Look at the size of this thing

Big Mike · Jan 26, 2005

Now this is a vessel!

This is the heaviest load ever transported over Alberta Highways.

On Saturday it was between Wandering River and Mariana Lakes.

travels 10 - 15 km/hr

seven Premay tractors - three pulling and four pushing - most
tractors were tri-axle

1.7 million pounds

It took 9 days to get from Edmonton to Suncor.

Picksure · Jan 26, 2005

LittleMan · Jan 26, 2005

What is it!!!!???
Definately heavy..... hahaha

Big Mike · Jan 26, 2005

LittleMan said:
What is it!!!!???
Definately heavy..... hahaha

It's a coker fractionator, which separates the various crude oil products.

malachite · Jan 26, 2005

Now that's a hot water heater...........

Hertz van Rental · Jan 26, 2005

Big Mike said:
It's a coker fractionator, which separates the various crude oil products.

I thought it was a condom mould for MD's special order....

MDowdey · Jan 26, 2005

Hertz van Rental said:
I thought it was a condom mould for MD's special order....

hahahah...INDEED!!!

MD

mentos_007 · Jan 26, 2005

hhahahha

mygrain · Jan 26, 2005

DACRO...Specialist in building heavy ass sh@t!!! Imagine that breaking loose and rolling down the interstate at 6 km/hr squishing everything in it's path!!!! and the hell it would be to stop it from rolling. great for crushing cans.

Patrick · Jan 26, 2005

Holy Crap batman!

Andrea K · Jan 26, 2005

that's big!

:mrgreen:

Unimaxium · Jan 26, 2005

I don't get the sense of assembling a thousand-ton cylinder somewhere and then deciding to send it down the highway to reach its destination. Maybe this is kind of an ignorant question, but why not build it where it belongs?

ferny · Jan 27, 2005

Unimaxium said:
I don't get the sense of assembling a thousand-ton cylinder somewhere and then deciding to send it down the highway to reach its destination. Maybe this is kind of an ignorant question, but why not build it where it belongs?

Imagine the workspace and time needed to build it. And it'd take specialist tools and equipment. Makes more sense to build it at a place designed to build stuff like that. It's cheaper, quicker and safer.