RoadPilots/Walters Caterpillar 777C Abnormal Load Move

[SonnyBurnett02]

The music is bad, but the vid is great. :) 5*

[roadpilots]

@SonnyBurnett02 - .......can't please everyone all of the time :-)

[528jkl]

yes ! i loose 7 minites 4 this mother fucking idiotic abnormal load move caterpillar--secirity plz knock out this video

[roadpilots]

@528jkl - you sound like a REAL 'responsible and considerate' driver? We have a job to do as well you know - our priorities are; 1) yours, and other road users safety; 2) keep the load moving/keep congestion to a minimum (some is inevitable).

[goobert3]

1st of all nice video but at 0:33 its not a low-loader their called low-boys

[heavyhaulage1]

@goobert3 NO THERE LOWLOADERS in england

[stevesprinceofsteaks]

Good job on the OD load Donk. Nice video.

[kevinjim33]

how the hell can that semi pull a load that enormous?

[butlerproman]

Wouldn't it have been easier to just drive the truck to its destination?

[roadpilots]

Abnormal Loads legislation also covers Abnormal Vehicles (ie self-propelled) but all kinds of problems come with actually driving such a vehicle on the public highway - it would still need escorting and, not being designed for road use, would move at no more than around 20-25mph causing massive congestion - especially on a motorway. Visibility from the cab is not designed for negotiating public roads either and could cause injury. Loaded on a low-loader is much safer/better all round.

[YoungJim409]

@butlerproman It is one of three things:

The 777 is too heavy for the road (hence the trailer with a zillion wheels) or

It is too slow,

Or it would eat up valuable tires.

Probably a mix of the three.

[Wili449]

hahaha crazy...:)

[stevesprinceofsteaks]

Great job guys! Nice to see some good truckers vids on here instead of the normal wheel holders like Sean Suth. lol! Sure put you close to those tanks to unload. Or it looked that way.

[sportsaddict1942]

How much was that tonka toy...$2million?

[anuswuuper]

they escort nuke reactors to subs where im from there like 50 tires on both sides of the trailor and it takes up a 4 lane high wat

[tsontakias23]

i drive a 777F

[anilorak000]

is it difficult to operate?

[DanielTejnicky]

In witch countery was that? cause there was skoda octavia from czech republic =D

[roadpilots]

South Wales in the UK (the exact location is

[greeniron32]

3508 sounds nice, but so does Carly Simons music

[evilstonedmonkey]

thats a small truck

[irocx29]

50 ton yes i know all about the fifty tons dump trucks B, C, D,E, I Ben there now there got one dump truck Bigger it's 190 TONs

[orbiter8]

Brilliant video. TFS

[drmenton]

The Spy Who Loved Me? Really? Nice song choice! lol

[xDilutedx]

Hah triple 7's.. At our site we call them, Baby trucks.. And they are compared to our 797B

[ThReDoLlarBiLL]

40.000 liter Disel per Day

[ca18deqs]

Are there anyone who knows the fuel consumption of this bigger truck?

Let me know please.

[lieutenentdan087]

We run cat 797 in Alberta and they burn the 1500 litre tank every 24 hours.They are only turned off every 4 weeks

[lieutenentdan087]

Actually I just spoke to my mechanic and he said they burn 65 gallon an hour or they do 0.3 miles to the gallon

[naver72]

i drive some 775d and some komatsus the same zise. 775 have a BIG v12 quad turbo. cool. im from sweden an i did see one scania and some volvos in this video, where was this? i didnt recognise the nr. plates.nice vid!

[desertization]

ooooooooooooooooh ...

[lfcastel]

good job!

[VonVoltage]

This is a pretty common sight where I live. They even them be driven on the road with a police escort sometimes.

[dancermusic28]

AMAZING the sound of this engine! is incredible a very big truck I need one in my city jojojo

[Faxe14011991]

Awesome video!!!

[sr230399]

Does anyone knows which scania is this truck???? Coooool

[roadpilots]

R580 I believe (just replaced with an R620 - seel our latest YouTube Video)

[CAPEK666]

This truck should be called CAT 666D(evil)

Oo

huge pice of steel

[Bernhardist]

mighty and super vid.

5* from Germany (Bavarian)

[RMsuzukiRM]

how do i go about getting a career for driving these beasts

[diwant]

i believe u have to be an engineer first, heheh

[drummerboygrouch]

Thought i recognised the area. Worked for Walters for over a year on most of their sites but never saw a 777 being delivered. Can remember the day when the wheels would have to come off to get ground clearence for them and you'd still have a guy on the skip of the cat with a pole, moving the power lines out of the way! Any idea what happened to the huge walking dragline they had at an opencast in the Amman valey in the 80's/90's?? Would be interesting to see how they shifted that!

[RDNKThrasher]

Also , Thos 777s are some very tough machines , very dependable also (unless you have a bunch of greenhorns driving them)

[RDNKThrasher]

I have drove 777s up and down some steep as hills loaded and unloaded , It is a boring job for the most part unless you got a radio, But every now and then it can get very interesting ; )

[briguy1130]

Couldn't this truck simply been driven to the site under it's own power? With the escorts ofcourse.

[stvo1988]

the truck can't be driven to the site on his own couse of the axle load limit.

The big truck just got 2 axles and all the weight is concentrated on them.

Carriing this thing on the lowboy will result in spreading the axle load on all wheels and it will be reducet.

Otherwhise, bridges and so on would break...

[McTigerfussel]

i dont think that bridges would break. but the street-surface could suffer at least...

[JohnDeereBoy12]

It Must Have Relle Good Power Steering :P

[rockrib2000]

Not a big truck guys. 797 Cat's in Fort McMurray Canada make this truck look miniature. Or check out the Terex Titan on Youtube. It's in Sparwood , British Columbia, Canada. Biggest on earth.

[oldfordtruck149]

But those are also assemble on-site trucks. ;)

[vlatko973]

Bravo

[coal4life]

I operate a P&H 4100 shovel and we have 793 Cat trux. Three passes and we're talkin 240 plus tonnage. Cat makes good stuff. As long as the drivers have got their stuff together it's a good way to make a living.

[DanJDT]

Nice video. That thing is massive! We do small things around my little town. But if we had 1 of those. Alot of jobs would go from 10 day hauling to 1-2 days. Wow...

[roadpilots]

It is indeed - the Cat came from the open cast site nearby ansd was being moved to another open cast site in the Glynneath area.

[jigbobby]

Very nicely done mate, both the video and the job.

[roadpilots]

Many thanks - v glad you like it

[xKAOTIXx]

saw one of these uspside down in a pic once...

must have been a bitch to get it back on its wheels

[josephyb33]

Wow, that thing is ginormous!

[PlanesTrainsAutos]

Oh Damn the power steering doesn't work i guess we can't drive it. lol

[TheUberGopher]

We shipped 8 793's out on the ice road from the Ekati Diamond mine in the NWT last winter.

Stripped of the boxes, cab, rear wheel groups, front wheels and suspensions, hoist cylinders, and a few other odds and ends they still weighed 105,000 lbs.

And the fifth wheel hitch broke on one trailer and they dumped it on its side.

I'm not sure about the 777C, but the 777D 3508 V8 puts out 1000 hp at 1750 rpm.

They have a 7 speed transmission with a lock up torque.

[TheUberGopher]

The whining noise before it starts is the self test of the emergency steering electric motor driven hydraulic pump.

The pump starts automatically if the engine driven pump loses flow for whatever reason.

The newer D models use an electric pump to pre lube the engine before it starts.

On them you get the steering system self test, then the prelube pump running for 30 seconds or until it senses 5 psi oil pressure, then the engine starts.

The have either two 24 volt starters or one air starter.

[fianoromano1981]

is very very big

[jopgavran]

very nice

[Bretty135]

Nice to see a volvo and a Scania working together (:-} I've also got a V70 (R reg) and I think you will agree with me that they are one of the best cars on the market.

[roadpilots]

I have an R reg V70 T5 as well - absolutley cracking car!

[Bretty135]

Best things about them are that they are completely reliable and last for decades not years. what do you think?

[roadpilots]

I think the fact just about every UK Police Force use/used V70 T5's is a pretty good indicator of the models prowess

[trikmitruk]

you guys do good work,nice videos too.

[chokis92]

ha ha ha

[Oudarone]

massive

[ExclusiveLook]

Awesome! Cool Video!

[fixacat]

there are three reasons why it could be dirty...One, it's used equipment going to another customer, two, it's a rental (very unlikely but still), and three, it is being transferred to another one of the companies sites.

[ROAMinstuie420]

yeah i'd say its been transferred from one site to another cause most of those trucks are assembled on site when their new

[jasperbaba]

just like moving a 2 story building aexept it wont drive off the trailer hahaha

[fixacat]

i work on CAT and that is how those trucks start. It's like preheating or something similar. It's not because there is something wrong with the machine.

[jasperbaba]

if you work there u can tell me y its allready dirty before actually gitting to work, haha

[cactuarizamoron]

lol thanks to ur vid it helped me build a lego model version of a lowboy, thank you thank you thank you!!!!!!!!!

[JuaanAir]

Cool:)

[roadpilots]

The distance is variable in that the trailer can be 'jacked up' on its hydraulics to increase ground clearance - handy for getting out of sites where the ground surface is rough or where there is a risk of grounding (sharp changes in level where the trailer may touch)

[1nm1]

How much clearance [space] is there between the trailer & the wheels???

[peterbilt2009]

how much can one of them truck's haul damm there the biggest thing i have ever seen in my life holy shit man nice vid

[naive1987]

I've seen twice it says

[dreamtownuk]

I wouldnt go under that Cat while its on!Brave man!;)

[tribanda10]

imprssive!! would be nice to be able to drive it on the road!! loool:P

[greeniron32]

Nice video, nothing sounds better than the 3508 V-8 diesel (love the Carly Simon in the back ground)

[oilerssuck09]

yup that is a good sound

[AntiLord190]

ver very big

[weneedarevalution]

this is big

[Dutchdrummer99]

question...couldn`t they just drive the thing itself on the road...?

[roadpilots]

Vehicles such as this don't meet C&U (Coonstruction& Use) Regs but can sometimes be driven on the road as long as they are escorted (Abnormal Loads/Abnormal Vehicles) and have Special Movement Orders.

[carlocardillo]

why wasnt the truck just brokin down and it would have been far easier to carry.plus is it not against the law to drive a vehicle that weighs so much on public roads,it will destroy the road surface

[scottmaster007]

thats the way that firms carry abnormal loads from one place to another on this low loader .. they could have broken it down but it would have taken days to erect it back up so they do it like this ....... yes of course it is not legal to drive it on the road thats why its on the back of a truck that does have a licence to drive on roads right roadpilots?

[roadpilots]

Thats about right - the term 'Abnormal Load' should actually read 'Abnormal Indivisible Load' which means "a load that cannot without undue expense or risk of damage be divided into two or more loads for the purpose of being carried on a road..." You can also have an 'Abnormal Vehicle' - "one that cannot meet normal vehicle standards"; this may be able to drive on the highway but would still need to be escorted/require a movement order.

[oilerssuck09]

that is so true

[coolboyewell]

big load

[nitromanic]

at 0:24 it looks like guy is gonna get squished!

[Brunominasi]

wtf is this music?

[roadpilots]

Music is 'Nobody Does it Better' by Carly Simon

[graysonl69]

well the Cat 777 are big but not the biggest i've seen on a float you guys want to try cat 785 and 793 and i'd love to see a cat 797 on a float

[jackboote]

Cool Vid. So much thought has to go into these operations! Those truck drivers are amazing!

[amfwelsh]

awesome only been driving artics myself since last november.........hats off to these drivers

[roadpilots]

Absolutley! I regularly see these guys position their vehicles within inches of street furniture, bollards etc.

[cowbubbles]

same here what tpye you drivein im runin A35s

[numptybaws3]

Some outfit you got there is it a 620

[roadpilots]

If its the Scania you're refering to I'm not sure - the haulier is Walters Plant; I am the Escort (RoadPilots)

[GAH1950]

The scania is in fact a R580 and is being replaced next january with an R620 top line Regards G Hillman Driver Walters group

[carlocardillo]

how many ton can a r620 pull ????

[GAH1950]

cant really say for certain it would greatly depend on axle ratios and gradeability of routes but on a straight king pin pull i should think it would easily manage 300/325 tons.GAH1950

[carlocardillo]

you are the escort but you have no legal powers to stop traffic...only the police have the power to stop traffic so therefor traffic does not by law have to take any instruction from you...correct...

[GAH1950]

you are correct that the private escort has not got the power to stop or even direct traffic but that is not their role. the role of the escort is primarily to warn other road users of the presence of the load(s} and it would be very helpfull if some drivers could acknowledge the important task that the escort driver is charged with GAH1950

[widawake]

Very Nice!

[HYPHYDUM408]

4 hours start to finish 40 miles!!!! thats pretty good!

Great video, i actually drove one of these CATS in my country, My uncle is the head of 5 coal mines and i took advantage of that :D XD

[heavyhaulage1]

Thanks Ian

i film the videos on my digi camera and it doesnt have speakers so thanks!

Hope too see some more videos!

P.S you ever done any work with A.L.E?

jack

[heavyhaulage1]

Great video!

[roadpilots]

Thanks! I have had a look at a couple of your own vids - if you would like to know how to add the captions/sound etc, don't hesitate to let me know. And.. of course, if you have any Abnormal Loads that need Escort moving in or around pour area (the South West/150 miles or so of Cardiff), don't hesiate to contact us.

br

Ian

[DOCTORDROTT]

You say it was a 40 mile drive,was it Finning Llantrisant to Onllwn Celtic energy? or from Dai Walters yard Aberdare to Parc slip open cast? Great video.

[roadpilots]

This one was from Parc slip to Celtic Energy site at Nant St Helen (just north of Glyn Neath)