I'd like to see this fit around the M50

[Flying Scotsman 4472]

[MOGUL]

Maybe the won't need to if Irish Rail get the finger out and buy one of these bad boys

[Flying Scotsman 4472]

Maybe the won't need to if Irish Rail get the finger out and buy one of these bad boys

 

 

I think there is a HO model available of that

[Warbonnet]

Bachmann china makes a model of a Chinese Schabel wagon, which Bachmann USA 'Americanised' a bit to look like the one in that YouTube video. Not accurate for the American one, but a nice quality model apparently.

[Flying Scotsman 4472]

[Broithe]

A common sight on the road in Stafford at one time..

 

 

 

..still happens a bit - usually in the middle of the rush hour.

[Horsetan]

Never mind getting it around the M50. Wait 'til it reaches the M50 toll plaza.

[Broithe]

Here's a smallish one - going the wrong way round a roundabout..

 

It gets a bit less shaky as it goes on..

[Warbonnet]

Never mind getting it around the M50. Wait 'til it reaches the M50 toll plaza.

 

Something that's long dead thankfully.

[Horsetan]

Something that's long dead thankfully.

 

That's good. I used to get caught up in the tailbacks when coming back from the West on the N4. On one occasion I gave up sitting in traffic and parked in Liffey Valley until things had died down.

[Broithe]

Here's a transformer on it's way out this morning.

 

 

© henryscat @ staffordforum.com

[Broithe]

Large load on the roads of Cork and Limerick over the next week - http://www.garda.ie/Controller.aspx?Page=13217 .

[Broithe]

Large load on the road today -

- on the N69.

 

[DiveController]

Never mind getting it around the M50. Wait 'til it reaches the M50 toll plaza.

 

You mean the toll plaza that was supposed to be removed when the M50 had been paid for? The toll plaza is still there, right?

Edited December 5, 2014 by DiveController

[Nigel]

Here's a transformer on it's way out this morning.

 

What I want to know is, what kind of a clutch is in those giant trucks? How do you get that lot moving from standing?

[Broithe]

What I want to know is, what kind of a clutch is in those giant trucks? How do you get that lot moving from standing?

I would imagine that they have a form of torque-converter.

[Garfield]

You mean the toll plaza that was supposed to be removed when the M50 had been paid for? The toll plaza is still there, right?

 

You missed Warbonnet's follow-up post...

[DiveController]

Oh, I guess it's gone then!

[Flying Scotsman 4472]

What I want to know is, what kind of a clutch is in those giant trucks? How do you get that lot moving from standing?

 

If you look at Broithe's picture behind the cab you will see what looks like a large black box with a radiator and exhaust that is part of the torque converter the trucks fuel tanks are also up there as well behind the cab.

[Broithe]

If you look at Broithe's picture behind the cab you will see what looks like a large black box with a radiator and exhaust that is part of the torque converter the trucks fuel tanks are also up there as well behind the cab.

 

The last of the big Scammells had torque-converters, for sure - http://www.commercialmotor.com/big-lorry-blog/the-last-scammell-heavy-haulag - difficult to see another practical way, short of a full hydraulic drive, and that can have speed implications.

 

There are often also tanks aboard simply for ballast, to to increase the downforce for improving traction from the driving wheels.

[burnthebox]

 

I'd like to see it break down on the Mad Cow roundabout, what a sight that would be,

[Broithe]

There is a tendency to try to keep abnormal loads off the motorways over here for many reasons - high-speed traffic, congestion, a lot of over-bridges, etc - and also to stay out of built up areas, there's too many overhead lines, etc. It would take a while to get a load out of town at the beginning of a journey and southbound ones would often spend the first night on the way from Stafford in this lay-by - https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=stafford&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Stafford,+United+Kingdom&gl=uk&ll=52.753808,-2.106698&spn=0.001378,0.002411&t=h&z=19&vpsrc=6 - some years ago, a 200 tonne transformer was being taken south and overnighted here. At some point in the night one or two axles failed and this cascaded into the entire side of the trailer collapsing. The transformer then slid off and fell over - luckily, it fell into the field, rather than into the roadway. It took many weeks to retrieve it and fix the remains of the trailer.

[Broithe]

Currently in Tarbert -

- looking a bit tight.....

 

[Nigel]

Currently in Tarbert -

- looking a bit tight.....

 

I hope that's not going out on the ferry...

[heirflick]

I hope that's not going out on the ferry...