The Biggest Truck in the World!

by Cathy Sweeney
(California)

It was a rainy day in September 2008 when we drove through Sparwood, British Columbia. We had just visited Glacier National Park in Montana and Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta, Canada and were heading home.

Sparwood is a small town with just over 4,000 people, but it has a very big feature. The attraction is “The Terex Titan”, which is touted as being “The biggest truck in the world!”

We just happened upon the truck when we got off of the highway to get gasoline in Sparwood, BC. It would be hard to miss this huge truck. Just think of this fact: The Titan can hold two buses and two pickups!

The Titan was built in 1974 and put on display at a mining convention in Las Vegas. After being used for mine work in California, it was moved to Sparwood in 1978 and put to work moving earth in the nearby open pit mine. Now it is on display outside of the Sparwood Visitor Centre just off of Highway 3.

If you're traveling through this beautiful area of British Columbia, take a few minutes to exit the highway and take a look!

Cathy Sweeney
Traveling With Sweeney



Reply by Fida:

Hi Cathy,

Yes, we’ve got a lot of big things up here in Canada – from big hearts and big mountains to all kinds of big things displayed along the highways. The biggest truck in the world is maybe retired, but there are still monster trucks hard at work here, especially under the big blue sky of Alberta. Just to give readers an idea how big these trucks really are, the following photo made by my friend Debbie shows her husband standing under such a monster.




More roadside attractions in Canada:

• The worlds largest Dinosaur
• Spock beamed down in Alberta