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Another of ROTRAN's monster Tractomas heavy movers on the road to South Africa--and we mean 'heavyweight' says Biglorryblog!

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"Another one bits the dust to Antwerp" says Dennis Child, general manager of those super heavyweight South African specialist  hauliers ROTRAN multi-axle And he should know. What you see here is one of Dennis' new Nicolas Tractomas 950hp 8x8 heavy hitters arriving at Antwerp docks on the back of a low loader ready to be shipped to SA` where it can get down to work in Dennis's fleet.

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Seems a bit funny to have to bring them to the docks on a low loader but they're heavy old beasties and with a top speed of around 30mph it would take a hell of a long time to drive to the docks from the Nicolas factory! Now click through here for a close up...

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Dig the crazy bungalow on the back for the crew--and that monster cooling pack behind the Renault-sourced cab.

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