Comparing the BIGGEST Trucks on Earth

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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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@kristopher87 Жыл бұрын

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

@AaronWitt Жыл 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

@555gin Жыл 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!!!

@danielmarshall4587 Жыл 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.

@heinekenczech Жыл бұрын

Agree

@guyneeser2029 Ай бұрын

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

@xyzzy4567 Ай бұрын

Amen brother

@jimbeam2705 Жыл бұрын

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

@AaronWitt Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Jim

@emilyemily4946 Жыл бұрын

@RuthvikSS 7 ай бұрын

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@Scotty893 Жыл 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!

@AaronWitt Жыл бұрын

that's why we do it

@emilyemily4946 Жыл бұрын

@Emily Emily ? " Jika Anda

@thewaywardgrape3838 Жыл бұрын

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

@vincnet010 Жыл бұрын

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

@AaronWitt Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Vince

@emilyemily4946 Жыл бұрын

Apa yaan

@UncleManuel Жыл бұрын

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

@janeblogs324 Жыл бұрын

Except the tripod shots

@swilleh_ Жыл бұрын

next step is to add metric numbers

@alexunsworth443 Жыл бұрын

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

@AaronWitt Жыл бұрын

It was a total treat we love it up there

@jarred267 Жыл 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

@emilyemily4946 Жыл бұрын

@Emily Emily ? E-mel Anda

@72lololol Жыл бұрын

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

@PhotoArtBrussels Жыл бұрын

How cool is that! 👍👍

@AHomelessDorito Жыл бұрын

What does the dispatcher do?

@72lololol Жыл 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.

@philipwallstedt5685 Жыл бұрын

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

@72lololol Жыл 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.

@ACScarface Жыл 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 💪

@robertream6571 8 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…

@tfinsa5979 Жыл 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!!!

@AaronWitt Жыл бұрын

That’s why we do it!!

@chanceneel1 5 ай бұрын

how reliable is machinery when it's this large?

@That_LowriderSt_Guy Жыл 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!

@PhotoArtBrussels Жыл бұрын

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

@dennisb3608 Жыл бұрын

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

@douggraham4197 Жыл бұрын

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

@klattman1 Жыл бұрын

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

@AaronWitt Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

@fredjacobs164 Жыл 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!

@AaronWitt Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Fred

@nolan7132 Жыл 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.

@BarbarisII 8 ай бұрын

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

@mzee5533 Жыл бұрын

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

@douglasr.swanson Жыл 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!

@erikshute7153 Жыл бұрын

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

@bigboymarket Жыл бұрын

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

@w.p.59 Жыл 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 👍

@TrojanVoodoo Жыл бұрын

My dad too!! big project from Suncor and PetroCanada

@That_LowriderSt_Guy Жыл бұрын

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

@Duvstep910 Жыл бұрын

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

@vistakay 8 ай бұрын

These are still just shovels and wheelbarrows at heart 😆

@mattanderson9609 Жыл 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

@AaronWitt Жыл бұрын

This is why we do it

@emilyemily4946 Жыл бұрын

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@Alpine642 10 ай бұрын

Well it’s still boring

@paulpeters5199 Жыл бұрын

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

@AaronWitt Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Paul!!

@ryanburbridge 11 ай 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

@BrandonCockridge18 8 ай бұрын

This video rocked my socks! 🙌🏻

@KurtM558 Жыл бұрын

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

@golfy808 10 ай бұрын

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

@AaronWitt 10 ай бұрын

Glad you found us thanks for watching

@blairdandurand2216 Жыл 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.

@lightninguru26 Жыл бұрын

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

@Crayon255 Жыл бұрын

That’s awesome they let you film this

@AngryTallGiraffe Жыл бұрын

it's insane how small that D-11 looks

@jacquiparlee5968 Жыл бұрын

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

@AaronWitt Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

@jacquiparlee5968 Жыл 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.

@michaela3562 Жыл бұрын

Great insight Aaron, keep up the good work.

@AaronWitt Жыл бұрын

Thanks Michael

@dennisb3608 Жыл бұрын

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

@davidmcnerney3048 Жыл бұрын

So cool ya guys made into the pits of Alberta.

@r1299 Жыл бұрын

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

@guyneeser2029 Ай бұрын

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

@neilreid9005 2 ай бұрын

Really interesting vid! Very well done in every way.

@AaronWitt 2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@mrkidd122 Жыл бұрын

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

@KSouthwood1 Жыл бұрын

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

@smitty1326 Жыл 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

@dougwood6186 7 ай бұрын

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

@jracer815 Жыл бұрын

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

@tfinsa5979 Жыл бұрын

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

@Alpine642 10 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

@matthewdaniels7462 2 ай бұрын

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

@cancerstickdave1478 Жыл бұрын

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

@lagunabay51 Ай бұрын

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

@ernierundall1336 Жыл бұрын

Great video I watch all day

@benjaminbarlas7068 Жыл бұрын

Great video team!

@Roesy_850 Жыл бұрын

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

@CyriacS Жыл 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?

@ElkoCowboy888 Жыл 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.

@ronlawson5819 Жыл бұрын

Awesome video once again…..you are killing it

@AaronWitt Жыл бұрын

Thanks Ron!

@chrisbeam9342 Жыл бұрын

Awesome video Thanks

@maksz6204 Жыл бұрын

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

@paulstuartwilson485 Жыл 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.

@Ghostontherun Жыл бұрын

Great work new subscriber, you made my job look great

@AaronWitt Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching and doing what you do!!

@JohnFScarpulla Жыл бұрын

Great Video!!!

@gabrielj.gonzalezcaceres4693 Жыл бұрын

Good stuff !!!

@DanielIsaacs Жыл бұрын

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

@calvinkirkpatrick1932 9 ай бұрын

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

@AJDeere Жыл 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.

@crossrailroads1658 Жыл бұрын

New Aaron Witt video woooooo

@ronbradshaw7404 11 ай бұрын

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

@jascollinscork Жыл бұрын

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

@phoenixsui 8 ай бұрын

This was awesome.

@baptistlion4060 Жыл бұрын

great stuff Built Witt

@hebbs68 Жыл бұрын

Great video 👍

@briankirwan9588 Жыл бұрын

Amazing video!

@games1004 11 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.

@MrDomo66 Жыл бұрын

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

@Dankyjrthethird Жыл бұрын

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

@floydwilliams3321 10 ай бұрын

Very cool video man

@kukastylegtm2792 Жыл бұрын

amazing 🤩

@ScottArmas107 Жыл бұрын

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

@andykemp8292 Жыл бұрын

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

@rohitnarayan3966 10 ай бұрын

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

@diopmansour9118 9 ай бұрын

Good job 👍👌

@AbdiPianoChannel Ай бұрын

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

@davichohoy 11 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.

@nylonsheep6520 Жыл бұрын

The Spice must flow

@adamw.6488 Жыл 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!

@realyfe32 Жыл бұрын

I want to see one of these trucks with a large diesel locomotive

@larrypolk2378 Жыл бұрын

Great video

@braincage7331 Жыл бұрын

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

@derrickpettit86 Жыл бұрын

That place is awesome

@lucafeigel5521 Жыл бұрын

Really nice music choice🔥🔥

@rp1645 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so,so much for field trip to (Oil Sands mining ⛏️) you "ROCK" my best U-Tube videos friend. Your explanation of the whole process of separation of messy "OIL" is the best. That shovel operator has to get an A+ in my Humble opinion for seeing that Rock with Dinosaurs preserve, that operator needs reqignishion big time for History preservation. The things people don't understand about OIL SANDS mining ⛏️ is the company is cleaning the earth, plus providing natural resources to POWER are world. That ground is contaminated, the mining and cleaning up sands, returning what's left, makes the mine cleaner than before mining started. You are the greatest for videos and speaking about the big equipment that it takes, the big super size machines must get their lower works just grinded on 24/7 with that oil/sand mix, high maintenance required.

@dallonperry3639 Жыл 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!

@SPLASHMEWITHMUSIC Жыл бұрын

Nice 😎

@ipankduffel7263 5 ай бұрын

wow CAT OHT 797B

@matthewdaigle7302 Жыл бұрын

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

@abpsd73 Жыл бұрын

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

@FreedomAtRisk 2 ай бұрын

Suncor is the best!

@semmble2k7 Жыл бұрын

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

@SuperLudo12 Жыл бұрын

Nice seeing Komatsu machines and Hitachi. Love caterpillar but seeing other brands is pretty cool

@lesflynn4455 Жыл бұрын

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

@UnknowableAbsolute Жыл бұрын

This Bucyrus is huge, but imagine that On minexpo 2000 Bucyrus international announced new electric rope shovel. Model 795B with bucket capacity 135 tons per pass,. It will be able to cut bank heights up to 22.8 m and will offer a cutting radius of 26.6 m. Operational weight of the machine 2041 metric tons.(More than WK-75 or P&H 4800 currently two largest rope shovels in production) but sadly after CAT buy Bucyrus they canceled this model and now not have plans to shovels larger than 7495, this is very sad, WK 75 and 4800XPC is two kings for now

@ronblack7870 5 ай бұрын

bucyrus is owned by finning cat the biggest cat dealer in the world based in vancouver canada. finning is all over the oil sands , the uk , and south america

@UnknowableAbsolute 5 ай бұрын

And? Cat anyway canceled this model what bucyrus introduce On minexpo 2000 @@ronblack7870