Allison equipped Zetros makes work easier for salt mining 600 metres down

Europe’s largest salt producer operates a Mercedes Zetros 1833 4x4 water transporter with an Allison 3000 Series fully-automatic transmission at depths of 600 metres in German salt mine.BERNBURG, Germany – For over a year, an Allison-equipped Mercedes Zetros 1833 water transporter has run in esco’s Bernburg salt mine, where a rock salt deposit yields about 600 tons of salt per hour. A total of 146 production and specialty mining vehicles are used in the mine, but the Zetros 1833 4x4 presented an interesting challenge. The water transporter would not fit through the 2.9 x 2.5 meter mine