Cabovers

We have steep roads but these are an overkill even with these loads.They sometimes use 3 trucks when 1 will do.

 

Like this


250t, can't really understand why 2 trucks was needed. It's so cold here now it's not even slippery

 

i can understand if somebody use 3x SLT tractors

but i saw lot of pictures where they use 5X nicolas big 4 and 5 axle trucks to pull 300ton transformer

2x SLT with 8x4 can do this

or maybe they go north in africa where maybe road condition require this?otherwise i cant see any reason to use anything more than 8x4 or eventually 8x6

one company from my town regulary haul 500t gross weight with just 2tractors

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj6Jdcf3A1I[/ame]

here they drive 500t gross with 2x 4160 8x6 mp3

during hill roads(off highway country road lot of hills one is 20km long 8% with lot of serpentines where load go 11m from road on side
like here



.... so there they have traction problems because lot of section on this road are in shade so roads are always wet.... on high altitudes and they attach another 6x6 WSK tractor


SLT by Titan.
Mainly 4156 6X6 but also seen 4656 8x6

there is no even this model

you can find 33xx, 38xx or 40xx (40 if it is build from rigid chassis not tractor)

4axle can be 41xx 44xx and 48xx

also by my knowledge mercedes never had xx56

50/54/58/61 as euro 3

51/55/60/65 as e4/e5

as much i notice lot of guys from south africa use 4860 /4861 8x8

like this one

 

Actually, they had 3, one was pushing.

 

my friend calls this kind of flatbed trailers - Scalapendra trailers!

 

Nope, I live a couple of km from there and the 3d was just there not doing anything what I could see

(sick, free week and still looking at truck boards)

 

OK, maybe it was just a spare truck if that MAN broke.. Or maybe they just used it on some part of the route?

 

Don't know. It's almost flat all the way. Just a small gradient after the school but nothing to talk about. Or is it some stupid law requirement? I don't have that big knowledge in those special transports. They are boring, icy Norwegian back roads is what I prefer

 

This is how the private sector companies do it here.
http://www.vanguard.co.za/images/news/Vanguard 0238.jpg

http://www.vanguard.co.za/images/Equip overview/main1.jpg

http://www.sa-transport.co.za/trucks/ken/kenworth_heavy_duty_1_dc.JPG

http://www.onestopclearing.co.za/files/27/images/transcor 3.jpg

The company (Rotran) that operates those huge Nicolas and Pacific trucks is part of the biggest electricity utility in the world.
They always do things in an overkill way.The trucks/trailers often weigh more then the load.