The Heavy Haulage Appreciation Thread
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badboyburt said:
Forthright MC said:
Chrisgr31 said:
cahami said:
Is this the one coming down to london to sort out the damaged tower crane?
oops maybee not just seen that you are in singapore
Seems to be happening this weekend http://www.vertikal.net/en/news/story/16629/oops maybee not just seen that you are in singapore
Edited by cahami on Saturday 19th January 23:04
Chrisgr31 said:
Forthright MC said:
Saw a few pics of Ainscough rigging up that beast on Facebook a little earlier
Steal them and post them here!
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Not too sure i'd be that keen to dangle 192ft up off the ground to inspect something TBH!...
cahami said:
quote: Not too sure i'd be that keen to dangle 192ft up off the ground to inspect something TBH
Isnt it about 750ft? anyone got a lin to more photos or a link to that fb page?
Isnt it about 750ft? anyone got a lin to more photos or a link to that fb page?
I misread the innitial figure, its 192M. Numbers/maths was never one of my stronger points!...
Heres the FB page those pics ^ were posted to -
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/HeavyCranes
cravir said:
Anyone get any better photo's of this beauty today?
Leicester Heavy Haulage carrying a Hercules! Whole outfit over 45m long! This is all my friend could get as he drove by. It will be M6 North tomorrow, Cov to Staffs. If anyone manages to get a good bridge shot of it, please pm to me. Thanks.
Leicester Heavy Haulage carrying a Hercules! Whole outfit over 45m long! This is all my friend could get as he drove by. It will be M6 North tomorrow, Cov to Staffs. If anyone manages to get a good bridge shot of it, please pm to me. Thanks.
Crikey, hope that comes my way via the A1!...
I guess that will be Paul in Leicesters TGX.680 transporting this (top bloke) what a sight though i bet that was!
Think i saw this pic posted up on Facebook a little earlier too?
I remember S.A Smith (His old DAF at least although i can't be sure wether it was his at the time) took on a similar movement not too long, think the aircraft had been dis-assembled a fair bit more than the one ^ though!...
cravir said:
Forthright MC said:
Crikey, hope that comes my way via the A1!...
I guess that will be Paul in Leicesters TGX.680 transporting this (top bloke) what a sight though i bet that was!
Think i saw this pic posted up on Facebook a little earlier too?
I remember S.A Smith (His old DAF at least although i can't be sure wether it was his at the time) took on a similar movement not too long, think the aircraft had been dis-assembled a fair bit more than the one ^ though!...
Won't be coming your way, unfortunately - it is a peculiar sight.
I put it on FB so Paul could see it.
I've just been checking out some of the pics over on FB. Paul and his support crew took some nice shots themselves that have been posted to a few groups i peruse on there. Apparently unloading at ALEs yard (IIRC) was a bit of a faff!...
Shame he couldn't make it down my way with it this time. Managed to organise an inproptu session with him whilst he was transporting a big rail translocator last month! The pics of that or on the last page
chilistrucker said:
i believe there is one now aimed at the fire service, think it works on an articulated truck setup, sure i heard it was 100metres.
Not quite the same thing, but my local fire service took delivery of a pair of these a little while back - 
Called a CARA (Combined Aerial Rescue Appliance) which supposedly offers all the features of a regular fire engine, but with a remote controlled rescue platform on the roof (Meant to save time waiting for a Turntable Ladder to arrive supposedly) they had two for a station in Peterborough (The one ^) and another for Cambridge, but neither has yet been on the run due to persistent mechanical gremlins and faults!...
Ones back in Germany having a propshaft replaced IIRC. A nice idea oin theory, but i don't think the service is much amused anymore TBH. (£300k a pop!)
Edited by Forthright MC on Wednesday 20th February 01:31
Bloody hell! ^^
I wonder if they were using that as a pusher tractor behind some gargantuan load to cause the truck to fall apart like that perhaps!
Dunno what was going on today, but there were some immense cranes being shifted about up the A1 this afternoon! -
Got some info for the German based Liebherr ^
LTM 11200-9.1, 1200te capacity. 100 metre main boom (92 tons Gross without the boom installed!) Was an absolute monster!
I wonder if they were using that as a pusher tractor behind some gargantuan load to cause the truck to fall apart like that perhaps!
Dunno what was going on today, but there were some immense cranes being shifted about up the A1 this afternoon! -
Got some info for the German based Liebherr ^
LTM 11200-9.1, 1200te capacity. 100 metre main boom (92 tons Gross without the boom installed!) Was an absolute monster!
Had the good fortune to see and phot BJ&C Carberrys latest beastie yesterday afternoon! -
As seen on the cover of Commercial Motor a couple of weeks ago. Its an 80T R560 8x4 fitted with a rather special Cormach 19m HIAB crane, serious bit of kit for sure!
This fleet runs out of Suffolk somewhere IIRC, only operate 8-9 vehicles, but each one is very well turned out i must say!
As seen on the cover of Commercial Motor a couple of weeks ago. Its an 80T R560 8x4 fitted with a rather special Cormach 19m HIAB crane, serious bit of kit for sure!
This fleet runs out of Suffolk somewhere IIRC, only operate 8-9 vehicles, but each one is very well turned out i must say!
Hows about this for a fair old beast then! -
Now confirmed as the biggest tractor unit i've yet seen on the road!
Simply humongous Volvo FH16 540 10x4 of MPS/NRC making steady progress up the A1 toward the Black Cat yesterday afternoon with a 97 ton + (Before ballast!) Link-Belt (Demag?) heavy piling rig!
- Now confirmed as the biggest tractor unit i've yet seen on the road!
Simply humongous Volvo FH16 540 10x4 of MPS/NRC making steady progress up the A1 toward the Black Cat yesterday afternoon with a 97 ton + (Before ballast!) Link-Belt (Demag?) heavy piling rig!
H.C Wilson are undertaking a massive job at the moment too! -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-219...
(Pics courtesy of Wilsons Facebook fan page)
200T Railway Howitzer!
103T barrel and the shells weigh in at over a ton a piece too!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-219...
(Pics courtesy of Wilsons Facebook fan page)
200T Railway Howitzer!
103T barrel and the shells weigh in at over a ton a piece too!
Edited by Forthright MC on Wednesday 27th March 21:20
Rushjob said:
A couple more shots of Leicester Heavy Haulage's X1LHH mentioned earlier in the thread.
These were taken after I escorted it back in to the yard from Immingham docks
These were taken after I escorted it back in to the yard from Immingham docks
I showed Paul these pics on Facebook last night. Some bit of kit that trailer, he uploaded a few shots of it loaded with an enormous prefab of some kind, looked immense!
Saw a nice gaggle of H.C Wilson units out moving 4 enormous brewery vessels up the A1 earlier today. Some sight!
Got a winning shot of their newest wagon, European Dream (R620 Top), also. What a cracker!
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s p a c e m a n said:
Yet another wind farm is going up in my region and the smart fleet of Give Svaergods (Bill Livingstone Trans) can be seen moving the various parts along the A1 quite regularly at the moment
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Always nice to see the latest posts on this thread, some great stuff! 
Here's one of the more notable loads I've caught for a shot out on the road from the past couple of weeks -
EX RNAS Sea King IIRC.
Also pleased to announce 15-20 of my heavy haulage shots will be featured in the next instalment of the "High, Wide & Heavy" book series in the new year!
Here's one of the more notable loads I've caught for a shot out on the road from the past couple of weeks
- EX RNAS Sea King IIRC.
Also pleased to announce 15-20 of my heavy haulage shots will be featured in the next instalment of the "High, Wide & Heavy" book series in the new year!
Edited by Forthright MC on Wednesday 30th December 22:46
ChemicalChaos said:
Not exactly heavy haulage, but we get a lot of super-sized properly massive bulk tankers (that must be right on the size/weight capacity limit) on our site from Freund logistics. Why is this noteworthy? Well, I've never ever seen such a smartly-liveried and beautifully maintained fleet of trucks.
Its always a new Volvo FH pulling it, and the livery is very plain and simply but because of that it works so well, with no fuss, The colours suit it too - dark metallic green truck and pastel green trailer. Whatever the weather or road conditions are like, the truck, tanker trailer and all the chromed alloy wheels are ALWAYS absolutely gleaming to mirror-polished show standard. Makes me smile whenever I walk past one parked up waiting to unload
Here's a file photo of the sort of condition (and smart-looking livery) they are always in:
I see a few of Freunds out and about from time to time and always admired how well kept they are. Goes to show a good colour scheme and overall attention to detail/cleanliness can be all you need to make a lorry stand out sometimes. Its always a new Volvo FH pulling it, and the livery is very plain and simply but because of that it works so well, with no fuss, The colours suit it too - dark metallic green truck and pastel green trailer. Whatever the weather or road conditions are like, the truck, tanker trailer and all the chromed alloy wheels are ALWAYS absolutely gleaming to mirror-polished show standard. Makes me smile whenever I walk past one parked up waiting to unload
Here's a file photo of the sort of condition (and smart-looking livery) they are always in:
In the same bulk tanker sector, Van Bentums from Holland (Amazing livery and their yards are spotless too!) Lomas Distribution, NJ Docksey and the always superbly turned out fleet of Simon Gibson are well worth a mention too!
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