Anyone know what these are?

I remember hearing that some kind of sounds are placed at solar farms and probably also on windmills to prevent birds from getting near. I’m sure not all species of birds will go away, though.

 

TOFTT, cause I know, but what's a henway?

 

About 6 or 7 pounds.
LOL

 

Did he ask you about The Hair Club for Men?

 

Was he carrying a blade or a tube?

Blades aren’t heavy. The one I showed in the picture was under 20000 lbs. Yes, the trailers are heavy and expensive, but you’d need a 12 axle rig for 220000 lbs...and the biggest I’ve seen was 7 axle. And no, he wasn’t making $22/mile.
Now the base of the tower goes in a 13 axle and will be over 230000. But you’re not touching a trailer for less than a half mil.

 

He was definitely set up for running blades. Three axles on the trailer and a lift axle ahead of the drives.

Regarding the weights, I am going only by what he said. Same as for the rate per mile...BUT he was doing a lot of short hops, as they build out the farms within a 200 mile radius of OKC. So I could understand $22/mile on loaded miles if you spend all day on a 100 mile haul.

 

I saw one take off I flight. I didn't realize until then how large the really are! I called all of my family to talk about it

This isn't a bald eagle, but it perched on this car a block over from my house.

 

The 3 axle trailers are usually the self steering (calibrated to the 5th wheel). These are for the bigger blades(60m or larger). Had a buddy of mine pull a 6 axle rig loaded with a 60m and he was slightly under 90k. The root stand is the heaviest part and they usually put that section over the drive axles. He had a 3 axle tractor and he was 50k on the drives (uhoh!!!).

I questioned that much weight on the drives, and he said his company told him they’d cover the fines. I definitely don’t like that idea. If they “forget”, you the driver either end up with a suspended license or a bench warrant and find yourself in jail on your next Level 3 in the issuing state.

I also don’t like the idea of that self steering trailer. This kinds of stuff happens.
Yes, you can cover more miles and it’s faster, BUT electronic gremlins are always present.

Someone may fault the driver. But a blade trailer is a telescoping beam trailer...you can’t see how anything is tracking until the rear wheels get near.