Over 500t abnormal load traveling through Merthyr Tydfil to its destination in Hirwaun power station. Generator traveling on 6.7m wide and 78m long trailer with 28 axles.
I live in York, these Alleleys runs (to/from the National Railway Museum) aren't everyday occurrences but they're not really noteworthy here, other than the load of course!
Thats some bit of kit. Allelys are obviously nationally recognised. I was a Cop for 30yrs in Newcastle. Shepherd Offshore used Alleleys a few years ago to move these massive shipping cable spools. We were used for escorts.
I'm glad you liked it. It was my first time also. There are 3 these loads and this is the 2nd one. I missed the first one and will miss next week's one due to work commitments
They're building new gas turbine power station in nearby town Hirwaun and this is their 2nd transport with generator. I missed the first one with the turbine and the 3rd and last one with the transformer due to work commitments.
They are building a power station at a huge expense to fill up the gaps when the sun is not shining and the wind is not blowing, Most of the time, it will not produce anything but when it does, you have to pay the capital cost for a full year on your energy bill. Just to allow Chinese companies to harvest big profit on their windmills they built near you. Those who can only produce electricity when the price is low. They don't absorb the cost of balancing the grid. You pay for that.
Is that so? That's good to hear. Me and my son just starting to visit places which are connected to coal mining or steam train railways. Feel free to see some of my other videos 🙂
Will it be a standard transmission or some sort of modified for low speeds with higher torque? Just wondering. That slow speed under heavy load can't be healthy for the gearbox and the clutch 🤔
@@martinbalounadventure MAN use TIPMATIC transmissions with wide spread of gear ratios for heavy haulage use which knows the right gear ratio for the load weight and terrain it’s operating under.
The multi wheeled haulers have hydraulically driven motors and brakes on each wheel set to assist in the move at low speeds that’s why there were only two semi trucks helping with the move. I would hate to be the one to do the brake job on all 56 brakes!😂
They are called heavy locomotives and they couple up together to get the load up steep hills, for safety and obviously control reasons locomotives must have a mass of minimum 20% of the weight often more so coupled up they could end up weighing more than the load. The trailers are independently powered for steering and braking and can also move themselves using hydraulic motors. In the 1990s there was only 2 mobile cranes in the UK that could lift such weights, they were so big that they only just managed the 16ft motorway bridge limit. I was unloaded by one of them in Aylesford Print in Kent once which lifted the whole load in one go because some bonehead driver had loaded it incorrectly so it couldn't be unloaded in individual pieces.
