Wide Loads Ahoy

[Ozzie_Traveller]

G'day all
(I'm putting this in 'General' as I thing it will overwhelm the Automotive entries)

It's most unusual to have 3x Wide-Loads under police escort on the same highway and on the same day (but each one about an hour apart). We had plenty of warning that they were approaching via the 2-way radio, where I could hear the front pilot vehicle's text as "northbound 6-point-7-metre wide load approaching... please exit the highway and park your vehicle".

Here they are ... we're in central Queensland at the moment--and all this stuff is used in the coal mining industry

1)- Wide Load ... 6,7m wide bulldozer blade

exif- Panny FZ-300; 1/800s x F4,0; ISO-100; 24x zoom / 600mm FF Equiv

2)- Wide Load ... 7,3m wide bulldozer blade

exif- Panny FZ-300; 1/1600s x F5,6; ISO-400; 12x zoom / 300mm FF Equiv

3)- Wide Load and Highway Patrol police escort

exif- Panny FZ-300; 1/800s x F4,0; ISO-100; 13x zoom / 330mm FF Equiv

4)- And here is the 8-metre wide bit of industrial machinery

exif- Panny FZ-300; 1/640s x F4,0; ISO-100; 13x zoom / 330mm FF Equiv

As always, feedback welcome
Phil

 

[slat]

Nice shots.

 

[jeffashman]

Some big honkin' tractors there!