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  1. 14th July 2011, 05:02 PM #21
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    I read an article about moving a crane a few years ago.
    They used 4 trucks and all had the same drive train(motor/g'box/diffs) so all gear changes where done together.

    Had a bit of a hunt using the name on the bunk of the Mack and found this site...
    Lampson Australia , some good info and pics..
    And hows this for a few rigs hooked up
    Energy and Power
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  2. 15th July 2011, 07:35 PM #22
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    I find things like this a little interesting. In this case, the weight of the transformer isn't that much, but they need to move it and that requires a big trailer, and to spread teh load, lots of wheels, all which increase the overal weight! so they need a bigger trailer and more wheels!

    bit like aircraft, you want a bigger one to carry some more load but as you build it bigger, it needs bigger enignes and more fuel - which makes it heavier so you need more fuel and bigger engines!

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  3. 15th July 2011, 07:49 PM #23
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    I got the wrong one that one left Brisbane a month ago.
    Alot of the time the prime movers on the back are only along for the ride,
    they are only needed for going up hills to push and down hills to hold it back.
    Even though the trucks arn't the same they all have the same horse power
    and gear ratio.
    The main truck is the one hooked to the load on the front.
    One night they parked one on a down hill slope and they all got out to check the
    load and we had a light shower of rain and the load started to slide down the road
    and I was parked infront, I got to my car with about 3 metres to spare it took about 10 metres from where I was parked before the stoped it sliding.
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    How to setup to unload 50T of Transformer

    Pales into insignificance in size really
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  5. 15th July 2011, 08:20 PM #25
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    Here was a wide load we stopped for on our hols last year. We managed to find a bit of info on this.







    Power and Water Corporation - New engine for Owen Springs Power Station



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  6. 15th July 2011, 11:51 PM #26
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    I'll have to dig up the pics I took of the Benz 4660 pull trucks we supplied to Mammoet.
    These can pull 250t each and have a massive torque multiplier attached to the transmission.
    Usually in the situation of Basils pics, the trucks tend to be uniform in build and spec, not so much in power but gearbox and diff ratios, but you also find that in multiple hooks, the preferred option is for auto boxes.

    The 4660's went up to Port Hedland for a short training and show stint then got shipped OS for active duty.



    500t between two trucks..... Amazing.


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  7. 16th July 2011, 12:50 AM #27
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    Used to do this stuff for a living. Biggest loads we ever did was the autoclaves from Esperance to Murrin Murrin (they were barged from the Submarine factory in Adelaide to Esperance). All up, with the trailer and load, and 6 prime movers (4 pulling, 2 pushing), we were about 750 tonnes.

    Just about every main roads engineer in WA was in Kalgoorlie when we took the first one over the Piccadilly Street Railway Bridge.

    Engines and transmissions etc in these cases were "similar", but not necessarily all the same (though they were all Macks). Was done with a combination of Megalift and Lamson gear (they're the same company anyway). Biggest drama was waiting for Western Power everywhere to either lift or drop the power lines.

    Must admit that those long suspension trailers shown in the pics with the transformer are an impressive bit of gear. I've never worked with anything anywhere near that long.
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