The 10 Largest Haul Trucks in the World
The ultra-class haul truck is the most expensive pickup on Earth: eight tires taller than your house, a payload heavier than a loaded 747, and an hourly operating cost that would fund a small business. Here's the 2026 heavyweight division, ranked by rated payload.
| # | Truck | Payload |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BelAZ 75710 | ~496 t |
| 2 | Caterpillar 798 AC | ~372 t |
| 3 | Caterpillar 797F | ~400 t (mechanical) |
| 4 | Komatsu 980E-5 | ~400 t |
| 5 | Liebherr T 284 | ~400 t |
| 6 | Hitachi EH5000AC-3 | ~296 t |
| 7 | Komatsu 930E | ~290–320 t |
| 8 | Caterpillar 794 AC | ~291 t |
| 9 | XCMG XDE440 | ~400 t |
| 10 | Scale note: the autonomous fleet | Hundreds strong |
The rundown
BelAZ 75710
~496 tThe Belarusian king: two diesel engines feeding electric drive across eight tires. Nothing else on wheels carries more — a rolling argument that physics has a sense of humor.
WIKI →▶︎ YOUTUBECaterpillar 798 AC
~372 tCat's flagship electric-drive ultra, built for the biggest copper and oil-sands fleets and increasingly offered with autonomy from the factory.
WIKI →▶︎ YOUTUBECaterpillar 797F
~400 t (mechanical)The mechanical-drive legend and long-time face of the ultra class — the truck on every mining documentary's B-roll.
WIKI →▶︎ YOUTUBEKomatsu 980E-5
~400 tKomatsu's ultra-class answer, a fixture in the Powder River Basin and the oil sands, and a workhorse of autonomous fleets.
WIKI →▶︎ YOUTUBELiebherr T 284
~400 tThe lightest empty weight in the 400-ton class, meaning more of every trip is payload — the accountant's ultra.
WIKI →▶︎ YOUTUBEHitachi EH5000AC-3
~296 tTrolley-assist ready: on wired ramps it runs on grid power like an earthbound freight train.
WIKI →▶︎ YOUTUBEKomatsu 930E
~290–320 tArguably the best-selling ultra-class truck ever — thousands built, decades of fleet dominance.
WIKI →▶︎ YOUTUBECaterpillar 794 AC
~291 tCat's electric-drive volume seller in the near-ultra class, everywhere from Nevada gold to Chilean copper.
WIKI →▶︎ YOUTUBEXCMG XDE440
~400 tChina's entry into the top class — a signal that the ultra-truck duopoly era is ending.
WIKI →▶︎ YOUTUBEScale note: the autonomous fleet
Hundreds strongThe real 2026 story isn't one truck — it's that over a thousand ultra-class trucks now run with nobody in the cab, and the safety and utilization numbers keep making the case.
WIKI →▶︎ YOUTUBEA number to remember: a 400-ton truck consumes roughly a tire per week per corner across the fleet at some operations, and each tire costs about as much as a luxury car. Haul economics is quietly a rubber business.
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Figures are approximate, compiled from public sources as of mid-2026, and rounded for readability. Rankings shift with markets, mergers, and new discoveries. Nothing here is investment, legal, or engineering advice for a specific site — for that, hire an engineer. We know one.