The Heavy Haulage Appreciation Thread

[iguana]

The Didcot- Bristol one mentioned above was on the front page of my yahoo today-

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/biggest-ever-load-transpo...

[loko]

Daily mail talking out of there arse again, its certainly not the biggest load moved on uk roads, this was 1200 tons

[myvision]

loko said:

Daily mail talking out of there arse again, its certainly not the biggest load moved on uk roads, this was 1200 tons

What the hell is it though?

[loko]

some part of an oil refinery if i remember right, was a long time ago now though


edit: found a bit more about it


A heavy haulage firm - Econofreight of Middlesbrough - possesses the capacity to carry up to a single indivisible load of 7,000 tonnes. However, when it comes to moving such loads on the road networks of England, it is doubtful whether ministerial authorisation would be granted. The previous biggest load ever carried on British roads was a gross train weight of 1,265 tonnes. It took 2 years to plan, crossed 19 bridges , removed 131 street lamp poles , re-routed a major overhead power line , constructed 2 motorway crossovers , to name the largest problems, and moved on a 26 axle trailer (on 416 wheels - 16 per axle). The department for transport , county and local councils together with motorway and local police were involved. The load was a refrigerator unit for Shell's Stanlow refinery.''

Edited by loko on Monday 18th November 20:32

[loko]

Paddy_N_Murphy said:

Lollllllers


Donkey freight?

They were bought ooooh when? 2005?

Yeah bought out by Brambles who later sold it to ALE

[loko]

Brambles split there operation into different sectors, the heavy haulage side of it being (what was) Econofreight, it was this operation that was sold, ALE didnt buy all of Brambles, just the bit that consisted of Econofreight

Edited by loko on Wednesday 20th November 19:41

[dav123a]

If anyone is out Goole way there is a big one leaving this morning. No idea what it is or where it is going. It's on the West Yorkshire RPU Twitter feed.

[s p a c e m a n]

They're building a new power station in ridham docks, been lots of massive things going in there but nothing really interesting. Saw 3 of these all getting stuck down the road earlier though..

[V41LEY]

[badboyburt]

Is that an oil rig anchor ?

[V41LEY]

badboyburt said:

Is that an oil rig anchor ?

An anchor yes - just been repainted. There were actually two.
Off an oil rig - no idea but I'd be surprised if oil rigs had anchors as they would need
a more fixed system to ensure they did'nt get dragged off station - happy to be told
otherwise of course.

[loko]

Its an oil rig anchor, the rigs dont spend there life in one place , it doesnt look much of a way to secure them but tbey are very effective

[McWigglebum4th]

You take the pins out and it splits in two so you can road transport it without any problems

[badboyburt]

Thought it was of a rig, anyone else hauling some big kit around wish to share ?

[john2443]

Stolen from the Awesome vehicle related images thread.
I'm sure the modern heavy haulage tractors are more efficient and easier to drive, but they don't have the presence of a Scammell!

[krash]

1st of two new parts for Bifrangi's 32,000 ton screw press for forging steel components on its way through lincoln earlier this month

[loko]

john2443 said:

Stolen from the Awesome vehicle related images thread.
I'm sure the modern heavy haulage tractors are more efficient and easier to drive, but they don't have the presence of a Scammell!

and back in the day the police used to escort you on horseback !

[s p a c e m a n]

[ChemicalChaos]

OK, so not as heavy as a lot of the stuff on here - but I'd hate to have been the bloke filling out the risk assessment on this load!!

BigRigVideos said:

Tyler out of Washington was carrying well over 250 bottles of Oxygen, nitrogen, Argon, Chlorine, Carbon Dioxide, Acetylene, Hydrogen, Propane and Helium. AND he has the scale ticket to prove it!

[cravir]

Today, I have been mostly packing/loading this......



Got to love a MAN TGX!