Anyone know what these are?

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  1. TravR1

    TravR1 Road Train Member

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    It's the first picture in the main article. It's a long tube that starts off circular then gets more slender as it reaches the end.

    I see a lot of oversized loads hauling these and just wanted to know what they are?

    Also I was curious what do pilot cars do. What ways do they help the truck driver?
     
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  3. Intothesunset

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    Are you serious?
    Those are wind turbine blades.
    The pilot cars can steer the rear when needed. If set up for it. And they check for height clearances , and block traffic.
     
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  4. TravR1

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    They looked like airplane wings.
     
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  5. TravR1

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    They can steer the rear? That's cool
     
  6. MYSTYKRACER

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    Yeah, wind turbine / windmill blade. You see a lot of those moving around in the mid-west these days where they are building a lot of wind farms in open farm land. Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, North Texas, etc. Even up north around the Dakotas and such. The blades don't look that big when they're up on the structure b/c the comparative scale is absent but yeah, they're huge! I hear those drivers make really good money but it's really slow going. I'd imagine you need a lot of patience for that kind of driving.
     
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    I see them a lot out on the road. You are right they look small when they are up on the post spinning, doing it's thing.

    I imagine the drivers get paid a lot! Hauling something that long. I tried to imagine myself in the drivers seat pulling that thing and well, gave up. Did think to myself those that haul stuff like that have to be the best drivers out there. They're so long.
     
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    L&M wind power in North Dakota makes them. There’s 12 blades on the road every two days.
     
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  9. MYSTYKRACER

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    Kool! Here's hoping that becomes a growth industry!
     
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    You must not run the Midwest much. If you had to deal with the drivers every day your opinion might change.
     
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    I've actually heard the opposite about the pay. Nothing official, just through the grapevine. Curious what the truth is.
     
  12. tscottme

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    They look like airplane wings because they both work for the same reason. Wind turbine blades work when the wind moves past them. Wings work by moving them through the air. In both cases lift is generated.
     
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