a 2 truck convoy
#31
08-03-2007, 01:20 PM
Originally Posted by Mack2
Originally Posted by Useless
Originally Posted by DBW
I watched a show on Discovery channel on how those mine trucks were built. They ship them out on railroad flats in pieces to the customer. I think the show stated it takes Cat engineers about three weeks to reassemble the trucks on the mine site for the customer.
Still a cool pic. Understand that I know absolutely nothing about this, but I thought about mining equipment las night. Still, why don't they just drivethe machine from one point to another?? The picture isn't staged ethier it is a real move. I can't remember the site but there is one for a heavy haul company that has a story about that move. No, Mack2, I havent; as I said, I know ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about this!!  ops:
#32
08-03-2007, 05:11 PM
Originally Posted by Popeye
Or how they got the reflection of the grass on the left trucks bumper, but only on the left corner of the right truck.
Degree in photography :roll: . Come on RR I used to that you were straight forward but lately I am starting to think you may be full of :dung:  :wink:
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#33
08-04-2007, 04:48 AM
No faster than these trucks would be able to travel... in tandem......
why not just DRIVE the big yellow super dump??? :shock: I've seen shows on these things, and they can travel at pretty good speeds!
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#34
08-04-2007, 05:03 AM
Ooopppssss!!
ops: See what happens when you forget to look through all the pages of a thread before you post?? :lol: Of course, if some people would re-size photos before posting them, the page count wouldn't be pushed off the right side of my screen! :wink: But, I'm with Useless. I don't care what LITTLE bit of damage might be done to the road, and I'm not so sure it would, I'd just drive the dang thing! Sure would like to find that website with the "story" of this move tho! Did y'all notice that hellacious curve they just rounded??
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#35
08-04-2007, 08:55 AM
Originally Posted by golfhobo
Ooopppssss!!
ops: See what happens when you forget to look through all the pages of a thread before you post?? :lol: Of course, if some people would re-size photos before posting them, the page count wouldn't be pushed off the right side of my screen! :wink: But, I'm with Useless. I don't care what LITTLE bit of damage might be done to the road, and I'm not so sure it would, I'd just drive the dang thing! Sure would like to find that website with the "story" of this move tho! Did y'all notice that hellacious curve they just rounded?? If somone can zoom in on the picture there are names on the sides of the trucks if you can give me them than I can find the site.
#36
08-04-2007, 12:20 PM
Originally Posted by Mack2
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But, I'm with Useless. I don't care what LITTLE bit of damage might be done to the road, and I'm not so sure it would, I'd just drive the dang thing! Sure would like to find that website with the "story" of this move tho! Did y'all notice that hellacious curve they just rounded?? Useless: 5 to 10 ft. ruts?? Even with the weight distribution and those wide tires?? Seems to me that it would bottom out with ruts that deep!! But then, what do I know?? [/quote]
#37
08-05-2007, 02:18 AM
Originally Posted by Useless
Originally Posted by Mack2
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But, I'm with Useless. I don't care what LITTLE bit of damage might be done to the road, and I'm not so sure it would, I'd just drive the dang thing! Sure would like to find that website with the "story" of this move tho! Did y'all notice that hellacious curve they just rounded?? Useless: 5 to 10 ft. ruts?? Even with the weight distribution and those wide tires?? Seems to me that it would bottom out with ruts that deep!! But then, what do I know?? Useless that truck weighs around 300,000lbs so I might have exzagerated just a bit but the what it would cost to repair the road would be way more than the cost of moving the truck.
#38
08-05-2007, 02:33 AM
Well, Mack2!!
Like I said, I know nothing about this, so I'd be the last to call anyone wrong on this..........but I'm still curious about how they negotiate terms, and how they can get very far without encountering obstacles.
#39
08-05-2007, 12:57 PM
Originally Posted by Useless
Well, Mack2!!
Like I said, I know nothing about this, so I'd be the last to call anyone wrong on this..........but I'm still curious about how they negotiate terms, and how they can get very far without encountering obstacles. Actually, you do very little shifting with an arrangement like that. First of all, you don't get anywhere near hwy speeds. For that matter, you don't get out of low range. Along with maintaining the same speed, spacing between trucks is critical. Take a good look at the picture. Do you see any chains or binders??? The wheels of the mining truck fit between the drops of the double-drop. It won't roll off front or back. But, if it were chained down, can you imagine the damage to the trailers by not being absolutely perfect on the spacing? Those trailers DO WARP. I don't see it in the picture, but you can use a couple of light ropes tied to each mirror bracket. The other end of each is hooked to the other truck with a tarp strap. Then, a flag is attached to each so that when the spacing is right, the flags are in the same place. And, not the same color. Red and blue, for example. If the blue flag gets closer to you, you're getting too close together. If the red flag moves toward you, you're getting too far apart. No. I was not hauling a mining truck like that. We were doing stones from a quarry to a "cutting shed". 40' X 40' X 4' If you tried setting them on one trailer, they'd break in half. Not that we had a single trailer that would handle the weight. Actually, it wasn't all that bad until we had to turn a corner. THAT's when it got "HAIRY". But it's not like it was an every-day event. It took them 3 days to cut one stone. In the mean time, we were working on getting the next one out of the quarry.
#40
08-05-2007, 03:30 PM
O.K. I've been watching this thread... I do not claim to move such things. I think I posted this pic last year, but am too tired to look right now. I can't understand why this pic is so provocative to some... ? Why is it so amazing ? In my opinion, one truck could not get away from the other, even if the driver tried... Much bigger loads are moved everyday, lights are moved, even overpasses can be moved, yes the newer ones are designed to accommodate big loads. Even backing this would be easy I think, once the turn is started, I think one driver could let go of the wheel and the tractor would just naturally follow the load... In my opinion...
This is much bigger, and well, weighs 1.8 million lbs... Long trip too. 
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