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Jun 20, 2010 | 10:19 PM

jdecker88

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6000 HP anyone?

So yesterday they started moving this massive steam generator up the back roads form Knoxville to St. Paul VA. 640 tons (804,000 LBS) , 23-foot-wide, 225-foot-long. Caught it today as it was sitting up getting ready to move through Morristown tonight. Stopped and got some pictures. Each pull truck is rated for 1000HP gotta love those big cat motors. The lead truck damaged its drive shaft and they were repairing it check out my albums.

WBIR.com | Knoxville, TN | Giant generator snarls traffic, draws spectators in East Tennessee

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Jun 20, 2010 | 10:28 PM

milleroutdoors

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Impressive! Always fun to see out of the ordinary payloads.

Jun 20, 2010 | 10:33 PM

snakedoc

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that is so cool, look at all the boards they have to lay down just to park that thing.

Jun 20, 2010 | 11:45 PM

itsjustdan26

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That thing is a monster! How much weight does a load range J withstand?

Those are great pictures, things like that has always fascinated me. Thank you for the pictures!

Jun 21, 2010 | 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by itsjustdan26

That thing is a monster! How much weight does a load range J withstand?

It's dependent on tire size. Bigger tires can handle a bigger load for the same load range because of a bigger contact patch.

For that tire:
6005lb @ 125 psi

Max safe speed = 62mph

Kumho Tire USA, Inc.

Jun 21, 2010 | 08:28 AM

CampSpringsJohn

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Steve Sommers was talking about that last night on the ATN (American Truckers Network). According to a guy up in Pennington Gap, Va I talked to a month or so ago, they are not allowed to use the interstates. Steve Sommers said last night that it is about a 175 mile trip, and it will take them around 17 to 20 days to make the trip. A lot of work went into preparing for the trip. Power lines had to be raised, bridges had to be re-enforced. All the traveling is to be done at night, at a whopping speed of 10MPH!! And, if you come up behind it, you do not pass it. Don't know if you can see them in the pictures, but the trucks have planetary hubs on the rear axles. That makes for some serious gear reduction!

Edit; Just went back and looked at the pictures, and the red Oshkosh was the only one that I could tell had the planetary hubs. I have seen them on coal trucks before.