LEGO City 7998 Heavy Hauler

LEGO City set 7998 “Heavy Hauler” represents a construction vehicle intended for heavy transport within the Construction area. Released in 2007, it belongs to the City theme and contains 332 pieces with a single minifigure.

Set 7998 “Heavy Hauler” sits in the Construction branch of LEGO City. Its subject is not a building, but a working vehicle for construction and transport scenes. It therefore adds a logistics role to a City layout, alongside other urban service and work vehicles.

The set consists of 332 pieces and 1 minifigure. The minifigure is identified as a construction worker wearing blue overalls over a medium blue shirt, a blue cap and a goatee beard.

This set suits collectors of City Construction and builders who want to expand a worksite display. In a layout, it can serve as a support vehicle placed among road, construction and service models. For play, its appeal lies in its clearly defined task, moving heavy loads within a construction setting. Within the wider City theme, it is best viewed as a specialized vehicle rather than a building based scene.

Inventory of set 7998

The inventory of set 7998 lists 332 pieces, spare parts excluded: 96 different lots (one shape in one color) for 82 part shapes. The box also contains 8 spare parts, for small elements that are easy to lose.

Colors of set 7998

Main color: light bluish gray, making up 28% of the parts, followed by black (22%) and white (15%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 7998

78 of the 82 part shapes in this set have their own page on Setopedia, with their colors, element numbers and the other sets that use them. See all LEGO parts

Exclusive parts in set 7998

2 part shapes in set 7998 appear in no other set in the catalog, most often printed elements, stickers or molds specific to the model. If one gets lost, you will need to look for it individually, for example on BrickLink, rather than in another set.

Rebuilding set 7998 from another set

Share of the parts of set 7998 found in each of these similarly sized sets, counting shape, colour and quantity:

No similarly sized set goes above 30%: the model relies on a little-shared assortment, most of which has to be gathered piece by piece.

Size of set 7998 within its line

With 332 pieces, set 7998 ranks #236 out of 723 City sets in our database, which have an average of 306 parts. Among the 194 sets released in 2007, it ranks #67.