The Largest Custom Built Vehicles in the World
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00:00 4) Evergreen presents 10 of the world's biggest vehicles ever built.
00:06 10) Sherp ATV Another amazing masterpiece by Jalopnik, the
00:13 Sherp ATV is the second biggest vehicle in our list.
00:17 It is designed to drive over absolutely anything and is tested with ice, water, snow and desert.
00:25 It even has a top speed of around 30 mph.
00:28 The tires are designed to help it climb over huge obstacles in its way.
00:32 Many famous companies have featured this car and they say that the car is able to float
00:37 because of a device that drains all the water from the body.
00:42 9) NASA Crawler Well, no wonder that one of the biggest vehicles
00:49 in the world is used by the biggest institute in the world.
00:52 The NASA Crawler is used to transfer spaceships from the assembly lines to other places.
00:58 The same vehicle was used to transport Apollo, Saturn IB, Saturn V and the Skylab rockets
01:04 as well.
01:05 The Crawler cost NASA a hefty amount of $14 million and was the biggest self-powered at
01:11 the time of its completion.
01:13 The vehicle is 40 by 35 meters in its dimensions and has 4 pairs of tracks with 16 transaction
01:20 motors.
01:21 It weighs about 2,721 tons and can output up to 2,750 horsepower.
01:30 8) Wrangler Giant Spider Named by Yahoo as the world's oddest custom
01:37 Jeep, the Jeep Wrangler is definitely among the biggest vehicles in the world.
01:42 This vehicle has the body of a Jeep Wrangler, somehow fitted and integrated into the frame
01:47 of a Ford F-550.
01:50 It has a V8 engine under its front hood and it can crank up to 394 horsepower.
01:56 The front grille of the vehicle distracts people from thinking that it's a Jeep, but
02:00 if looked from the sides, one can easily figure it out.
02:03 Out of all the Sheikh Hamad's vehicles, this is considered to be the least drivable.
02:12 7) Bagger 288 Completed in 1978, the heaviest land vehicle
02:24 at the time of its completion is also among the biggest vehicles in the world.
02:29 It weighs about 13,500 tons and had an estimated cost of $100 million in the 70s.
02:36 It was mainly built to help getting rid of the overburdened coal mining problem.
02:40 It was intended to move more than 24,000 tons of coal every day.
02:45 It is very long with its length reaching up to 220 meters and requires strong 16.5 MWs
02:51 of power to perform at the optimum capacity.
02:56 6) Eight-Wheeler Nissan Patrol The Nissan Patrol is very popular among the
03:06 elite class of the Middle East.
03:08 Sheikh Hamad has nicknamed it as "Spider" as it has 8 wheels and is very long as compared
03:13 to other cars of its kind.
03:15 It also has a weird looking front that makes it even more unique.
03:20 Because of the 8 wheels, the car is somewhat difficult to drive, but it is definitely better
03:24 than the Jeep Wrangler.
03:26 It stands in the Emirates Museum just like all other cars in the custom collection.
03:31 5) Belaz 75710 One of the recently built vehicles in the
03:38 list is the Belaz 75710.
03:41 It can carry weight up to 450 tons and is 20.6 meters in length.
03:47 The height and width of the truck are 8.16 meters and 9.87 meters respectively.
03:53 Unlike other trucks of its kind, it has two engines, each being a 65-liter 16-cylinder
03:59 engine with a total horsepower of 23,000 horsepower.
04:04 It has a top speed of 37.2 mph.
04:08 The car is a masterpiece, but since its invention, the company has developed more efficient models
04:13 to increase the production capacity.
04:16 4) Mercedes-Benz W126 This custom car was especially made for Sheikh
04:24 Hamad bin Hamdan in 1979 and was his most favorite one at the time.
04:30 It has a straight-six, V8 turbocharged engine, and huge tires that make it so big in size.
04:36 The vehicle is so high that getting up to the driver's seat is a hard task in itself.
04:41 The dynamics and the mixed physical attributes of the car make it only suitable for museums.
04:46 The car is reported to have only been driven once, when the Sheikh took it into the desert.
04:54 3) Burlak The Burlak is the third car in the list of
04:59 the biggest vehicles in the world.
05:02 This car is a specimen of invention, as it is claimed to go anywhere in the world.
05:07 The recent tests are being done to check if it can take 10 researchers to the North Pole
05:11 or not.
05:13 It weighs around 3 tons and has a kitchen, shower, and a toilet in it.
05:18 It is 7 meters in length and is fully armored.
05:21 According to Jalopnik, the car also has propellers which allow it to float on water, but however,
05:27 it is still an under-production vehicle.
05:31 2) The T-Rex Busaris RH400
05:39 With the fame after its appearance in one of the amazing Transformers movie, the T-Rex
05:44 Busaris RH400 is among the biggest vehicles in the world.
05:50 This car is used in the minefields all around the world, but it is somehow famous among
05:55 the pop culture as well.
05:57 In terms of its displacement, it has a 69-liter, 16-cylinder engine and a fuel capacity of
06:03 4,226.8 gallons.
06:09 It requires a max power of 3,360 kW and has a bucket capacity of 50 m³.
06:19 The max travel speed it has is 1.4 mph, which is understandable considering its weight.
06:26 1) Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG 6x6
06:34 Biggest vehicle in the world is the Mercedes-Benz which was first launched in 2007 and is the
06:39 largest vehicle in the world.
06:41 It was initially built for the Australian Army but was also opened for public after
06:45 its success.
06:46 A mass production of these cars started in 2013 and only 20 units were sold per year.
06:52 It has a 5.5-liter V8 engine and comes with a compressor that can adjust the pressure
06:58 according to the terrain.
06:59 At a top speed of 100 mph, it is the biggest vehicle in the world.
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