never seen wind turbine blades carried this way

"MonkeePuzzle" (monkeypuzzle) 08/30/2016 at 10:24 • Filed to: None

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usually it’s on an epicly long trailer, not like some insane fishing pole strapped to the roof of a ute

OPPOsaurus WRX > MonkeePuzzle 08/30/2016 at 10:29

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thats insane. those things must be incredibly light

StingrayJake > MonkeePuzzle 08/30/2016 at 10:30

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Overcompensating much?

and 100 more > MonkeePuzzle 08/30/2016 at 10:35

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Having done some work (behind a desk) for some windfarms, I can say with certainty that these are enormous, far larger than typical.

I wonder why they didn’t use a sky-crane to carry them in?? I mean, other than a rolling advert for C&C.

Pixel > MonkeePuzzle 08/30/2016 at 10:36

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Huh, wild.

That does make sense when you are negotiating a mountain road and your bigger concern is negotiating tight corners rather than keeping the overall height low to make it under bridges.

BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. > MonkeePuzzle 08/30/2016 at 10:37

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I’m guessing they do it that way because of the twisting roads?

ttyymmnn > MonkeePuzzle 08/30/2016 at 10:37

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I didn't watch the whole video, but my guess is that the road is too narrow and twisty for a long trailer. This is really a brilliant solution.

jimz > MonkeePuzzle 08/30/2016 at 10:39

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it’s China, their attitude is like “Is that safe?” “Eh, we’ll see.”

MonkeePuzzle > and 100 more 08/30/2016 at 10:51

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surely, like many business decisions, money was the deciding factor.

Urambo Tauro > MonkeePuzzle 08/30/2016 at 10:59

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The way the blade bobs up and down while driving reminds me of a blind man’s cane.

Xyl0c41n3 > MonkeePuzzle 08/30/2016 at 11:11

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That's pretty ingenious. It was cool watching them navigate those tight, twisty passages.

DynamicWeight > MonkeePuzzle 08/30/2016 at 11:23

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Now I feel bad for blowing so many of these up in Just Cause.

Also, it reminded me of ants carrying leaves.

TheRealBicycleBuck > MonkeePuzzle 08/30/2016 at 11:31

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I wanted the perspective from the tip of the blade. Considering the number of cheap GoPro mounts coming out of China, I would think they could have found one to mount a camera there.

#MissedOpportunities

DasWauto > OPPOsaurus WRX 08/30/2016 at 15:14

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80 tons according to the video, though the balance of that will be closer to the hub end of course. They are 165 ft long.

DasWauto > and 100 more 08/30/2016 at 15:19

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50m blades is certainly big but I’m not sure it’s that extraordinary. I live around a wind farm (~200 turbines) with towers ranging from 80-100m and blades going from 35-50m so I may be a bit biased though.