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 Mon 18 Nov 13 13:16 
 640 tonne 100m long load on M4/32 - Focusless
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Anyone fancy counting the number of wheels/axles on that thing?
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 Mon 18 Nov 13 14:59 
 640 tonne 100m long load on M4/32 - Cliff Pope
Is this bigger?

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 Mon 18 Nov 13 15:50 
 640 tonne 100m long load on M4/32 - rtj70
It's the same company doing the haulage in the Daily Mail article. It must have cost quite a bit.
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 Mon 18 Nov 13 16:36 
 640 tonne 100m long load on M4/32 - diddy1234
I wonder how many driver changes are needed as the lorry drivers are limited by time.

I bet there wasn't enough pull over points. he he
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 Mon 18 Nov 13 17:35 
 640 tonne 100m long load on M4/32 - Victorbox
Can someone please explain? "The transformer will next be transported by sea to Cottam power stations near Retford, Nottinghamshire"
Oxford to Bristol then by sea to Nottinghamshire?

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 Mon 18 Nov 13 17:46 
 640 tonne 100m long load on M4/32 - Manatee
You can get from the Humber estuary to Cottam via the navigable Trent.

There are two power stations at Cottam, the newer CCGT one being constructed in the 90s. According to Wiki, some of the heavier plant was taken there using the inland waterways to avoid road damage.
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 Mon 18 Nov 13 19:25 
 640 tonne 100m long load on M4/32 - Kevin
>Can someone please explain? "The transformer will next be transported by sea to Cottam power stations..

It's being shipped back to Siemens in Germany for a refurb.
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 Mon 18 Nov 13 21:46 
 640 tonne 100m long load on M4/32 - rtj70
Maybe it will then go on to Cottam. I thought it odd to move it by sea... but at 10mph it would take a long time to get to Cottam power stations on the roads.
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 Mon 18 Nov 13 22:03 
 640 tonne 100m long load on M4/32 - BobbyG
The actual unit doesn't look that big to be 640 tonnes - wonder how much the rig and truck make up of that weight?

My b-i-l used to work for Abnormal Load Engineers in Stafford - I had great fun playing with the remote controls of the truck things that could spin on their own axis.
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 Wed 20 Nov 13 12:36 
 640 tonne 100m long load on M4/32 - martint123
I'm surprised at how physically small the transformer seems compared to the tractor/trailers.
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 Wed 20 Nov 13 12:45 
 640 tonne 100m long load on M4/32 - Zero
transformers don't need to be big to be heavy. The construction of the things, heavy laminated steel, loads of heavy copper cable means they are heavy beasts. It will have been drained of hundred of litres of oil as well to make it as light as 640 tonnes.
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 Wed 20 Nov 13 12:52 
 640 tonne 100m long load on M4/32 - Manatee
A 4.3 metre cube of steel would weigh 640 tonnes. It won't be solid anything, but it looks quite a bit bigger than that. Copper weighs about 12% more than steel.
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 Wed 20 Nov 13 12:52 
 640 tonne 100m long load on M4/32 - Focusless
FWIW a cube of steel weighing 640 tonnes would have sides of approx 4.3m (if my maths are correct).

EDIT: snap
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