I've had this question posed Nicky Clayton (via Dennis Child at ROTRAN). who asks: "If this is the biggest single piece ever to be moved, what about the 352-tonne casting we moved from Forgemasters to Goole for airbus when I worked for A.L.E. "
Nicky continues: "We moved it several times from Forgemasters to Kveaner Keavy Engineering then to Goole docks---on a 20-axle flat top between sites then used a girder set of 2x11 row Nicolas axles. power came from the Unipower and a Faun Koloss at the back and we had an ex-Econofreight Daf as back up. 
This is just one of many such moves I worked on at A.L.E as well as a stint in 
Dennis has sent me this venerable Mammoet MAN eight-legger too, hauling a 150-ton cable reel on a mult-axle modular trailer. Bet this was built at the old OAF plant in Vienna. Meanwhile, can any member of Biglorryblog's anaorak army tell definitively what IS the heaviest load ever moved by road by truck...?
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It's something of a trick answer to a trick question but I think we in the UK can lay claim to this. Many monster type loads moved regularly for oil related work are have often been done on private sites but on 5th November 1985 Sunter's used their Tractomas, two Titans and a Volvo to move a load moving 1,305 tons (note this is tons not your smaller tonnes)around Glasgow and in doing so used some public roads for a short time. A noteworthy part of the smooth trip was that 11 year old Paul Campbell took the wheel of the Tractomas for a short time as Jimmy Saville had fixed it for him to be involved.
Beat that you pie loving bloggers.
Posted by Bob Tuck | September 22, 2008 8:27 AM
Posted on September 22, 2008 08:27
There was a very large load moved from Elesmere Prt to ICI Runcorn in the 80's, which weighed in at 770 tons. The had to remove the lights down the M56 and telephone cables, plus various other street furniture.
Posted by Road Rat | September 22, 2008 11:10 AM
Posted on September 22, 2008 11:10
Hi Bob..
I found this photo in my collection a while ago, possibly the job you are on about?
http://usera.ImageCave.com/TNUK/ballasttractors.jpg
It only shows one Titan, a Tractomas and a N12 but looks like a rig module and the road marking suggest a public road.
Posted by Anonymous | September 24, 2008 12:08 PM
Posted on September 24, 2008 12:08
Sounds like the sort of loads that were loaded quite regularly out here in NZ and Oz in days gone by on our Austin Loadstars and Internationals - eh Cam and Vic?
Posted by Howard Pettigrew | September 24, 2008 12:09 PM
Posted on September 24, 2008 12:09
Interesting loads being moved can be seen at experthousemovers.com. Their biggest move is claimed to be a 5000 tonne building in or around Newark airport in the US - the Chinese claim to have moved a 15000 tonne building which is in the Guinness Book of Records I think but the original report is (understandably?) in Chinese! Which I am not. The Newark job took 176 dollies to effect I believe though whether it crossed/used a main road or not in the process is unclear and equally it is not stated what or how many power units were employed.
Posted by JB | September 24, 2008 1:56 PM
Posted on September 24, 2008 13:56