Convoy Of Trucks Haul MASSIVE 181 Tonne Switchroom! 

3 months from Sydney to Melbourne hauling b doubles, then Western Australia to Adelade

Yep this aint his first rodeo!

Typically they are... but I guess the math was done on this particular project and a decision was made to assemble the entire thing at the factory and then transport it to the operating site. It usually comes down to whether it's feasible to transport it completed in the first place, then decisions are made on whether it's more cost effective to transport the thing completed, or send it in bits and then they'll have to send an entire crew to build it on the site. If it can be done without sending out the whole engineering and assembly crew, just due to how expensive labour is in Australia, it almost always makes more sense to build it in the factory and move it the hard way. They'll push the possibilities of what they can transport to the absolute limit, in order to avoid having the manufacturing people away from the factory. Especially if it comes from overseas, because you're going one hell of a mighty struggle finding the people with the skills to subcontract a job like that out and then you've got to factor in the potential for things going wrong to compound exponentially, with each individual piece that needs transporting. Too many things have to show up at the right time, in good condition and a hold up with a crew on site can easily multiply the cost of assembly and any flows on to their next job will be added to the invoice at the end of the day. So a project like this has to be planned out, often years in advance, and all of those risk factors have to be weighed up against each other before it's even started. I've always found those things that go on behind the scenes absolutely fascinating and it's amazing what humans are capable of when highly skilled people work together under effective leadership.

I was thinking along the same lines. Wouldn't it have been easier to just build it at the site instead?

They said it took 2 years' worth of planning. They must have considered on-site construction. But hey, imagine Boeing or Airbus having to build an aeroplane on-site 😁. Maybe their options were limited.

These switch rooms are built and fully tested before transport to site. Less errors and less time in site. Called an excuse. This is a gas insulated SF6 high voltage indoor unit. It is assembled under near sterile conditions.

@@patrickcannell2258 thanks for explaining....

soo cool

Yep the old trucks can be just as good as new ones aye!

You cant go wrong with a Volvo truck though aye 👍 Always reliable and great for long journeys

@ebrahimnalla121 I don't man imagine doing this job being responsible for this load

You would still need supplies delivered from truckers to build it

it's our favourite colour? 😆

Government for sure😂

They were being very humble aye haha

You would still need to bring supplies in from truckers to build it. But I get what your saying.

You would still need truckers to bring in the supplies to build it, but I get what your saying.

Huh im pretty sure metric is more commonly used and its better for calculations

@@someone-fp9jn oh it is but when they say it was 7 meters across to make it sound big then you day 21 feet its just funny to use meters for just 21 feet

not everyone uses ft

There are other places on earth other then US which metric system

Bro, the imperial system uses names that are different like inches, feet and miles while the metric system keeps the meter name and make some differentchanges like centimeters,meters and kilometers imagine the imperial system using centifeet, feet and kilofeet

Cheers mate! Glad you enjoyed it

having to find the driver might have been not an option with them being on a tight schedule (as the driver would have definitely noticed them if he was nearby).

Crusty old man