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14-12-2008, 10:24 PM
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Turbo Falcon Fiend
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I see some weird stuff on country roads, but came accross this monster south of Goondiwindi yesterday. Voices over the UHF said 6.5 Meters wide - I believe it!
Had two trucks pulling and one pushing - I dont know what it was but it was big!!! 
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14-12-2008, 10:25 PM
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Turbo Falcon Fiend
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Two police at front one at rear. told to get off road.
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14-12-2008, 10:28 PM
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Looks like something mine related.
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14-12-2008, 10:30 PM
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Iron Ore related maybe???
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14-12-2008, 10:38 PM
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Turbo Falcon Fiend
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Some more pics.
 
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14-12-2008, 10:41 PM
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That would be a power transformer by the looks of things. Mighty big sucker too. I've seen this carry rig used on a couple of occasions. I would know Wilsons storm grey, & Reinhausen drive shafts anywhere. lol
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14-12-2008, 10:47 PM
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Geez, it's taking up its fair share of road.
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14-12-2008, 10:54 PM
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looks like a hopper of some discription
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14-12-2008, 11:58 PM
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playing in my big shed
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nah.. thats just a toy mate. lol.
heres a ute i passed a few weeks ago. the chassis   the ute bed  this one was 8.7m . would have been another couple of trucks somewhere with the wheels and tyres. we get a lot of big loads going through here, 7 plus metres are pretty common. mostly mine machinery. that one of yours looks like a big power transformer for the electricity supply somewhere. would be a very heavy bit of gear.
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15-12-2008, 01:28 AM
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The second is just an off hwy truck. They normally transport them over in parts and put them together on the mine site.
The first does look like a crusher of some sort, it would need to be big when the truck body is about 300+ tonne....actually I think the off hwy truck isn't that big.
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15-12-2008, 02:07 AM
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Here’s the same Aerodyne heading north over the top of Aeroplane with a bridge beam for the Coolac bypass.  The same one again at the bottom of Little Wagga.  One of his mates in the same spot. I should of held my line and taken out the camera. :hihi:  Here’s two of Wescombes on the south side of Tomingley heading north. They said that these were 6.8 wide but I wasn’t game enough to get out with my tape measure.  
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15-12-2008, 09:39 AM
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The OP's pics look like a big Wilson Transmission transformer, they are usually transported bare like that.
Had a 7.5m wide dumper chassis come through Moree this morning, three escorts in front , plus a HWP car, then an escort at the rear. Had the UHF on in the ute and the copper commented on a couple of young ladies having coffee at a cafe where they turned onto the over-size route and then again when they went past the school. He didn't like being picked out as the one saying it on the the radio and the other boys in the convoy gave it to him.
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17-12-2008, 12:26 PM
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 : It was concerning, however, to see the behind them trying to overtake them off the side of the road. On a lighter note, a low loader with a water truck on the back decided to break down right in the middle of the Narrabri bridge this morning. I thought he was going awfully slow when I came round the corner.
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15-12-2008, 09:47 AM
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I take it this stuff can't go by rail... Must need a lot of diesel to move that stuff.
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15-12-2008, 10:27 AM
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bloody hell, those things are MASSIVE!!!
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15-12-2008, 01:34 PM
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15-12-2008, 02:02 PM
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16-12-2008, 07:36 PM
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15-12-2008, 02:04 PM
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dude you wouldnt want to fall sleep at the lights in that last pic or its a big big mistake
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15-12-2008, 02:37 PM
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That would take a lot of skill........
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15-12-2008, 06:06 PM
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Everything mine related is on steriods, 340L of trans fluid in your average quarry 50Ton truck. (there is 150Ton trucks too)
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15-12-2008, 06:12 PM
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15-12-2008, 08:28 PM
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arent the wheels hydraulic driven though? id imagine most things are on these things, although theyve probably got seperate circuits and pumps and reservoirs etc
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16-12-2008, 07:24 AM
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A couple of pics from port hedland.
A big digger A FMG loco being delivered from the ship to their rail yard |
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16-12-2008, 06:32 PM
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Dump trucks are electric drive, only CAT is mechanical drive.
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16-12-2008, 10:57 AM
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I saw on the side of the Hume southbound a week back near the M7, a truck carring a massive concrete pipe, but there was just a frame on both ends of the pipe, with the pipe itself being the "chassis" to the rear dolly.
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16-12-2008, 02:34 PM
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Thats amazing, driving big things like that would be hard, try being one of the ice road truckies, now thats guts lol
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16-12-2008, 07:08 PM
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Hmmmmmmm!!
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I know the new dozer is coming online for the Electric Drive. That's going to be a headpspin. Quote:
It has about 10600lts of lubricants/fuel/coolant capacity. Add an extra 3000lts for a 24 hr fuel tank. You would need a house loan, just to do a major service or just for fuel! LOL! What's scary about shipping these things, is when the truck arrives to pick up these machines, is too small for the job, but yet they demand it to go on. Pffft...Drives me nuts! I watched the Ice truckies last night on Foxtel, man, dam scary when the ice melts. Crazy stuff, when all you can see is massive cracks in the ice and water gushing up (flowing water is bad, really bad). That's sphincter pucker factor right there. |
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Cat have no electric drive mining truck....yet. Doesn't matter electric drive is only good on flat surfaces....hence why CAT own the mining market. Quote:
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17-12-2008, 01:22 PM
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Flat surface????? Tell Komatsu that they cant give their wheeled dozers away because everytime they go downhill they need a brake changeout. Cat was going to use Terex drive systems in their trucks but I think that all fell through a couple of years ago. It will still be a Siemens AC setup though, Good luck.
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