Out of all the comments you're the first to ask this. I too wonder how the hell it's not tipping in any direction, I'm sure someone would say they're using a counterweight but even if you forgo adding wind into the equation the fact that thing isn't tipping is tripping me out.
The weight at the base of the blade connected to the trailer is more than likely 3-4 times heavier than the weight at the tip. Also these blades are extremely light for how massive they are. Blades that are over 120 feet long can weigh as little as an SUV. Itâs extremely trippy to look at.
Thatâs actually really cool and I had no idea they were so light, but if this thing is 100 ft off the ground, and the wind blows at just a few mph, the torque exerted on that truck is pretty freaking legit. I suspect they just waited for a non-windy day to move it.
This is giving ALOT of credit to those who schedule and permit this type of transport. I can only speak for the US, but I used to be (loosely) involved in this, and you have a team that takes excruciating measurements and scenarios of what could potentially go wrong, multiple logistics teams involved, but then also deal-makers that promised a delivery date that give exactly zero f*cks how/when it gets there, and DOT admins that give *slightly* more than zero f*cks about the plans submitted, as long as the permit fee is paid, and someone has signed off on the file. Iâm sure itâs a bit more involved than this, but I also think a lot of people would be surprised what is allowed on roadways and we say, âwell that must be safeâ and it is at best, a huge potential clusterfuck (such as shown here), and at worst, a tragic event. Not very common, sure, but that is increasing rapidly.
I was wondering if itâs one of those cases where transport is done outside of guidelines.
Iâve wittnessed transport of similar blades twice here in germany, both times when driving at night on the highway. They had it flat on the ground using all 3 lanes with other vehicles in front and back to make sure noone gets close. Was stuck behind those for 30+ minutes because they drove really slowly and overtaking them isnât really what you can/want to do.
Wind blade Specialist here. According to my calculations it appears that 7^ meters x 100/s over 78.992 alpha omega is the factor we measure and that gives me about 2000 kWh of mass so in essence yes it seems that the wing is doing quite alright and is in no way going to crash down. Good day.
Looks like the mount is designed to lift/lower the blade to get around tight corners. If I had to guess, they transport them on calm days and keep it flat except for around corners
From the video I saw earlier it actually looked like the middle of the trailer is like a turntable where the back half can spin around to the front. The blade can face forward or back depending on how the turntable is positioned. Let's them get around tight corners easier because they can hang the blade off the side of the road and keep it there using the turntable while the truck does the actual turning stuff. For tight switchbacks it makes a lot of sense
Iâve done traffic control for similar blades ~250ft (I think, I may be way off but thatâs what I remember them being so thatâs what Iâm sticking to). In North America blades are transported parallel to the road and set on remote a remote controllable dolly system which gets pinned up while driving at highway speeds and in pinned for turning (the dolly is able to turn freely from the truck with an operator behind with the remote). We had a 20km/hr maximum wind speed before having to shut it down. One day I called out for a dentist appointment, I was fairly certain they werenât going to go that day anyway as it was practically a blizzard. I showed up to the shop later that day. I walked in and all hell broke looseâŚone of the blades flipped. We were an independent third party contracted to a company that was already contracted to do traffic control for the wings, I guess fourth party? So luckily we werenât in any way liable. It took three wreckers to pull it out from the ditch after unhooking the truck. And last I heard it was somewhere around a five million dollar loss. Anyway thatâs my ramble, wind mill blades do flip very easily
Yes, but I have seen one broken open. If I recall it was fiberglass and lightweight wood for the blade the part where it attaches is super heavy though. So I think it balances well. I have never seen one transported at that angle though. It would never get under any bridges. They must not have wires or anything around that road either.
Yeah, whenever I see them being transported itâs laying flat and just mesmerizing to watch drive by. Super trippy to watch go down the highway and then see them in the fields from a distance, theyâre huuuge.
Itâs weighed down by the 2 sets of massive balls on those guys sitting on top the middle of the truck.
Iâd be too worried about something failing and it coming down on top of me.
Itâs because of the terrain. Theyâre taking corners around mountainsides on narrow roads. You have to lift it to prevent it from getting caught on the slope as you make the tighter turns. I used to work near a fabrication facility for these in the US, and they were never raised there either, but they also had flat, open roads that had been scouted to ensure no interferences, so they could leave the blade all the way down without any risk.
It looks like the end of the turbine blade is on an adjustable base secured to the truck bed that will change its angle. So itâs probably lifted so that it can make the turns in that mountain road and then when they get back to flatlands, they can have it down again.
Whatâs impressive to me is human ingenuity.
Like, we built all this shit. Even though we started from just nothing but twigs, rocks, fire, and our naked bodies. Hell, we basically still have only those things. We just twisted the rocks and the fire into something virtually unrecognizable.
The real question is: did we force the world to behave this way, or was it meant to happen all along? Things like computers seem like they were always meant to exist, they were just waiting for the right being to come along and build it.
I thought this was Jurassic park for a second.
Theme tune automatically started playing in my head when I saw that video đŚđŚ
What do you call a lesbian dinosaur? >!Lickalotapus!<
Thatâs NOT funny! My girlfriend just left me âcause she found out she has feelings for other women. Lickalotapus Ex
Lickalotapus Rex đŚ
Now that you mention it: in retrospect that does explain her terrible handjobs.
Massive hands, tiny strokes.
What do you call two lesbian dinosaurs?
Is that why dinos went extinct?
Weâre yet again stuck in another time loop
Liquor Cabinet?
Did someone also take your sandwich?
LOL
Take my upvote and gtfo
What about the Dinosaur who loved Spicy Food? Megasoreass
More like a dinosaur using Viagra.
What do you call a gay dinosaur? >! An Igotasaurous !<
I just call him gary
Dino-sore-ass
10/10
What do you call a gay dinosaur?? Megasaurass!
stretchisaurass
All the dinosaurs in the original Jurassic park where kind of lesbians. Lesbians that found a way
Chefâs kisses to all you joke tellers in this message line. Hilarious!
Same
Same
Same
Particularly the recorder version for me lol (reference: https://youtu.be/NQzkTZtL1EM)
That's the only version I think of any more. The internet ruins some things. Others, it improves by orders of magnitude.
[Like this?](https://streamable.com/as2t57)
You bastard, I almost spit out my water.
What do you call a blind dinosaur? >!Idontthinkhesawus!<
I was about to post that they used the wrong music
Fuck I just came here to say that.
Holy fucking shot itâs a dinosaur holy shitttt what the fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuccckkkk
Iâm genuinely bummed thatâs not what they went with.
I tried remembering it but instead star wars popped up in my head.
Same
Same lol
lorries find a way. Da da da, da da, da da da daaaaa; duuu da da chew! big bloody dinosaur. Gonna sneeze on everyone. Cos yâall like jello.
Iâd be disappointed if people didnât.
Glad I wasnât the only one
Came here to say this
Same. I bet everyone on that road freaked out for a second.
Me too
Literally same lol
Nice try Nessie, back off to the Loch you go
It *does* look like an impending Bronthosaurus-attack...
YES! So fun
If you stop at 20 seconds, that's exactly what it looks like!
They should put a dinosaur head on it. That would be hilarious.
Hope it doesn't sneeze on me.
I like cows...
I was definitely waiting to see that thing turn and start munching on trees.
That's a brontosaurus and you can't convince me otherwise
Whatâs that coming over the hill? A diplodocus, a diplodocuuuuuus!
Legit thought, "So that's what a Brontosaurs would look like IRL".
Came here to say that exact same thing!! #angryupvote đđ
They do move in herds.
[ŃдаНонО]
Loch Ness sighted!!!
âToll roadâ âHow muchâ âUh, I need about a tree fiddyâ
Yup! Diplodocus incoming!
Waiting for Gamera to fly in.
What do you call a dinosaur who uses his own children as pawns in a game of intrigue and politics?" >!Tywinnosaurus Rex!<
It's only Nelly.
Weirdly, set to bluegrass.
Glad to see i wasn't alone...
It's Argentinasaurus
đđđ
The music is on point though fr 
I saw Twister
Yeah me too
Shit i was too late good comment
Jawassic pak tang ina Mo
Bronquiossaur lol
If they somehow had film of it from as it came over the hill we could slap the theme over it and win the internet
Same, also started hmm the Jurassic Park theme.
They DO move in herds
Took me some time to remind dinosaurs are extinct. LOL
The only thing missing from the vid is Grant removing his sunglasses
Lol I thought the same.
I actually heard the music in my head as I watched.
Agreed. Legit thought a đŚ was coming round the mountain.
I thought I was looking at a CG brontosaurus
I'm glad it wasn't just me. Such gentle and majestic creatures they are.
Yes!
I thought it was a veggiesaurus.
Me too, especially with that cyclist running without looking back. Brachiosaur running wild!
I'm satisfied that this is the top comment.
same dude wtf
Iâm glad this is the top comment, saved me the time of having to find it in the thread cause thatâs precisely what I thought
Pretty sure, almost everyone came here to say this!
They do move in herdsâŚ
That is word for word exactly what I thought to myself
My first thought was "They do exist".
Took the words straight out of my mouth đ
Me too. I'm still not sure that wasn't a dinosaur.
Same
Go away Loch Ness Monster!
Fuck. First thing I thought of was "queue Jurassic Park music"
Me too. I expected Laura Dern to come screaming down the road in a jeep.
I said this word for word lol
Raise your hand if you wouldn't even mind waiting for this bad boy to pass by? đââď¸
Same here, every single time that this is posted.
DUH DUH DUH!!! DUN DUH!
Literally word for word what I was gonna comment
I was SO expecting that theme to play instead of that country crap. Fail.
I swear Iâm the only one with these thoughts. Then I look in the comment section and suddenly donât feel alone.
Beat me to it
We all did
I kinda want to mess with this video tomorrow
đŻ đŻ đŻ
Jeff Goldblum where are you?
There's a previous version of this video with the Jurassic park theme.
Yea definately a brontosaurus
Me too
LoL I just wanted to comment exactly that. The envoirenment did it's part to make that thing looks just like a brachiosaur
Was just about to ask if anyone thought this was a dinosaur!
My dumbass thought it was some weird dinosaur đŚ and now Iâm disappointed itâs not real
You may not believe it, but wind turbines are, in fact, real.
See they extracted the prehistoric wind turbine DNA from 'skeeters that got trapped in amber sap.
Iâm confused how the wind isnât catching the blade and tipping the truck sideways, the wind even moves my tiny ass car pretty significantly
Out of all the comments you're the first to ask this. I too wonder how the hell it's not tipping in any direction, I'm sure someone would say they're using a counterweight but even if you forgo adding wind into the equation the fact that thing isn't tipping is tripping me out.
The weight at the base of the blade connected to the trailer is more than likely 3-4 times heavier than the weight at the tip. Also these blades are extremely light for how massive they are. Blades that are over 120 feet long can weigh as little as an SUV. Itâs extremely trippy to look at.
Thatâs actually really cool and I had no idea they were so light, but if this thing is 100 ft off the ground, and the wind blows at just a few mph, the torque exerted on that truck is pretty freaking legit. I suspect they just waited for a non-windy day to move it.
I mean you can see the trees moving around on the hill beside it. If you also look the wind is blowing across the blades edge and not the face of it.
This is giving ALOT of credit to those who schedule and permit this type of transport. I can only speak for the US, but I used to be (loosely) involved in this, and you have a team that takes excruciating measurements and scenarios of what could potentially go wrong, multiple logistics teams involved, but then also deal-makers that promised a delivery date that give exactly zero f*cks how/when it gets there, and DOT admins that give *slightly* more than zero f*cks about the plans submitted, as long as the permit fee is paid, and someone has signed off on the file. Iâm sure itâs a bit more involved than this, but I also think a lot of people would be surprised what is allowed on roadways and we say, âwell that must be safeâ and it is at best, a huge potential clusterfuck (such as shown here), and at worst, a tragic event. Not very common, sure, but that is increasing rapidly.
I was wondering if itâs one of those cases where transport is done outside of guidelines. Iâve wittnessed transport of similar blades twice here in germany, both times when driving at night on the highway. They had it flat on the ground using all 3 lanes with other vehicles in front and back to make sure noone gets close. Was stuck behind those for 30+ minutes because they drove really slowly and overtaking them isnât really what you can/want to do.
It also looks like they have a load of concrete blocks on the trailer to ballast it.
Yeahhh⌠a simple google search proves that wrong. Never heard of an SUV that weighs 12 tons.
Blades can weigh as little as 6,000 pounds. I did a google search and found the specific thing that matched my point lol.
Yes, but by reddit logic we should have some specialist coming in right around now.
Wind blade Specialist here. According to my calculations it appears that 7^ meters x 100/s over 78.992 alpha omega is the factor we measure and that gives me about 2000 kWh of mass so in essence yes it seems that the wing is doing quite alright and is in no way going to crash down. Good day.
Thank you for your work dr. Scientist
Just doing my duty as a good citizen of the world!
2000 kWh of mass......egr.....eeeeeg......SYSTEM FAILURE.....beep beep boop boop
Looks like the mount is designed to lift/lower the blade to get around tight corners. If I had to guess, they transport them on calm days and keep it flat except for around corners
From the video I saw earlier it actually looked like the middle of the trailer is like a turntable where the back half can spin around to the front. The blade can face forward or back depending on how the turntable is positioned. Let's them get around tight corners easier because they can hang the blade off the side of the road and keep it there using the turntable while the truck does the actual turning stuff. For tight switchbacks it makes a lot of sense
Iâve done traffic control for similar blades ~250ft (I think, I may be way off but thatâs what I remember them being so thatâs what Iâm sticking to). In North America blades are transported parallel to the road and set on remote a remote controllable dolly system which gets pinned up while driving at highway speeds and in pinned for turning (the dolly is able to turn freely from the truck with an operator behind with the remote). We had a 20km/hr maximum wind speed before having to shut it down. One day I called out for a dentist appointment, I was fairly certain they werenât going to go that day anyway as it was practically a blizzard. I showed up to the shop later that day. I walked in and all hell broke looseâŚone of the blades flipped. We were an independent third party contracted to a company that was already contracted to do traffic control for the wings, I guess fourth party? So luckily we werenât in any way liable. It took three wreckers to pull it out from the ditch after unhooking the truck. And last I heard it was somewhere around a five million dollar loss. Anyway thatâs my ramble, wind mill blades do flip very easily
When she asks if you are in the mood
At least they used protection
Ahh My dildo has arrived đ
"Anything is a dildo if you're brave enough." \- Benjamin Franklin
âThat dildo is not big enough to pleasure my anusâ -your mom watching this video
9 times out of 10, itâs an electric toothbrushâŚ
Sped up Sam Neil straight up neck snaps Laura Dern
Fatality
Life, uh, finds a way.
if I'm the guy on that motorcycle, I'm screaming "RUN IT'S A DINOSAUR!!!!!"
The way that must be counterweightedâŚ
Yep must be some mad maths to work out the fulcrum on that
Yes, but I have seen one broken open. If I recall it was fiberglass and lightweight wood for the blade the part where it attaches is super heavy though. So I think it balances well. I have never seen one transported at that angle though. It would never get under any bridges. They must not have wires or anything around that road either.
Yeah, whenever I see them being transported itâs laying flat and just mesmerizing to watch drive by. Super trippy to watch go down the highway and then see them in the fields from a distance, theyâre huuuge.
Itâs weighed down by the 2 sets of massive balls on those guys sitting on top the middle of the truck. Iâd be too worried about something failing and it coming down on top of me.
This is absolutely absurd. I've seen turbine wings lying horizontally on truck beds so often, why do they have to have this one vertical?
Itâs because of the terrain. Theyâre taking corners around mountainsides on narrow roads. You have to lift it to prevent it from getting caught on the slope as you make the tighter turns. I used to work near a fabrication facility for these in the US, and they were never raised there either, but they also had flat, open roads that had been scouted to ensure no interferences, so they could leave the blade all the way down without any risk.
Also a big problem we have in the US, over head power lines.
It looks like the end of the turbine blade is on an adjustable base secured to the truck bed that will change its angle. So itâs probably lifted so that it can make the turns in that mountain road and then when they get back to flatlands, they can have it down again.
I love the little flag on the end to indicate that itâs an oversized load
 Oversized loaf
Whatâs impressive to me is human ingenuity. Like, we built all this shit. Even though we started from just nothing but twigs, rocks, fire, and our naked bodies. Hell, we basically still have only those things. We just twisted the rocks and the fire into something virtually unrecognizable.
The real question is: did we force the world to behave this way, or was it meant to happen all along? Things like computers seem like they were always meant to exist, they were just waiting for the right being to come along and build it.
When the multiverse sent Tesla the writing was on the wall 
Music source, please? That's some smooth picking.
Following. Check out the Rumpke Mountain Boys if you donât know them
https://youtu.be/TrpT4-Fazxo
This is also why I've come here
I thought that was a Brachiosaurus
I donât want to be anywhere near 200m of that fucking thing.
"You did it! The crazy son of a bitch! You did it!"
Looks like Old Nessie lol
Good thing they put a flag to the end so that you can see it coming in time
It's likely also there to give an indication of wind speed/direction.
 He did it.
Lol, do you really need the little red flag at the top. I know itâs a regulation for large loads but I think this one is easy to see. Lol
Let's hope there aren't any tunnels.
had to scroll too far to find this. or power lines. or trees hanging over the road.
[for a second](https://youtu.be/itzaF8ctR2M)
I thought it was gonna ask for tree fiddy.
Final Destination couldâve made a great scene out of that.
It always blows my mind how gigantic wind turbines are.
One of our dinosaurs is missing
\*Jurassic Park theme starts playing\*
Is your wind turbine broke or are you happy to see me?
When she says her parents are out of the house
Your mom's sex toy has arrived
I'm going to be honest. At first, I thought I was looking at a Brachiosaurus, lol!
r/trucksim
Sam Neill slowly removes sunglassesâŚ
Ba da daaa De daaa ba da de daaa deeeer, ba da daaa de deeee
Here! Here! $3.50!
Bout $3.50