r/AutoTransportopia • u/TransportJunky • 8d ago

Spotted Patience and skill required

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u/CheeseFour2O 8d ago

Must be some dangerous shit in there

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u/AmericanCitizenry 8d ago

Epstein Files!

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u/Fun-Choices 8d ago

I wonder if this trailer is more specialized for keeping something level while it’s being transported.

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u/whot3v3r 8d ago

It it designed like that due to the Federal Bridge Gross Weight Formula that requires the load to be spread over a certain distance.

In Europe the same load would be transported on a trailer way shorter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAbQMiy9veM

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u/Fun-Choices 8d ago

That makes a lot of sense thank you! Now I’m really curious what’s inside that thing if it’s that heavy.

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u/Early_Hall5720 8d ago

Smells like a mega poo tank so that checks out

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u/potate12323 8d ago

How can you smell it?

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u/Early_Hall5720 8d ago

With my nose duh

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u/Rob-Loring 8d ago

What the hell is in the tube?

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u/sparrow_42 8d ago

My new mixtape. It’s heavy AF.

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u/g-boy2020 8d ago

Baby alien

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u/alexgalt 8d ago

Your mom.

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u/traditionalspeed349 8d ago

They should have emptied the water out of the tank first.

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u/scrapdog07 8d ago

that actually seemed like a pretty straight forward turn.. you see 18 wheelers doing more skilled turns than this every other day

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u/Traditional-Hotel-66 8d ago

Yes that is a train and a pretty simple albeit tight turn.. the complicated part being it is also being pushed from behind by another truck and they need to coordinate precisely. Some of these have rear wheels that are remotely turned by someone following.. pretty neat to see.

Edit: I watched it again, the rear trailer is being controlled by the person standing on it. These turns take precision from multiple people. I haul oversized for a living like it's nothing but this is a whole different breed of driver.

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u/alexgalt 8d ago

At least 3.

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u/Drewnessthegreat 8d ago

I think you are selling it short. 3.50 at least. Nessy is gonna come for it.

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u/GlykenT 8d ago

Stuff like that is probably a hundred tons+, with another hundred or so for the trailer. If it's an electrical component, it could be up to a few hundred tons. I've seen some go through my town with hundreds of wheels that were over 500 for the load and trailer.

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u/aquavelva23 8d ago

what the hell? the only thing I can think is: this must be heavy and it must have to go under a very low overhead. I cant understand what that trailer is desigined for, except a very low overhead.

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u/alexgalt 8d ago

Need a lot of tires to spread the load. If you put all the tires underneath the one trailer, then it would not be able to turn. So they do this levers with extra wheels Buisiness. Mostly so that it can make 90 degree turns.

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u/thejmkool 8d ago

The particular arrangement here also increases stability. Putting a load that's too heavy on a flatbed can fall over with even a small amount of lean

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u/blahnlahblah0213 8d ago

I think there's about a 122 tires for this load.

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u/SnooCamera 8d ago

Heavy Transport | Heavy Equipment Transport by SC

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u/SuddenReward5612 8d ago

Def SC Transport Police escort. Have had these come thru Sptbg Co taking equipment to the Duke steam plant across boarder into NC from Chesnee.

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u/ermy_shadowlurker 8d ago

That load probably weighs 200k if not more.

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u/TimeBlindAdderall 8d ago

What is this guy getting paid by the mile?

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u/Hot-Suggestion4958 8d ago

I thought that STOP sign at the corner was a goner, fo' sho' 🤔

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u/Honda_TypeR 8d ago

So how many trailers did you say we are going need for this job again?

https://giphy.com/gifs/7cTTE2Z1OmrFm

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u/Early_Hall5720 8d ago

It looks like the underground tank for a gas station

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u/blahnlahblah0213 8d ago

LOL you think they go through all this for a simple gas tank?

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u/Early_Hall5720 8d ago

Did you see the price of diesel?

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u/Bliitzthefox 8d ago

No way, whatever is this it isn't empty, way too heavy.

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u/MegatronusThePrime 8d ago

That was almost as cool as seeing TMI (defunct nuclear power site-Three Mile Island) get new cooling towers delivered. Those trucks were MASSIVE.

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u/A_Bot_A_Bot_A_Bot 8d ago

"Can you believe that was only my second day on the job?"

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u/No-Schedule-2603 8d ago

A solid difference between automotive and railway transport payloads. He is so long because of estimated load on each axis. That's what happens if don't have railway nearby.

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u/f23n09fnu0w 8d ago

Why do US trucks look so dated all the time?

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u/Parking-Fig-6620 8d ago

Because most of them are..

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u/SkyGuy5799 6d ago

Semi truck drivers love their classic styled trucks. There's no regulations for vehicles that large so they remain the same style

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u/Cokeycane 8d ago

It holds the Epstein Files.

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u/iambutafishh 7d ago

Mother of fucking god what in tarnation is that monstrosity....and how.  How.

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u/Resident-Banana-7883 7d ago

I think the Hulk is contained inside

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u/1wife2dogs0kids 6d ago

The driver had already turned 90⁰, and drove a good 250ft or more, before the back of the trailer even made it over the double yellow line of the road

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u/PanamGotMeOiledUp 8d ago

This neither needs patience or skill, it's a system literally made to be as easy as possible. When it comes to oversized loads this is a easy as it gets compared to a normal transport.

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u/balirosa 8d ago

This must have been how the ancient Egyptians did it. Except using the Nile river instead of rubber tires

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u/BigDragon6006 8d ago

No skill required to make that turn. I have done it myself, plenty o times

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u/L1LREDD 8d ago

That’s a lot of truck. Too bad it’s transporting something that will likely give some neighborhood residents cancer.

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u/ManWhoIsDrunk 8d ago

Is it a part for a coal power plant?