This sales film from Caterpillar highlights the C 785 Off-Highway Truck by showing the machine in action at the company’s Arizona Proving Grounds. C 785s drive on dirt roads. The film shows the 785 from various angles (00:50), giving viewers a look at the truck’s folded core radiator, dual turbo-charged 3512 engine, and rear-mounted six-speed transmission. A man climbs up into a 785 (02:16), and viewers get a look at the cab. The dump bed is lifted. The film then shows the cylinder block of the 3512 engine (03:22); Caterpillar employees build the components of the engine in a production warehouse (likely at the Decatur, IL plant). Several men put the engine together (05:15). A 3512 engine is tested, and a man monitors the data on a computer screen (05:30). The 785 starts driving and the operator steers the heavy mining truck past other 785s. The truck cruises along a dirt road (07:50) hauling a load of rock. The 785 hauls a load of rock up a hill (09:00); it then drives over dirt speed bumps with a full load to test its shocks (09:45). Data from a test drive of the 785 is transferred to a van driving next to the truck, which is a mobile observation center and records the data (12:48). In a laboratory, a man tests various components of the truck (13:48). A 785 climbs up a 22% grade during the testing phase (15:25). A 785 demonstrates breaking as the narrator explains the Caterpillar braking system (16:38). The off-highway truck comes to a hard stop (17:55). The film shows a microprocessor-controlled transmission being tested in the Caterpillar facility (18:18), and then the film concludes with several more shots of the 785 performing various jobs at the company’s proving grounds.

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