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Haul truck wheelie

INVESTIGATIONS are underway into an incident the left a Liebherr electric drive truck sitting on its tail with its front wheels off the ground at a New South Wales mine.

Investigations into how the propulsion system on this haul truck failed are ongoing.

Investigations into how the propulsion system on this haul truck failed are ongoing.

Initial reports indicate the truck lost propulsion and started rolling backwards. The operator applied the brakes to stop the rolling. That caused the truck to sit up on its tail, trapping the operator...

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