How do you move a 600,000 pound transformer?

[Fred W]

I saw a show on TV where they were moving a house and had to go over a smaller median. Same sort of deal, but obviously a lot less weight. They just cranked on the thing slowly and the tires scrub around the turn eventually. To get over the uneven-ness of the median they had to jack the whole house up, then as each wheel came to the rise they adjusted it's individual hydraulic ram to let it up.

 

[Geezer]

Just imagine the condition those roads will be in after a million pound truck rolls slowly down them. I wonder why they couldn't make it in a few pieces and do the final assembly on site.

 

[Toecutter]

ummmm my FJR can tow it

My FJR's stator can match its output.

 

[ionbeam]

Near the New Hampshire border the trailer will cross the median strip to the southbound lane of I-95 and exit at Route 107 in Seabrook.

Yessiree, Bob! You Betcha! It doesn't look as if the "dolly" axles have turning ability. I know housemovers now have steerable wheels on the dollys to rotate the houses, but the axles on this set-up looks like straight trailer axles. That means a lot of grunt work by the attending crews to maneuver this beast. Whooo-eeeee, baby! That's why they make the "really big bucks".......

The engineers have devised a diabolically clever way to turn the trailer -- lubricate the roads:

 

[Bounce]

I looked and looked and still couldn't tell if it was an Autobot or a Decepticon.

 

[Niehart]

Same setup moved one from train station in Glasgow Mt to Fort Peck Dam. Bout 21 miles. They also learned a little some thing about alkali soil. Took them 7 days to get it moving again.

 

[Pappy]

I'll bet 3 mph max! How in the world do you stop something like that.

The Airbus A380 and both of the Russian heavy-lift aircraft (AN-125 and AN-225) weigh as much or more and can stop in 8000 feet from a speed of 140 knots (~160mph)! It can be done.

That move is pretty impressive though considering the A380 costs 2000 times more than the tractor and trailor combined.

 

[Checkswrecks]

Ummm, let's think about that Airbus stopping in time idea...

https://www.airliners.net/open.file/1293784/L/

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