Crane Rental Corp. Hauls Transformer with Ease
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April 16, 2014 - Crane Rental Corp. recently embarked on a five-day journey in Central Florida to haul a 360,000-lb. transformer for 50 miles. The haul job was accompanied by six police and two civilian escorts.
The dual-lane, high-capacity Trail King trailer used for this job featured telescoping axles that extend from 12 to 20 ft. to accommodate over-dimensional loads and more evenly distribute loads over bridges and culverts. It offers suspension beam, perimeter deck, dollies, or bolster options. A T800 Kenworth four-axle tractor with an automatic transmission, 500-hp engine, and 70,000-lb. planetary rear axles pulled the entire load, which was approximately 700,000-lb. gross.
At the initial storage site, the team loaded the transformer onto the 24-axle dual-lane trailer using Crane Rental Corporation’s 700-ton gantries. The loaded height of the transformer was 17'8".
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When the load arrived at its final destination, the transformer was trans-loaded by the same gantries from the dual-lane trailer onto Crane Rental Corporation’s 12-line Goldhofer self-propelled modular hydraulic platform trailer in order to maneuver through the tight site.
Once in the substation, the hydraulic trailer positioned the transformer exactly where it was needed. Then the 700-ton gantries were assembled for a third time to offload the unit to its final resting position.
The customer reported zero accidents or injuries occurred during the heavy-haul job.
