome they let you film this

    @Crayon255@Crayon25511 ай бұрын

  • Great insight Aaron, keep up the good work.

    @michaela3562@michaela356211 ай бұрын

    • Thanks Michael

      @AaronWitt@AaronWitt11 ай бұрын

  • This video rocked my socks! 🙌🏻

    @BrandonCockridge18@BrandonCockridge187 ай бұрын

  • Really liked watching this video thanks for putting it out there hope to see u back soon

    @Roesy_850@Roesy_85011 ай бұрын

  • Can’t believe you captured these great shots. Amazing. Well done!

    @jacquiparlee5968@jacquiparlee596811 ай бұрын

    • Thank you!!

      @AaronWitt@AaronWitt11 ай бұрын

    • @@AaronWitt I’m sending to a group that could only see the process from the Hoppers today. Really incredible footage and process knowledge. Aaron and Chase - fantastic work.

      @jacquiparlee5968@jacquiparlee596811 ай бұрын

  • Awesome video!!! It was great meeting you when you came up north. Hope you come up again.

    @rohitnarayan3966@rohitnarayan39668 ай бұрын

  • Cracking video!! Best in a long time out my top quality one 😍😍

    @jascollinscork@jascollinscork11 ай бұрын

  • Great video team!

    @benjaminbarlas7068@benjaminbarlas706811 ай бұрын

  • I live about 150km southwest of Fort Mac and have two spots where oil bubbles up in my street! I see it lots, even in beaver damns when hunting! Oil naturally occurs everywhere around here!

    @dallonperry3639@dallonperry363911 ай бұрын

  • Good stuff !!!

    @gabrielj.gonzalezcaceres4693@gabrielj.gonzalezcaceres469311 ай бұрын

  • Very good job on presenting the stats on the trucks and illustrating just how large everything is related to the process of mining the oil sand. Very impressive and well done. Congratulations and best of luck with your channel in the future. Greetings from rural Arkansas (that single tire shown in the video cost thousands of dollars more than my 4br/2ba house on 2 acres, by the way). I'm looking forward to seeing your other videos in the future.

    @paulstuartwilson485@paulstuartwilson48511 ай бұрын

  • Thanks Aaron ,you my frend more video big mining equipment 😊😊😊

    @maksz6204@maksz620411 ай бұрын

  • amazing 🤩

    @kukastylegtm2792@kukastylegtm279211 ай бұрын

  • Great Video!!!

    @JohnFScarpulla@JohnFScarpulla11 ай бұрын

  • Awesome video Thanks

    @chrisbeam9342@chrisbeam934211 ай бұрын

  • Awesome video once again…..you are killing it

    @ronlawson5819@ronlawson581911 ай бұрын

    • Thanks Ron!

      @AaronWitt@AaronWitt11 ай бұрын

  • great stuff Built Witt

    @baptistlion4060@baptistlion406011 ай бұрын

  • Awesome ! It’s a dream of mine to see something like that up close . Great video !

    @jracer815@jracer81511 ай бұрын

    • You never get used to how big these machines are. Over 8 years in, and they still amaze me 😊

      @tfinsa5979@tfinsa597911 ай бұрын

    • Yeah I worked in a coal mine in the Rockies so like a more extreme version of this with more big Ramps and easy places to slide out in the trucks . The shovels were massive and the d11s seemed small . The wheel loaders are huge to . Laterneu 2350 is what we had for wheel loaders . Just massive

      @Alpine642@Alpine6428 ай бұрын

  • This was awesome.

    @phoenixsui@phoenixsui6 ай бұрын

  • berta machines are world class and i love being apart of it

    @cancerstickdave1478@cancerstickdave147811 ай бұрын

  • Great video I watch all day

    @ernierundall1336@ernierundall133611 ай бұрын

  • New Aaron Witt video woooooo

    @crossrailroads1658@crossrailroads165811 ай бұрын

  • Dope vids .... The intro music this time was extra funky .. keep going bro

    @matthewdaniels7462@matthewdaniels7462Ай бұрын

  • Hey Aaron was wondering if we could see more videos on forestry love what your doing and keep making content 🤙🏻

    @andykemp8292@andykemp829210 ай бұрын

  • Great video sir, I’ve hauled wide tires to the mines in northern Nevada. Unbelievable the size of the machinery.

    @ScottArmas107@ScottArmas10710 ай бұрын

  • Awesome! My 3yo loved it! (so did I 😁)

    @DanielIsaacs@DanielIsaacs11 ай бұрын

  • it's insane how small that D-11 looks

    @AngryTallGiraffe@AngryTallGiraffe11 ай бұрын

  • Great video 👍

    @hebbs68@hebbs6811 ай бұрын

  • I worked where they make the rear axles for the big komatsu trucks cool to see them working

    @matthewdaigle7302@matthewdaigle730211 ай бұрын

  • I used to be a pilot truck driver. Made many trips up there with Mullen Trucking with 797 beds.

    @abpsd73@abpsd7311 ай бұрын

  • Didn't think you would get the opportunity into these oil sands, especially since from what I've heard they aren't a fan of cameras. Then again it was a matter of time to get up to these northern ones after that one video on the smaller ones.

    @AJDeere@AJDeere11 ай бұрын

  • Amazing video!

    @briankirwan9588@briankirwan958811 ай бұрын

  • cool video! i'm at CNRL horizon right now rebuilding some crushers and such as a rig welder. Cool to see someone promote what we do up here!

    @adamw.6488@adamw.648811 ай бұрын

  • Good job 👍👌

    @diopmansour9118@diopmansour91188 ай бұрын

  • Nice 😎

    @SPLASHMEWITHMUSIC@SPLASHMEWITHMUSIC11 ай бұрын

  • Really interesting vid! Very well done in every way.

    @neilreid9005@neilreid900525 күн бұрын

    • Thank you!

      @AaronWitt@AaronWitt25 күн бұрын

  • Very cool video man

    @floydwilliams3321@floydwilliams33219 ай бұрын

  • Really nice music choice🔥🔥

    @lucafeigel5521@lucafeigel552111 ай бұрын

  • Great video throughout! I got chills down my spine when I saw the trucks backing up without a driver! How long until the trucks are fully automated and don't need a coffee break?

    @CyriacS@CyriacS11 ай бұрын

    • They've had Autonomous Haul Trucks for over 10 years. They put Cabs on the Trucks so you can go with or without a driver. Australia uses alot Autonomous trucks its only been the last few years that it's allowed in US. John Deere had Greenstar 20 years ago where tractors could plow Autonomous but Farmers didn't want it because they liked to do the plowing themselves.

      @ElkoCowboy888@ElkoCowboy88811 ай бұрын

  • 17:30, I like the addition of the “This is what oil is used for” list. One could add motherboards, device cases, screen protectors, watch bands, led light fixtures. Yes, my laptop still has a CD player. Do I use it? … If I could figure out what I would put in it. 😂 Jk, I remember 3.5” floppy drives.

    @games1004@games100410 ай бұрын

  • It would be really cool to see you visit a mine with a working electric trolley system.

    @braincage7331@braincage733111 ай бұрын

  • I drive Komatsu 930 haul trucks at Suncor. I like it.

    @AbdiPianoChannel@AbdiPianoChannel4 күн бұрын

  • Thanks for the video Aaron. From a 797f driver in Mont Wright, Fermont Quebec ;)

    @MrDomo66@MrDomo6611 ай бұрын

    • un ami de arcelor mittal! Tu aimes les camions 797?

      @Dankyjrthethird@Dankyjrthethird11 ай бұрын

  • You’ve been in Newburgh ny and all over. I’m impressed. Good job brother

    @dennisb3608@dennisb360811 ай бұрын

  • The Spice must flow

    @nylonsheep6520@nylonsheep652011 ай бұрын

  • Incredible video of the whole process, I hope to see you soon here in Chile to show you the process of obtaining copper.

    @davichohoy@davichohoy10 ай бұрын

  • Great work new subscriber, you made my job look great

    @Ghostontherun@Ghostontherun11 ай бұрын

    • Thank you for watching and doing what you do!!

      @AaronWitt@AaronWitt11 ай бұрын

  • That place is awesome

    @derrickpettit86@derrickpettit8611 ай бұрын

  • Only just found this channel.. the Olive Downs Mine video.. I live in Mackay.. this is a great channel 👌👌

    @golfy808@golfy8089 ай бұрын

    • Glad you found us thanks for watching

      @AaronWitt@AaronWitt9 ай бұрын

  • That one dude has to be from Newfoundland…has to be

    @mrkidd122@mrkidd12211 ай бұрын

  • Great video

    @larrypolk2378@larrypolk237811 ай бұрын

  • Good video thanks 400 tons traveling at 45 mph well they probably never get that fast full but they never shut them down unless it’s for oil change tires or engine has twenty thousand hours.

    @davidhouser586@davidhouser58611 ай бұрын

  • Have you considered trying to see if a hard rock mine will let you on site?

    @semmble2k7@semmble2k711 ай бұрын

  • I've gotta admit that seeing toothpaste as an end product was kind of surprising.

    @lesflynn4455@lesflynn445511 ай бұрын

  • So cool ya guys made into the pits of Alberta.

    @davidmcnerney3048@davidmcnerney304810 ай бұрын

  • Suncor is the best!

    @FreedomAtRisk@FreedomAtRisk19 күн бұрын

  • 800,000 lbs per load. Incredible.

    @marksellinger3736@marksellinger373611 ай бұрын

  • wow CAT OHT 797B

    @ipankduffel7263@ipankduffel72634 ай бұрын

  • Wow

    @BrandonCockridge18@BrandonCockridge187 ай бұрын

  • Excellent video mate. Thanks for sharing. Did they feed you well, or leave you to munch on oil coated rocks?

    @lesflynn4455@lesflynn445511 ай бұрын
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