Re: Large crawlers, how do you move them?.

Posted by Deas Plant. on December 17, 2003 at 05:28:25 from (211.26.8.102):

In Reply to: Large crawlers, how do you move them?. posted by Jonathan on December 16, 2003 at 12:49:38:

Hi, Folks.
I'm no expert on our road transport laws here DownUnder but I suspect that a little more common sense may prevail here than in some parts of the U.S.. Sure, we have 'light traffic' roads with varying restrictions, usually up to about 8 tons, through some mainly residential areas. Other than that, our main roads have a normal vehicle weight limit of about 53 tons gross, the loaded weight of a 'B' double road train rig.

You can get overload permits for indivisible loads
up to almost any weight for almost any road other than the 'light traffic' ones mentioned above, depending on bridge load limits. These overload permits usually require the applicant to specify the route to be taken and it is up to the applicant to do their homework before applying to ensure that all relevant bridges are cabaple of taking that load and that the route planned can handle that load.

I have not heard of any loads of the size of some of the European moves being done in Australia but I understand Lampson's have done some of over 1,000 tons using some of their specialised gear.

It is not uncommon to see a Cat D7H being floated, blade, ripper, cabin and even timber sweeps intact and I SUSPECT that they are a little over 30,000 #.

You probably have to thank the 'wanna place in the country' yuppies for those ridiculous limits. "You can make your living any way you want but not in my back yard".

You have a wonderful day. Best wishes. Deas Plant.

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