INCREDIBLE TRANSPORT MIRACLE: Power on Axels - The heavy-duty German Transporter | WELT Documentary

Heavy-duty self-propelled trucks are considered transport wonders. Their engines have more than five hundred horsepower and their agile chassis has eight wheels per axle line. This allows them to drive not only forwards and backwards, but also sideways and diagonally. Whether steep inclines, steep declines or difficult surfaces, they are true off-road professionals. They can move loads up to seven times their own weight. They are used when other transport systems fail.
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[@arthurpoghosyan1352]

Real German engineering and quality. Very interesting

[@oh8wingman]

The SPMT's shown here are Goldhofer's. There are several manufacturers making this type of unit including Scheuerle, Kamag, Cometto, Nicolas, and Anster and they all essentially the same in their construction and operation. For highway use they will frequently remove the power unit and pull them with a tractor unit. If the terrain is more demanding, they can be rigged up with a pusher pull setup using two tractors fore and aft. There are also SPT trailers that do not use hydraulics but linkages to control the unit.

[@michaelpage7691]

Superb engineering. Well explained, filmed and edited. I’d love to know the cost of a service when it’s due. 👍🏻🇦🇺😁

[@ceessmit9972]

The development by the engineers partly based on the customer specification and subsequently the realization of the project by logistics and executive crew is top notch. The many techniques that have to work 'together' in these types of projects and are put together into a coherent working system is a complex task. And perfectly realized. Chapeaux

[@kiyingigerald1712]

Germany's make engineering look easy for sure

[@TRPGpilot]

Thank you for using globally understood S.I. (metric) unit exclusively!

[@johnpartridge7623]

The German's certainly build a superb bit of kit 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@carrollbridges9341]

Awesome machinery

[@warrenjones744]

While the "Goldies" are amazing machines, that Blade Rotator is pure brilliance to solve a problem.

[@avithaaugustin1963]

A painstaking naration Compatible even to a beginner. Felt like the Old Popular Mechanics, I have red. Dr Augustine . India.

[@nasigorengpecelesteh1506]

360 angle shaft nice Very perfect tire too. Thanks to rubber from tropical country Greeting from indonesia

[@upinbahlul5287]

Kaya ngerti aja lu😅😅

[@cartmanrlsusall]

I remember when the discovery channels used to show interesting things like this

[@bcabrera971]

That was a long, long time ago.

[@christopherkieti1502]

I woud wish to work here but qualifications may not favour me. Proud to be a mechanic.

[@williamburns9731]

Fantastic.

[@muhammaduzair5384]

Wonderful documentary 👍 Hats off

[@TS-1267]

…"… Everything In It's Place And A Place For Everything… "… BRILLIANT CONTENT!… Cheers For The Enjoyment.✌️💥✌️

[@miltononyango]

what happens in an event of failure...amazing doc

[@zounds010]

If the power unit fails, there are locks in the hydraulic lines so the suspension doesn't collapse. The brakes are air-powered. These are built so that you need air pressure to release the brakes. When the system pressure drops below the threshold, the brakes are applied automatically. So in a failure you're stuck in place for a while until they can bring out a new power unit, but the load remains secure. Swap the power unit (or just attach the new power unit to the other side of the SPMT), and you're ready to go.

[@miltononyango]

@@zounds010 ..amazing ...these they have good brains

[@JanDreier-HH]

Axel might be the founder of Springer Verlag, but when it comes to rolling stock it is "Axle"...

[@chinmayjadhav2680]

This documentary has the same quality as the transporter itself

[@zounds010]

The SPMT was invented in the early 1980s at Mammoet, a Dutch heavy haulage company. They created the concept and set the standard: modules with 4 or 6 axle lines and a width of 2.44 m so they could be transported in ISO containers. They commissioned Scheuerle to build the modules. Several companies these days build similar modules.

[@unbehagen43]

wikipedia: Der Begriff SPMT wurde erstmals in den 1970er-Jahren von der Scheuerle Fahrzeugfabrik aus Pfedelbach verwendet, die auch das erste modulare Schwerlastfahrzeug mit Eigenantrieb entwickelt hat.

[@zounds010]

@@unbehagen43 Die SPMT war ein Konzept von Mammoet, die Firma hat die Fahrzeuge zusammen mit Scheuerle entwickelt, und in 1983 zuerst eingeführt.

[@WeeShoeyDugless]

Was it ever mentioned anywhere in the video that they 'invented' the concept? I certainly can't recall if they did. The video was about showcasing THEIR version and the manufacture of it. WTF🥴🥴

[@zounds010]

@@WeeShoeyDugless I think I was just giving background information.

[@isaacgbornor2515]

Amazing

[@jyuvgrace5364]

Erin's descendent is a team leader at this plant! Rolf!

[@hotwings9382]

That PTO he attaches at 5:50 is the one that's used on the Terex TR70 dump truck. Same with the damper you see at 5:55

[@supertrucky6695]

These things are so cool.

[@EDDGC]

Those amazing german macines!

[@martinimbukiran4199]

I love German engineering

[@robincruz7033]

Nice 👍 work

[@Obieden1]

@scssoftware needs to work with goldhofer to add their trailers to the truck sims

[@DaReal_Julian]

Good content

[@jazzgeezer]

Axels are skating jumps. Did you mean axles?

[@weaseltown]

How do those 2 little blue stands hold that big ass thing up!

[@bogopouk8551]

Thinking the same thing😲

[@-PORK-CHOP-]

Special German Engineered stands 😂😂🤣🤣

[@johnland7318]

Triangles

[@wiliamfernandobetancurt6622]

Pa' cuando los subtitulos en español??

[@sakidianto5478]

Mantap betul...hebat

[@michiganporter]

Bavaria.., always with the technology...

[@donooetomo5213]

A M A Z I N G MADE IN GERMANY POWERFULL HIGH TECH H E B A T TIADA LAWAN THE BEST

[@lilytea3]

0:20: 🚜 Self-propelled transporters are versatile vehicles that can carry heavy loads and have excellent maneuverability. 8:19: 🚂 The process of building a self-propelled transporter chassis involves installing hydraulic tubing, laying electrical wiring, and rotating the frame. 13:08: 🔧 The process of installing components on a self-propelled transporter. 20:51: 🔧 The engine is carefully positioned and bolted into place, while the axles are adjusted and tested for accuracy. 27:35: 🚛 The power pack of the self-propelled transporter is tested and installed, including the brakes, tanks, and engine components. 34:57: ✅ The self-propelled transporter has a diesel tank capacity of nearly 450 liters and a 530 horsepower Deutz motor with a fuel consumption ranging from 10 to 70 liters per hour depending on the load. 41:41: ✅ The self-propelled transporter is being commissioned and tested for various hydraulic functions. 49:27: 🚚 The self-propelled transporter undergoes final tests and is ready for delivery. Recap by Tammy AI

[@ioanbota9397]

Realy I like it

[@ZulfiqarAli-jv6qg]

V. Good

[@serbaresep]

Luar biasa

[@mtsbr78]

Eu adoraria ter uma maneira fácil e barata para dublar por AI ótimos vídeos como esses. Ao menos legendar adequadamente já seria muito bom.

[@TS-1267]

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[@Hemeralopie]

Nice documentary, although a little bit too much artificial drama added

[@MichaelAussie05]

Good documentary very interesting. Pity the over the top music made this video seem amateurish.

[@oz93666]

A fantastic machine , but driving by hydrolics seems a lot of work to construct, high pressure tanks and all that pipeing , posibility of leaks . I wonder if electric would be easier ,the powerpack would be a diesiel generator and an electric motor on each drive wheel.

[@zounds010]

Mammoet/Scheuerle are experimenting with electric SPMTs. These use an electric power unit to drive hydraulic pumps, so the SPMT itself is still hydraulic. The biggest problem is the lifting system. This has to carry the weight of the load, and be compact enough to fit between the wheels of a wheel unit. Hydraulics are an excellent solution for providing a lot of lifting power in a small package. I'm not aware of electric solutions that could fit in there.

[@johnland7318]

Hydraulic motors are a smaller package. And the 400 Bar pressure forcing the action is easy to control to inch forwards. No gearing needed.

[@us7wqtrnek7uu]

Either hydraulic fluid is only only solution,even if you electric motor diesel engine is required

[@SUGERPIE999]

I just wanted to know how much money cost to own this unit, just curious 😅❤️

[@ronnieg6358]

My thought too!

[@camiemengineer]

ESTIMATE:- Less than €350,000 for 28 wheel unit.

[@silentepsilon888]

right at the end 52:15 the narrator said cost is in the high six figure range which would be around 650000 to 800000 Euros

[@WeeShoeyDugless]

​@@camiemengineer A little optimistic with that figure!! You pay more than that for a pimp mobile like a Rolls Royce nowadays!!

[@Razbojnik88]

Best comment.

[@Mr.mysterious76]

Ratio

[@109sssss]

20:38 really 😂

[@Jamiek0115]

I wonder how much it cost to transport something on 1 of them ??

[@markroderick9526]

I find it funny how many people can't spell axle correctly. axel is a skate move triple axel

[@bytesback.]

This is not a comment, please do not comment about the lack of comment in this comment.

[@drlegendre]

Axles.

[@zainudinajaxajax]

Terbesar, terpanjang, terbanyak, ter bekemampuan semua tayar bolih pusing, german transport carriers macnufaturers.

[@MrYamaha413]

any comment 😀

[@jimchik]

Massive engines that produce 500 hp…? Heh… it’s the torque that matters. How about those numbers?

[@shaclo1512]

2100nm

[@JUSTENization]

A380 on wheels.

[@ofirs5830]

36:25 tire inflated to 12.6 bar? 128psi?? So high

[@silentepsilon888]

standard truck tires are at the same range, 100 to 120 psi, so 128 is completely within a normal range for heavy load tires

[@jessehachey2732]

High-performance wheelchair tires inflate to 140 psi easy (and yes, they pop when the tube blows out…hence the need for tires cages when inflating big rig tires). Different tires can reach pretty high psi…not unheard of and quite common actually!

[@platinaatje6134]

12.6 bar = 183 PSI

[@sharadsawant6471]

am i the only one who noticed that they used KGF2 music before 27.17

[@CHMichael]

Wouldn't electric motors be much easier? ( run by a generator)

[@WeeShoeyDugless]

Way to bulky for the same output and space is of a premium in these units. Can you imagine the gearbox needed to perform the lifting action (consider the weight!), the motors needed to traverse (with reduction gearboxes!) or the motors and reduction gearboxes needed to steer it? No, hydraulic is way and above electrics.

[@blown572hemi]

Smog garbage ensures that engine failure is a must. If diesels and gas powered vehicles were banned, it wouldn't make much difference over a hundred year's.

[@davidf2281]

*axles

[@ianmoore9872]

axle lol

[@earlbailey227]

Would be nice if they could at least spell AXLE correctly.

[@ASK-ko9qx]

Americans can never become manufacturers after watching this. There is lot to learn from German ingenuity and efficiency even though its one third of American population.

[@terrellbradshaw3504]

Very ignorant comment

[@starptgr]

Who would want to be like a German? The holocaust has stained them all permanently

[@madsam0320]

It’s true, but many European companies are pressured into moving to the US, because America is selling oil at four times to Europe compared to domestically.

[@ASK-ko9qx]

@AlphaWizard lol US has freedom my bxtt. Freedom of what ? Shooting people in Walmart ? Try looking smarter next time.

[@truenoguy4159]

German “efficiency” hahaha that’s the funniest thing I’ve heard all week, I think you meant “ingenuity and EGO”

[@robertbirch3074]

Why are dramatics added in the narrative? Always, must be an American / Hollywood ending.

[@Akin_Cakin]

The comment before the first comment.

[@davidanalyst671]

This is just one guy building these things. how the hell do they make any money if they have one guy building everything?

[@stevenbates7451]

A motor is electric, internal combustion is and engine. who ever wrote this narration for this video needs and education. And the music, get serious.

[@tractorandfarmingvlogs8931]

Why the narrator is over dramatic ?

[@silentepsilon888]

because he reads what the script writers wrote and the documentary producers approved for him to read - it is not his fault - he just reads what he was given to read

[@SamSeth]

It's mind blowing that one of these things move a few hundred tons, but the earlier stages of the Egyptian civilization were able to move single piece statues and obelisks in excess of 1000 tons. And we're supposed to believe they did it with teams of slaves pulling on ropes with the rock laid on top of logs.

[@zounds010]

We're not "supposed to believe" this, we did experiments that showed it's possible.

[@SamSeth]

@@zounds010 ropes and logs work for 50 ton stones. Not 1000+ ton. There isn't wood anywhere on the planet that can sustain that load. And we also "proved" that all the precision granite cutting was done with copper saws and sand because Mark Lehner was able to make a crude scratch into a block in his experiment...

[@zounds010]

@@SamSeth Logs work for 1000 ton objects the same way an SPMT works: you put lots of logs under one object and spread the load.

[@leonardhall7203]

Are you trying to prove you're an idiot without saying you're an idiot? Serious question I'm not even joking.

[@WeeShoeyDugless]

​@@zounds010Used to work for a company who moved heavy machinery in factories and the roller method was used in the majority of occasions. If the machinery wasn't smooth on the underside, we fabricated a framework for under it. Some of the stuff we moved was HEAVY!!👍👍

[@Calvin28-3]

First comment

[@stupidhead9117]

It’s not called a wedding when you join them together, it’s a marriage. Funny translation. Close.

[@spirosdapergolas7592]

Νταιαγκαναλι😂😂😂😂😂

[@dekelpolak4190]

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[@CharChar2121]

I just want to see some big trucks, guy.

[@WeeShoeyDugless]

????????🤔🤔🥴🥴

[@daddybearlv]

Please stop using the term: “so-called.” It is both over used, and inappropriate.

[@mohawkdriver4155]

Third comment.

[@Tony-qx5mt]

Gee I’d love to watch this without the stupid music! I can only watch 10 minutes at a time.

[@DrGreenthumb-il9tg]

the translation is so fcked up it isnt even funny 24:09 translation says 3 cm of height compensation lol when the tach actually says 30 cm

[@ahmetyelcin]

Second comment. 👍

[@ofirs5830]

Maybe a Mercedes engine would be better?

[@hansmoss7395]

No, Deutz has been making engines for a long time, to include large ship engines.

[@garryrands6505]

Since when have the Tory's? UN in 73 gave Palestine the right to its own state, the US told the Tory's not 🎉to respect the law and they obayed. Respect the law my arse, 😂😂😂😂

[@stupidhead9117]

Putting a tire in a safety cage just to inflate it is the height of pathetic safety first caution, contrasting nicely with the edgy, action stock rock music accompanying it.

[@acdii]

I take it you have never seen one of these let loose while inflating. Can take your head clean off when it blows, and they do blow!

[@wangcockdickspecker622]

Those tires have giant rings on the side wall and in every osha video they have examples of people getting hurt not locking those in cages

[@zounds010]

These aren't car tires. The pressure is very high, and a failure can be lethal. And this is the first time these new tires are inflated, so that's when you find out about manufacturing defects.

[@silentepsilon888]

Stupid Head ... these tires have 128 psi in them not 30 like a car tire. And just as a reminder; PSI stands for Pounds per Square Inch which means that every single square inch inside the tire experiences 128 pounds of pressure. That is 18,432 pounds of pressure on a 1 square foot area - I think those cages are definitely necessary.

[@jessehachey2732]

What an ignorant comment 🙄 Those tires DO blow, safety in the workplace matters, you clown!

[@hectormorales3109]

I was not receiving any messages

[@morningwood727]

great demonstration, but as always the masks always ruin everything

[@user-ih8mf5ey4p]

While the "Goldies" are amazing machines, that Blade Rotator is pure brilliance to solve a problem.