Oversize Load!

Oversize load, probably a PITA for the truck driver but it's quite fascinating to me what can actually be stacked and transported by big rigs.  It beats me how trucks can even move under the weight of some of this cargo, and even more so, how the heck can a driver maneuver their vehicle with these kind of loads!

Anyway .... I thought I'd scout the web for some interesting oversized cargo, so here we go .... Enjoy!

Let me start with one I witnessed first hand.  The below photos were taken during a 340 ton rock move.
You can read about it and see more photos here:
http://18wheelbeauties.blogspot.com/2012/03/340-ton-rock-move.html

Another traveler came across another heavy transport of an unknown type in Wisconsin.  He counted a total of 92 tires - 32 on the bogey, 14 on the tractor and 48 in the rear.

Below are some random Oversize photos from the giant pool of pictures that is called the internet!
The first one must be one of my favorite ones, very cool black and white heavy haul!
From the original page it says:

"This is a 1955 Scammell Contractor of Wynns pulling an oversize load a generator transformer on its way to CEGB High Marnham Power Station in North Notts in 1959."

Enjoy these pics! 

340-ton Rock Move!

Ok, so I made it! I was able to go and see, and photograph, the massive transport that is transporting a 340 ton (yes, TON) rock 105 miles, from Riverside to Los Angeles, where it will be displayed at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art as part of Michael Heizer's artwork Levitated Mass. (More on the artwork can be found on the web.... we're a trucking web site after all, not an art blog.... however a brief description of the art work can be found here: http://lacma.wordpress.com/2011/05/17/michael-heizer%e2%80%99s-levitated-mass-is-coming-to-lacma/ )

Anyway. For any truck enthusiast, this was a beautiful site. I snapped pictures like nobody's business. Unfortunately I was racing the sunlight, so I'm sorry about the variety in light on these pictures.  Some are a little dark, but it's what I was able to get :)

Now, I said 105 miles is the traveling distance, but that is if you can take the freeway.  With this load, there is no way to travel freeways with overpasses and weak spots.  After several months of collaboration between several cities, counties and engineering specialists, a route was planned out that is longer, but will be safer to travel.

The rock moves at 5mph and it only moves at night, from around 10pm and night until 5-6am in the morning.  It is said to possibly be the largest megalithic stone moves since ancient times.

The transport measures 260 feet long and 32 feet wide and if everythign goes according to schedule, the rock should be at LACMA on March 10th.

CLICK HERE TO FOLLOW THE ROCK MOVE!

Ok, enough talk! Let's see some PICTURES!!!!  Enjoy!

I'll have the entire picture collection uploaded on Facebook, just join the 18wheeler FB group, although all I can say is that it's pretty much more of the same :)

You can read more detailed information about the rock and the progress of the transportation HERE.

Giant Rock transport!

I'm going to try to make it home in time to photograph this today.  This looks awesome. A giant rock, 340 ton, was moved 105 miles from Riverside, CA to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, it moves only at night at 5 mph.   Tonight it's parked within minutes of my house, I'm HOPING hoping hoping to take my camera out and get a few shots of it.

(Hey if it starts moving before I get there, I guess chances are I could catch up to it ...... :))


I WILL keep you posted and of course post photos if I get there in time to do so.

Bit of a Challenge .....

Let's hope nobody is on their way up ..... :)  I am from Norway and I can vouch for these roads leading up the mountains, they're this narrow and curvy and they're a bitch in the winter .... The snow plow comes through and leaves several feet tall walls of snow on the sides, it's like driving through a snow maze :)  (I'll have to see if I can find some pics).

Wide Load ... and then some!

So I'm in this Facebook group called "Big Trucks Big Rigs" and they post a LOT of awesome truck pics in there.   The most fun ones are the "wide load" ones from various countries.  I have collected a few of these photos to post on the blog here. 

Enjoy!