What kind of set-up is this?

I just returned from a trip north and saw this rig at a rest stop on I-81/S near the NY/PA border. I think it's kinda fun to see what type of freight trucks haul so I tend to nose around the truck side of the stops while I stretch my legs... and this set-up was new to me. I took three pictures -- wanted to get more/better photos, but the stop was busy and I didn't want to be pesty nor did I want to get in the way as trucks were in-and-out fairly steadily.

It appears that the tank being hauled isn't on a flatbed, but is supported on both ends by wheeled rigging that spans the inner diameter of the tank rim. I was also surprised at the low clearance between the road surface and the tank. It certainly wasn't sitting very high.

I'm curious -- does anyone here know what he's hauling... or has anyone hauled anything with a similar set-up?

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You mean there's a trailer under there, too? From the angles I was looking, it appeared to have no real trailer -- just the two end rigs attached to the "silo"... which left me wondering what supported the length of the thing.

Dang, I wish I had been more gutsy and gotten a closer look. Oh... and Ziggy? You are right -- there were two escort vehicles parked a few car-lengths behind it.

Thanks, Mack! I was hoping one of our flatbedders would recognize this... and I appreciate your explanations!

 

That is so neat, Brickman! Thanks for the info. Last year I took the following picture while traveling south on the Pennsylvania Turnpike somewhere above the Lehigh Valley. (Don't ask me where -- my sense of distance isn't very good. Direction? Generally yes. Distance, no. LOL)

Maybe that tower was close to its new "home"!

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