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15. Found it! I wanted to share this vid with you - 640 Ton Steam Generator move

Mon Mar 30, 2015, 01:55 PM

Mar 2015

I had read where they planned for this for over a year in advance. They had to rebuild/strengthen a couple bridges and if I am not mistaken it went on two barges during the trip.

They had to fill in the median of a freeway to allow it to go up and over entrance/exit ramps in order to by pass the freeway overpass on the route.

Of all the trucking discliplines, this is one I would like to have a go at.

At the end of it, this must have run in excess of $500 per mile. I'm probably way off, though. On the shy end!

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When 18 wheels are not enough! [View all] In_The_Wind Mar 2015 OP

When 18 wheels are not enough sometimes you have to stop for donuts. Brother Buzz Mar 2015 #1

I hate night moves! In_The_Wind Mar 2015 #2

The upside to night moves: They park in the daytime Brother Buzz Mar 2015 #3

Wow! lastlib Mar 2015 #4

Surveying the trip and getting the permits must have taken a while. In_The_Wind Mar 2015 #5

168,000 tons?? lastlib Mar 2015 #6

I've still have a copy of the permit around here somewhere. In_The_Wind Mar 2015 #7

I think that's what it was. In_The_Wind Mar 2015 #8

Um, maybe 168,000 pounds ? eppur_se_muova Mar 2015 #9

It was almost 6 years ago ... In_The_Wind Mar 2015 #10

The 340-ton 294-foot-long "Levitated Mass" required more than 100 permits Brother Buzz Mar 2015 #11

That was really interesting. Thanks! In_The_Wind Mar 2015 #12

They moved a 340-ton rock for an art project? Blue_Tires Apr 2015 #18

Not just any rock. It took thirty years to find 'The Rock', Brother Buzz Apr 2015 #19

I noticed there was a turkey vulture on hand... hunter Mar 2015 #13

I know the engineers went over that bridge sharp_stick Mar 2015 #14

I know I stay off the bridge when a heavy load is crossing. In_The_Wind Mar 2015 #17

Found it! I wanted to share this vid with you - 640 Ton Steam Generator move A HERETIC I AM Mar 2015 #15

Cool! That was a well executed pain in the neck move crossing the highway. In_The_Wind Mar 2015 #16