Uploaded April 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
The 1974 Terex Titan was the world’s largest truck for 25 years.
A single prototype was built just as the coal market dropped in 1973, but due to the high fuel costs shortly after, it's production never materialized.
General Motors of Canada, which owned Terex, built and sold it to Kaiser Steel, which used it in California for a couple years before moving it to Sparwood, B.C., Canada in 1978.
The vehicle had to be disassembled and loaded onto a train to take it north. It worked until 1991, when it was retired and gifted to the town of Sparwood as a tourist attraction. Despite not being in service, it remained the largest truck for 25 years.
The stats for the Titan were all world records at the time of production. It was the tallest and had the highest carrying capacity of any truck. At 22 ft tall, fully loaded it weighs over 1 million pounds. The diesel engine is 10,343-cu.in., has 16-cylinders and puts out 3,300 horsepower. Its tires alone are 12 ft. tall. All this and the top speed, when full, was under 30 mph.
The 1974 Terex Titan was the world’s largest truck for 25 years.
A single prototype was built just as the coal market dropped in 1973, but due to the high fuel costs shortly after, it's production never materialized.
General Motors of Canada, which owned Terex, built and sold it to Kaiser Steel, which used it in California for a couple years before moving it to Sparwood, B.C., Canada in 1978.
The vehicle had to be disassembled and loaded onto a train to take it north. It worked until 1991, when it was retired and gifted to the town of Sparwood as a tourist attraction. Despite not being in service, it remained the largest truck for 25 years.
The stats for the Titan were all world records at the time of production. It was the tallest and had the highest carrying capacity of any truck. At 22 ft tall, fully loaded it weighs over 1 million pounds. The diesel engine is 10,343-cu.in., has 16-cylinders and puts out 3,300 horsepower. Its tires alone are 12 ft. tall. All this and the top speed, when full, was under 30 mph.
