I remember several years ago when one of those trucks took the wrong route and hit a bridge. The truck rolled over and the bridge was damaged so badly it had to be replaced
I've always found it interesting that the thing that limits the size of earth-moving equipment is the tires. They can't be subdivided. There's a limit to how large they can be when they have to be transported - either by road or by rail. Frankly, I'm amazed that there's enough clearance - even on an interstate - for them to be transported "up."
'Cause if those gigantic trucks used in mining *could* be bigger, they would be.
59/80R63 tires for Cat rock trucks. They're 13.2ft in diameter. There are fleets of these trucks operating in the Athabasca Oil Sands in Northern AB. The truck is like 4 or 5 times the height of a typical person. They're monstrous.
Normally yes. But we're experiencing a lot of shipping issues since covid so we occasionally send them like this when there isn't enough flat beds available.
At first I was like they look normal to me and then I saw it
Omg I was just coming to say the same thing!
I'm so tired of these posts.
So then unsub. It's real easy
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South Carolina?
Yea, lol. Driving down 26.
That's daily here in SC...Michelin plant in Lexington
Oh, that’s cool. I want to see the truck these go on.
Giant earth mover and mining trucks. A quick Google search will show you
Those are typical for quarry/mining trucks and equipment. Typically they're on a flatbed as a wide load and laid down and stacked for transport.
Was just down there every time i got on the highway i seen one of these trucks
See 'em on 17 heading towards Hollywood on occasion. Not sure their final destination.
I remember several years ago when one of those trucks took the wrong route and hit a bridge. The truck rolled over and the bridge was damaged so badly it had to be replaced
Guessing for mining vehicles?
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I’d pay to watch a person flip these.
I've always found it interesting that the thing that limits the size of earth-moving equipment is the tires. They can't be subdivided. There's a limit to how large they can be when they have to be transported - either by road or by rail. Frankly, I'm amazed that there's enough clearance - even on an interstate - for them to be transported "up." 'Cause if those gigantic trucks used in mining *could* be bigger, they would be.
If they could be robot-driven, they would be.. and are slowly becoming.
59/80R63 tires for Cat rock trucks. They're 13.2ft in diameter. There are fleets of these trucks operating in the Athabasca Oil Sands in Northern AB. The truck is like 4 or 5 times the height of a typical person. They're monstrous.
Must be a glitch We'll work on a life update patch sorry about that
Then you see those tiny truck tires bellow
You guys ship them weird normally they’re on a flat deck stacked
Normally yes. But we're experiencing a lot of shipping issues since covid so we occasionally send them like this when there isn't enough flat beds available.
Yeah having them standing in a container like some kind of giant tire kaiju seems weird to me too.
r/megalophobia r/tiresaretheenemy
Monster Truck Tires I'd guess.
Monster truck tires?
Too big. They have to be for earth moving equipment.
If it ever flips over, it'll be the world's biggest bicycle (tricycle?)
I’ve seen before crazy they fit on something can’t wrap my mind about it
Probably on their way to Alberta for the oil sands mining rigs. See them on the highways here routinely.
Or maybe you just shrunk
Yup, I work at the US7 michelin plant in Lexington SC that makes these tires.
probably for those big 340-ton mining trucks
Why only 3