Big Loads - Post Photos Number 2

Suncor uses blind side rules. Light vehicles must yield to haul trucks. No road signage present in their mines.

Edit: Some of the mines here still use regular traffic rules. Doesn't matter if you're running a 797 or a half-ton.

 

Yes, with the exceptions of third world mines such as India, Turkey, etc., where safety rules are more of an afterthought, every mine states that haul trucks DO have right-of-way. Makes sense because of their limited visibility; can't yield to what you cannot see.

 

I like it.

 

Not really a "big" load but big enough to require signs & flags since the trailer is 9' wide and 60' long

 

I dig those new t800’s they bought

 

Yeah, they are pretty sweet, they bought 8 of them for the Wichita terminal.

 

This was moved last night about a mile from where I live.
"Ben Kling, SPI shop foreman, said this ladder(dredge) represented eight or nine months' work. He said it was 140 feet long, 11 feet high and 22-1/2 feet wide. It weighs 642,000 pounds (321 tons). When all components are attached during its installation, it'll weigh about 1 million pounds, he said."
The big move: Massive dredge component goes for a ride
(pic from article)
the truck after unloading.

 

Next stop New York City.

 

I'm pretty sure that would annihilate the fabric of space-time.