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  • @oliviawutam
    @oliviawutam 10 місяців тому +2

    This is beautiful to see, from Canada, peaceful international cooperation

  • @georgemacpherson1992
    @georgemacpherson1992 4 роки тому +16

    This drew a bigger crowd than what Bradford City would at their home games.

  • @derekporter7658
    @derekporter7658 4 роки тому +10

    ALE now part of the Dutch firm Mammoet. Bloody impressive kit!

    • @topixfromthetropix1674
      @topixfromthetropix1674 2 роки тому

      I've worked with Mammoet moving a 400 ton transformer from Savannah port to Texas. They are a class act.

    • @oliviawutam
      @oliviawutam 10 місяців тому

      why do you say " bloody" ?

  • @catlover4971
    @catlover4971 6 років тому +10

    Impressive to say the least - The guys who do thyis display wonderful teamwork and skill

  • @reydeblois
    @reydeblois 5 років тому +32

    I wonder how many motorists wished they'd started their journey 2 minutes earlier that day?

    • @craigdawson1749
      @craigdawson1749 5 років тому +3

      Rey Deblois they should pay more attention, traffic reports would have been posted in advance of such moves. I'm thinking they just wanted to be in convoy, at that speed they could easily have diverted to come out in front.

  • @markverloop8787
    @markverloop8787 2 роки тому

    It amazes me that they can maneuver that Hugh piece’s of equipment on those narrow streets.
    Quite amazing

    • @topixfromthetropix1674
      @topixfromthetropix1674 2 роки тому +1

      The tires on the trailer are steerable. They can get the trailer into amazing places. There are driver locations at the front and rear of the trailer in addition to the truck tractor operators.

  • @sysop76
    @sysop76 5 років тому +1

    대한민국 효성에서 제품만들었군요.. 반갑네요... Made in KOREA - HYOSUNG

  • @Thursdaym2
    @Thursdaym2 3 роки тому +1

    So what was being transported?

  • @darrenrobson1562
    @darrenrobson1562 4 роки тому +1

    why did they take the rear truck off for why cant it reverse it all in with the rear on one to

  • @michaelgargett2005
    @michaelgargett2005 5 років тому +5

    These guys are magnificent. If I hadn't seen the right turn into Wyther Lane I wouldn't have believed it possible.

    • @ryankennady4840
      @ryankennady4840 3 роки тому

      Do you up hkkgy to u ii iu ytt gff to r 54

  • @phatboizbackyardkustomz9006
    @phatboizbackyardkustomz9006 4 роки тому +1

    Looks like a Goldhoffer tower of power trailer powered by a couple of crazy 8x8 tractors

  • @Keepingitrespectfulmostly.
    @Keepingitrespectfulmostly. 7 років тому +6

    5 spare wheels with tyres @ 9:53.. probably the same on the other unit? . Good idea.. Making it look easy doesn't happen overnight.. Thunderbirds are GO!! They remind me of American fire trucks as seen from the front.. My, that's very strong ALE..

    • @adrianstewart3369
      @adrianstewart3369 6 років тому +1

      Especially built by ALE powered by Pentas and all controlled by the lead wagon

  • @larryhooverpedofilekillerc4177
    @larryhooverpedofilekillerc4177 5 років тому

    Hello good afternoon thank you for everything that you do you are wonderful you're beautiful I hope you have a great day thank you the greatness in you is beautiful.

  • @jaypatchy3889
    @jaypatchy3889 2 роки тому

    What makes the transformer so heavy ??

    • @pointer2null
      @pointer2null 9 місяців тому

      Big iron core and lots of copper windings.

  • @paulbrandt703
    @paulbrandt703 3 роки тому

    What you get a lunch break too or every new intersection

  • @Tiboleron99
    @Tiboleron99 2 роки тому

    MP4 de l'ancien site Berliet ????

  • @stephenbland7461
    @stephenbland7461 3 роки тому

    How do the front and rear tractors synchronise their power so that they’re not pushing or pulling each other?

    • @Titan-fk2fi
      @Titan-fk2fi 2 роки тому

      perhaps computer and team coordination?

  • @johnmckennachevrontraining4436
    @johnmckennachevrontraining4436 3 роки тому

    Front loco showing STGO cat 1 - that set up must be more than 50 tonne???

  • @skuf
    @skuf 8 років тому +3

    I'd love to know how that got over the narrow bridge that it was approaching at the very end of the video =O

    • @nickcarter9538
      @nickcarter9538 6 років тому

      I don't think it did, I think it went into the building site on the left. There's no way it could have got round the corner, it would also have been easier to go further down Stanningly Road and turned left there.

    • @MCuk4
      @MCuk4 6 років тому +1

      Just before you go over the bridge there is a dirt road that leads to kirkstall substation

    • @cJ-cr8gp
      @cJ-cr8gp 6 років тому

      As a kid that road was open to the public,,,Dad used to drive between the canal there at Bramley straight through to Kirkstall road and miss all the traffic...

  • @Mrgreendragon3
    @Mrgreendragon3 6 років тому +10

    jesus there are some serious stresses on steel and tyres on those bends , did you hear all that creaking and banging ?? ive seen one of those tyres go under pressure like that and i would not like to be standing as close as most of joe public were ...

    • @stevenbaxter8657
      @stevenbaxter8657 5 років тому +1

      MrGreendragon3 notice the air brakes tones throughout all have their own voice. And I'm not insane!!!

  • @johnmalpass3087
    @johnmalpass3087 7 років тому +6

    Was offered a job driving for them about 10years ago hourly rate was £8

  • @michellcolmenarez
    @michellcolmenarez 5 років тому

    esto si es una belleza de equipos yo conduci uno en venezuela con faga y bovinelli

  • @ronaldsummons6100
    @ronaldsummons6100 Рік тому

    good information

  • @johnmoore8016
    @johnmoore8016 5 років тому

    would like to know 355 tons I know someone knows how ton each wheel carried? just for the fun of it tell me the cost of this move. Could I buy a couple cases of whiskey what it costed them to move this? thanks for a very outstanding video.

    • @petemoore5104
      @petemoore5104 5 років тому

      The plate on te front states, STGO CAT 1, this means that the maximum load cannot exceed 50 000kgs. Counting the wheels on the trailers gives you 64, which you divide into the gross weight of the load and trailer. Basically, not a lot really, at 781kgs. By comparison, a standard tipper, carrying 25 000kg has a footprint of 2667kg
      The guy in the trainers is a traffic marshall and does nothing but keep a safe working area, so no need for boots. He's the highest paid of the whole crew, at £14p/hr, believe it or not.

    • @robblackmore8838
      @robblackmore8838 4 роки тому

      @@petemoore5104 agencies pay truck drivers more than that. Where did you come up with £14 ph. Load all drivers on building sites get around £15 ph. Joiners get around £18 ph, just to give some comparison.
      The ticket to drive this would cost a fortune.

    • @paulharrison6417
      @paulharrison6417 2 роки тому

      @@petemoore5104 cat 1 is for the unit only, this load is outside stgo regs

  • @TerryTheNewsGirl
    @TerryTheNewsGirl 4 роки тому

    Where in leeds, please? I live there, but don't recognise this bit.

    • @barryhallam1628
      @barryhallam1628 4 роки тому

      Video starts at Stanningley Road junction with Swinnow Lane. Reverses up Swinnow Lane towards Rodley preparing to turn left into Broad Lane. Next view is at the bottom of Broad Lane trying to turn into Wyther Lane, video stops.

  • @russcattell955i
    @russcattell955i 4 роки тому +5

    The boys from ALE earn there beer at the end of a shift !

  • @glamill51
    @glamill51 5 років тому +9

    Amazing precision driving.

    • @davidsolomon8203
      @davidsolomon8203 5 років тому

      Malcolm Gill Oh, the wonders of man!!!

    • @lescraythorn2361
      @lescraythorn2361 5 років тому

      Yes, Wow! Can /could you imagine reversing that 'Oversize Rig' down High Street!

  • @johnmalpass3087
    @johnmalpass3087 7 років тому +8

    That’s the reason why I stayed at the company I’m with for the last 22 years money is crap

  • @jasonlowley5093
    @jasonlowley5093 4 роки тому

    Don't the brakes on the trojan trucks sound like Bedford tk and km

  • @cmeonthemove
    @cmeonthemove 6 років тому +5

    Love the recycled MAN F2000 cab on the rear module!

    • @fabianschierz1288
      @fabianschierz1288 5 років тому +1

      The cab is from the MAN F8.What a type is the heavy transport tractor?

  • @charlieproctor6533
    @charlieproctor6533 5 років тому

    I hauled heavy equipment wonder what those permits cost

  • @puirYorick
    @puirYorick 6 років тому +6

    Ran out of storage media or just got tired of following?
    It was strangely satisfying to hear all the groaning and stresses from the kit flexing going downhill 'round that tight corner.

  • @animalian01
    @animalian01 6 років тому

    what make and model of prime movers are they using here don't think ve seen their type before

    • @ControlTheStorm
      @ControlTheStorm 5 років тому

      that is called a trojan. designed by Ale and built in the uk.

  • @CaptainScarlet1961
    @CaptainScarlet1961 8 років тому +12

    Wow, are these guy's the genuine dogs bollocks or what!
    Be curious to know what the hourly rate is for that kind of expertise & experience ?

    • @josefmengele9757
      @josefmengele9757 7 років тому +3

      SmokinJoe347 I'm guessing they don't worry about paying the bills

    • @CaptainScarlet1961
      @CaptainScarlet1961 7 років тому +5

      Popeye: Very true and that kind of skill-set don't come cheap, they deserve every penny :)

    • @CaptainScarlet1961
      @CaptainScarlet1961 7 років тому

      Meaning ?

    • @l34052
      @l34052 7 років тому +4

      SmokinJoe347
      These are all highly trained and skilled professionals with very specialised skills, my bet is these guys can demand their own salaries should they need to.

    • @willywonka8730
      @willywonka8730 5 років тому +2

      I'm guessing it was a million dollar move.- I wouldn't do it for less - and then there is the insurance.

  • @rickyarger1169
    @rickyarger1169 6 років тому +1

    What kind of transmission do they have

    • @TCM-dw3pz
      @TCM-dw3pz 6 років тому +2

      A good one.

    • @fredzephire4071
      @fredzephire4071 6 років тому +2

      @@TCM-dw3pz lol, was going to say "big one", but your on the money.

    • @TCM-dw3pz
      @TCM-dw3pz 6 років тому

      Thank you Sir.

  • @SillyPutty3700
    @SillyPutty3700 6 років тому +5

    "Abby something, Abby normal" What do you mean you brought me an abnormal brain to put into a 7' tall monster?

  • @marklewis4793
    @marklewis4793 5 років тому +13

    would be a pain if they delivered to the wrong address,

    • @petemoore5104
      @petemoore5104 5 років тому +6

      It didn't look that big, when I bought it on eBay...

    • @lescraythorn2361
      @lescraythorn2361 5 років тому +2

      When I Googled HYOSUNG on eBay, the item was a tad smaller and the delivery was very very fast!!!

    • @ridhadababi358
      @ridhadababi358 4 роки тому +1

      @@petemoore5104 He grew up on the way

    • @rogerbarton497
      @rogerbarton497 4 роки тому +1

      Or they were out and they had to leave it next door.

  • @mickb6285
    @mickb6285 6 років тому +4

    All powered by Lombardini, the power pack you sit in a drip tray, not to catch drips, but the nuts and bolts that drop off it!

    • @nigelft
      @nigelft 6 років тому +1

      The vibration that bad, eh ...?

    • @fredzephire4071
      @fredzephire4071 6 років тому +3

      Sounds like a Jeep lol

    • @fartijahothman2612
      @fartijahothman2612 4 роки тому

      @@nigelft keronconhdry
      *eroonh
      *eronc9ng9
      *3.

    • @rearspeaker6364
      @rearspeaker6364 2 роки тому

      they yet can't make it reliable, like a deutz.

  • @trainman071
    @trainman071 5 років тому +3

    that stress is perfectly normal . been around this type of equipment before creaking and banging thats common with a average semi truck they are made to "give"

  • @stevenbaines4409
    @stevenbaines4409 7 років тому +1

    I'm curious how come there only on stgo cat 1?

    • @stace3037
      @stace3037 6 років тому +1

      It would be a special order movement as too heavy for Cat 3. The plates could be from a previous job or unladen movement, they want to use the lowest cat permissible as there are less restrictions.

    • @adrianstewart3369
      @adrianstewart3369 6 років тому

      All the Trojans are Cat 3

  • @punt0023
    @punt0023 5 років тому +6

    Lucky they put flashing lights on the truck, otherwise people might not see it coming.

    • @stevenbaxter8657
      @stevenbaxter8657 5 років тому +3

      punt 002 they have braille for the deaf and blind on the front and rear bumper to.

    • @MustangDesudiroz
      @MustangDesudiroz 3 роки тому

      @@stevenbaxter8657 lmao

  • @raficksooky4905
    @raficksooky4905 3 роки тому

    Whats Play

  • @10p6
    @10p6 5 років тому +2

    Transformer $250,000. Custom trailer to move transformer $500,000. Those pissed off waiting in traffic, think of your gadgets this will power, for everything else there is MasterCard. Lol

  • @kelvintorrence5994
    @kelvintorrence5994 4 роки тому +1

    That must have been the most exciting thing to cone to town since bacon and eggs.ever1 was out to see it.

    • @blackbob3358
      @blackbob3358 4 роки тому

      hey mush, i'm happy to get bacon 'n eggs all day long.

  • @CobraEmergency
    @CobraEmergency 5 місяців тому

    Always fun watching these biggies move around tight corners.

  • @АндрейИльин-д6ж
    @АндрейИльин-д6ж 4 роки тому +2

    ходят слухи что до сих пор везут

  • @haraldpettersen3649
    @haraldpettersen3649 5 років тому

    Fantastic tools.

  • @a.lavernefilan1888
    @a.lavernefilan1888 5 років тому

    In the 60's I was a teenager and I was involved in push pulls. In the end of the 70's or first part of the 80's I had the tail wagging the dog only I was the brain and could wag my own tail via a solenoid valve from a John Deere 95 combine leveling system plumbed into my truck/tractor's power steering with a toggle switch in the cab and hydraulic cylinder's steering the trailer. The power of diesel, oil and air makes my grandpa's herd of horses and mules strapped together seem antiquated. But it is amazing what one can do with what one has available. Now a fire takes out my shop with most of my tools and thieves steal most of my few remaining tool's and County Government say's I have to get rid of my building materials and hauling and loading equipment because of new zoning restrictions. Life Sucks!!! Life is hard and then you die!!! GOD is mercyfull!!! Praise GOD-get me out of here!!! This world in not my final home!!!

  • @cadillacman028
    @cadillacman028 5 років тому

    Is this in Australia?

  • @garykillington4172
    @garykillington4172 3 роки тому +1

    What would we do without smart phones to obsessed now days

  • @zarrow50
    @zarrow50 3 роки тому +1

    There are more spectators watching this than at Women's football matches

  • @juncusbufonius
    @juncusbufonius 6 років тому +4

    Found myself shouting at the camera man @ 25:00 'look left' since that seemed to be where they were having problems. I guess we'll never know. Well followed and filmed otherwise.

  • @nevilletucker8341
    @nevilletucker8341 3 роки тому

    That winds the jackpot

  • @rickyarger1169
    @rickyarger1169 6 років тому +2

    What kind of prime mover is that...looks pretty ballsey

    • @nigelft
      @nigelft 6 років тому +1

      @@ScaniaVabis580
      Is it my miss-remembering, or where they initially designed for tank transporters, but the MoD went for something else ... instead of being scrapped, ALE snapped up all six for a fraction of the actual build costs ...?

  • @InverJaze
    @InverJaze Рік тому

    British roads still stuck in victorian times.

  • @aprianto1985
    @aprianto1985 3 місяці тому

    nice to see

  • @stevenbaxter8657
    @stevenbaxter8657 5 років тому +2

    I noticed the different sounds of the air brakes feminine towards the end definitely husker earlier at the start have a listen. To the Air brakes.

  • @fredzephire4071
    @fredzephire4071 6 років тому +4

    Just love this shit! Would love to do Heavy Haulage, movin' big stuff around.

  • @georgeberrill4834
    @georgeberrill4834 5 років тому +2

    Camera man should concentrate his filming at the front, where the real action is.

  • @davidpundo7440
    @davidpundo7440 4 роки тому

    How heavy is that load !!!! Though one truck could haul it ...

  • @tomthompson7400
    @tomthompson7400 5 років тому +1

    nice trailer ,,, what else can it do ..

  • @ghostrider115
    @ghostrider115 4 роки тому

    now that's a special transport scs take notes

  • @Uniqueheavyequipment.f
    @Uniqueheavyequipment.f 2 роки тому

    Good work

  • @davelowe1977
    @davelowe1977 6 років тому +2

    Units at the front and rear looked like they started off lives as cranes!

    • @adrianstewart3369
      @adrianstewart3369 6 років тому +3

      Trojan 8870's, specially built by ALE to do the job, Penta diesels and both wagons controlled by lead wagon

    • @fredzephire4071
      @fredzephire4071 6 років тому +1

      @@adrianstewart3369 some of that kit would be worth big bucks.

    • @randyvoss
      @randyvoss 2 роки тому

      Are the tractors diesel over electric like a locomotive

  • @petetelfer1482
    @petetelfer1482 3 роки тому

    And still the driver was on £12.50 ph

  • @michaelovery8388
    @michaelovery8388 6 років тому +3

    roads not made for that

    • @stevenbaxter8657
      @stevenbaxter8657 5 років тому +1

      michael overy that why they have so many tyres to spend the whole weight so the road and services under the road are not damaged

  • @ekosafari2933
    @ekosafari2933 5 років тому

    Keren....

  • @willywonka8730
    @willywonka8730 5 років тому +1

    Listen to the little girl "OK - They made it" at 18:20

  • @fatladhenderson183
    @fatladhenderson183 6 років тому +2

    We're was this heading was a new power station

  • @davidbryan8510
    @davidbryan8510 5 років тому +2

    Why Are Muppet,s With Kid,s Stood So Close?

    • @ianchambers6191
      @ianchambers6191 5 років тому

      Coz it's Leeds at 5 mins mark i live litrally 3 mins further up the road and i don't even remember this event. But i can say that my dad was'nt stuck in traffic behind it or i'd still be listening to him moaning about it today

  • @Oranges2428
    @Oranges2428 3 роки тому

    WOW

  • @aryjorgejorge1769
    @aryjorgejorge1769 5 років тому +3

    Muito lindo aqui no Brasil 🇧🇷 não ia funcionar Bananal SP

  • @incontruth4116
    @incontruth4116 5 років тому +4

    Darwin Award 19:40

  • @hanshartfiel6394
    @hanshartfiel6394 6 років тому +1

    Impressive but why don't they do that kind of transport at night to minimise disruption for the rest of us? In Germany that would be done at night.

    • @nigelft
      @nigelft 6 років тому +3

      Quite possibly due to a combination of distance need to travel plus speed of travel ... also, given all the tight bends the entire transport system had to negotiate, working in maximum visibility would mostly likely was a major consideration. I have seen very large loads carrying their own floodlights, powered by portable generators, fixed to the actual transport wagon, but that brings it's own problems, not least the additional weight penalties in terms of the floodlights/generators own weight, plus the need to carry extra fuel for them in the support vans; also, working in full daylight eliminates any problems of the crew working in the severe light/dark contrasts as with high-beam floodlights, and so forth.
      Besides, this was probably pretty well coordinated, with advanced notice of the transport given along the route to the local public along it, with all but the most major of roads closed off to traffic, and the major ones using a 'rolling road block'.

    • @nekoroms
      @nekoroms 5 років тому +2

      @@nigelft and certainly the police, and power company and road maintenance crew wouldnt have liked to work at night even if the trucking company asked

    • @nigelft
      @nigelft 5 років тому

      @@nekoroms
      Well, the police wouldn't mind, as after all, plenty of them work a nightshift, but for the power company, and the company in charge of the road maintenance crew, that would probably forking over time and a half, at least ...

    • @stevenbaxter8657
      @stevenbaxter8657 5 років тому

      Hans Hartfiel it would be dark at night it's hard enough in full daylight.

    • @stevenbaxter8657
      @stevenbaxter8657 5 років тому

      Hans Hartfiel what disruption have some patients why me me me?!???

  • @ph11p3540
    @ph11p3540 7 років тому +1

    Schnabble trailer loads. Always drawing a crowd.

    • @elbob248
      @elbob248 6 років тому

      Not a Schnabel, but thanks for trying.

  • @paulbrandt703
    @paulbrandt703 3 роки тому

    Oh yeh what is it now The sea turtles on the loose or the new Aquarium on wheels 🙄

  • @pollyannapositive9192
    @pollyannapositive9192 5 років тому

    Looks like Fiesta

  • @guypeters4597
    @guypeters4597 5 років тому

    No need to worry about a speeding ticket

    • @stevenbaxter8657
      @stevenbaxter8657 5 років тому

      And total disregard for traffic lights and lane discipline

  • @rr-vq8sy
    @rr-vq8sy 3 роки тому +1

    Good to see the pigs knew what they were doing. Bloody hopeless

  • @muhsarmanmuhammad4310
    @muhsarmanmuhammad4310 4 роки тому

    Top

  • @paulbrandt703
    @paulbrandt703 3 роки тому

    Aww BIG Buddha

  • @harunaja8752
    @harunaja8752 4 роки тому

    Harun

  • @johnpayne3953
    @johnpayne3953 2 роки тому

    5 police cars why?

  • @pollyannapositive9192
    @pollyannapositive9192 5 років тому

    I am not sure. Looks like a cooling system.

    • @heyinway
      @heyinway 5 років тому

      Electrical transformer

  • @harunaja8752
    @harunaja8752 4 роки тому

    Narna harun

  • @2000guineas
    @2000guineas 3 роки тому

    Euro truck simulator

  • @MaraDaCoriovallum
    @MaraDaCoriovallum 4 роки тому

    Waanzin....

  • @simontaylor2319
    @simontaylor2319 6 років тому

    Good news for burglars etc, 6 police cars less in your area

  • @lanevo4603
    @lanevo4603 2 роки тому

    昼間に輸送すんだな
    日本だったら住民の迷惑にならない夜間に輸送するのだがな

  • @fhifhi3664
    @fhifhi3664 4 роки тому

    ปัญญา คิดการไว้ไกล หายเป็นงาน ไม่ใช่จามเงินติดรูจมูก

  • @konradgola9132
    @konradgola9132 5 років тому

    DRIVING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD WOULD HAVE MADE THE WHOLE THING EASIER

    • @anubis6864
      @anubis6864 5 років тому +3

      and of course you're an expert on this sort of thing then? I really do get sick of all the 'armchair experts' on here that think they know better than those actually doing the job!

  • @reelfishingtradition1655
    @reelfishingtradition1655 5 років тому

    Don't get me wrong, I know folks need jobs, and that's alot of ppl needed to make this move happen, but couldn't something like this be trucked in in about 10 truck loads and put together on site. Seems like alot of stress in every bodies mind to move this when it could be trucked in with less stress In a few smaller loads. Props for the job, just seeing that it could be done with less ppl and way less stress, and way less time consumed in tying up the road and police and everything else that went into it.

    • @danensis
      @danensis 3 роки тому

      The equipment to wind the transformers isn't exactly portable.

  • @ronilsonvicentedasilvarony9972
    @ronilsonvicentedasilvarony9972 5 років тому

    O povo lá é igual ao povo do Brasil faz muvuca por qualquer coisa

  • @edwards2160
    @edwards2160 5 років тому

    SNAP SO AH NO TRAINS

  • @손통통
    @손통통 2 роки тому

    made in Korea
    효성 변압기

  • @leszeksternal7198
    @leszeksternal7198 5 років тому

    Bag

  • @richardmaughan1270
    @richardmaughan1270 6 років тому +1

    These weight loads should go by train not by road.

    • @johnmarlog6933
      @johnmarlog6933 6 років тому +6

      they are to wide...they would wipe out trains coming the opposite way

    • @kurtmu-b7w
      @kurtmu-b7w 6 років тому +3

      Perhaps there is no rail connection to the final destination. Just saying.

    • @nigelft
      @nigelft 6 років тому +1

      @@kurtmu-b7w
      Indeed ... the load looks like a high capacity transformer; only but major work sites, like some power stations, and metal works, for example, have their own rail-heads; hence, for any other site, road is the only way, hence why companies like Wynns, (which is perhaps the oldest), ALE, Mammoet, to name but three, use innovative transportation systems to reduce the axle load.

    • @nigelft
      @nigelft 6 років тому +1

      @@johnmarlog6933
      The transformer itself may 'small' enough to fit within the UK rail gauge, but the trouble is, most job sites something like this doesn't always have a rail-heads, either close to the actual manufacturing plant and/or the installation site. Moving from road to rail to road would very well be a vastly more difficult undertaking, making purely road a much more viable option. Heck, as a commentator above correctly stated, even when the transformer was being designed, transportation would have been a significant factor in its very design, with a minimum of a year planning, and surveying, the prospective route, along the with co-operation of the local constabulary, and the council, with due regard placed on the condition of the roads; any obstacles, like roundabouts; and the infrastructure, like water and gas mains, plus sewer lines, below the surface.
      My Great Uncle used to work for British Thomson Huston (aka Big, Thick, and Heavy); he started off as a transformer designer, and retired as Group Manager, Coventry Group (including the Rugby Works), roughly when BTH, along with AEI, merged into GEC/Marconi. Even in his time, especially when most goods were transported by rail, and, iirc, pre-Beaching (sp?), Wynns were called on alot to move the larger transformers, since suitible rail-heads were few and far between, and, I am guessing, even then road transportation costs compared to rail may well have been cheaper even then.

    • @fredzephire4071
      @fredzephire4071 6 років тому +1

      @@nigelft 355 ton on such a short space may just be a little to heavy for rail, just sayin', you local chaps would know more about that.

  • @janvanijsseldijk5728
    @janvanijsseldijk5728 4 роки тому

    Vakwerk

  • @كريمعمرو-ج3ص
    @كريمعمرو-ج3ص 3 роки тому

    جج

  • @lannytran460
    @lannytran460 4 роки тому

    BBC