We followed THIS THING from Santa Rosalia to almost Mulege at 20 MPH, and got these pix as it passed Posada Beach some three hours later. What is
THIS THING and where is it going??????? The two tractors are hooked together by a huge steel bar. Please....no jokes about how to get your drugs
through the check points. bajalou - 7-26-2006 at 05:09 PM
They are transformsers for a power plant. A couple three years ago we saw the same on highway 3 and 5 taking them from the port of Ensenada to
Mexicali for a new power plant there. Those are concrete blocks on the trucks to give them enough traction. A couple times they even had one truck
pushing.Bruce R Leech - 7-26-2006 at 05:16 PM
they are going to la Paz . there was a article in the Ensenada paper about it . it is 76 tones . we passed it in Guerrero Negro.Bruce R Leech - 7-26-2006 at 05:20 PM
all 16 axles 64 tires on the trailer are stirring axles so it can get through the tight turns
2 drivers for the tractors and 2 more for the trailer plus six support vehicles
[Edited on 7-27-2006 by Bruce R Leech]David K - 7-26-2006 at 05:58 PM
Going to the festival on Friday we came up behind it near Nuevo Odisea and El Socorro... two of us in the line got around it by driving along the side
of the highway at Costa Rica, as they were NOT allowing anyone around it... at least for the duration we were behind it!
Here it was a couple cars ahead of us...Bruce R Leech - 7-26-2006 at 07:07 PM
they are steered buy remote control usually from a truck fallowing behind when on the open rode. but when they are doing tight maneuvering they stand
on the trailer or walk along beside it. one operator fro the front set and one for the rear.
[Edited on 7-27-2006 by Bruce R Leech]bajamigo - 7-26-2006 at 07:09 PM
Good question. I would have expected something like those steering arrangement you see on hook and ladder trucks running around NYC. Maybe the lead
driver steers it all.JZ - 7-26-2006 at 07:25 PM
How many wheels? I don't see 76 (CM's number) or 84 (Bruce's number based on the suggestion of 64 on the trailer). It looks to me like there are 52
(32 on the trailer and 10 on each truck). What am I missing.
[Edited on 7-27-2006 by JZ]Bruce R Leech - 7-26-2006 at 07:57 PM
the trailer has 16 axles with 4 tires each . that is 64 the tractors have 10 each for a total of 84. the trailer is 2 axles wide if you look close.
the photo is kind of dark around the tires.
[Edited on 7-27-2006 by Bruce R Leech]JESSE - 7-26-2006 at 08:19 PM
Those where not going to La Paz, i saw them pass tru Todos Santos on their way to Cabo, wich leads me to believe they might be for the new
desalination plant.Taco de Baja - 7-27-2006 at 07:05 AM
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Originally posted by JESSE
Those where not going to La Paz, i saw them pass tru Todos Santos on their way to Cabo, wich leads me to believe they might be for the new
desalination plant.
That would have been my guess.
There are inlet and oulet pipes all over that thing.
A transformer does not need inlet and outlet pipes.
Large Load
Cypress - 7-27-2006 at 07:17 AM
Must be hard on the HWY. Wonder why they didn't ship the parts and assemble it onsite?jimgrms - 7-27-2006 at 07:21 AM
Those inlet pipes are for cooling the transformed. before i retired i worked on 2 different power plant projects in calif and the transformers
looked just like that , they use oil for cooling and , even if it is going to the desalinazation plant they need to step up or down the voltage .
cypress it can't be shipped in pieces it is a sealed unit they proably would save a lot on shiping cost if they couud
[Edited on 7-27-2006 by jimgrms]Bruce R Leech - 7-27-2006 at 07:47 AM
the company sed it was going to La Paz
Saw a similar arrangement
Sharksbaja - 7-27-2006 at 02:32 PM
pulling thru Catavina 7/1 but it looked like an older one and lighter. They had a trailer with fewer wheels and axles. They stopped traffic in
sections.bajaguy - 7-27-2006 at 06:23 PM
A giant margarita machine???Baja&Back - 7-28-2006 at 12:28 AM
So much for the newly repaved Baja highway - now there'll be 2 grooves down the middle all the way to cabo! Bruce R Leech - 7-28-2006 at 06:02 AM
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Originally posted by Baja&Back
So much for the newly repaved Baja highway - now there'll be 2 grooves down the middle all the way to cabo!
no there shouldn't be any problem with that. If it is only 76 tons like the say. but I doubt . then that is less than 2 regular truck loads would be
on 36 wheels. so the Waite per tire is pretty low.elgatoloco - 7-28-2006 at 09:18 AM
Wow! I will never again complain about getting stuck behind an RV caravan doing 35 MPH.
Thanks for the photos and back story.bajalou - 7-28-2006 at 09:37 AM
I saw at least 6 that were very similar moving east on Mex 3 then north on Mex 5 while they were building the powerplant in Mexicali a couple? years
ago. And I sure didn't drive those roads every day or every week so don't know how many they must have moved but a bunch. JESSE - 7-28-2006 at 06:20 PM
This is a desalination plant, what do you guys think?
jimgrms - 7-28-2006 at 06:43 PM
Jesse not the same thing the one on the truck weights 70 some tons and that platform won,t hold 4 times 70 tonsBruce R Leech - 7-28-2006 at 06:44 PM
that looks nice I wish I had one. but the one on the trailer is a transformerBruce R Leech - 7-28-2006 at 08:00 PM
where is that desalination plant Jesse?JESSE - 7-29-2006 at 08:24 AM
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Originally posted by Bruce R Leech
where is that desalination plant Jesse?
Bruce,
I saw two of those trucks passing tru Todos Santos about a week ago, on their way to the San Lucas-San Jose area, as far as i know, there isnt any
power plants being build in Los Cabos, but there is a large goverment desalination project being built.
My money is still on the desalination plant.Bruce R Leech - 7-29-2006 at 06:40 PM
the thing is I'm Not guessing. I know for a fact that that is a transformer. why are you guys trying to make an apple out of an Orangejimgrms - 7-29-2006 at 06:42 PM
Cause we are old retired and have nothing constructive to do, except talk about cat houses and transformers
[Edited on 7-30-2006 by jimgrms]Bruce R Leech - 7-29-2006 at 06:50 PM
good one Jimcomitan - 7-29-2006 at 06:51 PM
Bruce
I have to disagree with you, if you look at the second picture on the right you will see a box with 4-5 push button switches probably for starting and
stopping motors. Transformers have no moving parts. I'm with Jesse.Bruce R Leech - 7-29-2006 at 07:12 PM
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Originally posted by comitan
Bruce
I have to disagree with you, if you look at the second picture on the right you will see a box with 4-5 push button switches probably for starting and
stopping motors. Transformers have no moving parts. I'm with Jesse.
comitan that is only part of the transformer they will finish putting it together when they git it set into position. it will have several rows of
heat exchangers running down all sides with electric fans blowing through them. it will be filled with a special liquid and it will be pumped through
the radiators by electric pumps. there will be so much stuff hanging on it that you wont be able to see the transformer.
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[Edited on 7-30-2006 by Bruce R Leech]comitan - 7-29-2006 at 07:29 PM
Bruce
You convinced me, those push button switches are probably for fans, but no the fans would be automatic. You would think that working in Substation
dept. for PGE for over a year, and walking by those things every day I should know????jimgrms - 7-29-2006 at 07:30 PM
Bruce they just don't understandBruce R Leech - 7-29-2006 at 07:31 PM
your right im wrong. Im going out on the town going to have fun now
