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Transportation ... generator weighing 360 tonnes!
How to deliver from Japan to the United States Virginia generator weighing 803,000 pounds (about 364,235 kg)? First, this edifice was loaded on a barge on the Mississippi River, and delivered to the port in the US, then the super Barnhart crane installed on a complex structure, which can drive 170 miles (274 km) of roads.
Road construction has a length of 70 m, a width of 7 m 56 axles and 224 wheels. Pull all this construction are two of the tractor, with a capacity of 1000 l / s each. Together with the generator itself, the entire structure weighs approximately 640 tons !!! To bring in this edifice on the roads, had to dismantle some power lines and bridges ... The cost of transportation in the United States amounted to 2, 5 million $
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Road construction has a length of 70 m, a width of 7 m 56 axles and 224 wheels. Pull all this construction are two of the tractor, with a capacity of 1000 l / s each. Together with the generator itself, the entire structure weighs approximately 640 tons !!! To bring in this edifice on the roads, had to dismantle some power lines and bridges ... The cost of transportation in the United States amounted to 2, 5 million $
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