Reckon a B model would pull this ?

Now I know this is not anywhere Orange, but I thought some of you fellas might enjoy seeing what some of us older fellas used to do for a living. This is a generator that I loaded in Monterrey Mexico, and delivered to up-state New York. This picture was taken near Breezewood Pa as I was about to cross the Pa Pike, and was taken by one of my many escorts. All in all, I had 19 axles on the ground with 132 tires, gross weight a little over 900,000 pounds.

A little place called Rouses Point, as best I remember......

Second the rear steering question???  Dad saw a HUGE precast bridge girder leaving south Omaha one day.  Said the rear had a tractor frame and numerous axles, that they could steer around the corners.

Hydraulic steering when turning corners, then it locks in place for regular travel, notice the fella on small platform steering the rear.....

BUT, I could stop a lot quicker, and didn't  have to go through those TSA checks...

It would probably shock you if you knew what the permits cost to move loads such as this, and believe it or not, the DOT really do not give you much trouble, in fact, they kinda leave you alone, for the most part....

I saw a rig kinda like that once. An outfit out of Mn I think moved a 25,000 ton forge press from the railroad at Sterling wire mill to Illinois Forge about 4 or 5 miles. It took way longer to load and unload than to drive the 5 miles. They also had to have the bridge over the Rock River inspected before hand and closed to traffic while the load was on it. I have no idea what the press weighed but I doubt it was anywhere near that generator  in weight.

As a matter of fact, it was possible to back the entire unit up in a straight line by locking the steering hydraulics, but it was still a tricky thing to do.

Boogerowen wrote: BUT, I could stop a lot quicker, and didn't  have to go through those TSA checks...

Bet you couldn't from the same speed. In fact from 60mph I guarantee you couldn't. I'll go one further and say the 747 could stop way faster from 120mph than you could from 60mph. And acceleration......well you can guess that one.

But could the pavement stand locking up all 132 tires without buckling?

Gerald J.

Boogerowen wrote: Your guarantee would be no good WKPoor, at 60 mph I could actually stop faster than a 5 axle rig. Just think a minute about how much more braking power I had with 19 axles than a 5 axle rig, and a great number of those axles had multiple sets of brakes instead of only 2, as on a conventional 5 axle rig....

Your totally forgetting something besides all the pressure exerted on only a few tires compared to all the tires your rig has .......reverse thrust!

If he has 17,000lbs of load on each axle, and a maximum tE of 15,000lbs, that means he can exert roughly 285,000lbs of braking thrust against a 900,000lb load... so a ratio of 3.15:1.

The 747-8's GE engines develop 66,000lbs each in forward thrust against a 960,000lb max takeoff weight.

Given that reverse thrust efficiency is somewhat less than forward, and the 747's landing distance is around 2100m... 6890 feet...  from 125mph...

I'm willing to bet that an empirical test would make Booger's load a definite challenger, particularly in repeating stops.  I'd like to run that test!

Let's stop fighting, and remember all the rules of work, and motion.

I think we might be getting just a weeeeee bit to serious now. I think it is fun to make impossible comparisons. You mentioned that the rig weighted 900,000lbs and I got to thinking about the fact that a 747 flys heavier than that. And then it moved on to breaking. I am an A&P and with my knowledge of aircraft brakes and braking systems tells me there is little chance a truck of similar weight could stop as quick and then there is reverse thrust which pretty much makes it a done deal, especially if they were both starting at 60mph, the plane could stop quicker. Number of axles and brakes has absolutely nothing to do with this comparison. And nobody is accusing anybody of anything.

Brand of truck, eng hp, drive ratio, transmission etc.pulling the float.