I was watching National Geographic or something similar. They showed a 250,000 pound load being towed up to a remote part of Alaska. It was three big rigs. One in the front pulling trailer and then two more behind the trailer pushing it. All in a single file. All the trucks were specially fabricated for this tow. Tow truck had a "special" 600 hp motor. Didn't specify torque.

It was a show dedicated to the truckers that help assist the building of the Alaskan oil pipeline.

 

Up here in Fort McMurray where I work we see loads like that all the time for all of the Oilsands projects. Except they can weigh in at more than 1 million pounds and usually have 1 truck steering and 4 - 6 trucks pushing with what looks like hundreds of tires under the loads. I'm sure if these rigs had Cummins in them they'd only need 1, maybe 2

 

yep, this tow was for some sort of oil refinery equipment. something to that effect.

 

I was home sick on Tuesday & saw it. History channel doing a 2hr story on Alaska ruggedness....

http://www.history.com/shows.do?epis...&action=detail

 

Thanks for posting the link. I missed it before and put the times down on the calender. Hope to catch it.

 

hey its ok here as long as you have a remote start in the morning

 

You're welcome!