A 70 metre, 140 Tonne Abnormal load making its way into New Haw, Surrey

[@alanhusband5136]

Can l just say it’s Metre, as in Metric! A Meter is something you measure your gas/electric/water on. Sick of this American misspelling!

[@LavishTrotter]

Oh I see.Thanks. I studied US American English hence the confusion.

[@WhiskeyGulf71]

@@LavishTrotterso now you know, correct it !

[@stevedawson256]

​​@@WhiskeyGulf71hope he's got a sense of humor 😊😂

[@andyfletcher3375]

Apologies in advance....🇬🇧 Bonnet ✅ Hood ❌ Boot ✅ Trunk ❌ Faucet and you'll break it.

[@AmbroseB1900]

Fantastic teamwork and coordination between the drivers. I am quite amazed that vehicles this wide and long are able to traverse urban roads, especially as councils seem to make lanes narrower, turns tighter and add such nightmares as chicanes to so many roads.

[@tonyprice1786]

Always fun to watch- we like to see houses being shifted here in New Zealand- not so heavy, but the trailers are amazing with their hydraulics to raise the bed and shift it sideways for manoeuvring round corners and over rough ground. Our own 1920 house was moved that way, cut in two first- others are cut into three or more sections and realigned.

[@BigJoeChrisLewis]

Well, now that excitement's over it'll be back to watching the bacon slicer in New Haw Co-op on Monday...

[@LavishTrotter]

😂🤣😂😂 you can say that again

[@arthurmee]

Just a couple of days ago, I was telling my wife how, as a kid, I used to like watching the bacon slicer slicing up the rashers for my mum's order. back in the early 60's. 😉.

[@00000Si]

Good to see New Haw has barely changed since I was last there over 25 years ago (used to work at the vet labs)

[@LavishTrotter]

@@00000Si hasn't changed much. Just shops changing owners 😄

[@coolkitty2075]

Why is it not on 2 lorries?

[@Tocsin-Bang]

UI worked there too from 1965-1970.

[@scopex2749]

This reminds me of something from THUNDERBIRDS....👍👍👏👏👏👏

[@sylviacrossman4562]

Now that's what you call team work😮

[@jayd1974]

Wow some load.I drive trucks and would love to have a go at driving that yoke👍

[@ehv1v592]

Well done to the film taker. Use camera phone on landscape. Very good, much better than waggling a phone in portrait mode. Very well set up.

[@LavishTrotter]

Thank you

[@gijsbouman5193]

Yes indeed, I asked myself, do these people also put their television in a vertical position? It is really so stupid to film not in landscape position.

[@andyguy0610]

Wow, thats impressive!

[@Luxxebelle]

Yep! Had to watch this!!❤

[@davidfalconer8913]

R.I.P. Woodham motors ( ? ) ... This route up Woodham lane , is used quite often for the HUGE transformers , for the big National Grid site nearby ..... one would have thought the local council would have constructed a ( domed ) drive over roundabout by now , near the Black Prince pub ( ? ) .... just a thought ............. DAVE™🛑

[@derekjarman5156]

If they ban diesel engines where will they find an electric vehicle capable of hauling such a heavy load.

[@RichardBacon-h5x]

They already have electric vehicles that can do that

[@nathansmith7153]

They run mining trucks with electric motors.

[@petergardner5002]

​@@nathansmith7153 with a big diesel engine powered generator

[@BV-co7hy]

@@nathansmith7153most are Hydraulic run by diesel engines

[@medler2110]

Electric trains pull massive weight, even many of the diesel ones are basically a diesel generator running electric drive motors. The problem will be the battery capacity.

[@roblonsdale8927]

The only example I,ve seen where a mini roundabout would actually be better : )

[@LavishTrotter]

Actually that's true

[@GaryHall-y9v]

Driver being a star for a few days. If he is anything like me , they useto come from miles around to see me reverse park my car , bluddy useless at it , and yet could reverse park my 40 ft coach with a trailer with no problems.

[@bernardmcmahon351]

Very interesting, thanks

[@LavishTrotter]

@@bernardmcmahon351 you welcome

[@bubbles190]

Those high vis guys stand in spots i wouldnt even go near. If those hydraulics go your suddenly twice as short.

[@andyfletcher3375]

Flat as a pancake 🤯

[@LavishTrotter]

😂😂

[@epickidethan777]

That's a huge amount of weight to haul😳!

[@mykota2417]

My bomb proof shelter turned up then

[@michaelemery5219]

That's the type of transformer that tthat clsss 81 crashed into at hixon leavel crossing

[@markharris1223]

There will be much, much more of this in order to build the infrastructure which will be necessary to supply all the charging stations and to connect all the windmills to the grid.

[@maxthecat14]

Oh well, something useful will come of it then.

[@bernardmcmahon351]

Agree, subtle

[@DanielHealey-pv5xj]

Its a specialised skill not many can handle need to know your maths

[@LavishTrotter]

Oh yes definitely

[@geoffplywood6112]

What's the little green shed behind the cab?

[@alanmorris9425]

It's large weight to provide traction for the truck

[@geoffplywood6112]

@@alanmorris9425 Ah I see, thanks

[@medler2110]

Be alot easier if he wasn't pulling that truck behind him., 😂

[@LavishTrotter]

Why are they even pulling it. Can't it drive by itself?

[@fredadams6239]

Was the load a power transformer?

[@LavishTrotter]

Yes it was

[@fredadams6239]

@@LavishTrotter I used to work for Hawker Siddley Power Transformers, and remember the heaviest and or largest item that could be transported by road leaving the factory early on a Sunday morning.

[@MCWorldTV]

Amazing

[@Vibinwithnique2.0]

Hi new subscriber ❤

[@LavishTrotter]

@@Vibinwithnique2.0 back at you ❤️

[@prof2bobajob.klonded5]

No straps or chains,going down a 7.5 ton weight limit,vosa would be coming in their pants

[@kevinnorris3943]

Look again it’s chained

[@prof2bobajob.klonded5]

@@kevinnorris3943 I'm only joking

[@drgeoffangel5422]

I know that road well it's a no through road, or in french, a cul-de sac!

[@yousafool]

That's a lot of weight to haul😳!

[@winnaing3200]

Exceptional

[@cityzens634]

That’s going to create a lot of broken road surface

[@JIMMYBUSHIDO]

Just to put it into perspective.... The pre- dynastic Egyptians were moving stones TEN TIMES AS BIG 🤪😱

[@Tyke63360]

The average weight of the stones in the Great Pyramid was 2.5 tonnes. NOT over 1,400 tonnes! Also, loads of over 3,000 tonnes are moved by road on occasions, this was relatively light. As for lifting, the modern worlds largest crane can lift exactly 30,000Tonnes. :)

[@Davy-yt8qg]

But not in built up heavily populated areas

[@volpeverde6441]

NO THEY WEREN'T.....

[@brucewilliams8714]

Did anyone count the numbers of tyres to eventually be replaced? I gave up at b 76.

[@LavishTrotter]

@@brucewilliams8714 I tried but couldn't. Coz I don't know if they have 2 wheels on each side

[@brucewilliams8714]

@LavishTrotter Same here. I assumed this: prime mover 2 front, 8 rear. Trailers 8 axles each, four wheels per axle. My maths just blew a fuse at this point!

[@keithbroomfield3183]

There’s 16 axles on the trailer with 8 wheels and 12 wheels on each tractor unit Making 152 in total

[@frankywatte5646]

I don't want to pay for this, don't even want to know what something like this costs in insurance.🤐🤨

[@LavishTrotter]

Millions that's for sure

[@rhock1979]

I wonder why they did not go the correct way around the roundabout or used the network rail to transfer it. As our roads in uk was not built to carry heavy stuff like this. I not even surprised after this been through the drains etc which was under the these lorries break and collapse because too much weight was put on them

[@stevencaws7039]

Much to far out of gauge to go by rail. Also so many wheels to spread the load that each wheel does not exert much weight onto drains and manholes etc

[@georgepitchley3946]

Whoever surveyed the route didn’t do a very good job, the traffic islands should have been completely removed or at least plated, so not to put so much pressure on the tyres as when bumping up and down them.

[@pedromorgan99]

They can LIDAR scan the whole route nowadays, inc wires/trees.. But yes.. their good at their job ;-).

[@jean-micheldeleaz7248]

Vu le convoi peut-être 2 tracteurs !

[@LavishTrotter]

true

[@SneezingEagle]

Impressive

[@michealplater9007]

Meter or Metre?

[@andyfletcher3375]

If timing think using a device like a meter, As for metre we can go on and on and on 😃

[@LavishTrotter]

Done

[@coolkitty2075]

Would it not go on 2 trucks? Also these huge loads used to be transported during the night

[@LavishTrotter]

Well I heard from someone cos you can see they keep looking down there , they can't do that at night. And coz it's in a residential area there are a lot of signs, things to be moved. So night time is not ideal.

[@nickcowley5668]

Abnormal loads used to only travel in daylight (I worked on them as an apprentice many years ago). It’s only fairly recently that they’ve started moving the odd thing at night. You need maximum visibility.

[@keithbroomfield3183]

How could it go on two trucks each one please Dummy

[@EdVanMeyer]

That won't get up Scotland Bridge road!

[@LavishTrotter]

It's destination was actually just a street away from the roundabout. That I heard is a very tight sport and it's a whole new way of navigating that street

[@michaelemery5219]

Thank god that was not hixon

[@pedromorgan99]

.. Now rewind and imagine its 1880.. and done by horses ;-)

[@oligorman999]

I am going to draw your heavy duty truck and send it to you in the post 📪📪 My draw is out of this world 🌎🌎 Do you like to see there Yes or no You are the best in the world 🌎🌎

[@LavishTrotter]

@@oligorman999 YES 😊

[@ianpurcell4445]

By then us slaves will pull it 😂

[@fredabdilla6744]

😊

[@paul.-jj6yh]

Y d police .... the uk doesnt have pilot cars 4 heavy haul loads???

[@LavishTrotter]

Its more for the people and cars. So local police will help making sure everyone is off the road and safe.

[@paul.-jj6yh]

@@LavishTrotter out here in canada and d states ,v use pilot cars for over size after a certain size and heavy loads....

[@michaeloconnor9809]

What's the load

[@LavishTrotter]

Electricity Transformer

[@WhiskeyGulf71]

A robot in disguise.

[@andyfletcher3375]

Paper weight... Door stop 😱

[@philipareed]

*METRE

[@LavishTrotter]

Done

[@thomasarmstrong3804]

70 metres is a Tad over 150 feet

[@colinvickery4769]

229 feet in the uk

[@DavidCooper-rv6wg]

Sad that people come out to watch

[@LavishTrotter]

Why is it sad ?

[@garyhills2336]

Having lived in New Haw many moons back, I can say it's a quite little place and not much exciting happens there, so this at least is interesting. So, why not go and watch!

[@petrichor649]

​@@LavishTrotterbecause he's sad nihilist

[@Roy-gi5ul]

Better than turning out to watch a load of thugs rioting!!!