"sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg)
12/30/2014 at 13:26 • Filed to: truck yeah, trucklopnik
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"sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg)
12/30/2014 at 13:26 • Filed to: truck yeah, trucklopnik | 2
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Ever seen those massive wind turbines and wonder at all how they get moved around? No? Well, you have now. With blades of between 120 and 150 feet, and total heights sometimes north of 400 feet, these towers of renewable energy are (likely) a colossal pain in the ass to move around. Even the sections are sometimes over a hundred feet long, and can sometimes weigh nearly 80 tons. Shipping them is something of a chore, but if, like me, you live near and drive on a stretch of I-80 between the place where these behemoths are made and the Iowa fields where they are used, you get used to seeing them passing by.
This video is from 2010 or so. My brother and I were out messing around and !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! when this beast rolled by. You get some idea from the video of just how gigantic they are. For better perspective, here you go:
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Jcarr
> sm70- why not Duesenberg?
12/30/2014 at 13:45 |
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I see these things getting carted around all the time here in Iowa. Pretty neat to see up close.
MarquetteLa
> sm70- why not Duesenberg?
12/30/2014 at 13:47 |
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I've driven past some of these on I-25 in my Miata with the top down. They are impossibly large.
Little Black Coupe Turned Silver
> sm70- why not Duesenberg?
12/30/2014 at 14:11 |
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There's a reststop in western Iowa that has a blade on display, so you can walk right up to the base of it and really see how big they are. It's crazy.
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sm70- why not Duesenberg?
> Little Black Coupe Turned Silver
12/30/2014 at 14:11 |
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I have driven past/stopped at it many times.
Meatcoma
> sm70- why not Duesenberg?
12/30/2014 at 14:25 |
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I used to pass them all the time on my way home from work. They put in a round-about and I haven't seen one since. Completely impossible to get one of these around a round-about I bet.
pip bip - choose Corrour
> sm70- why not Duesenberg?
12/30/2014 at 18:26 |
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when i lived in Hamilton (Vic) , there was a wind farm mob in Portland , use to see the trucks with them on on a regular basis.
now that i live in Ballarat , haven't sighted one since.