Big Loads - Post Photos Number 2

Is this the one you lded, unled then reled all in the same day...

 

Yep that would be the one. Not going to San Antonio anymore, going down to Linn, TX unload Tuesday morning

 

You gonna leave this one on blocks also???

 

That would be alright with me! Ended up pulling the wheels off last night because the folks at Keen was complaining that the lone star driver that was there to get them and the bucket had been there all day waiting. So they loaded them on his trailer and he secured them then dropped his trailer there for night.

I was in there this morning finishing chaining and stuff before he even came in. Didn't come in until almost 8:30 to get his trailer and leave, gate opened at 5am. There was room outside gate in numerous areas to park with his trailer also....

 

Iron Wolf. 116k net on 6 axles. Your only going 23 miles it'll be ok.

 

55 ton Aspen? Nice trailer! Still some camber left.

 

Yes sir. Hauled a few hi-track D-10 side booms cross loaded. Rock & Roll down the hiway.

 

Turning into the new skootertrash. 390 on a rail going to coutts Alberta via Montana from the port of Tacoma. 190,000lbs, 112 feet long, 12'8 wide, 13 high

 

I find myself looking at this post quite a bit. That rotor is an impressive piece of work.

 

Now think about this. It spins perfectly balanced at up to 400 RPM in a steam turbine.

I had to wait 10 hours and watched them balance it. It's pretty much like balancing a car tire. Just a bit larger and more precise.

The smaller one that is attached via a gear on the end spins closer to 4,000 RPM

They have one of these big ones in their shop right now that crashed at operating speed. Over 100,000 lbs came to a dead stop in under 60 seconds. Bearing failure. Those blades on it contacted the stationary blades inside the turbine. When they broke off the rotor they went through the casing made of 4+" thick steel and out the roof of the building.

That was the load I almost went to California to get when it happened. Was an emergency shut down. I really wanted to see the damage to the building and the turbine casing. The blades on both the rotor and the interior of the casing are bent and twisted as if made of tin foil not hardened steel alloy.

Can't imagine the sound it made when it failed.