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Mining loader; it costs over 60,000 dollars to replace a flat tire.

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Cassie Williams
How intriguing that something so big and rugged has a tire tread resembling delicate crochet work. It's a giant manly beast of a machine wearing a tire cozy. ♥

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Anne Ditchburn
Not much more than my Audi haha

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Jason Saunders
I believe the market for the tires is pretty tight. Those retail for around 250-300k USD.

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Jason Saunders
*One tire retails at that price.

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Oscar Avellaneda-Cruz
That's great Cassie. It does look like tire cozy.

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creationkid
my son would love to go for a ride on this!

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Alan Berman
At that price, they should really look into non-inflatable alternatives.

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Scott Simpson
If they were solid tires there would be no way to dissipate the heat and they would crumble when the rubber gets too hot. They can only drive the tractor so far with a load in a hour before your void the warranty on the tire as well.

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Alan Berman
I was thinking something more along the lines of this -- http://www.gizmag.com/bridg...

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Alan Berman
but much larger, of course.

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Zoe FraBla
I honestly thought someone had crocheted the wheel

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Colin Daly
For the about of cash they make, the frickin mining companies can afford it. Go boo-hoo.

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Bruce Maki
Impressive tire chains. I'm guessing this tightly-woven "chain mail" covering isn't for traction on snow & ice, but for protecting the tires from sharp jagged rocks that would puncture those expensive tires.