This is a SinoTruk Howo 8×4 tipper truck, and it’s incredible. OK, the real thing isn’t particularly, being just another generic-looking Chinese state-owned truck, but newcomer P McCatty’s Technic recreation sure is.
Powered by two BuWizz bluetooth batteries, MCatty’s model features eight-wheel-drive, four-wheel steering, live-axle suspension, a six-cylinder engine, and an on-board pneumatic compressor.
Said compressor generates pneumatic pressure that can be used to both tilt the cab or raise the huge tipping load bed, which alone uses six pneumatic cylinders in its operation.
There’s also opening and locking doors and tailgate, and opening hood revealing the radiators and spinning cooling fan, adjustable sun visors, windshield wipers and glovebox, and custom foam-filled RC off-road tyres.
It’s a seriously impressive piece of Technic engineering, and you can see how it’s been done courtesy of an extensive photo album on Flickr and a huge Bricksafe gallery, both of which include renders of the mechanics within, plus an incredibly detailed build description can be found at the Eurobricks forum.
Click the links above to take a closer look at one of the most impressive working Technic trucks of the year, you can watch McCatty’s SinoTruk Howo in action via the excellent video below, and you can even find building instructions so you can recreate it for yourself via the various links above.