Iron County Record | 1953-05-21 | Page 13 | Relaxing at the Wheel

Relaxing at the Wheel : s 4 ' , - S H ' .i k" ' -'-V- . J,' " V '.. ' ' ' J, c ' i if , ; ? : - t,:, ,fjv. S.' - ' i I . ' . " ' . '-. ' 1 " - . - , : " . . . : .; - ) . - . . ; ' . ' : . . i j Boyd Paulson, left, a superintendent at Utah Construction company, and electrician electri-cian Wesley Thompson, relax at the front wheel of the world's largest dump truck. This huge truck's size is further proven from the comparison of the jeep in the rear of the picture. Unloaded this monster will tip the scales at 52 tons, will carry a load in excess of 50 tons for a grand total to-tal of over 102 tons. Length of the huge dump truck is 36.5 feet with a width of 13.8 feet and a height of 13 feet. Bed dimensions di-mensions alone are 22 by 12.5 by 4 feet. Four of these trucks are now in use at the Utah Construction Co. project sites.