western australia

mining equipment

What is it, we asked. It's a bridge.

@JudyEv (372510)

Rockingham, Australia

November 11, 2025 6:30pm CST

Here’s another photo that might have you guessing. It’s a bridge over the road and there is a lot of mining happening on either side of the road. There is a Haulpack truck on the bridge but I was too late to get the massive vehicle in a better position. Most people here would know this as a ‘Haulpack’ but such vehicles are now more usually made by the Komatsu company.

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@much2say (57760)

• Los Angeles, California

12 Nov

I had no idea what a Haulpack was. It got Hubby and I in a discussion right now as I asked him . . . apparently there is a company near his work that makes electric mining vehicles - not Haulpack but sort of like it.

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@JudyEv (372510)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Nov

I need a better photo of a Haulpack but you don't see them on normal roads. I'm glad your husband could enlighten you.

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@Kandae11 (57014)

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12 Nov

At first glance l thought it was a tank.

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@JudyEv (372510)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Nov

It does look a bit like a tank.

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@snowy22315 (203388)

• United States

12 Nov

That's a bridge OK.

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@JudyEv (372510)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Nov

It seems more strongly built than many of our 'common' ones.

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@LadyDuck (493955)

• Italy

12 Nov

I never heard of Haulpack trucks, those seem to be large trucks. We call the bridges over the roads Viadotti o cavalcavia.

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@LadyDuck (493955)

• Italy

12 Nov

@JudyEv - Yes, in France they are called viaducts. I have found a photo online, it's really a massive truck.

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@JudyEv (372510)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Nov

@LadyDuck At such a distance the truck doesn't seem very impressive so I'm pleased you went looking for a photo.

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@JudyEv (372510)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Nov

And we saw 'viaducts' in France.

The trucks are massive. I need a better photo of one.

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@Deepizzaguy (118577)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

12 Nov

A good looking bridge on this post.

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@JudyEv (372510)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Nov

Yes, it's certainly a good-looking bridge.

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@Deepizzaguy (118577)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

12 Nov

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@Shiva49 (27926)

• Singapore

12 Nov

Australia has enough under the ground to keep you happy till Kingdom come! And machines are becoming more efficient by the day to get maximum output.

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@JudyEv (372510)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Nov

Yes, we do have a lot of minerals and I think West Australia has the majority.

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@JudyEv (372510)

• Rockingham, Australia

14 Nov

@Shiva49 Some were holding out for us to secede but it didn't happen.

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@Shiva49 (27926)

• Singapore

13 Nov

@JudyEv Good that Western Australia joined the Federation in 1901.

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@AmbiePam (113408)

• United States

12 Nov

It’s a really good shot.

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@JudyEv (372510)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Nov

Thanks but I was trying to get the truck in the middle of the bridge. Maybe next time.

changjiangzhibin89

@changjiangzhibin89 (17156)

• China

12 Nov

It looks like a tank.I haven't seen such a Haulpack truck before.

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changjiangzhibin89

@changjiangzhibin89 (17156)

• China

13 Nov

@JudyEv I search it on Microsoft Bing,not sure if it is the hauler truck.

https://cn.bing.com/images/search?q=hauler+truck&qpvt=hauler+truck&form=IGRE&first=1

https://cn.bing.com/images/search?q=hauler+truck&qpvt=hauler+truck&form=IGRE&first=1

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@JudyEv (372510)

• Rockingham, Australia

14 Nov

@changjiangzhibin89 I found this Haulpak on Wikimedia Commons and I need to acknowledge the photographer Bahnfrend

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@FourWalls (83228)

• United States

13 Nov

A lot of our dams are built that way...except no road going through it.

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@JudyEv (372510)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Nov

Mining is huge here but a lot of the areas are kept under wrap as much as possible.

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@jstory07 (147519)

• Roseburg, Oregon

12 Nov

That is a nice looking bridge over the road.

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@JudyEv (372510)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Nov

I can't imagine how much it cost to put it in.

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Anne Marie Guyer

@LeaPea2417 (39558)

• Toccoa, Georgia

12 Nov

I have not heard of a "Haulpack".

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Anne Marie Guyer

@LeaPea2417 (39558)

• Toccoa, Georgia

14 Nov

@JudyEv interesting

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@JudyEv (372510)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Nov

It doesn't look very big in the photo but it's huge.

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@wolfgirl569 (130090)

• Marion, Ohio

12 Nov

It doesn't really look like a bridge.

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@JudyEv (372510)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Nov

I couldn't work out what it was on our way to it.

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@RasmaSandra (94576)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

12 Nov

Interesting looking bridge.

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@JudyEv (372510)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Nov

It's very well made and looks much better than some of those in the rest of the country.

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@LindaOHio (214620)

• United States

12 Nov

The Haulpack really looks like a tank..

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@JudyEv (372510)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Nov

It does. I can see that.

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