Extremely heavy hauling to Fort McMurray, Alberta.

These coker ovens weigh more than 500 tons, 10 meters in diameter, 80 meters long, are are on their way from Edmonton to the oilsands plants at Fort McMurray. They have as many as 7 tractors pulling and pushing, the Scheurle trailer units have 160 wheels each. Travel speed is from 10-30 kmh. Manufactured by Cessco Inc. and also Dacro Industries Ltd. The biggest piece hauled so far was 1,700,000 pounds or about 850 tonnes. It was the heaviest road load ever transported in North America. So far, they've manufactured and moved at least 8 units like this. The move takes about a week for the 550km journey from Edmonton to Fort McMurray. More are being built as more of the oilsands are being exploited. Most of the big loads are moved in winter when the roads are frozen solid. The bridge over the North Saskatchewan River at Duvernay had to be reinforced. Two companies handle the hauling, Mammoet Transportation Inc. and Premay Equipment Ltd. in Edmonton

After the vessels are assembled, they are put into a gigantic heat-treating oven where they are baked to take out stresses.

Check out the high-res. photos on my pbase gallery

http://www.pbase.com/darby2/oil_patch

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• oil
• heavy
• transport
• trucks
• refinery
• McMurray
• Syncrude
• Dacro
• Cessco
• Scheurle
• Mammoet
• Kenworth
• haulage
• Alberta

[aditimmer]

at this moment. premay equipment are moving an even heavier load. the trailer itself weighs under 600 tons and the net weight with the object is just under 1000 tons.

[Darbkin]

Interesting...do you know where it is right now? I'd head out there in the morning to get some video footage of it and some still photos.

[badcowboy71]

now are the rear trucks pulling or r they there for stopping power?

[Darbkin]

They are pushing in tandem. I suppose they have brakes too ;o)

[gonzales8765]

holy crap...

that thing probably weighs as much as Rosie O'Donnell.

[rigmover06]

dsegarreuth,

Get a life you moronic imbecile.

When we move these loads, it is well posted in advance the route they will take and the escort vehicles do the best they can to keep traffic flowing and minimize any delays by the traveling public. We don't ruin the land or do any damage to roadways or anything else. We move stuff likes this for a living and are PROFESSIONAL in how we do our jobs.

So relax and enjoy the ride.

[TheChristianRight09]

....Awesome...................­................

[keefer2111]

Great job Jimmy!

[colton24macinnis]

thats a big load but ive moved and seen bigger

[TheComputerMaster]

@gonzales8765 lol

[EruditeCanadian]

@1hotfred

Yeah, there is plenty of that up there. Plenty of punks that don't realize how good they have it and how hard it is to make a good living anywhere else. You can get jaded after a while, even I did... I just wish I was back up there again... :'(

I've lived and worked in Campbell River and Quesnell BC, Edmonton, Lloydminster, Grande Prairie, and many places in Ontario, and I have to say the best place I've been is McMurray. (BC was nice, but no work or money!)

Peace. :)

[1hotfred]

@EruditeCanadian That might be true, however what I see in Fort Mac are people living way beyond reasonable expenses. If you lose your job, you may be in a load of crap . Financed 70 grand pickup, financed home, financed quads, financed trailer.

Have an at work injury and then you are SCREWED beyond belief. However if you are smart and dont be like the Jones, you can live a very good life in Fort Mac. Just never relay on next months paycheck The summer is to die for.

[EruditeCanadian]

@1hotfred

I agree that certain things are out of touch, like house prices. But house prices are out of touch everywhere in Canada for the most part. Especially in Edmonton. My Wife's brother bought a house for $400G in Edmonton in 2008ish. Nice, but nothing special. The same house in Ft. Mac would be 550-600G.

So my wife and I can make 3 times more money and only pay 50% more for a house compared to Edmonton.

Housing is more expensive in Edmonton in relation to wages than it is in Fort Mac.

[EruditeCanadian]

@1hotfred

One thing I have seen though, is guys come from elsewhere and have heard the stories and think that they can screw around and still have a job making the big money. Those are usually the guys that wind up getting canned and bad mouth the place to everyone else.

If you go to Fort McMurray with a good attitude, the sky is the limit.

That's not true about the living expenses either, I didn't save on rent what I lost in wages moving to Edmonton. Lost about $3000/month in net wages

[EruditeCanadian]

@1hotfred

Corporations owe their employees a fair wage. Which they don't get in Edmonton. As a machinist I made $40/hr + OT, double time on weekends. I was just working for a small independent machine shop in town, not on site working for the big oil companies. I made $120,000 gross on my T4 each year. When I moved to Edmonton, I couldn't find a job for 6 months, and when I did, it paid me $24/hr, no overtime ever.

No pipe dreams there man, just a living wage