Construction Simulator

Construction Simulator

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Updated Bucket & Dumper Capacities - All DLC Vehicles Included
By Shadow Lunatale
Update #9 of ConSim made changes to the capacities of some construction machines that can handle bulk goods.
This is an updated, tiered list of all vehicles with bulk carry capacity based on the intial guilde "All Bucket/Dumper Capacities" created by LadyLoranda. The list is expanded to DLC vehicles from the brands JCB and SANY, Kramer is currently missing.
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Methodology Notes
My company has full milestones on the test map and my character has maxed out skills.

All numbers in the list are the selling prices using the "EMPTY" function in the context menu.

Testing was done with soil, or with the respective material of the construction machine (asphalt, concrete). Capacities can only be compared between the same kind of material, though for asphalt and concrete, most machines tied.
For machines tested with soil, they will have different numbers with sand or gravel, since both have a different price per m³. The capacities still stay the same.

Capacities are also comparable between different vehicle types. So the largest excavator will take on average 11 full scoops of material to completely fill the dump bed of the largest dumper.

Flatbeds With Crane, Dumpers, Asphalt Dumpers, Asphalt Pavers, Concrete Mixers and Concrete Mixer Pumps have been filled using the "Fill" function in the context menu, then the materials sold like previously described.

The Hopper of Concrete Mixer Pumps and Concrete Pumps, as well as Concrete Buckets have been filled using a full concrete mixer and the difference in selling price was noted.

Excavators and Wheel Loaders have been filling the shovel on a working site and empty it into a dump truck. The test was done 3 times and the highest achieved selling price was noted.

EDIT:
I've just found out that loading a truck with soil using a wheel loader on a working site, like in the test, will send about 40% of the shovel capacity into the void. I.e. using the DL 550 yielded ~1700$ per load if the dumper truck stood on the working site, and ~2700$ if the dumper truck stood outsite the working site next to the road.
Since all excavator and wheel loader tests have been done under the same conditions, the relative numbers are still working out and the rating is standing as it is. But the true capacity is not reflected in the numbers right now. I update this when if I have the time.

Update 2024-07-28:
- Added Kramer and Liebherr Pack vehicles to the lists
- Added column with DLC to all vehicle lists, since Liebherr has both vanilla and DLC vehicles now

Update 2024-11-23:
- Updated the capacity of the Liebherr HTM 1204 ZA concrete mixer trailer from 7.812 to 11.500. Total increase is 47%, the trailer is now 31% larger then the second placed concrete mixers.

Update 2024-12-23: (Happy Holidays update)
- Added DAF & Meiller Pack vehicles to the list
- Added the new free dump trailer to the list, it now barely holds first place
- Added the different shovel width capacities for the Wacker Neuson excavators

Update 2025-01-06:
- Added DYNAPAC asphalt pavers to the list
Flatbeds With Crane
Rank
Vehicle
Capacity
DLC
1
MAN TGS/PALFINGER PK 27002/MEILLER D316
4.628
-
Backhoe Loaders
Rank
Vehicle
Capacity*
DLC
1
CAT 430F2
402 / 125
-
2
JCB 4CX
366 / 87
JCB Pack
3
JCB 1CXT
180 / 89
JCB Pack
*Note: Front shovel / rear shovel
Dumpers
Rank
Vehicle
Capacity
DLC
1
MEILLER MHKA 44/3
12.187
-
2
KENWORTH T880/WBUILDER D77S
12.155
-
3
DOOSAN DA40
10.875
-
4
SANY SRT45
10.724
SANY Pack
5
BELL B45E
10.614
-
6
CAT 745C
10.473
-
7
DAF XFC FAD/MEILLER MAXTERME P450
9.729
DAF & MEILLER Pack
8
CAT CT660
9.675
-
9
MACK GRANITE/MEILLER H436
9.562
-
10
SCANIA P500 B6X2NA/H436
9.509
-
11
MEILLER MHPS 44/3
9.403
DAF & MEILLER Pack
12
DAF CF 370 FAD 8X4/MEILLER H436
9.366
-
13
MAN TGS/MEILLER P330
7.400*
-
14
DAF XDC FAD/MEILLER TRIGENIUS D428
6.606
DAF & MEILLER Pack
15
TA 230 LITRONIK
6.003
Liebherr Pack
16
WACKER NEUSON DV100
1.612
-
17
JCB 6T-2
1.257
JCB Pack
*Note: Faulty autoloading with soil. Manual loading at gravel plant with highest of 3 was used.
Asphalt Dumpers
Rank
Vehicle
Capacity
DLC
1
DAF XFC FAD/MEILLER ASM
7.613
DAF & MEILLER Pack
1
MACK GRANITE/MEILLER AM12
7.613
-
1
MAN TGS/MEILLER AM12
7.613
-
Excavators
Rank
Vehicle
Capacity
DLC
1
LH R956
1.105
-
2
CAT 349F
1.100
-
3
DOOSAN DX530LC-5
1.023
-
4
SANY SY500H-TIER 4F
943
SANY Pack
5
SANY SY305
669
SANY Pack
6
JCB JS220X
497
JCB Pack
7
LH R938
449
Liebherr Pack
8
ATLAS 340 LC
335
-
9
SANY SY155W
280
SANY Pack
10
CAT M318F
265
-
11
LH A918
253
-
12
WACKER NEUSON EW100
175 / 220 / 161*
-
13
WACKER NEWSON ET145
147 / 157 / 125*
-
14
SANY SY35U-TIER 4I
83
SANY Pack
*Note: Capacities for the different switchable shovels: wide/medium/narrow
The order of the shovels shown in the list is not always the same order of shovels in the selection menu.
Wheel Loaders
Rank
Vehicle
Capacity
DLC
1
DOOSAN DL550-5
1.836
-
2
CASE 1021G
1.729
-
3
ATLAS L310
1.232
-
4
CAT 950M
1.192
-
5
JCB 457
1.178
JCB Pack
6
SANY SYL956H5
1.124
SANY Pack
7
LH L546
1.081
-
8
LR 636 LITRONIC
623
Liebherr Pack
9
WACKER NEUSON WL95
596
-
10
KRAMER 8155
533
Kramer Pack
11
CASE 321F
374
-
12
BOBCAT T590
194
-
13
BOBCAT S550
178
-
14
KRAMER 5035
134
Kramer Pack
Asphalt Pavers
Rank
Vehicle
Capacity
DLC
1
DYNAPAC SD2500WS
6.356
DYNAPAC Pack
2
BOMAG BF 600 C-2
4.399
-
2
CAT AP1055F
4.399
-
2
SANY SAP60C-8
4.399
SANY Pack
2
VÖGELE SUPER 2000-3I
4.399
-
3
DYNAPAC F1250SC
2.498
DYNAPAC Pack
4
DYNAPAC F80W
636
DYNAPAC Pack
Concrete Mixers
Rank
Vehicle
Capacity
DLC
1
HTM 1204 ZA
11.500
Liebherr Pack
2
DAF CF 430 F A K 8x2/CIFA ENERGYA E9
8.750
-
2
KENWORTH T880/LH HTM 904
8.750
-
2
MACK GRANITE/LH HTM 904
8.750
-
2
MAN TGS/LH HTM 904
8.750
-
2
SCANIA P500 B8X4*4NA/AM9
8.750
-
3
CAT CT660
7.812
-
Concrete Mixer Pumps
Rank
Vehicle
Capacity*
DLC
1
DAF CF 430 FAC 8X2/CIFA MK25H CARBOTECH
8.750 + 250
-
1
SCANIA P500 B8X2*6NA/FBP24
8.750 + 250
-
*Note: The hopper can be filled with 250$ worth of concrete, increasing the total carry capacity by 2.86%. Yes, it is this few.
Concrete Pumps
Rank
Vehicle
Capacity
DLC
1
DAF CF 430 FAC 8x2/CIFA K53H CARBOTECH
250
-
1
MACK LR CABOVER/LH 41M5
250
-
1
MAN TGS/LH 41M5
250
-
1
SCANIA P500 B8X2*6NA/S 43 SX III
250
-
Concrete Buckets
Rank
Bucket Type
Capacity
1
Large Concrete Bucket
2000
2
Small Concrete Bucket
250
Efficient Concrete Bucket Transportation
By placing up to 14 large concrete buckets onto a WBUILDER HS7S trailer and filling them up with concrete at the concrete plant, you can transport up to 3.2 concrete mixer loads worth of concrete in one go.
Note that you have to use a concrete pump or a concrete mixer pump (recommended) to fill them up. Filling them under the concrete deposit spot is not possible.
This is only relevant for those few construction jobs where the concrete pumps do not reach the highest spots, and if you prefer to play without the quick refill via functions menu.
33 Comments
Shadow Lunatale  [author] 16 Apr @ 11:47am 
@Broly thanks for the info. Not only did I mix up the truck names (the filling was correct) I completely forgot to add the 3 side dumper with MAXTERME P450. I must have been thinking the name was referring to a thermal insulation, thus the confusion. Fixed the name and added the missing truck.
Broly 16 Apr @ 1:28am 
The DAF P450 is put in the wrong category, it is listed as a Asphalt Dumper when it is a regular dumper. The DLC DAF asphalt dumper is actually the DAF XFC FAD ASM.
Ning 21 Mar @ 12:48pm 
Just sent you a Take My Point award.
Just shut up and take my points.

This is on a whole other level. Very well done. Ignore the sarcastic comments etc. just kids being kids, not understanding what effort and work is yet.
Thank you and God bless you 🙏
Kajakob 20 Feb @ 11:18pm 
I've played around a bit more now ;) and found out that "1500" in the context menu corresponds to about 5m³ in the milestones. I can actually be happy with that, because the standard bucket capacity of the CAT 349F is given as 3.1 m³.
Kajakob 20 Feb @ 5:54am 
Thank you for your detailed answer. I mostly use the CAT 349 (980), the LH R956 (830) in conjunction with KW T880 (8750) or DAF / Meiller MHKH (10460). The only approximate match is the LH R938 (a measly 465) - my capacities in brackets.
Whatever the case, it's not a big deal, but sometimes you want to know what you're doing when you're playing.
Shadow Lunatale  [author] 20 Feb @ 4:14am 
@Kajakob honestly no, if the devs did not recently changed how much money you get per cubic meter for selling soil, you should reach those values. Note that the levels for dumpers are auto-filled and then emptied, so it is the level filling. You'll have to completely fill it with a construction machine to achieve the same, but still it should not be off that much.
You can check if a dumper is completely filled by closely watching the fill meter in the lower right corner. There is a small line indicating level filling, anything more you throw onto the dumper is overfilled and the fill meter starts to get red. This portion will fall down once you start driving. So if you fill it to the small line, you should achieve similar prices with less then 10% difference.

Maybe you can further explain on what occasion you're lacking the fill level and what machines you're using.
Kajakob 20 Feb @ 12:22am 
First of all, thank you very much for your work and for providing this article.
I now have all the milestones and all the skills together, but I don't come anywhere close to your fill levels.
Do you have an explanation for this?
Shadow Lunatale  [author] 10 Jan @ 2:53pm 
@Lady Loranda thank you very much for the linking. Your guide was helping me a lot in my early gameplay days.
Shadow Lunatale  [author] 10 Jan @ 2:52pm 
@muratkarakas80810714 the list only contains vehicles that can load any kind of bulk materials.The rating on excavators has been fixed.
muratkarakas80810714 9 Jan @ 1:44am 
There are 2 13s in the excavator section, you forgot the number 14 😂