That was tricky........but look at this situation. A fwew years back near Jasper Alberta, a bus driver decieded to turn around at a tee intersection. No helper to assist in backing, let's just say that last 5 feet was a doozie! Shacken, but not sturred.
There's been a few of these on the road to Fort McMurray over the years. This one had five trucks variously pushing and pulling at times, and a crew of 52 men on the project. It took 5 days to go from Edmonton to Fort Mac. There are 160 wheels and tires on each of the two trailers.
a "super heavy" load has been making its way from HardeevilleSC , enroute to Boiling Springs NC . It is a large electric generator destined for a clean coal power plant. The generator weighs in at 1.98 million pounds
The trailer, as rigged, is 300 ft long . There are 36 rows of axles, each with 8 tires. (288 total) These can be augmented with up to another additional 80 wheels on hinged outriggers, for a total of 368 potential flats. Add in 5 each 10 wheel heavy duty tractors (2 pulling and 3 pushing) and that flat tire potential rises to 418. The outriggers are not deployed in these photos, so the total tire count, for the moment, is 338.
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Wild, Mamoet is a cool company, I see them hauling crazy things all the time because I live near Nisku Alberta and they are always taking things built in Nisku to Fort Mac.
Check this out (found online)
All of this stuff makes my hauls look so lame and tame...
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I hope there was a Detroit Diesel and/or an Allison transmission somewhere in this team?
My truck has an Allison transmission!
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