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Mack has a semi tractor with 600 hp & 2000 ft-lbs torque, their newest model. Older models are 400 - 500 hp. This guy is not taking any chances with 4 tractors.
 
I count 12 on the trailer 2 on the jeep and then the customary 3 per truck. probably in the 25-400,000 range weight. I'll be those axles steer on that trailer for maneuvering. Kind of amazing they can't hold it on a down hill with 16 axles. I can see needing the drives axles to move it up hill. We stop 160,000 plus with 11 axles here pretty easy. When did Mack go to 600 HP. When I bought my last truck they only had 475 with 1650 torque and I could get 550and 1850 for less money in a Pete. Mack has some really weird set ups the way they cram components in the frame and such like putting the washer fluid bottle over the turbo so it can melt off if it gets a bit warm and cheap wiring like IH used on everything back in the day.
 
The axles on the trailer are at least two wide and maybe three wide, you can see that on the front axle. So at least 28, and maybe 42 axles. Mack got the 600 horse 18 litre from the Volvo merger.
 
I'll bet that is in Australia by the looks of the trucks. front flaps big brush guards. High air intake stacks and hard to see but doesn't look like a driver on the left seat of the 1st truck.
 
(quoted from post at 04:01:19 01/18/22) I count 12 on the trailer 2 on the jeep and then the customary 3 per truck. probably in the 25-400,000 range weight. I'll be those axles steer on that trailer for maneuvering. Kind of amazing they can't hold it on a down hill with 16 axles. I can see needing the drives axles to move it up hill. We stop 160,000 plus with 11 axles here pretty easy. When did Mack go to 600 HP. When I bought my last truck they only had 475 with 1650 torque and I could get 550and 1850 for less money in a Pete. Mack has some really weird set ups the way they cram components in the frame and such like putting the washer fluid bottle over the turbo so it can melt off if it gets a bit warm and cheap wiring like IH used on everything back in the day.
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I drove two Mack Dumps part time for 12 years. A 2005 and a 2013. One time the 2013 had a coolant leak. After a week or two I finally found that it was in the plastic expansion tank. The owner called Mack and had me stop in to pick up a new one. I wondered how many of them they were selling so I asked how many they had on hand, and the answer was seven. Not a good design.
 
(quoted from post at 10:08:55 01/18/22) I'll bet that is in Australia by the looks of the trucks. front flaps big brush guards. High air intake stacks and hard to see but doesn't look like a driver on the left seat of the 1st truck.
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Yep, Australia
Muswellbrook Cranes on the trucks.

Where I worked a transformer came in on rail. They transferred it to a trailer like that.
Trailer had 128 tires and they were all hydraulically steerable.
 
That is a BIG load. I'd bet the front and rear tires on that trailer don't last very long due to squirming in a turn.
 
That's about 350lbs per hour. On a normal 1.5 hour sortie in VN we burned about 13,000
lbs. In the F4 Phantom II
 
I'm sure if Barney ever saw that rig going down the road he would just stand there in awe.

I am guessing movers of massive items like this are in a class of their own when it comes to load securement.

When a load that heavy (500 000 lbs+) is hauled do the rules regarding the number and size of chains etc still technically apply or would enough chains to securely fasten the weight of the trailer to the cargo prevail.
 
(quoted from post at 09:06:56 01/18/22) But how many tires on the end of each axle, on the trailer ?
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When Mammoet hauled a large transformer through our town a few years ago, the transformer was suspended about a foot off the ground between modules each having around 100 tires. Each module was (helped) by smaller ones, one front and one rear. there was a tractor in front and one in back and then a third to couple on for hills. Each "axle" consisted of pairs of tires in pairs, four across for a total of 16 on each axle.
 
(quoted from post at 11:55:33 01/18/22) What could Barney do? Unlikely that ole Barney has 50 pairs of portable scales. Lol
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Yeah but from the looks if it he could count the number of chains holding down the load on less than one hand. Looks like she's sittin' on there by gravity and the grace of God, and not much else.
 
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(quoted from post at 11:55:33 01/18/22) What could Barney do? Unlikely that ole Barney has 50 pairs of portable scales. Lol
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Yeah but from the looks if it he could count the number of chains holding down the load on less than one hand. Looks like she's sittin' on there by gravity and the grace of God, and not much else.
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Barnyard, you are apparently looking for 1.5 inch chain when they need only 1/2 inch.
 
Im no expert, but a machine like that was designed to be hauled on specific equipment. Id bet there are no chains or binders at all and that machine is secured directly to the trailer via pad eyes or some special mounts.
 
(quoted from post at 16:09:35 01/18/22)
(quoted from post at 11:55:33 01/18/22) What could Barney do? Unlikely that ole Barney has 50 pairs of portable scales. Lol
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Yeah but from the looks if it he could count the number of chains holding down the load on less than one hand. Looks like she's sittin' on there by gravity and the grace of God, and not much else.
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Throw a strap over it. As long as you "twang" the strap and say "that ain't going no where", you're good!
 
(quoted from post at 08:26:22 01/18/22) That's about 350lbs per hour. On a normal 1.5 hour sortie in VN we burned about 13,000
lbs. In the F4 Phantom II
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That's interesting, makes the payloader look like an economy model by comparison. Missed that conflict by a few years, graduated HS in 1980. Gerrit
 
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