How to deliver a generator weighing more than 360 tons? (7 Photos)
How to deliver a generator weighing more than 360 tons? (7 Photos)
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As delivered from Japan to the United States, Virginia generator weighing 803,000 pounds (about 364,235 kg)? First, this colossus loaded onto a barge and river Mississippi was taken to the port in the U.S., then super Barnhart crane installed on a complicated design, which can drive 170 miles (274 km) on public roads. Road construction has a length of 70 m, width 7 m 56 axles and 224 wheels. They pull all of this construction, two tractors, capacity of 1000 l / s each. Together with the generator itself, the whole structure weighs about 640 tons! In order to carry this colossus of roads had to dismantle some power lines and bridges ... The cost of transportation on the territory of the United States amounted to $ 2.5 million
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As delivered from Japan to the United States, Virginia generator weighing 803,000 pounds (about 364,235 kg)? First, this colossus loaded onto a barge and river Mississippi was taken to the port in the U.S., then super Barnhart crane installed on a complicated design, which can drive 170 miles (274 km) on public roads. Road construction has a length of 70 m, width 7 m 56 axles and 224 wheels. They pull all of this construction, two tractors, capacity of 1000 l / s each. Together with the generator itself, the whole structure weighs about 640 tons! In order to carry this colossus of roads had to dismantle some power lines and bridges ... The cost of transportation on the territory of the United States amounted to $ 2.5 million