OK Dennis, Bob and all you heavy truck lovers...what do you reckon to this!? Vladmir Chekhuta, Biglorryblog's much loved man in Russian (or I think I should say Belarus) has returned to BLB with some stionking shots of a heavy haulage movement in Russia. Vladimir says: "hello Brian, I'm back again. These are my pics from yesterday's trip. Thanks to the Belarus company BELDORTYAZHTRANS (www.bdtt.by) I was able to see heavy transportation in action and it was the first time in my life!"
Vladimir continues: "the load was two gas-turbines that Siemens was needed to deliver to the Minsk power plant. Each unit weighed 150 tons and measured as follows: width - 4.6m, height - 4.94m and Length - 21m." The road on this pictures doesn't look too good does it?
As this rather chilly shot show, the first cobination consisted of an MAN TGA V8 (680hp) four-axle tractor up front pulling an 18-axle trailer Goldhofer THP (32 tons per one axel) with an olf MAN F2000 MAN (600hp) up the back pushing it...Vladimir says: "The gross mass is 252 tons and total length is 47m."
The second train, adds Vladimir, "Was a Scania (580hp) four-axle tractor (again a V8) with the same Goldhofer trailer and an Mercedes-Benz (609hp) Actros bringing up the rear... "
And as you can see from Vladmir's shots..it was cold and snowy too! NOT the ideal weather for mioving a large load...Bit of a change from South Africa eh Dennis? Meanwhile, Vladmir continues his story: "The load arrived in the Port of Klaipeda (in Lithuania) and travelled from there came to Belarus."
Vladimir goes on to sday: "All the transport vehicles belongs to the Czech firm HANY'S.
Anatoly (deputy director of Belarus company) told me that they did 48 operations with different organisations. It was very hard work which started in August of 2008. As for me I got pleasure out of this event. It was very interesting!" It looks it too Vldimir and great shots if a bit chilly! Brrrr...now click through here for some more--including how to get a large gas turbine around a tight corner!
Look carefully and you can clearly see it was a bit of a tight fit under some of these cables...
And not the kind of place where you can just pull over to the side of the road either by the looks of it! But a great way to trim the overhanging branches....
Steering axles on the Goldhofer trailer helps it get around the corner with a bit of a shove from the Actros...
"These photos are about it." says Vladimir, "Best regards." And a fantastic selection too. Is that a Lada escort car at the back?
Absolutely wonderful stuff. The road conditions alone make it a nail biting move for those involved. What I cannot understand is why they used 18 rows to support 150 tons of payload. In the UK we'd perhaps only use a 12 row for such a weight. It suggests the strength of the roads may have been poor and the need to spread the weight. A big change from what Dennis submits from sunny South Africa.
Fabulous shots Vlad and as Brian says it makes a change to see some action in the freezing cold as opposed to the heat of South Africa. Thanks for sharing as they say.
Excellent photos - thanks for posting them.
I suspect the sheer number of axle lines were used to accommodate the size of the load, not to spread the weight over the axles.
Excellent photos, thank you for sharing and for making my day - just to look.
Hello there,
my friend Andy has sent me link to these pages. Thanks very much for that. It is our equipment there (www.radl.cz).
The number of axles was used purely for weight distribution over the axles. The bridges in bellarus are very poor and old so there is no way to do it with high axle pressure like its normally done in the UK or Germany (or Czech :-)
Thanks again,
good luck to all,
Michal
And please - one important CORRECTION: Only the yellow vehicle bellongs to company Hanys - which we have sub-contracted for the job. The other (first - silver pulled) vehicle belongs to company RADL (Pilsen, Czech R.) which organized the transport (in co-operation woth local companies).
buonasera mi chiedo? come mai in Russia per i trasporti eccezionali non c'e la scorta tecnica come in italia 252 tonnellate non sono poche e poi sono anche più tosto lunghi
buonasera gianfabio