The Heavy Haulage Appreciation Thread
Discussion
First off, excellent forum, about time there was a proper PH Trucking/haulage forum! Be great to have somewhere to post pics and stuff more often rather than waiting for an appropriate thread to appear on General Gassing etc 
Feel its time to start a thread to properly celebrate the large, wide and heavy end of the road haulage spectrum!
I've been a keen haulage and truck enthusiast for a very long time (Lorryspotting and suchlike sites have a lot to answer for lol!) and i enjoy snapping interesting trucks and loads from a nearby bridge that crosses the A1 in Eaton Socon, Cambs. See lots of very interesting stuff, but the absolute highlight has to be the abnormal loads! Hard to not to feel like a 10yr old once again when a fully lit up lowloader looms into view carrying a beastly cargo, be it the more regular heavy plant machinery (360 diggers, face shovels and bulldozers) to the more unusual and super sized loads under a full convoy!...
Heres a few pics of some of the best trucks and loads i've encountered thus far. Would be great to hear and see more from the PH trucking contingent too -
In particular hauliers such as HC Wilson, Hutchinsons, SA Smith and Chris Bennett all look superbly turned out with their FH16s and V8 Scannies etc. Always a pleasure to see and snap them on their way to and from jobs!
The ^ snap is one of several yachts that get hauled up the section of the A1 i regularly watch, always an awesome site, but this one was by far the biggest load of any kind i've yet seen!! -
Pure beast! Abbey Haulage DAF XF105.510 on lugging duties. Was touch and go wether they'd lower it enough to fit under the bridge properly, but they got there in the end! epic sight in every way!
More of my snaps here - http://s1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb394/Forthrig...
Feel its time to start a thread to properly celebrate the large, wide and heavy end of the road haulage spectrum!
I've been a keen haulage and truck enthusiast for a very long time (Lorryspotting and suchlike sites have a lot to answer for lol!) and i enjoy snapping interesting trucks and loads from a nearby bridge that crosses the A1 in Eaton Socon, Cambs. See lots of very interesting stuff, but the absolute highlight has to be the abnormal loads! Hard to not to feel like a 10yr old once again when a fully lit up lowloader looms into view carrying a beastly cargo, be it the more regular heavy plant machinery (360 diggers, face shovels and bulldozers) to the more unusual and super sized loads under a full convoy!...
Heres a few pics of some of the best trucks and loads i've encountered thus far. Would be great to hear and see more from the PH trucking contingent too
- In particular hauliers such as HC Wilson, Hutchinsons, SA Smith and Chris Bennett all look superbly turned out with their FH16s and V8 Scannies etc. Always a pleasure to see and snap them on their way to and from jobs!
The ^ snap is one of several yachts that get hauled up the section of the A1 i regularly watch, always an awesome site, but this one was by far the biggest load of any kind i've yet seen!! -
Pure beast! Abbey Haulage DAF XF105.510 on lugging duties. Was touch and go wether they'd lower it enough to fit under the bridge properly, but they got there in the end! epic sight in every way!
More of my snaps here
- http://s1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb394/Forthrig...Edited by Forthright MC on Saturday 21st April 22:37
Cheers!
Is that the mighty ALE Unipower ^ ? I'd love to see that in action!
Have seen a few units with the push/pull mounting points on the front and back, but haven't seen a cradled load like the above as of yet. Allelys take on similar moves too IIRC
Heres another i meant to post earlier, All the way from Omagh, Donnell & Ellis' beastly Scania R730 V8 8x4! -
snapped this in a layby on the A428 a few weeks ago! Was a proper surprise to see it to say the least!! The load was a huge self propelled crane. An immense rig in every way!
Is that the mighty ALE Unipower ^ ? I'd love to see that in action!
Have seen a few units with the push/pull mounting points on the front and back, but haven't seen a cradled load like the above as of yet. Allelys take on similar moves too IIRC
Heres another i meant to post earlier, All the way from Omagh, Donnell & Ellis' beastly Scania R730 V8 8x4! -
snapped this in a layby on the A428 a few weeks ago! Was a proper surprise to see it to say the least!! The load was a huge self propelled crane. An immense rig in every way!
GC8 said:
Eight wheel tractor unit with a 700+bhp V8? Thats a bad-boy, isnt it? 
Just a bit lol! I've seen a few R730s on the road, but that was by far the beastliest!
chilistrucker said:
very good pics mate.
like the abbey boat ones, used to see them on the road alot when we were doing spain regular a few years ago.
really like the daf, pulling the cabin, never seen that on my travels.
Cheers like the abbey boat ones, used to see them on the road alot when we were doing spain regular a few years ago.
really like the daf, pulling the cabin, never seen that on my travels.
Yeah Abbey come up and down here fairly regularly, usually once a month, with a yacht loaded up, but that one ^ was the biggest i've ever seen!
The DAF was part of a small group of trucks from the same firm lugging parts of cabins that day. Saw ans snapped an FH500 6x2 and nice old 164G Scannie as well!
Liking the FH from Sweden ^ too. Looks a fair old yoke! (FH16? looks like an 8x4 too!) Nice one!
GC8 said:
I always fancied one of those to build an insulated tipper on. Unfortunately they never seem to have lower roofed cabs and theyre not really an ideal dual purpose vehicle either. Still 730bhp and 32 tonnes
That sounds good, something similar to this? - 
Parkys 730, the first new one i saw and snapped! Beast.
They're meant to be very smooth and tractable to drive apparently. IIRC the 730 comes with Scanias Opticruise box as standard which must be handy at low speeds with a heavy load on.
FunBusMk2 said:
FMC, does R T Keedwell do some heavy haulage? I ask as on the M42 the other night I saw a lovely dark red with spray art Scania tractor with a heavy load on. I didn't think they did and I base that on having done business with them.
I know Keedwells do 44t flatbeds and Brick and Block work, but i'm not sure about full on heavy haulage. Sounds an interesting rig you saw though, their livery is usually pale blue/cream! Heres a few - 
I do quite like a Keedwell, very smart units!
GC8 said:
Forthright MC said:
That sounds good, something similar to this? -
Not quite - more like this:
A slightly deeper body would have been required due to the shorter chassis length, but itd still have been as steady as a rock. Can you imagine how relaxing t would be to drive though, with almost double the 380bhp usually found in an eight wheeler?
That would be a super machine indeed, would look awesome! i guess its not impossible though. I remember a story in Trucking mag just recently about a drain jetting company who had one of those huge Kaiser Whale water recycler tank thingies mounted onto an R620 chassis (Worked better with the manual gearbox for that application apparently) The operator said that they worked with their local dealer and Scania to build the ideal truck to spec! *think* that truck had a day cab on it too.
FunBusMk2 said:
It's the only livery I know for Keedwells too. I must be mistaken but as I drove by I was sure it had Keedwells on it.
Could have been a flagship truck for their fleet perhaps, bit like Stobarts "Debby" maybe (Shes an FH16 700 that pulls a charity reefer co sponsored by WH Malcolm if you haven't seen it) FunBusMk2 said:
Nickyboy said:
Great video, thanks for sharing.Love the wagon and drag with the 5 axle trailer.
Love the pair of log wagons at 2.00, stunning looking as well as sounding!
Flawless Victory said:
^
Not exactly heavy haulage though is it?
Would love to know the story behind this.
That T Cab is still more than welcome though! Proper beast! Looks great too Not exactly heavy haulage though is it?
Would love to know the story behind this.
Thats a HC Wilson unit being loaded up with the giant yacht ^ Great looking fleet, Based in Elmswell, Suffolk IIRC.
I see quite a few Wilsons, they haul oversized farm machinery and proper heavy plant mainly. Their trucks carry unusual titles such as "European Voyager" and "Continental Crusader" etc.
philmots said:
I saw that convoy as I was heading south. Very cool.
+1 En route from Goole docks up to the new Graveley wind farm located just a few miles east of here!
ETA. Love that CAT 3 F12 ^^ Great looking rig! One of my fave classics along with the Scania 3 series!
Edited by Forthright MC on Tuesday 27th November 20:07
Perhaps not *quite* as large as the previous one i saw passing through here a little while ago if i'm nitpicking, but another fairly sizeable Fairline yacht wended its way past along the A1 early on Monday afternoon! -
The BiB put in a rolling block a little further up the road so the load could pass under the bridge unhindered (Theres always seems to be some knob in a white van who tries to cut 'em up!...)
Coming direct from the Fairline factory in Oundle. I've just seen someone else picked a few shots off of this rig up passing along a residential road in central Cambridge again!
The BiB put in a rolling block a little further up the road so the load could pass under the bridge unhindered (Theres always seems to be some knob in a white van who tries to cut 'em up!...)
Coming direct from the Fairline factory in Oundle. I've just seen someone else picked a few shots off of this rig up passing along a residential road in central Cambridge again!
Paddy_N_Murphy said:
Flicking through the Archives / Youtube vids -
Is this big enough ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqbJqucClzc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=7kJCYNGsAT...
Nice! Hard to top the Heavylift boys TBH! Is this big enough ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqbJqucClzc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=7kJCYNGsAT...
Great vids. They do run some very interesting prime movers do ALE it must be said! You've got their unique (In this country anyway to the best of my knowledge!) Vienna built OAF 8x4 running ballasted along with their two Faun beasts in the first vid there. Looks like a fair old lump of metal on the cradle there!
They move big components from various power stations to on and off shore locations so i assume thats what the load is a part of!
Nice to see their ex army Unipower in the second one there, thats one truck i'd really love to see on the move, pure beast!
Paddy_N_Murphy said:
Forthright MC said:
Nice! Hard to top the Heavylift boys TBH!
Great vids. They do run some very interesting prime movers do ALE it must be said! You've got their unique (In this country anyway to the best of my knowledge!) Vienna built OAF 8x4 running ballasted along with their two Faun beasts in the first vid there. Looks like a fair old lump of metal on the cradle there!
They move big components from various power stations to on and off shore locations so i assume thats what the load is a part of!
Nice to see their ex army Unipower in the second one there, thats one truck i'd really love to see on the move, pure beast!
Well, as it happens. Great vids. They do run some very interesting prime movers do ALE it must be said! You've got their unique (In this country anyway to the best of my knowledge!) Vienna built OAF 8x4 running ballasted along with their two Faun beasts in the first vid there. Looks like a fair old lump of metal on the cradle there!
They move big components from various power stations to on and off shore locations so i assume thats what the load is a part of!
Nice to see their ex army Unipower in the second one there, thats one truck i'd really love to see on the move, pure beast!
I work for them.
Or should I say did. Quit this month for new pastures.
That stuff is mere hand luggage for the area / scopes I look after.
We have a 45,000Te skid / move next year.
Christ, that skid move sounds epic! Must need some serious kit to handle something like that i bet!...
I was asked to go out and take a few shots of this wagon and load by its driver (Buddy on Facebook) last Tuesday! -
X1 LHH is Leicester Heavy Haulage' very special MAN TGX 680 V8 (Was the very first RHD 680 to enter service in the UK) transporting a 38m rail translocator here southbound on the A1.
Heres a few more specs: 28 meters x 5 meters at 65 ton 38 meters overall length at 106 Tons gross on a 6 axle Nooteboom pendal axle with a life neck.
X1 LHH is Leicester Heavy Haulage' very special MAN TGX 680 V8 (Was the very first RHD 680 to enter service in the UK) transporting a 38m rail translocator here southbound on the A1.
Heres a few more specs: 28 meters x 5 meters at 65 ton 38 meters overall length at 106 Tons gross on a 6 axle Nooteboom pendal axle with a life neck.
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
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