Had to leave a super load on the side of I696 in Detroit yesterday, rented a truck and moved it down to a safer spot today, looks like its going to be there for the weekend....

 

Wow, who ordered the giant water heater!!

 

That was awful nice of you to push that tow truck down the road.......

 

WOW U-turns must really be a pain

 

U turns? I would think any turn would be

 

Believe it or not, it probably turns almost as tight as your pickup. On most of those setups I've seen, each truck will steer separately, sort of like a hook and ladder truck on steroids.

JKM, what happened to your tractor?

 

double post

 

Y'All got it wrong. That is either a very deep hot-tub or a very narrow dive tank for the circus.....

 

I was thinking it was a big beer can.

JKM: What was the problem with the rig?

 

JKM you could have called one of us members here. I'm sure our cummins could have hauled it for you.

 

so, uhm... you didn't do much driving then right???

 

Good guesses, its actually a drum for a huge cheese grater, like this, only industrial sized :


The truck just up and died while pulling a little hill on I696, I managed to coast it to the shoulder of the road, checked what I could myself and didn't find the problem, it turns out the harness going to the power distribution center, and the PDC itself were severely corroded, why I never thought to look there , is beyond me. I got the truck back at 3 30 yesterday afternoon, half an hour too late to legally move the trailer. I rented a truck thursday night and moved the load to a safer spot , that little truck sure didn't appreciate 250 000 lbs haha

It takes quite a bit of real estate to turn it, having the rear self steer helps a lot, it can be manually overridden for REALLY tight spots.


You can see the rear three axles steering it around the corner in this pic.

Fronty, In the last two weeks, between waiting for permits, holidays, weekends, and this breakdown, i have covered a whopping 45 miles, in two weeks.

 

SO your saying it don't turn nearly as sharp as my pick up! imagine that



used to haul a 9 axle around for a few years, but thats quite the load there . is that a windmill tower section?

 

What kind of dumb guess is that (ok, its better than mine).

45 miles in two weeks. Heck, the NASA crawler-transporters go faster than that.

 

you need to spend more time working...


Im betting its a support building for the turbines....