In China and other countries,the practice has proved,in large-sized open pitmines,the use of the large-tonnage mine motor-wheeled dumping trucks instead of small-tonnage mine trucks has advantages in management,economical benefit and maintenance.This paper describes in detail the drive mechanism and merits of mine motor-wheeledtruck,the present situation of its development and application in China,and the futuretrends,also predicts the challenges and future faced by the mine motor-wheeled trucks.