American REacts to ALE 475 Tonnes Transformer Transport through Narrow Streets!

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[@tobiasmetzger4522]

After doing some research, that company Ale built their own heavy duty tractor, the Trojan 8870. Its got 700horsepower 16L inline 6 Volvo ship engine with a 6 speed allison gearbox. Its empty weight is about 72 tons and it does indeed have 8x8. Btw, the little Ford at 10:19 is a Ford Ka.

[@christianh.8408]

What only 6 gears? Normal trucks (40t / 80,000 lbs) already have up to 24 gears😅 i once saw a fuel tanker accelerating and he shifted 3 times without even reaching 5kmh (3mph)

[@tobiasmetzger4522]

@@christianh.8408 Which truck has 24 forward gears? 6 gears because it doesn't need more since its an actual old fashioned automatic gearbox

[@Scream250]

​@@tobiasmetzger4522 He perhaps used the 24 to emphasise the fact that it had a lot of gears. Peterbilt 389 has 18 so 24 isn't too far off the realms of truth. I've witnessed these trucks change gears like 3 or so times and still barely moving.

[@tobiasmetzger4522]

@@Scream250 Yeah, but why lie instead of just say a lot. And its got nothing to do with the model in American trucks. You can put just a 10 speed in as well.

[@Scream250]

@@tobiasmetzger4522 Granted, but it's technically not a lie. More like exaggeration. 18 + 3 reverse gears and he's not too far off the mark. American design culture is "big and more".

[@keithgrant7950]

The roads around Stafford have been adapted to take these loads. In some spots the traffic lights can be removed to allow turning and along the A34 between Stafford and Stoke on Trent the roundabouts have roads cut through them to allow for the "Road Train" to go straight and on the far side of Stone the "Road Train" changes left to right side of the road to go under the arch of the train bridge as the right hand dual carriageway is lower than the left Dual carriageway by about 5 - 6 feet. You can also get onto the M6 at Stafford Junction 13/14 (one junction at each end of Stafford) this is a motorway that goes from by Rugby (central England) to Gretna Scotland (231 m / 370Km)

[@seanthiar]

As far as weight goes, the heaviest load ever moved was a water desalination unit, which had a weight of more than 4,800 tons. This feat was accomplished in 2012, requiring a Saudi Arabian logistics company to use a tractor-trailer truck with 172 axles. What’s even crazier about this desalination unit is the fact that it was larger than half of a football field.

[@DarkMatter1992]

ALE is the transport company, ALSTOM is the manufacturer of the transformer. At 10:20 that is a Ford Ka. 13:00, that is rubble/debris from a road sign that they had to dig out, the black things are probably sand bags.

[@petervenkman69]

yep beat me to the Ka identification.

[@keithgrant7950]

ALE stood for Abnormal Load Engineering. The did a lot of work for the then company GEC in Stafford Staffordshire UK, moving transformers worldwide. I was employed as a temp to fill in and my job was to sit in the right hand seat, the being left hand drive, and watch side mirror to make sure no one came to close or that we got to close when navigating "tight areas" or bends. They move slow and it took 6 to bring a Tractor unit and pair of Swan Necks back from unloading in Portsmouth, along motorways and some small roads back to Stafford. Usually 8.30am until 6.30 / 7.30 pm a distance of approximately 200miles. P.S. we could get up and walk around in the cab to make a cup of Tea.

[@cbrbruce7161]

the trojan 8870 are an in-house development of the company ALE they have a 700hp Volvo Penta marine engine with a 6-speed Allison converter manual transmission

[@jur4x]

When I lived in Dover (the original one, in Sout East UK), I would get a letter warning me of Abnormal Load Move from/to the port, on a regular basis. Basically reminding there would be difficulties to drive on certain roads on certain day.

[@kelvingrebert7315]

great to view it again here. i had seen it before in full

[@BerraLJ]

Takes a lot of planning to move that load, have to make sure there is enough height, and of course that the road can handle the enormous weight, and is wide enough and so on. The wheels on the trailer are controlled by the guy walking next to it i believe.

[@ygberg]

And BTW... do you know why heavy transports in the US are so big and spread out compared to the same transported weight in most other parts of the world? That is because your roads and highways are so lightly built that they would get crushed if a heavy load like the ALE load rolled over them.

[@stephanmaxx_]

The submarine U17 is currently being transported overland by the Sinsheim and Speyer Technology Museums. Live and recorded from the entire transport. maybe this will be interesting for you too.

[@janhjorth965]

Tractors at the rear are there to provide braking capacity. Tractors in the front for traction.

[@kaiream]

A day before they do the transport they usually send out a team to cut out all the trees too

[@jiriondrejka6815]

And Big congratulations to your family for baby Sydney. Good Luck to all of you :-)

[@IWrocker]

Thank You 🎉

[@simonatkinson6389]

The First lead Truck was most likely an M series Alvis Unipower 8x8. 19 litre straight 6 with around 700 horsepower capable of 50mph unladen. The rear two are pushing but they also act as a braking unit. Even at slow speeds 475 tonnes would take some stopping!! These trucks tend to be 'Built for Purpose' machines. I think, (not 100% sure), the wheeled trailer units have 14 rows of axles that steer independently. Because the load is so heavy the entire centre section is to take the whole weight of the load that way the tractor units only need to push and pull the load.

[@RWL2012]

6:46 112 wheels just on that one trailer 😂

[@toomasargel8503]

13:46 that power high - voltage transformator with oil cooling . Yes here Estonia was same size transfarmator transport at Paldiski port = ca 160 tons / 352, 400 lbs

[@Nighthawk1983]

I use to drive heavy loads here in Denmark... We had a steersman walking behind to steer all these Axels. Mostly on trailers with windmill parts like towers and housing.. it's pretty intense job and you need to trust the guy walking behind with the remote..

[@toomasargel8503]

07:02 80 wheels "haul" with two enigne for compressors of hydralics.

[@jpsholland]

Its a Schnabel Wagen, a German invention for extreme transports. There are also Schnabels for railways. Mammoet = mammoth. The extinct large elephant. Mammoet is formed by 3 old dutch companies: 1: Stoof Breda, heavy transport and lifting on land 2: Smit Tak, heavy transport and lifting at sea 3: Van Seumeren heavy lifting on land. But this is a strange world were one company take over the other and then sell parts of it, so there are a lot more companies involved like ALE you see on this video. The dutch heavy lifting and transport specialists started in may 1807 by the 25 years old Jan Goedkoop who bought a 140 metric ton ship for heavy cargo. In the early days of the industrial revolution he saw the need of heavy transport and lifting, especially on sea. He was the first on the world who got into heavy sea tugs. (note: heavy sea tugs at the day was a mere bathtub with a diesel engine compare what we call sea tugs today)

[@petebeatminister]

It seems that the tractors were build by FAUN, a German manufacturer for special machinery, like truck cranes, road sweepers, tractors ect. If you enjoy watching such special transports, search for videos of the Dutch company Mammoet. They are probably the world leader in special transports, on roads as well as on sea. The haul everything, no matter how big or heavy. And most times it works well.... :)

[@martinwebb1681]

The trucks were a mixture of EX military tank transporters (built by Alvis Unipower) in Britain and self built trucks built in house by ALE themselves. The FAUN's used by ALE are the smaller bonneted truck like the one in the rear in this video. The Unipower trucks are not built by Faun and are not German. ALE'S trojan 8870 trucks were built by themselves in Britain at Hixon, Staffordshire, England.

[@chrissmith8773]

ALE = Abnormal Load Engineering. There used to be a tractor unit for another company called Goliath. Pulled a lot of loads out of the Alstom plant. Always like to see it about, even if running empty.

[@martinbuddenberg1025]

i think the prime mover could be a FAUN SLT 244 8X8

[@rikmoran3963]

Where do you practise driving a train of vehicles like that? Then, once you have gained the skill, someone has to be able to accurately plan a route that allows for all the dimensions of the 'train' including the weight! What an incredible feat all round.

[@tallthinkev]

You start of in tanks, then go from there

[@TheRealXesc]

Haha, at the 5 min mark, lead truck having gearbox problems... Just imagine, you don't just call a tow truck, if problems strike :D I used to live close to a mega-sized windmill factory in Denmark (Vestas), and quite often, they had to deliver wings that would require two sets of trucks to transport (front crew and rear crew). They would cross round abouts, driving around but the wings would extend all the way across the roundabout, that was fun to see :)

[@veetwotls]

have this very setup in my 1:50 scale diecast collection many other ALE Australian trucks ALE collection i have 30 pairs mainly of trucks & multiple trailer/moduels/SPMT's/cranes also heve the SAREN'S setup with 4 x C500's MAMMOET setup with 3 x western stars , 2 x C500's , 2 x T909's & 2 x 848's ROXU collection with the pride of the model fleet my custom built LTR11200 9.1 crawler crane

[@janhjorth965]

With these loads they move left or right around any obstacle irrespective of normal traffic rules…or even directly through the center of a roundabout if required.

[@keithgrant7950]

The tractor unit is "semi Automatic" with the gear lever being about 6 inches high and is just push forward to go up a gear and back to go down a gear. The brake pedal is about 12 inches by 6 inches and can fit both feet at once. There are 16 axels to each trailer, each axel can be raised or lowered on each side of the trailer to get over any "Humps "that can to be "bounced over, Ps not road kill but removed light fitting. The whole "Train" Is "Tractor Unit" attached to "Turntable trailer", which have the "Swan Necks" (the curved parts) down to the "Beams" that carry the Transformer, the back to "Swan Necks", "Turntable trailer" and finally the pushing "Tractor units." The small cabins on the multi wheeled trailers are actually steering booths should the need arise these can be controlled separately, The number of Police Outriders depends on the road/area they are going through and can be between 4 and 8 and how many junctions need to temporally closed. Sorry it took 3 posts to answer your questions

[@ZhekUA]

Looks like tower is a old soviet MAZ-537, or American original, of which it was reverse engineered

[@bulwinkle]

The suspension on those bolster trucks is adjustable for height on the move.

[@koserba_id]

You must watch the speedboat transportation on the Mahakam River

[@PedroConejo1939]

Try watching some of the A380 components being hauled from all over Europe to Toulouse, especially the fuselage sections.

[@Marc-so2cd]

The Alvis Unipower MH8875. Once a tank transporter.

[@aliciag.7777]

The Little Ford was a Ford Ka. Really small

[@russcattell955i]

The boys at ALE certainly earn their beer at the end of the day !

[@cmdrglass5096]

You should see the ways they transport the wind turbine blades GE's Haliade-X offshore wind turbine, with blades 351 feet long (107 meters) because they are not made beside the ocean shore

[@BrianM0OAB]

European Union flag is not a country but a single market for trading with member countries, just so you know.

[@harzbushcraft8460]

There is a bigger truck, look for the tractomas from nicolas in france. This is the beast !

[@commonsense31]

ALE (Abnormal Load Engineering)

[@stewartjones2370]

That little car is a ford ka which get used as rally cars

[@MrCalland]

The road kill part you mentioned is where all the signs and barriers have been removed probably the night before by the local council who will come in after and up them back

[@stanislavczebinski994]

Mammoet - Dutch is, like German Mammut, pronounced "Mammoot".

[@matebolecsek6180]

thats a Ford Ka, perfectly discribed when you said "smaller than a focus or the fiesta even" as they are the smallest Fords in the early 2000's in europe

[@IWrocker]

Cool! 🎉 Thank you. I don’t think we ever had that car here in the United States

[@Thorium_Th]

Is there a different name for the Ford Ka in the US?

[@SIG442]

Mammoth indeed, but pronounced in Dutch (very similar)

[@darneyoung537]

That’s what I normally see the pilot car with wide load sign lights flashing but nothing like this

[@jwvhvt]

"Mammoet" is the Dutch word for "Mammoth"..

[@iainwatson1605]

Unipower 40 tonnes 18.9 litre deisel

[@DrGreenthumb-il9tg]

A MAZ-537 is i think similar in size.....

[@ChiaraVet]

I just realised that this huge transport truck is produced according to European driving way(left side), so in the UK (right side) had to plan the entire trip going the opposite side of the road. That's why it's difficult to recognise the roundabouts, because they are driving the "wrong way" for UK standards.

[@gordowg1wg145]

Uh, you do realise the truck(s) can drive on either side of the road, the primary difference the driving position makes is for visibility on turns.

[@ChiaraVet]

@@gordowg1wg145 I agree, but also some turns and road adjustments are going to be tricky if you drive on the opposite side of what they are projected to be driven through. Think of the roundabouts, it's not easy even for a normal truck to enter them on the "wrong" side, let alone that behemoth.

[@gordowg1wg145]

@@ChiaraVet Ah, placing the vehicle makes sense - but I expect they've only driven those in LHD form, with spotters. now, if you think of the bigger mining trucks, as used in places like Aussie mines, I expect that's a whole new level of scariness for new drivers!

[@altern8tive]

Alstom then General Electric, flattened to make way for 430 copy and paste cardboard houses 😥 plus the drop in demand for power station turbines and generators. The journey along the A34 with the numerous roundabouts seems a crazy idea but it worked well for many years

[@tonyvandermeirsch731]

I think they are AZOV trucks.

[@jonathangoll2918]

A note on the geography. This all takes in the North-West Midlands of England. Stafford is in Staffordshire, Congleton ( and Sandbach, mentioned in the comments ) are in Cheshire. Traditionally we have also called these 'wide loads'.

[@joshualroose6197]

The one worker standing on the brick wall, tight squeeze?!? He just shrugged his shoulders when other worker came up to him! Lol... Just another day to those professionals

[@roconnor01]

Mammoet is pronounced Mamoot.

[@davidhall7811]

That wasnt roadkill, they had removed signage to clear the way

[@DougGratton]

Escort or pilot vehicle

[@MRG4B]

www.heavytorque.co.uk/ale-completes-build-of-the-trojan-trucks/

[@tonytutone2003]

Could get some v funny soundbites from this episode!

[@miskojancovic6784]

that was a ford ka

[@miskojancovic6784]

yea, its an adorable little car

[@miskojancovic6784]

bro was speaking to himself LMAO

[@Technolifter]

And in olden times they moved 1200 tons of monolits easy kiss my arse

[@nobodx]

you might wanna take a look at this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZCxY2mblr2UqJY - HEAVY TRANSPORT MISSION - Giants On The Move | Full Documentary

[@michaelfogarty3239]

schnable trailer is the name given to the load carrying device

[@markpaweena781]

Need to look at mammoet for big lifts and haulage

[@lowrangemaniac5326]

I think that the support trucks that were behind the convoy are Daf trucks

[@lollywoodproduction1]

yes the chassis are heavily modified by other companies. GINAF also a dutch company like DAF builds the contruction variants for DAF. And TATRA also uses DAF chassis.

[@PropperNaughtyGeezer]

The boss on Fridays during the lunch break to the apprentice: "There's another truck outside. Just change the tires and then you can call it a day." "... mal ebend schnell ... " It's better in German but I can't get it translated adequately. Typical employer saying here. What he doesn't mention: "Until you're done with that, you'll be able to use the North Star as a guide on the way home".

[@mrolsen6987]

I counted to 112 wheels on the trailer + 24 wheels on the trucks... !

[@douglassayers9109]

Mammoet is pronounced mam oot

[@peacefrog6823]

I was a Police motorcyclist in Staffordshire Police and was regularly involved in the escort of these huge loads. One time the load made it to within a few miles of its final destination in Canada, where it was being moved on a train. Unfortunately it was damaged when hit by another train!!. The load had to be returned to Stafford for repair.

[@denisd.3852]

Oh no... 😄

[@nilon5327]

The company that sold it: "What do you mean, you want to return it and want a new one???"

[@noelwallace5257]

Cool story, I used to be an STGO cat 3 driver…..👍🏻

[@ivovanzon164]

For the trailer: you have at least adjustable height for the load (those cylinders are visible on the pivot points), and often sideways movement too depending on the vehicle. The wheels of the chassis are individually adjustable in height and can be steered individually or in groups. The real party trick is that on some of these the center section is designed to be converted into a railway vehicle. This means that they drive it to a special loading area where the cradle is lowered on the ground and the wheels are replaced by two special railway cars

[@mikkorenvall428]

Yeah and there are usually planned and measured routes for these convoys on the street network. So they know al ready where to drive and how large items fit through... Except some once in lifetime delivery locations where you have to measure and count how and where to go to meet the location. And since there so many wheels the stress and strain per square inch is about the same as normal lorries.

[@Windgonner]

As of 2021 (I think) the ALE company is owned by the Dutch company Mammoet and all equipment has been re-branded.

[@PortCharmers]

At least the trucks were red already

[@timking7344]

i used to do heavy haulage in the uk, it was cool, police escorts, wrong way around roundabouts, all traffic had to give way to us, kids used to wave, press out taking pictures....it wasnt easy but it was a giggle, great experience, loved every minute.....

[@jimmyrutz1730]

Commercial Driving is not easy hope you had a good career

[@timking7344]

@@jimmyrutz1730 i did, i ended up doing 25 years dragging freight all over europe, pre mobile, pre sat navs and trackers, away for up to 3 months at a time, best job i ever had....magic times....

[@35manning]

Much respect to heavy haulage / oversize drivers, but to be honest, the driver of the lead truck isn't the elite of the elite. I'm sure you'd agree, and maybe can chip in with your experiences, that this sort of driving is a team effort with the driver getting a lot of assistance from spotters, the trailer steering etc. Even the pre-planning, where the entire route is driven, mapped out and planned in the smallest detail.

[@timking7344]

@@35manning the company had to put a request in to the local dept of transport to get the required permits, the police had to be notified to arrange escorts, local councils had to approve so they could have staff on route to remove obstacles, same with bt for phone lines if necessary, it was like a military operation, but it had to be, enormous congestion would form if people didnt work together,and of course as soon as we passed by everything had to be put back, otherwise there would always be someone claiming there vehicle got damaged, it was a lot of stress but fun as well.... mind you im talking about back in the 80s so the trucks were hard work as well, but we didnt know any different, we used to run down to gibralter or naples, no aircon, cruise control, under powered motors, thousands of gear changes every day, but still a great job and well paid for the time....

[@Grez6232]

I grew up in that part of the world, would regularly see these things being moved. These movements happen pretty regularly on the Stafford to Congleton route (about 35 miles), if memory serves, enough that much of the road infrastructure is built specifically to help them. I can't remember why they go to Congleton specifically, there's no power station there, it could be that they're put on a train to Manchester or Liverpool to be shipped around the world.

[@paulwright6386]

There’s a large lay-by at Browns Bank near to stop in overnight, before their onward journey in Cheshire the following day. Cheshire Police take over escorting duties from Staffs Police at a place called Butt Lane near Talke Pits.

[@LarkspeedNL]

The little ford you were curious about is a Ford Ka. As for clearing the low wall, the trailer has a certain amount of lift capacity so they can actually raise it up somewhat if they need to. Mammoet is pronounced Maamoot (it's dutch for Mammoth)

[@moritz1071]

As you have bought ets2 now, you have to buy the heavy and the special transport dlc, with the special transport dlc you can do transports similar to this but smaller, and I really recommend playing ets2 with a steering wheel and pedals, it's so much better and way more realistic

[@Gazer75]

The crazy thing is that this transport is a single phase transformer, so you'll need 3 of those massive boxes :) In addition there are some massive bushings fitted on the end as well when installed.

[@zweispurmopped]

In Dutch, the "OE" is pronounced as "OO", as in boot or loot. Mamoet is spoken as Mamoot, thus!

[@alexanderreich9592]

Hat was old Faun Trucks with a v10 Leopard 1 engin with 870 hp

[@NLJeffEU]

Day 1 of trying to get you review "Amsterdam SAIL event"

[@dzzope]

Dunno if anyone else mentioned.. The 2 in the rear vs 1 at front is for control during descents. Braking being more important than most other considerations when dealing with this kind of weight.

[@MathiasHeinel]

'HELP, we've got a runaway!', NOT the preferred thing going down hill. . . .

[@tobyk.4911]

don't the many wheels in the load-bearing middle section have brakes themselves?

[@Tom-Lahaye]

I love your enthusiasm for these things, the trick with clearing the border wall is that the load cradle can be hydraulic lifted and lowered. The name Mammoet is pronounced as Mamut in English and means Mammoth. Mammoet is active world wide, even in North America now, bringing with them al the modern European equipment like these modular platform trailers with all steerable and adjustable axles and self propelled modular transporters (SPMT). The modular platforms can be coupled together in any configuration needed for the task, up to several thousands of tonnes capacity. Biggest manufacturer of these heavy load trailers is Scheuerle from Germany, but others like Goldhofer of Germany and Cometo of Italy build these too, this kind of modular trailers and SPMTs are still only manufactured in Europe.

[@ferchrissakes]

You should look up the way Airbus transported body sections for the A380 through parts of France. Not heavy, just big. Big enough that they bought new, slightly narrower balconies for a village, so they could have even a little clearance.

[@peli71]

Indeed.

[@eobi-edobi4275]

oh yeah that is also great to see.

[@GLH8]

10:20 thats a Ford Ka

[@klotz__]

I have seen such transports in Germany where they even pulled down whole traffic lights, rail guards and anything else that's in the way. Sometimes available space is only millimeters too short. Money is of no concern in this matter.

[@Gazer75]

This is nothing. There are some crazy videos from transformer transports in Norway on winding steep roads.

[@kjetilblestrud9549]

Oh yes. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYKziqZuqaeLq5o

[@Gazer75]

@@kjetilblestrud9549 One of the transports went wrong in the hairpin at 1:40 in that video. I remember it was all over the news with pictures of the trailer tipped over on its side.

[@johnchristmas7522]

You should watch the parts for the A380 (super jumbo aircraft) being transported through French villages!

[@veetwotls]

Transport Company ALE uk ALE/ROLL-LIFT ALE Australia as well ALE has now been brought out by Mammoet

[@donfinch862]

Yesterday passed a 4 wide loads going up Gt Northern hwy from Perth. 8.5 metre (30ft) wide dump trucks on the trailers with a pusher semi behind each one. Pretty much had to head into the bush to get out of the way. Going up north to the mines. Police escorts and pilot vehicles all over the place. A lot of jibber jabber on the two way radio

[@romaricquerson6165]

Hello , the trailer is a French brand trailer nicolas , it also manufactures the famous super heavy tractomas 10X10 and 8X8 , you who like big toys, I invite you to see their manufacture 😉

[@olivierdk2]

It's a record breaking heavy lift transport, the previous one was a 370 tons transport of a gasturbine ( made by Alstom already ) in 2009. 13:00 They had to remove a traffic direction signal or an indicator panel, sometimes it requires removing a larger piece of asphalt than expected. It's not a roadkill.

[@RWL2012]

8:44 there's a "non-London" double decker bus for you. Actually, that one's a childrens' party bus lol.

[@derKarl_stp]

we had a few large scale transport operations in the past when we had the big industries over here in town... a few got closed down in the past so they stopped these transports but there were pump housing transports with 6m wide housings on public roads where I could take a closer look at one directly by walking under the side of the load as I got the okay from the transport manager on the company parking grounds was insane to watch that beast take off and then drive past me on the road (I even followed a bit on the Autobahn before turning around at the truckstop and drove back home) and let Felbermayr do their transport without me spectating any longer a few months later there was a second transport that was less lucky... as they had to make a larger turn and then during the drive like 500m away from the spot where it started a pin had snapped... just that it was a hard steel pin with 6 inch diamenter that bascially made the thing get stuck in a turn... they had to work for almost 2 days to get the broken thing fixed (because of all the overhead lights on the roads that had to be taken down before they could use cranes to remove some load from the broken part) was spectacular but stressy and expensive at the same time... and this time it was not Felbermayr driving but a different company where their dolly failed... but the shipper had to pay the bill

[@VikingPlaysGames]

To answer your Question about the Wheels: 150 single Wheels in total, Tractors included.

[@Xantec]

A L E - Abnormal Load Engineering They come through my town every so often as I live near to the A34 which is their main route

[@BarbaraGarwell]

Just a thought. Its 475 tonnes (metric). Converted into US, 523 tons. I've watched all the videos of ALE, who are a heavy haulage contractor. Very impressive. Boys and their toys😅😅. It's a shame now, as the company sold off to a Dutch firm. The tractors, I think, are German. Not quite as fast as BMWs😂😂. One oneor two videos, they come with mobile tyres (as this video), local Council to cut some major branches from trees, and a wagon to lay down planks for the vehicle to go onto kerbs. The roundabouts (not all), are made to open up for abnormal loads to pass through. The A34 road is a main arterial road, and are usually fairly staight. Where you say roadkill. Its not, there are bollards on the route, and these are taken out by the local Council for the load to move through the towns. Where you are querying the load and both hydraulic systems, they also lift and lower to either go over obstacles or under low bridges. In this video, you didn't show what happened when one of the wheels burst and they had to change it. I must admit, I take my hat off to these people

[@paulwright6386]

Here in the U.K there a a few companies who specialise in heavy haulage; Allelys, Colletts & Rawcliffes all have KZbin videos showing abnormal load movements.

[@philipperafortho2671]

Hello Some others transports exemples like this one in France Airbus A380 Transportation parts between assemby plants kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWqxoXmKbNd1iqs kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGXWhHdrnc2Ce6M And a general vidéo on special transport including Airbus parts kzbin.info/www/bejne/h2K5pIqFe9B6sKs All the fun with Airbus is the convoy move at night...

[@stanislavczebinski994]

Trojan 8870 is a 8x8, 700hp, 3160Nm, 72 ton truck for super-heavy haulage build by ALE themself. Can't buy it? - Build it yourself!! The Volvo Penta 6-cyl. Diesel engine is usually used for marine applications.

[@Koink54]

thanks! Merci man! very cool! I love what your doing! You gotta watch the transport of the airbus 380 portions here in France! they go threw tiny villages with enormous equipment...they even have to disassemble equipment on the road and the thing is...massive! Big trucks whit big airplane is a real event for the people! kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGXWhHdrnc2Ce6M oh and by the way, I can't wait to see you here in south of France! (one of my best friend owns a modified 2cv hot rod and frankly my friend looks really, absolutely, exactly like you! funny thing...doesn't surprise me that you're a 2cv guy! yeah I know weird invitation but we European need to find some key points so you would get here! ) peace and bravo!

[@davidvernon4469]

What you probably didn't notice when they just scraped over the top of the low wall, was that they also went around a sign pole mounted on the top of the wall.