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Man's Work 😮

What mastery at the wheel!

Nice!

why do you build the giant box on site seems a bit stupid to me

I hope someone has enough money to replace that little tree and flowers!

My uncle was amazed to see a white squirrel in Newport Cemetery this afternoon. Was your footage filmed somewhere along Newport? Would be interesting if it's the same squirrel or are there perhaps more of them?

all the comments seem to be from men!

Trojan by Mr gery

Poor tree 😞🌲

Why couldn't the rear tractor , with it's steerable wheels , have gone straight ahead like the rear of a hook and ladder fire truck?

You would think with something that big they would take it in bits and assemble it when they get there.

There,s a lot of horsepower pulling and pushing this load. Any idea what it weighed??

Did anybody get a description of the vehicle that hit the trees?

At about 8-10 gallons per mile, the tree loses..

whats this abnormal load doing on an housing steate get lost did they ,

Hope they replanted that little tree, what did it ever do to that lorry?

if it cant be taken there without damaging something , build it somewhere where else , Fools !

poor little tree...

Holly heck!

The first truck is MAZ ??

Beautiful!

I think u took the corner to tite. Those trees could have been saved. Very interesting ▪_▪ !

224 tires on trailer 22 on trucks

looks like a bridge

They killed the trees!

You're the Idiot! There are no motorways near the power stations in this case. These are the only roads which access the location that this load is being delivered to. They aren't taking any shortcuts. The route will have been planned and loads carefully calculated to ensure the roads can take the weight. These loads are first taken on a boat to Cottam power station, unloaded there and then brought by road to west burton as Cottam has a river jetty but west burton doesn't.

They cant build the power stations near the motorways as the governing factors are the fuel supply and the cooling water, hence why they are built near the rivers. In the case of west burton, this site was chosen in the 60s due to the nearby coal fields and river trent. The people carrying out these moves have to consult with the authorities in order to ensure that the roads will be capable of supporting the weight. They came down these roads as the loads were dropped by ship at Cottam first.

What's a culvert?

Not possible, you can't stay on the M6 for example.

Would have been nice if a tree hugger had been firmly attached to those little saplings when that shiny big red trailer slid over them maybe next time LOL.

Hey Andy Can you tell me why don't they use those huge mining trucks for transporting generators instead of loooong trucks full of wheels? It seems that it would be less hassle dealing with a much shorter (though taller) truck.

I photographed this for Truck & Driver, I was given full access to the whole crew.

Logistical nightmare comes to mind . Hats off to the people that figured out the best route but the driver & crew deserve some cold beers after delivery. Hope you guys had some cold ones.

The damn trees are fine. Okay one of them didn't get up, but he's young and so there's still hope.

The route would have been planned and agreed with the local authorities weeks or even months before the move, so i very much doubt a Sat Nav was being used.

It all depends on where your at if the police are required to escort, and btw they don't supervise, they are there to keep pedestrians and other motor vehicles from getting in the way. Don't worry about the trees they most likely anticipated they'd take them out but since they are little they didn't remove them they'll just replace them after. The front and rear of this type of trailers are steered independently, speed is controlled by both drivers and steering is controlled by trailer operator

Great planning - NOT!!

Poor little Tree got Squished :(

is this uk

if you want to look at trees and stuff you've probably come to the wrong corner of youtube...

So Leroy standing in the open on the back of a truck in america is better than sitting in a nice purpose built cab which protects the crew from pouring and sometimes freezing rain,,, No i'll take the British option i think. Top work ALE always a pleasure to see you shift so many loads without incident.

Did I see the load off the paved road but not the rubber tires carrying it? how much drive time does the drives have that driving this rig? are the speed of all the trucks controlled by one driver? Thank you

Put in some 4ft steel-reinforced concrete bollards as well next time you replant (with about 4ft underground as well), give them something to think about. Maybe just put the trees in a big concrete planter, even.

Can you try not to destroy the scenery next time, then?

The English are soft, In America on their heavy haul transporters they make those guys driving the front and back dollies stand out in the open!

That "thing" would be interesting to get on one's foot...

a really brilliant film, thanks very much

Most probably because it cannot turn. If the turns are too tight they just change direction to take the wider angle and then go straight. So it may change from forward to reverse several times before reaching destination

theyve wrecked the field

wow!