Now this is an oversize load :)

[Robinicus]

Went and had a look yesterday as I was in the general area....made some of the loads we saw on 63 when I was up in the Oil Sands pale by comparison.

https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/largest-load-ever-to-hit-alberta-highways-on-the-move-1.4242829

EDIT:

There is some better footage in this one:

https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1584068

[Bobby]

What a MONSTER!
and this is what it looks like installed
https://youtu.be/iBVjV960PRk?t=35

[Sandhill]

lol from the understatement of the year department:
"drivers behind it are expected to face delays...The load is roughly the size of a CFL football field and will use the entire width of a two-lane highway, including the shoulder."

[Bobby]

I actually thought you could just divert the traffic *through* it and over it

[Robinicus]

This one has the best footage, especially the aerial shots....and of course the redneck comments from the locals....I swear they hunt out the same people whenever there is a tornado...

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/alberta-heavyweight-massive-piece-of-equipment-reaches-destination-1.4249373

The weight is in metric tonnes...for US folks that is 902 tons or just over 1.8 million pounds

[D3s0lat10n]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47JWL6TnXW0

Check out this Kenworth C510

[D3s0lat10n]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFMvBQ638t0

[kenLUVsBUD61]

Maybe there should be wind turbine loads in ATS as there is a smattering of wind farms in California. I wonder if mid Winter hauling does less damage to the Alberta highway, than if the move was done in Summer?

[Robinicus]

Originally posted by kenbarth61:

Maybe there should be wind turbine loads in ATS as there is a smattering of wind farms in California. I wonder if mid Winter hauling does less damage to the Alberta highway, than if the move was done in Summer?

The highways are fine for 3 seasons (Summer, Fall, Winter) but they do have load restrictions on in the spring. This move was done now for the timing of needing it in the plant construction plan.

[kenLUVsBUD61]

Copy that; I would not want to be responsible for coordinating all the truck and trailer movements on that trip!!!!!

[Gypsy Wheeler]

2 million pound load in Tennessee: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PH0idBnJj4nnessee
79 trailer road train Down Under: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evSGT4PEfYA

[Sky_Goddess]

https://youtube.com/watch?v=18KwBczR79U
No need for 1000 hp to haul this, just a nice big engine in a Scania truck.

World record for production trucks:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=5UUz1zTZFfU&t=288s

The Kenworth mining truck with 1000 hp is a tuned engine and the little Scania with "only" a 620 hp of raw power pulls more, hehe.