285 Tons Going Up...285 Tons Going Down 8-16-11

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13 жыл бұрын

On August 16th, 2011, Precision Heavy Haul was on their last leg of the movement of a 285 ton anode from where it was built in Salt Lake City, Utah, to it's final destination at the Freeport-McMoRan copper and gold mine in Miami, Arizona. The first scene shows the large unit being pulled / pushed up the 6% grade out of the Tonto Basin, with Roosevelt Lake visible in the distance. The next scene has the heavy load being eased down the 7% grade east of the basin. In the first scene notice how the torque of the lead trucks engine has the drivers side lifted about six inches higher than the passeger side! As you'll see on the downgrade, the bumper is now parallel with the road because the truck is no longer pulling. TO SEE A COUPLE OF MUCH SLICKER VIDEOS SHOWING THE ENTIRE MOVE OF THIS ANODE, WATCH---Precision Heavy Haul "Riding With The Giants Parts 1 and 2"

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@242176 11 жыл бұрын

Commercial drivers can appreciate this video.. didn't seem like 13 minutes! Thanks for posting it

@espeescotty 10 жыл бұрын

Thank you. It's nice to know that it's appreciated and that my time isn't wasted.

@denisranque1536 8 жыл бұрын

Amazing trailer system!!!

@espeescotty 12 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I'm glad you liked it. Thanks for watching.

@Dieseldickrick 12 жыл бұрын

Man I love seeing a truck have that torque twist in the frame. Seeing the cab rise to the right from all he engine torque, i love it. Who agrees? Watching a truck sit at a light then as soon as that light turns green, you see the truck twist from the power!

@RendColt 9 жыл бұрын

Don't know anything about trucking, but this looks like a complex but smooth process. So smooth it looks easy

@CassieLopez 10 жыл бұрын

WARNING! This is NOT a video for thrill-seekers and crash-compilation watchers. This is a video for knowledgeable people who can understand and appreciate what they're seeing. If you want crashes, go somewhere else.

@BrianW._1313 10 жыл бұрын

Damn Right ! WELL SAID !!!

@zachgilbert3815 9 жыл бұрын

Oh, sorry, the part of the title "285 tons *going down*" is a bit misleading.

@DM-ry3ms 9 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting this and all the description. Interesting haul and rig.

@alexT80418 9 жыл бұрын

With a title like this i was expecting a very VERY LARGE explosion....

@sharonpeek4578 11 жыл бұрын

Hats off to all these heavy haulers. I drove 18 wheelers, but I could never do what these guys do. Awesome!

@espeescotty 11 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I liked that part of the video too. I'm endlessly fascinated by watching heat waves emitted by things like trucks, trains, and planes.

@northwoodspatriot32 8 жыл бұрын

I bet that cop chasing the truck driver is getting really pissed that he won't pull over.

@Evanharper2215 3 ай бұрын

Its a escort

@MrPhil0267 11 жыл бұрын

This video reminds me of the skill of most truck drivers. Sure there are some bad drivers out there but I feel most truckers are honest hard working guys (and ladies too).

@Omegatonboom 10 жыл бұрын

I appreciate your detailed explanations! You help make KZfaq awesome! Thank you.

@redradiodog 8 жыл бұрын

That's a good stress test for that bridge.

@idontlike101 12 жыл бұрын

Wow this is very interesting, I always wondered thanks man keep up the good vids!

@ericm1430 10 жыл бұрын

Man I reallly love those kenworths. Beautiful truck especially the triaxle!

@Corolla97ww 12 жыл бұрын

In 2007 I did some driving in California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona visiting some of the wonderful National Parks that you have there. I was really impressed with the quality of the roads there. For instance there were "turn ins" if I remember the term correctly on long climbs to enable slower moving traffic to be overtaken and also truck runoffs on steep descents to enable trucks to stop safely if the brakes failed.

@Eztruckstore 12 жыл бұрын

Incredible! Looked like that Cop had to block the guy in the #1 lane at 2:30.

@MrPhil0267 12 жыл бұрын

I admire anyone ( man or woman ) who can drive this kind of truck/load and cause a lot of damage in the process.

@OMBIC 9 жыл бұрын

The toque on that truck, almost ripping the frame apart lol :))

@sebofo 11 жыл бұрын

BTW, good camera work, and thanks for having real sounds, also well recorded.

@espeescotty 12 жыл бұрын

I can't explain the music relationship either. Honestly, over a year later and I still don't know what the anode is used for. I guess if sought out that information I could find it, but I guess I'm just too lazy to do it. I was just glad that I could witness the move and catch it on video. And post it on KZfaq! :)

@espeescotty 11 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching. I'm glad you liked it.

@mindlessgonzo 9 жыл бұрын

285 Tons... And what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt.

@slimchancetoo 8 жыл бұрын

+mindlessgonzo Love it ------- just love it. You de man !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@tristanable5510 7 жыл бұрын

@espeescotty 11 жыл бұрын

Yes, he's the tillerman, I caught him at work in a couple of my other videos of this move. But the question in the comment above asks whether the driver in the rear truck has to steer or not. The tillerman is steering the rear of the trailer around the sharper curves. On the gentler curves and the straight sections the tillerman is not in position on the trailer.

@Baraquiel62 11 жыл бұрын

such a great video! greets from Mexico City!, and thanks for sharing..

@drumbasher 12 жыл бұрын

I bet that bridge was feeling the strain of all that weight!

10 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much :)

@mccarterjg 11 жыл бұрын

nice camera and fairly good camera work nice video and thanks for not overlaying any music over it

@Corolla97ww 12 жыл бұрын

Great to see those mighty trucks in action. Good roads in the USA even in hilly country.

@TheBadTad 11 жыл бұрын

Very professional. Well done.

@verovieira1 9 жыл бұрын

Nice work group !

@espeescotty 11 жыл бұрын

Thank you and thanks for watching.

@espeescotty 11 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the positive comment.

@espeescotty 11 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I wish I had an HD camera and a smoother tripod. Those would've made these videos so much better.

@espeescotty 10 жыл бұрын

Thank you. The trucks are Kenworth T800W's

@espeescotty 11 жыл бұрын

Yes that's right, and you'll also notice that the load crossed all bridges solo as well!

@tvnshack 9 жыл бұрын

Very interesting. Thanks.

@TraderJohn67 11 жыл бұрын

Nice! I love machinery. I also noticed that _nobody_ was in front of the load during the downhill part.

@nutbagbrew102 11 жыл бұрын

we in the industry call it "torsional twist" , when we align the front axle of one of these big units we add Camber on the left side of the axle to compensate for the truck frame under load conditions - i like your post too -

@jeremyclark3049 10 жыл бұрын

RESPECT for those drivers..

@Nitro_218 12 жыл бұрын

damn look at that torque twist that frame!

@drumbasher 12 жыл бұрын

Ty, I'll have to see that!

@espeescotty 12 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that's how it is in the railroading world too. It's the going down part when the seats start to get "pinched"!

@espeescotty 12 жыл бұрын

I totally agree with you! I love watching the trucks pulling away from stop lights and seeing the cabs getting torqued over or when they're running bobtail and you see the frame rise up 4 or 5 inches for each gear. If you want to see one of the most dramatic big rig torque shows, check out Couture VS Coga here on KZfaq. Look for the 31 second posting. Amazing stuff!

@theaveragerailfanner7447 8 жыл бұрын

Well, you know what they say: What goes up, must come down!

@theaveragerailfanner7447 8 жыл бұрын

***** Yeah!

@espeescotty 11 жыл бұрын

Yes. To coast would be placing all of the braking on the wheel brakes and that would burn them up in just a few miles. The majority of the braking you're seeing in these videos is compression braking from the trucks engines. These are very strong and means that the wheel brakes don't have to be used very much and can stay in a safe temperature range and the airbrake system can stay charged and ready for use. Over application of airbrakes depletes air faster than it can be recharged.

@96XJeep 11 жыл бұрын

that looks like a few miles out side of tonto basin! ive driven that road thousands of times!...neat

@espeescotty 11 жыл бұрын

Ahh, that's neat to know. I didn't know about that, but then as you can tell, I'm not in the industry. Thanks for the extra info and comment.

@JP-st2mk 10 жыл бұрын

Impressive! Those drivers earn their money.

@espeescotty 11 жыл бұрын

So as you look head-on at the truck, the engine is spinning clockwise. With the thousands of pounds of spin, or torque as it is properly termed, the counter clockwise force the engine is imparting to the frame and suspension of the truck tries to lift the drivers side off the ground. I hope that makes sense.

@armcreuz 10 жыл бұрын

nice video man really nice

@espeescotty 10 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I'm glad you liked it. Thanks for watching.

@mphill1491 10 жыл бұрын

You sure can hear the fan clutch kicking on.

@espeescotty 11 жыл бұрын

The whole trip from Salt Lake City to it's final destination took around 2 weeks. Speed depended on many conditions. Hills, bridges, and places with lots of curves or traffic were taken slowly, while straight flat sections could be done at speeds up to 40+ miles per hour.

@fullautoshotty 12 жыл бұрын

i don't think i'd have the nerve or the patience to be the guy behind the wheel

@Ilovecomedy7 10 жыл бұрын

Do this on I-5 during Thanksgiving break :D

@roni1976 7 жыл бұрын

Thats some amazing equipment.... I seen a load that was so heavy that they had 2 tractor trucks pulling it and 2 pushing it... something Duke Energy had ordered that was being delivered to the nuclear station in NC

@sped8084 10 жыл бұрын

Nice that takes skill and balls... I drive truck but you wouldn't catch me do that anytime soon

@bigfishhuman 11 жыл бұрын

wow cool video dude

@espeescotty 12 жыл бұрын

The whole trip from Salt Lake City to Miami, in central Arizona, took right around a week and a half to 2 weeks. That included weekends off for the people involved in the move.

@espeescotty 11 жыл бұрын

A good way to visualize it is to imagine you're sitting at a desk in a chair that can swivel. To make the chair turn clockwise or to your right while you're sitting in it, you'd put your hand on the desk and push it to the left or counter clockwise. The same happens with these trucks. The engine spins only one way, and since they are literally spinning with thousands of pounds of force, there are thousands of pounds trying to spin the truck the opposite direction that the engine is spinning.

@nixiebunny1 12 жыл бұрын

I got to watch these folks haul several parts of the Large Binocular Telescope up Mt. Graham, which makes this job look like a Sunday picnic.

@jeffvanark 10 жыл бұрын

I've seen loads like this coming up the 2 lane highway 63 toward Fort McMurray AB, Canada. Impressive and scary at the same time.

@espeescotty 11 жыл бұрын

Thanks.

@nutbagbrew102 11 жыл бұрын

thanks for your kind reply some folks get really pissed if you try to add a little more insight , i surly know very little but i like to pass on what i know , sometimes making comments makes some people angry - i am not like that so thanks again and once again i liked your post, my dad said if you learn something every day then your still alive ! lol

10 жыл бұрын

Excellent vid. May I ask what two trucks those are?

@d.j.weddle1617 10 жыл бұрын

I thought everyone kept a nice proper and "not freaking out" about it! When someone has a title of "Going Down" one would assume of a wreck and not a good ride down a hill side!

@espeescotty 11 жыл бұрын

Thanks, you too.

@DMAXRYNO 10 жыл бұрын

What was the concrete truck for? We're they doing on the spot repairs?

@aitaix 10 жыл бұрын

They weren't using it, It was normal highway traffic.

@brutalic001 9 жыл бұрын

Kenworth heavy spec BEAST rig don't see those every day

@DOCRX09 10 жыл бұрын

actually I've never hauled an extremely heavy or oversized load but I would say you have to be "3 up" on ur driving skills!! Godspeed

@ronaldocatalonia990 7 жыл бұрын

awesome job.

@MisterFlaherty 11 жыл бұрын

Truck has a C15 Caterpillar I-6 cylinder diesel engine making 600 horsepower / 2800lb/ft torque @ 1400 RPM's. It can fairly easily pull this load because of the gearing of the 18 speed transmission. 1st gear will pull the unit about 1.5 MPH at full RPM's.

@espeescotty 12 жыл бұрын

It's probably more the axle count than suspension capacity. I can't speak for these trucks, but what I've found on the internet seems that heavy haul Kenworth T800W's like these run 46,000 lb. capacity rear axles and 20,000 lb. fronts, which isn't too much more than a standard over the road truck.

@espeescotty 11 жыл бұрын

Yes, that is exactly where this is.

@cobranut1658 10 жыл бұрын

It was probably just an effect imparted by the camera angle, but it sure looked like the last bridges middle expansion joint opened up a few inches as the load crossed. :-O

@johnmoore8016 8 жыл бұрын

wonder if his breaks was hot when he got to the bottom? Thanks for a very good video.

@espeescotty 8 жыл бұрын

+John Moore Believe it or not, I'm not sure the air brakes were used very much at all on the descent. The trucks were in a low gear and using their engines compression (Jake Brakes) brakes. You can see that the brake lights on the rear truck and the trailer never came on, whereas all of the following vehicles are riding their brakes down the hill.

@Terpaxsten 9 жыл бұрын

I'm shocked with the power and development of the train, airbus, and shipping industries, we still rely on trucks to do some of the heavy moving. Very impressive.

@John_R_Jackson_III Жыл бұрын

To wide to go on a train I’m surprised people can’t comprehend this

@John_R_Jackson_III Жыл бұрын

Also trains go into many tunnels that this wouldn’t even fit inside lmao

@espeescotty 12 жыл бұрын

Ha Ha... The funny thing about those "Turn Ins" and the "Run-Away Truck Ramps" is that those who should pull over and let others pass a lot of times don't, and it always seems like the run-away ramps are always one or two sharp turns too far away! Meaning the trucks usually wipe out on the turn before the ramps. But, in comparison to roads like you have there in Ireland (though I've only seen them on TV), I guess we are very lucky to have what we have. My Dodge is TOO wide for your roads! :)

@annetterushing7323 9 жыл бұрын

What goes up must come down!

@xilix 10 жыл бұрын

This is badass.

@Inhalin1514 8 жыл бұрын

Wow! Impressive!

@TheRichardgomm 9 жыл бұрын

The planning that must go into this, would give me a headache!

@chek1n 10 жыл бұрын

some nice gear braking

@espeescotty 12 жыл бұрын

If you haven't seen it yet, check out my video of this very same load crossing the Roosevelt Lake Bridge. You can see it flatten out the arch as it goes over!

@espeescotty 12 жыл бұрын

@nixiebunny1 Oh, I know. I've seen pitures of those moves on their website.

@espeescotty 12 жыл бұрын

My guess would be maybe 10 mph. If conditions were just right it could scoot at maybe 40 to 50 mph. In one of my other videos of this move, you can see it clipping along at what I'd guess to be 40+, but conditions were seldom favorable for those speeds. Traffic, both opposing and trailing, bridges, grades, curves, road conditions, signal lights, etc. all contribute to keeping loads like these to slow cautious speeds.

@slimchancetoo 8 жыл бұрын

Should have used at least TWO pusher trucks. Failure of one could have been disastrous - particularly on the down run.

@espeescotty 12 жыл бұрын

Both trucks were working this load, both up and down the grade.

@espeescotty 11 жыл бұрын

Well actually, I believe the trailer is taking care of the steering on the push truck. Just like when an RV tows a car, the front wheels act like casters and just follow along where they are towed. The push-truck driver just works the power and brakes. Watch Precision Heavy Haul "Riding With The Giants" Part 2, and you'll see short clips from inside the push-truck on this very same stretch of road, and you'll see he is just kind od hands-off on the steering wheel.

@JayMy07 9 жыл бұрын

Nice set of kenworths must be nice set of cats under the hood . great video

@espeescotty 9 жыл бұрын

Thank you, and thanks for watching.

@espeescotty 11 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah, I read the comments where people rip each other apart for the stupidest things. I try to keep things classy and civil. Even if you disagree, you can still explain something without being a turd. As for learning, I may know a lot of things, but I especially know that I don't know everything. There's nothing wrong with learning new things, some say... it keeps you alive.

@tunafishjoe 9 жыл бұрын

Amazing.

@RustyNex 12 жыл бұрын

i like the way they have to put signs saying oversize load, as if that wasn't blindingly obvious

@BossSpringsteen69 11 жыл бұрын

It's a road locomotive with a helper unit in the rear.

@danthemanzizle 10 жыл бұрын

A nice piece of kit that.

@espeescotty 11 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I do appreciate the compliment. I try to be as smooth as possible, but my tripod and camera are not well suited to smooth fluid movements when I need them to be the most. As for music, I feel too many good KZfaq videos are ruined by the use or mis-use of music. There is nothing wrong with hearing the birds and the sounds of these awesome machines doing their work.