Like a Set from Thunderbirds

[krusty]

Getting ready for a load of heavy lifts over the weekend. My favorite site vehicles are very busy this afternoon...

[The Black Flash]

The big kid in me finds that very cool for some reason

[10 Pence Short]

They must be moving something absolutely huge.

Andy Fordham?

Edited by 10 Pence Short on Friday 21st November 16:16

[RicksAlfas]

[minimatt1967]

They are great like you say proper Thunderbirds style!

[NDA]

What sort of weight can those trucks carry?

[GreenDog]

Kewl

[Easy_Targa]

If you travel through the Dartford Tunnel and come out onto the Essex side, you will find the channel tunnel rail link passing beneath the spans of the Dartford bridge. Its surreal and I always think of Thunderbirds when seeing this. I'm sure there was an episode when a runaway train threatened to take out a road bridge or similar............sorry a bit of topic but it is a real life/Thunderbirds crossover.

[BlackVanGirl]

Wow... BIG trucks!

[markduffy]

Cool!

[melv]

Now, could you get those to 160 knots and land Skyflash on them????

See 0:23 in...

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=9RzCB3VRruE

[MitchT]

Big machine stuff. Cool. Must make myself a bacon butty and a big mug of tea to enjoy while I look at those pics

[krusty]

NDA said:

What sort of weight can those trucks carry?

The Red Fagioli SPMT's (Self-propelled modular transporters) are good for just over 150Tonnes each and can be used in tandem for bigger lifts as below. The Other one is unknown. It's owned by the shipyard and they throw anything at it and hope for the best. Last week they tried to move a BOP (280Tonnes) and it promptly blew a hydraulic line and pissed fluid everywhere....

[NDA]

Amazing - don't look it up, but I wonder what pressure those tyres have to be?!!

[zagato]

Probably solid I reckon!

[paul26982]

aazing toys there

[mblade123]

Very nice.
Mammot heavy lifting and BAE systems in Barrow have some the same.
280t for a BOP? to big for my little boat. I only have a 250t Kenze crane to play with.
Mind you its the little lifts that catch most people out

[krusty]

mblade123 said:

280t for a BOP?

With the LMRP attached it's a shade under 400T ...... this was when the BOP arrived.. 5 minutes later there was Hydraulic fluid everywhere....

[Eric Mc]

Have any transporters beaten this one yet?

[King Herald]

I followed them red trucks somewhere a couple of days ago. One was on the back of the other going somewhere, maybe down on the M6 near Brum. I noticed the elaborate hydraulic mechanism that pushes the hitch pin through where the trailor goes.
I like Thunderbirdy things too.

I used to do some machining and fab for ALE (Abnormal Loads Engineering), when they were based in Stafford many years ago, pivot pins, lifting eyes, etc.

Edited by King Herald on Sunday 23 November 08:31